I stayed at The Coastal Barn B&B - run by possibly the world's most gorgeous family - and dined at the two hat, absolutely spectacular Merrijig Inn. We choose the 6 course degustation menu and Ryan Sessions' food alone is worth the 3 hour drive from Melbourne to this little part of the world. The standout dishes for me were the crayfish, salsify, roe, coastal herbs and 'sand' and the Wagyu eye fillet, roast garlic, potato, roasted milk skin and paddock herbs.
My favourite part of taking trips to the country is trawling op shops. Port Fairy has two op shops on the main drag and the bigger of the two is worth having a good hunt around in. I bought two blue glass bowls to match some glasses I had found a while ago and also a cut glass platter. I'd been looking for a an old fashioned platter for sometime and this one fit the bill for $3 - a bargain! I can just see it covered in butterfly cakes for an afternoon tea party...
Lovely Rita who owns and operates The Coastal Barn is a woman of many talents and one of them is baking, so perhaps you can have a go at making the pear and almond updside down cake that she made for us and while it's in the oven, pop over to Sophie's for more Flea Market Finds.
Enjoy!
