It seems eons ago now, but just over 12 months ago on our way back from Clare, Hedy and I stumbled upon The Lane Vineyard and Bistro. We added it to our list of places to visit at some stage in the future. Of course, events got the better of such plans … until yesterday.
With Hedy starting her new job next week, I decided to have a few days off this week and, as luck would have it, yesterday dawned bright and sunny with the added bonus that friends Stewart and Lesley were able to free up their afternoon to join us for lunch. Our luck continued when we were able to book table at The Lane.
The Lane Cellar Door
We started with tasters of little cheese puff dealies and a chilli salt and pepper squid. The cheese puffs were yummy, and I even managed a couple of forks of the squid, a real rarity for me as it usually just reminds me of an old rubber … eraser.
Main courses were a fillet of beef each for the guys, pork belly for Hedy and a vegetable dish of some sort for Lesley, all very nice. My plate was certainly clean at the end.
All in all, highly recommended … even if we did have to share the restaurant with a certain Port player on crutches with a bad ankle from his 200th on Sunday!
The view from cellar door
A group of us had a nice lunch up there in Dec after you told me about discovering it. Funny that we got to try it so much earlier than you! Good luck with the new job, Hedy.