Food & Drink
NEWS By DANIELLE COSTLEY.
SWEET THINGS Balingup Fruit Winery create in-season syrups in a kaleidoscope of colours and flavours. Morris Lane Taffys has moved to impressive new premises - but the taffy remains as popular as ever. Inset, Dirty Rascals is a new must-visit ice creamery.
From casual drinks at the region’s newest micro-brewery, delicious unicorn ice creams and the best spots for local produce, to a secret syrup, traditional taffy, and nuts a-plenty at the local farmers markets. Here's a round-up of what's new and cool, if you're a foodie.
Morris Lane Taffys, Bunbury Sate your sweet tooth at this iconic taffy shop, which has recently moved to larger premises in Bunbury. Watch Salt Water Taffy being made in an old-fashioned copper kettle, before being cooled and stretched in a 1920s pulling machine until it’s soft and glossy. Savour the delicious smells in this charming shop, which also produces a large range of candies, including Aunt Dorothy’s Peanut Brittle, Cashew Brittle, Chili Macadamia Brittle, Mum’s Fudge, rich caramels, honeycomb, and Butter Snap, to name a few. Dirty Rascals Ice Cream, Bunbury If you haven’t already heard,
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there’s a new ice creamery in Bunbury, offering over 40 flavours of delectable swirls of ice creams, as well as waffles, milkshakes, apple pies and puddings. Bring the kids along for a unicorn or dinosaur ice cream. Or indulge yourself with an Ocean Float. Try the choc mint, bubble gum, salted caramel, or chocolate cookie ice creams. Balingup Fruit Winery, Balingup This family-run winery produces ports and liqueurs made in small batches from locally sourced
fruit. There’s a Mulberry Port, Sweet Strawberry Liqueur, a Nectarine fortified, Blueberry and Ginger Liqueur, and a Plum Port as part of the main range. Recently, Nashi and Rhubarb fruit fortifieds have been added to this growing portfolio of fruit wines. Taralea Farm, Dardanup Did you know that macadamia nuts are a superfood for the heart, containing the richest source of monounsaturated fats of any natural food that’s commercially available? All you
need is six of these nutrientrich nuts daily to reduce your risk of heart disease. At Taralea Farm in Dardanup, you will find the state’s only dry sorting nut processing plant, where macadamias are dried, processed, sorted and packaged for sale. You can buy the freshly picked and cracked macadamias, macadamia oil and limes from their stall at the Boyanup Farmers Markets. Newy’s Vegie Patch, Kirup The reputation of this awardwinning farm shop has grown throughout the south west, with many customers making
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