I should’ve known this would’ve been a KICK ASS HOLIDAY the moment we saw little market stalls lined up in the resort, right by the beach. We saw them after dinner the night before and it was pretty late so the place was deserted, but we snooped around and discovered a big BBQ and some wine signs.

AHA.

A FOOD FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!

So of course, straight after breakfast the next day, we made a beeline for the market stalls, wallets in hand. They had just gotten started, and food was sizzling away and people had just started wandering around. Keen to buy some nice cheese and wine and maybe some other snacks, we were distracted by the first stall, Movekpick of Switzerland ice cream! It looked absolutely delicious, but considering we’d just had breakfast, it probably wasn’t appropriate to have any 😉

Then………

The lady said, “Would you like some ice cream” and we nonchalantly replied “Mmmm looks good”, ready to decline and walk away. Then she added, almost as an afterthought, “They’re free”.

It was like time stopped.

Come again?? We didn’t quite realise what was going on, but who are we to pass up a freebie.. especially when it’s the expensive-Switzerland-icecream kind? 😉 “Gingerbread, please!” for me, and “Maple Walnut!” for Chris. Dumbfounded, we watched as she scooped full scoops of ice cream into full-size bowls. We were expecting little spoons dipped into the ice cream for a mere taste or something, not full bowls! “Mmm it’s good. Can we buy some more?” we asked, thinking it’d be a good idea to get some later in the afternoon as well. “Nope!” she smiled. The ice creams were free and full-sized, and you couldn’t even buy them if you wanted to. LOL!

A bit stunned by it all, we moved on to the next store. It was wine. Lovely Australian wine. “A taste?” smiled the lady. Now who are we go decline? 😉 Turns out, you can only get the wine for free as well, you can’t go buy it 😉 And so it was, for every stall.

It wasn’t just standard freebie food. It was oysters, scallops, salmon, lamb, steak, rich chocolate, King Island cheeses, etc, etc, etc… All cooked fresh before your eyes and served to you piping hot. It was heaven! Despite having had a heavy breakfast, we ate ourselves silly 😉 Unbelievably, it was FREE FOOD ALL DAY, the whole time we were on the island. It don’t get any better than that 🙂

Glorious cheese!

Amazing King Island ash brie

Fried seafood served by a pretty chick 😛

Antipasto goodies, I think

Fresh fruit that they made fruit cocktails with – yum!

Super fresh seafood

Oysters and grilled salmon

Cooking up the scallops and prawns

The only stall that you could purchase from – I bought 3 bars of the nougat, they’re terrific

Chocolate fountain with strawberries and marshmallows. SO gooooood…

Super cute kid! He had chocolate everywhere, it was soooo adorable, made Chris and I want kids pronto 😛

Walnut & maple syrup ice cream

More free ice cream!

It’s IRON CHEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With real chefs from the island’s restaurants!

We got front row seats! WHEE!

My favourite chips in the world

The chefs start their preparations

WHOOSH!

Pancetta wrapped around sweet potato and brie, sitting on brocollini

Spicy Thai vermicelli

Thai green curry with crayfish and prawns – OMG this was divine…

Tom yum soup with prawns and peppered steak

Prawn salad – it was so fresh!!

Seared peppered steak. LOVED this 🙂

Toffee apple with fresh whipped cream

Double chocolate ice cream

All stuffed, it was time to relax by the pool and just waste the afternoon away under the sun 😉 I couldn’t imagine a better afternoon spent just lazing about doing absolutely nothing.

Sitting on a bridge over the pool. This was really romantic at night!

Pool bar

The pool’s right next to the ocean

Chilling out

Hot guy!

Haha

Mmmm this is life

You know you’re marrying The One when he comes bearing food and wine, when you’re lounging on a deckchair in the sun 🙂

My view from the deckchair!

It was just as well we had a big afternoon full of food and doing nothing, since we needed all the energy we had for our evening trip……..