Opening day of The Entrance Lake House

The 27th September will always be a special day in The Entrance Lake House history books - opening day!

We would like to thank everyone who made it down for this special day. We saw a lot of familiar faces of our family and friends, and a lot of new faces in the community of passers-by, Facebook friends and friends of friends! In all, we had a wonderful day and hope you all did too. For those of you unable to make it we appreciate your comments on our Facebook page and hope you can make it soon. 

Some of our already popular food were the Eggs Benny, macaroons, coffee, hot chocolate, French toast with caramalised banana and butterscotch sauce (that is what I had!), springtime lunch wine, muffins freshly baked onsite, baked eggs with Nulkaba Farm free range eggs, chorizo, proscuitto, baby spinach, roasted capsicum, tomato chutney and sourdough toast....ok I am not listing anymore as I am drooling on the keyboard!







Head Chef Paul and his team (Alan, pictured to the right, preparing the day before) also hand-made all the sauces and chutneys on site for the opening - you can't get fresher than that...except for when our onsite gardens are up and running and we are using ingredients we grow ourselves (stay tuned).


The renovation team headed by Wes were there until 9pm the night before putting on the final touches and Wes stayed through to 5:30am and was there again today looking over the register and making sure it all ran smoothly. Thanks Wes! Some of our favourite little details to look for when you visit were the custom made shelving and seating, the poished floors, the red shiny coffee beast of a machine and the fresh water tap (I won't post a photo - come and see it for yourself to see why I am excited about a tap!). The presentation of the food on special boards was also a great hit. 

Owners Maila Reyes and Tony "Wilco" Wilkinson were happy with the opening. Tony was blown away by the positive feedback on the menu items and the interest we have been getting from the local community in the opening and renovations. 




We would also like to thank "The Flying Chef" Paul Cookson and the other chefs for producing such amazing food and the wonderful staff for being fantastic on the day. 




Thank you to everyone, customers and staff alike, for being part of our opening. We are so excited and proud of everyone's achievements in getting to opening day and can't wait for more customers to come through the doors in the coming days, months and years!

TELH

PS Please stay tuned for blog posts on some of our team member bios including Mady Wilkinson (Events Manager), our gardens, menu development and upcoming special events.