Nuwara Eliya/Horton Plains
Blue Field Tea Garden
http://www.bluefieldteagardens.com/aboutus.html
Here we were greeted as we stepped out of the car and then escorted around the tea plantation as soon as we entered you could smell the tea after the tour we were taken to the main building and given a nice cup of their tea also indulged in a nice piece of cake to have with out tea,then on into the gift shop for a few kilo bags of Sri Lankin tea.
Next we were of through the beautiful mountains lots of winding roads and tea plantations to
Nuwara Eliya the heart of Sri Lankas tea country producing a significant share of the worlds best tea
Sri Lankas highest mountain Pidurutalagala ( 8281 feet ) above sea level
our accommodation for the night at Tea Factory hotel http://www.heritancehotels.com/teafactory/
this hotel was just beautiful inside and out we arrived at our room with a lovely greeting from the staff and Flowers on our bed.
After a bit of a relax we went for dinner in the Railway carriage
http://www.heritancehotels.com/teafactory/dining/railway_carriage.html
this was a very unique dinning experience indeed as we approached the doorway to outside we were greeted by a conductor with white gloves blowing on his silver whistle welcoming us and asking us to climb on board it was amusing he was very funny entertaining us all night making us lough.
The food was mouthwatering.
This was a 6 course meal
My menu
Norwegian smoked Salmon served with crunchy Vegetables
Grilled Prawn with Tomato
Pepper corn crusted Roast Australian Beef served with red wine sauce,Rosti Potatoes,Bouquet of garlic Vegetables
I could only eat 3 of the 6 courses
Mark's Menu
Carpaccio of Beef & Red merlin fish served with Balsamic Reduction & Roasted Almond Flakes
Cappuccino of Cauliflower with Almond flakes
Pan Fried Fish with Olive Salsa
lime & Orange Liqueur Fantasy in Chilled Strawberry Puree
Pepper corn crusted Roast Australian Beef served with red wine sauce,Rosti potatoes,Bouquet of garlic vegetables
Baked Cheese Cake
and all of this was washed down with a fantastic Australian red
We were both in heaven!!
When we returned to our room our bed had been turned down and there was a card on our bed which said "Good Night your Room Boy Chinthaka"
How nice was that.
Next morning we went for a walk around the tea plantation along small dirt tracks down the hillside it was amazing to see,the only way I can describe this is to say it was just like looking at a giant patch work quilt sprawled across the land.
Amongst the tea every spare space is used there are vegetables planted all neat and tidy like stairs going up the hillside in between each row of veges there is space to walk and water channels you could see people close by and in the distance working in their Fields in all their colour small cottages painted in beautiful rich colours all colours of the rainbow even the house block was filled with vegetables it was like a child's storybook.
This image will stay with me forever and I hope one day I get the opportunity to visit once more.
Blue Field Tea Garden
http://www.bluefieldteagardens.com/aboutus.html
Here we were greeted as we stepped out of the car and then escorted around the tea plantation as soon as we entered you could smell the tea after the tour we were taken to the main building and given a nice cup of their tea also indulged in a nice piece of cake to have with out tea,then on into the gift shop for a few kilo bags of Sri Lankin tea.
Next we were of through the beautiful mountains lots of winding roads and tea plantations to
Nuwara Eliya the heart of Sri Lankas tea country producing a significant share of the worlds best tea
Sri Lankas highest mountain Pidurutalagala ( 8281 feet ) above sea level
our accommodation for the night at Tea Factory hotel http://www.heritancehotels.com/teafactory/
this hotel was just beautiful inside and out we arrived at our room with a lovely greeting from the staff and Flowers on our bed.
After a bit of a relax we went for dinner in the Railway carriage
http://www.heritancehotels.com/teafactory/dining/railway_carriage.html
this was a very unique dinning experience indeed as we approached the doorway to outside we were greeted by a conductor with white gloves blowing on his silver whistle welcoming us and asking us to climb on board it was amusing he was very funny entertaining us all night making us lough.
The food was mouthwatering.
This was a 6 course meal
My menu
Norwegian smoked Salmon served with crunchy Vegetables
Grilled Prawn with Tomato
Pepper corn crusted Roast Australian Beef served with red wine sauce,Rosti Potatoes,Bouquet of garlic Vegetables
I could only eat 3 of the 6 courses
Mark's Menu
Carpaccio of Beef & Red merlin fish served with Balsamic Reduction & Roasted Almond Flakes
Cappuccino of Cauliflower with Almond flakes
Pan Fried Fish with Olive Salsa
lime & Orange Liqueur Fantasy in Chilled Strawberry Puree
Pepper corn crusted Roast Australian Beef served with red wine sauce,Rosti potatoes,Bouquet of garlic vegetables
Baked Cheese Cake
and all of this was washed down with a fantastic Australian red
We were both in heaven!!
When we returned to our room our bed had been turned down and there was a card on our bed which said "Good Night your Room Boy Chinthaka"
How nice was that.
Next morning we went for a walk around the tea plantation along small dirt tracks down the hillside it was amazing to see,the only way I can describe this is to say it was just like looking at a giant patch work quilt sprawled across the land.
Amongst the tea every spare space is used there are vegetables planted all neat and tidy like stairs going up the hillside in between each row of veges there is space to walk and water channels you could see people close by and in the distance working in their Fields in all their colour small cottages painted in beautiful rich colours all colours of the rainbow even the house block was filled with vegetables it was like a child's storybook.
This image will stay with me forever and I hope one day I get the opportunity to visit once more.
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