When everyone was ready, we drove to Ambelewa. Ambelewa is sometimes called Little New Zealand. That morning, we visited New Zealand Farm, with is part of Ambelewa Farms.
A long walk to the farm buildings from the parking lot
Going to the goat shed
The goat enclosure smelled funky
Freisian cow shed
At the cheese building, I thought I'd get to see cheese production. However, I only saw the equipment and a video of cheese production process.
We drank a cold cup of fresh milk, which we found to be sweet. Sugar had been added. Hmn ...
If I were to come to Nuwara Eliya, I think I would have preferred to visit Horton Plains instead of a farm. So I was quite disappointed with the itinerary.
Soon after the farm, we were leaving the mountains for the coast. We would head to Bentota, at the district of Galle ... which was 6 hours away ....
St. Claire Falls
Some vendors selling fresh mangos, only LAK500
Then we reached ....
Devon Waterfall
We had lunch at the Mlesna Tea Castle. This place looked just like a castle! We even climbed up to the turret to admire the surrounding view of tea plantations.
A huge teapot greeted us
The founder
Lunch was served course by course, in a very relaxed manner. We spent 2 hours for lunch.
Onion soup and croutons
Soft, caramelised onion in broth - I'm not much of a fan of this soup
Bread Rolls
Really hot and soft, I loved the bread rolls with butter!
Yummy bread roll, with butter
Mixed vegetable fried rice, decorated with a slice of deep-fried breadfruit
The fried rice was quite tasty. The vegetables were crunchy and added texture, the rice was fluffy and nicely flavoured
Vegetable fried noodle
Chicken curry
Fish fried and crumbed
Boiled egg
Potato tempered
Dhall Fry
Vegetable Chopsuey
Fresh Vegetable Salad
There were 2 more dishes which I hadn't any idea what they were ....
Salad of an unidentified green
Zucchini and peppers? Not sure
Mlesna had their own fine china ....
Fine Noritake china used at this restaurant
My platter ...
Dessert of ice-cream and fruit salad
Green tea to wash it all down ....
We could buy Mlesna tea at its tea boutique at the restaurant. I did buy 2 boxes of tea for myself. We took so much time for lunch that our guide had to hurry us. We had to make the long journey to Bentota.
The road was bumpy all the way. By evening, we reached our hotel, The Surf. All the rooms face the beach .... and there was a huge balcony in the room. It was nice to sit there and listen to the waves, even though I could not see the water in the dark.
Part of our buffet line
A whole cake for dessert
I couldn't eat much for dinner as I was still full from lunch ....
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