T2, a place for tea-lovers

Following, our visit was to T2, a tea haven!

It is where we find Australia’s largest range of loose leaf tea, herbal tisanes and collectable teawares. 

This place is definitely worth a visit for tea devotees!

There is a variety of flavours for tea shoppers to choose from. They are certainly spoilt for choice!

Generous display of tea samples

A unique set-up for its teawares

It was a difficult decision to pick from the many available impressive tea flavours on its shelf!

The variety of tea selections

The exquisite, vintage teawares that any tea lover would be tempted to bring home!

A Zen corner for tea! Luxurious?
Tea-for-two

I personally chose from Herbal Tisane..

Lemongrass & Ginger 

Flavour as per described on the website: "sweet with a bite" 

The lemongrass contrasted the spicy flavour of ginger, leaving a taste of freshness within the warm spice. It was a sensational experience while I had it both hot and chilled separately. 

Having tasted both servings, I prefer it in its chilled condition in a tea glass. :)

Leisurely down Rundle Street..

We came by The Stag Hotel (Serious About Meat), Adelaide’s Best Steak Pub as the website suggests.

299 Rundle Street

Adelaide SA 5000

(08) 8223 2934

Alongside, we found a restaurant pub set-up with a wide selection of meat, wine and beer. The reason why we headed for this restaurant was for the steaks that were ½ the price for members. We were awaiting some great meat tasting!

Interior of The Stag

'bird's eye view' from our table

Dinner came unusually early, as my first dinner in Adelaide. 

My usual preference would be for a medium rare when it comes to steak feasting :p The menu says Jim Barry ‘Three Little Pigs’ Shiraz/Cab/Malbec. 'The most tender of cuts' appealed to me in the menu and hence my choice!

Fillet Steak (GF)

200g Eye Fillet

The other choices on the menu were as follows:

Clare Valley Rump (GF)

South Australia’s Clare Valley region provides a temperate climate for feeding cattle. From T&R Pastoral’s feedlot these British breed cattle provide consistent tenderness and marbling insuring “standout” eating.

MSA*Certified Australian Angus Beef (GF)

300g Porterhouse

Certified Australian Angus Beef is a premium grade product fed on grain for up to 120 days. Great with a Shiraz from the Barossa Valley.uality. Great beef from the Clare deserves a great Clare Valley Shiraz, we suggest the 2009 Georges ‘Exile’.

MSA*Certified Australian Angus Beef (GF)

We decided that we could settle for some cider instead of wine. (although according to the menu, my steak deserves a tender wine to go with) Rich flavours were available for the cider choices. 

We had fruit cider kicks of Apple with strawberry kiwi, apple with strawberry and raspberry and apple with mango and passionfruit! Two out of three tasted flavourful. Apple with strawberry kiwi was all time refreshing! Not for the apple cider with strawberry and raspberry which was found to be disappointing.

A reindeer coaster which
I would like to have in a different colour!

Glenelg Beach

Our metroticket to Glenegl

We traveled to Glenelg (City-Glenelg Tramway), a delightful seaside haven suburb of Adelaide, located on the esplanade. Its convenient to get there by tram and once we hopped off, we are already on the beach! The esplanade offers also a wide range of restaurants, bars, internet cafes, ice creameries and shops. As we walk by the beach, we didn’t get an opportunity of attempting what we understand the beach to have an array of outdoor activities during summer. It was definitely a place to relax, explore and experience serenity.

tempted for seashells?

View from Glenegl's seawall

Pigeons and seagulls settling in at the green patches of Glenegl. They hovered around for food treats!

 

After a friendly visit to the Glenegl beach, we decided to splurge a little along Rundle Street. 

Rundle Mall, in the Adelaide city centre, with over 1000 of retailers, is the destination of shopping in Adelaide. I am glad to walk down Rundle Street with many boutiques and eateries. I had managed some shopping at Rundle Mall with many large Australian retailers. Rundle Street area is also one of the city’s hot spots for nightlife. However so, we didn’t manage to witness that. 

We retired as soon as the most of the shops closed at 5.30pm!

Structure spotted in the middle of Rundle Street

That didn’t stop me from having purchased some fave items :p One of the items I found at Typo, which carried my initial :O Not sure if i have missed this but I have never seen it retailed in Singapore?

shop.cottonon.com

City Trams of Adelaide Metro

The Passenger Transport InfoCentre in the city with descriptive maps and guides can be found at the corner of King William and Currie Street!

Tram @ Greenhill Road

Strolling down towards Greenhill Road, we hopped on to one of the city trams of Adelaide Metro, the city’s transport system. The tram runs between Glenegl and the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Hindmarsh, with trips within the CBD section. Looking at it, it is pretty much easy to get around after purchasing our concessionary Metrotickets, made available from a machine in the tram.

Off to Glenelg with anticipation!

Uniquely Adelaide, South Australia

Here's how I envision my trip..

It’s Wednesday night! I’m at home and sieving my luggage to unpack whichever unnecessary for travel. (knowing that I tend to bring items that end up unused)
Pretty excited for the coming road trip down the countryside and escaping to the Adelaide Hills! I am so getting all ready for tomorrow’s trip for a relaxing discovery without any expectations of where we will be beginning with in Adelaide, the heart of South Australia.

Hudsons Coffee, Adelaide International Airport

The moment we landed at Adelaide Airport (ADL), some 8km from the centre of the city, we were tempted for our first coffee break at Hudsons Coffee at the airport. It was LT 0800 hours when we reached ADL after a transit from KL, for which we departed at 2220 hours for an outbound flight that took 8 hours 40 minutes. An average medium haul flight that didn’t promise much sleep onboard the flight. I felt comfortable after a cup of latte and headed for one of Adelaide’s Independent Taxis, taking a 15-20min drive to our destination at King William Street, Adelaide SA. 

Welcome to Adelaide

Dragging our luggages to the Taxi stand

Today we are fighting a temperature of 9-10 deg C
 though looking sunny! 

8 August 13
@ the outskirts, King William Rd

53 Knox Court, King William Road