PHOTOS

Today I decided to take some photos of Snow Fig and my surrounds. As mentioned, my cafe is at East Jindabyne, a really beautiful part of the world.

Another thing that I mentioned was how much I love my little store but you have to laugh when you look at the photos of the view behind my shop. They are just beautiful, the only problem is that whoever designed and built the building that my shop is in, totally ignored the breathtaking beauty which is the view behind Snow Fig.

THERE ARE NO WINDOWS LOOKING OUT AT THE MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS!! I just do not get that! It is such a shame. I would love to be able to look out at the view whilst prepping, and I am sure that the customers would really appreciate it too.

In fact I have already had a number of customers (not local, they already get there are no views from this building) but tourists and people passing through who stop, check out the views from the park next door and then come in expecting to see the view from the cafe. No such luck!

Besides the fact there are no views, this is my first summer and it is a hothouse in there. There is a ski shop next door, and the owner has to put his ski waxes somewhere else through the summer because the first year he left them in the shop and when he re-opened the shop in winter there were just pools of wax all over the shop.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the photos.

A SNOW FIG 'HELLO"

I have decided to start this blog because I would really love to get the word out on my new cafe/food store, SNOW FIG GOURMET, perched on the hill at East Jindabyne.

I love the physical space which is Snow Fig and I am so enjoying cooking great food, researching new recipes and meeting like-minded people - those who believe in eating well, buying local, using organic, if possible, regional produce, the list goes on .

I had always fancied the shopfront, which is now Snow Fig, and I would drive past and fantasise about opening a little cafe where the coffee was brilliant, the pastries and sweet treats made in-house and fresh every day, and creating a menu that reflected the food I love to eat and serve my family.

I also wanted to be able to offer a range of regional produce, products that I would be able to tell my customers about - not only what was in the product but also who made them and the care and passion that went into making them. I love doing that!!

I have been open since March, 2009, and things are really quiet, but I so hope that when the word gets around that the locals will make the trip over the dam wall and up the hill and come and visit me and maybe try some of my food and have a coffee, and that people who are travelling through or visiting Jindabyne and the snowfields, might consider stopping and checking it out.