In Timara Lodge there are 2 Quince trees. They look like lemons but a deformed version. When they fall on the ground that means they are ready. These are cooked for 8 hours with lots of sugar and made into jelly known to us as quince paste which we eat with cheese 
Beside the Quince tree I saw Chef Fran preparing our dinner at Timara Lodge! Dinner and breakfast was included in our lodging
Lonnie from Giesen winery serving us wine before dinner and 2 out of the 4 wines we had with our degustacion dinner
Quince fruit – freshly picked from the ground and ready to be cooked and made into quince paste
Chef Fran is Irish and has lived in New Zealand since 1997. #TimaraLodge #Blenheim #newzealand #H2HNewZealand2016
Chef Javs learning from Chef Fran
5-course degustacion in the dining room
Wines from Giesen vineyard
Orange Roughy (which lives up to 120 years old Fr The Tazmanian sea ) with cherry tomatoes zucchini and a lemon and cream sauce
Delicious lamb with mashed potatoes
delicious dessert – Lemon soufflé
Breakfast at Timara Lodge with fresh roses from the rose garden with Manuka Honey which is one of the best honeys in the world that is medicinal as well as a good quality and good tasting honey 
Breakfast – cereals, yogurt, muesli, bread and fresh fruit juices. Fresh kiwi juice with banana and spinach. Loved the muesli mix they made and it’s so colorful. 
All the colors of fresh hydrangeas all from the garden
