Rare Foods Australia (ASX:RFA) are the only wild enhanced fishery in the world using certified sustainable practices to produce Greenlip Abalone.
Rare Foods Australia offers a truly one-of-a-kind food and wine experience at its Ocean Pantry overlooking Augusta’s pristine Flinders Bay.
Visitors can taste some of the best the South-West has to offer, including highly sought-after greenlip abalone from the world’s only fishery of its kind certified as sustainable by the international Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
While at the Ocean Pantry guests can also discover the fascinating story behind Rare Foods Australia’s unique abalone ranching innovation. Started as a passion project, the innovation currently supplies about 20% of the world’s premium greenlip abalone. It also won Rare Foods Australia’s founder Brad Adams MSC’s internationally recognised Sustainability Hero award in 2023.
The Augusta-based business is now branching out from the abalone ranch with its latest exciting initiative - ocean cellared wine.
After successful trials over three years, Rare Foods Australia is offering premium Margaret River wine aged by the gentle currents of Flinders Bay, along with its constant levels of low light and temperature, and consistent pressure.
The hand-packaged bottles of sparkling wine, chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon each come with their own individual “ocean signature” that hint at the wine’s captivating sunken treasure back story.
Rare Foods Australia has other premium food and wine initiatives under way so it’s always worth taking the trip down Leeuwin Road for a barista-made coffee, locally made baked treats and discovering what else is behind the Ocean Pantry doors.
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Rare Foods Australia
Boat Harbor, Augusta WA 6290, Australia
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4.5 (2 Google reviews)
Cheyne Cragg15 March 2023
Newly opened coffee shop, gets the basics right (I.e. coffee) but with some room to improve.
Good coffee, very limited cake/cookie options. No other food (other than the frozen abalone). Server was helpful, but working alone, so be prepared to wait if there’s more than one order ahead of you.
The shop has invested in biodegradable coffee cups and lids (good!) but provided only a single bin outside so the compostable containers get mixed up with the regular garbage (not so good)…
Artem Badyukov01 August 2024
🇦🇺 Thank you Rare Food for a new gastronomic experience 👍
Abalone is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six subgenera but now contains only one genus Haliotis. Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and, now rarely, muttonfish or muttonshells in parts of Australia, ormer in the UK, perlemoen in South Africa, and pāua in New Zealand. The number of abalone species recognized worldwide ranges between 30 and 130 with over 230 species-level taxa described. The most comprehensive treatment of the family considers 56 species valid, with 18 additional subspecies
🇷🇺 A great recipe for losing weight is to enjoy shellfish like this - a plate of 2 dishes (shells) costs $78, $39 each. Yes, this is a delicious dish with a huge amount of protein and other benefits, but imagine how much work you have to do to have lunch or dinner like this every day? Immediately all the fat on the sides will melt and disappear like Sochi snow 😂😂😂, right?
Abalone pearls are extremely rare in nature. Only a single-vave mollusk “abalone” or scientifically “haliotis” can grow such a pearl.
However, the abalone shellfish itself is a gourmet delicacy. In recent decades, many such gourmets have appeared, and the population of this mollusk is steadily decreasing. Although the species itself is more than 30 million years old.
The mollusk lives for about 10 years, but under favorable conditions, some species can live up to 40 years. The chance of finding a pearl in this mollusk is 1:50,000. Not often, right?
It is extremely difficult to cultivate such pearls. The main places where this mollusk lives are the coastal areas of the Pacific Ocean off North America, areas of New Zealand, Korea, and Japan.
Thanks to Rare Food for the new gastronomic sensations 👍
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