After a lingering stretch in a culinary wilderness, what a surprise the Border Store offered our famished oral senses!
The last time we were here - now that's four years back - i believe a few token, warmed pies and sausage rolls were on offer along with the sugary-drink stacked fridges. But the Border Store has changed: to the left of the store, behind the fence, an exotic garden of Asian edibles can be descried...
For the Border Store has become a bastion of quality Thai Cuisine... the kind of freshly made - no packaged curry pastes are involved - authentic Thai food that is nigh impossible to find in Melbourne.
Hot, fragrant soups that turn the palate into a deftly jigged
Fawn Thai, and curries you wish would never end. Compared to the over-priced mediocrity of the purported 'fine' dining found in more upmarket Kakadu establishments, this food is lithe, dexterous and celebratory. Close your eyes as you indulge in a spoonful and - given the tropical atmosphere of the North of Kakadu - you'd be forgiven for forgetting you're not in Thailand.
The nearest town is Gumbalanya - where buffalo meat can be purchased from a local abattoir. The Border Store also makes a decent coffee, and it is well worth dropping in for a memorable meal whilst visiting Ubirr or heading to Cahill's Crossing to watch the crafty crocs snap mullet backs when the surging tide up-crosses the barrage.
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