18 October 2022
Proudly Peninsula
Everything from produce to pottery we try to source locally, so you can enjoy a unique and quintessentially Peninsula experience.
The Peninsula is blessed with an abundance of fantastic local ingredients and inspirational producers. Take family-owned Cape Schanck Olive Estate who is supplying our restaurant Thyme with vegetables and herbs from its market garden. Other ingredients such as berries and honey are sourced locally.
Most of the breads and pastries served at Thyme are from the wonderful Millers Bread Kitchen in Dromana. This artisan bakery uses free range and local ingredients in everything they bake.
Our extensive beverage list includes local cold-pressed juices, Mornington Peninsula wines, locally brewed beer and cider. And spa guests will enjoy tea served in local ceramicist Kate Bowman’s beautiful tea set.
Thyme for tea?
Make time for stillness. Spend the day bathing in Alba’s restorative geothermal springs, then relax with high tea at Thyme. Available on the last Sunday of the month, Thyme’s high tea serves up an array of delicious treats. Choose from savoury bites such as Blini with crème fraiche, trout gravlax, and caviar; Brioche toast, chicken liver parfait with mirin jelly;…
Spring Thyme
There is plenty to be excited about this spring. Why not celebrate the longer evenings in our sunset pool – Eve – followed by dinner at Thyme? Or alternatively, start your day with breakfast and bathing. Come in and try some of our favourites. Green Good Morning Smoothie packed with vitamin-rich ingredients. Skull Island prawn toast with avocado and a tangy yuzu dressing. The delicious Karen Martini…
An exciting Thyme
We’ve been hard at work readying our spa, developing our range of treatments and experiences and continuing the landscaping of our beautiful native gardens in the lead-up to our spring 2022 opening. Today, we are delighted to share more exciting news. Alba has teamed up with celebrated Melbourne chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and TV presenter, Karen Martini to develop a culinary…
