If I had known we were eating last night in The Green Room I would have saved my room entry in the Weekly Photo Challenge by a day and posted these photographs of a very green room. Instead I am putting a second entry in, something which I normally don’t do.
Green is a surprising colour for a dining area. It is a colour associated with being unwell, chundrously sick – “you look green around the gills”. Not a good vision for a restaurant. The other association one has with green is envy but I don’t know why that would fit in this instance.
The Green Room located within the Imperial Hotel at Eumundi, is an old style two storey pub where the upstairs traditionally would have been accommodation. Now it is the green room. A dining room with a difference. Unlike most pub dining areas this area is full of atmosphere. Music from the sixties fills the air and visually, well, its green. Almost everywhere. I may not want to live with it but for a nights dining it was an enjoyable change.
The food, the most important part of a dining experience was superb. I had a prawn linguine followed by a scrumptious white chocolate and macadamia combination cheesecake/cake. The entire meal was delicious and the staff friendly and helpful.
So if you are ever in the Eumundi area (the town where they have the biggest market in the southern hemisphere) the green room is certainly worth stopping off for a bite to eat and a very green visual experience.
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Hi Irene
I think green used to mean unwellness but since the new ‘in’ thing is to go green, I think the old associations have gone by the wayside. Hubby and I had our bathroom revamped recently. I choose green as the color for the walls. Mind you, it isn’t the pucky green or even the Irish green. It’s a lighter version of spring green. It makes me think of being outside enjoying nature.
Just my 2 cents worth, Irene. 😛
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I love your 2 cents worth Glynis. There are so many things that have changed in meaning such as nothing no longer means nothing. I don’t know how you keep up with it – I guess having children helps. I’d love to feel as though I was outside in the bathroom. You can really soak in the bath and enjoy it. Cheers Irene 🙂
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Green also reminds me of nature. Of peace and serenity – Greenpeace comes to mind. Great photos. 😀
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Good point Raewyn. An earlier commenter mentioned that green no longer holds my old fashioned connotations and as green is a new favourite colour to wear and I love nature also I’ll think peace and serenity. Cheers Irene
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Blue and green are supposely tranquil colors, so I can see doing a room in green. Your meal sounded delicious – never had prawn linguini – red or white sauce? And don’t even talk about desserts!
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It must have been white sauce or maybe no sauce, just enough to cover the pasta but it was delicious.
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