food & wine ballarat lola – the provincial hotel CONTACT CONTACT ABOUT ABOUT Geelong and The Bellarine Touring Transport Daylesford and Macedon Ranges Ballarat Goldfields Great Ocean Road Grampians Simon Coghlan121 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat VIC +61 3 5331 3399 enquiries@theprovincialballarat.com.autheprovincialballarat.com.au Lola, signature restaurant at The Provincial Hotel, is named after dancer, actor, courtesan Lola Montez one of Ballarat’s most memorable goldfields characters. Head Chef, Andre McLoughlin (former sous chef of Victoria’s most notable regional restaurants Jackalope and Royal Mail, Dunkeld), has designed a seasonally driven menu with a European influence, sourcing outstanding local produce from Ballarat’s most passionate producers including Tuki lamb, Sher Wagyu, Mushroom Connection. Dessert at Lola has gained a reputation as the best in Ballarat with Pastry Chef, Ramzi Abou Ali (Royal Mail, Dunkeld) creating a dessert menu that includes sophisticated sweets like quince pavlova of spiced quince, quince coulis, mascarpone crème, meringue, dehydrated yoghurt crisp or mandarin, yeast sponge, rum, burnt orange espuma, mandarin jam & compressed blood orange. LOCATION90 minutes from Melbourne via theWestern Fwy. HOURSLunch (Wednesday to Saturday 12pm-2pm). Dinner (Monday to Sunday 5.30pm-10pm).