From Parke Street
Notes from the floor
Short notes from the kitchen, the tables and the building, written by the people who work here.
Pumpkin and sage soup, the long way
Clayton Richards explains why the pumpkin and sage soup at Wollemi Hall takes a whole afternoon, and what each hour contributes.
soup · pumpkin · recipe
Why the croupier's ruling is final
A plain explanation of the croupier's authority at the tables of Wollemi Hall, written for guests who have wondered about it.
rules · croupier · tables
A morning among the apple trees at Bilpin
Clayton Richards and Darren Barnes drive to a Bilpin orchard to choose the apples for the winter puddings at Wollemi Hall.
supplier · apples · orchard
What the drapery left behind
The old shop fittings still working at Wollemi Hall: a pressed-metal ceiling, a long cutting table, shallow drawers and a brass stair rail.
building · history · drapery
Winter hours settle in on Parke Street
The heater is lit, the front window is steamed and the lamps are on early: how Wollemi Hall changes its habits when the mountain cold arrives.
winter · season · hours
Wednesday lessons and the regulars who stay
Noel Novak's free blackjack lesson at Wollemi Hall has become a small institution. Here is how a Wednesday evening goes and who comes.
lesson · blackjack · regulars
Friday's tournament, table by table
A quiet account of last Friday's poker tournament at Wollemi Hall: who sat where, how the final went and whose name is on the board.
tournament · poker · honour board
A winter board with three new dishes
Clayton Richards has changed a third of the winter board at Wollemi Hall, adding a barley soup, a mushroom pie and a ginger pear pudding.
menu · winter · pies