{"id":1508,"date":"2016-03-06T18:09:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T07:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1508-behind-bars.html"},"modified":"2016-03-06T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T09:45:12","slug":"behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1508-behind-bars.html","title":{"rendered":"Behind Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 --><a href=\"\/serendipity\/\" title=\"Robert&apos;s Ramblings\"><!-- s9ymdb:2094 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1337-_MG_9869.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen I was presented with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/fermentasian.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fermentAsian-winelist.pdf\" title=\"the wine list\" target=\"_blank\">the wine list<\/a><\/em> I knew we were somewhere special.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI grew up in the picturesque German heritage town of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley, a region of vineyards, wineries and winemakers. As a child the idea of an Asian restaurant anywhere in the Barossa would have skirted the realm of scandal and novelty and certainly been a place my parents would never have entertained experiencing.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSo it was with a sense of trepidation we brought my mum, now well into her eighties, to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/fermentasian.com.au\/\" title=\"FermentAsian\" target=\"_blank\">FermentAsian<\/a><\/em> in Tanunda for a family celebration.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe food was amazing as expected but the real surprise was the wine cellar and its deep expression of wines the world over. A real surprise for me in my old home town.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAny yes mum loved the new and interesting food, albeit with a little encouragement.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs for the title, did you get the pun?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Robert Rath, &#8216;Behind Bars&#8217;, 1\/60s f\/2.0 ISO1600 50mm<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was presented with the wine list I knew we were somewhere special. I grew up in the picturesque German heritage town of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley, a region of vineyards, wineries and winemakers. As a child the idea of an Asian restaurant anywhere in the Barossa would have skirted the realm of &#8230; <a title=\"Behind Bars\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1508-behind-bars.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Behind Bars\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}