Sunday night’s dinner at the Coogee Pavilion. Every thing dearer than at home. All but one of the family present.
The menu
The food. Smoked ocean trout
My barramundi
Sunday roast beef
Pork Chop
Bouillabaisse
The food was good but at Sydney prices. Food about 30% higher than at home. Drinks 40. to 50% higher.
It was a good night. Huge place. Upmarket food on ground floor where we were, Cafe and street food on level 1 and a bar on the top floor.
Part of the Merivale empire.
Lunch at new-ish QF J lounge, CBR. Compared to the previous version of this lounge, I believe, the food options I have greatly improved. There’s usually only one hot main. But today there were two - one meat based and one vego …
Usually the veg options are the salad and soup, but not today - no sireee …
The paneer curry was AH-MAAA-ZING! And I had to, pair it with some fresh chillies
The salads were good too. finished with a slice of blueberry cheesecake …
All in all a amazing (compensating more like) start to my JQ service to MEL…
Pub meal at The Hole in the Wall pub near York Minster
8oz Rump Steak - fine without being extraordinary. But the chips on both meals were excellent.
Chicken and mushroom pie. My wife had to send it back as it was cold inside. It was replaced with a new hot one and she got a free drink. Not a big expense as she was just drinking sparkling apple.
The filling was nice but the pastry was just commercial grade and a bit soggy on the base. Not up to the standard of others we have had here
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