Yesterday was our wedding anniversary, so my wife and I had a special dinner out at one of our favourite (albeit expensive) places, The Bathers’ Pavilion at Balmoral Beach. Firstly, the view from the dinning room is wonderful.
We were there before sunset and so got to watch the beach and water as night fell. We started with some potato scallops, battered, sprinkled with wakame and topped with a vinegar mayo.
My appetiser was kingfish with rhubarb and pink peppercorns.
My wife had a vegetarian appetiser of wood ear mushrooms with witlof, blackberries, and black garlic. I tried a small bite and this was truly delicious.
My main was duck cooked two ways, a sliced breast fillet and duck sausages.
My wife had roasted cauliflower and kale, with…. I’m not sure what the orange bits or the sauce are.
For dessert we shared this chocolate, passionfruit, and caramel construction.
It was an indulgent and delicious dinner. We drove home and picked up Scully from our neighbours who had minded her while we were out.
Today I did a 5k run in the morning, followed by housecleaning: vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom and shower, emptying (water) and refilling (crystals) the damp absorbers.
Then after lunch we went out to a fabric showroom to choose new fabric for the upholstery on our dining chairs. These chairs are 25 years old and the seats are getting worn and the foam padding is squashed and flat, so we decided to get them reupholstered. I got a quote from a company during the week, and they said we should go to this showroom to choose a fabric, and let them know what it is so they can order it wholesale for us.
The showroom was in Glebe, so after picking a fabric we walked over to Glebe Point Road to get coffee (for my wife) and snacks from a cafe. Then we headed back home.
This afternoon we tried a 2-player game of Arcs. It’s only the second time I’ve payed, after the 4-player one we did at games night a few weeks ago, and I was teaching my wife to play. So it was fairly instructional and strategy-free. (My wife won, but it was only a learning game!)
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To this Florida-raised American, “kingfish” refers to a large mackerel (Scomberomorus). I’m curious what fish that is in the antipodes there.
Looks like there are a bunch of different species known by this name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfish
The usual one referred to in Australia as kingfish is apparently also known as yellowtail amberjack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowtail_amberjack