Tonight I met up with Monique and Megan at South Restaurant, which serves American soul food like pulled pork, hot wings, hushpuppies, sweet tea and pumpkin pie. We'd been eying the menu online so it was fun to finally go! We all agreed it was not as good as the 'real thing' but it was pretty darn close.
Mike brought back pumpkin pie mix and jet puff marshmellows from the US so I'm looking forward to making some pie and sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving next month :)
I've wondered why the handful of islands in Sydney Harbour aren't more accessable to the public. I mean, these are cool bits of land with amazing views! Obviously others have been thinking the same because this year a special Island Hopping tour was announced as part of the annual Crave festival. With the purchase of a ticket, we got to access four islands (Fort Denison, Shark Island, Garden Island and Clark Island) via a special ferry service. On each island we had about 40 minutes to explore, eat a picnic and enjoy some of the entertainment, which was pretty hokey to be honest. You'll see in one of the pics that a lady with a crazy puppet animal seriously invaded my personal space while I was enjoying my sandwich. When swatting it away I was told to give it 'respect'..uh what? Show me some respect! Anyhow, the weather actually cooperated for the first time in a very rainy week and it was a great way to get outside, spend time with friends and see four islands in one day -- something that would be nearly impossible to do on our own with regular ferry service. Next up, the Night Noodle Market in Hyde Park! It's apparently an October tradition as part of the Intnl Food Festival that Sydneysiders look forward to and associate with Springtime. Yay!
Today was all about food and I loved every minute of it! It started off at 10 am with high tea at the Victoria Room in the historic Queen Victoria building. A group of us planned this after learning that the movie Julie and Julia was *finally* opening in Australia. What could be a better precursor to seeing this movie than eating scones (with jam and clotted cream), finger sandwiches and sweets? After our bellies were full of fancy tea and food, we headed a few blocks down the street to see the movie. I thought Meryl Streep's impersonation of Julia Child was spot on and I enjoyed learning more about her introduction to cooking in Paris and her path to noteriety later in life. Overall, a very cute movie. Then we shopped around a bit until we were (believe it or not) hungry again! We headed to the food hall at David Jones, which sort of resembles the ones in Marks & Spencer and Harrods in London...a very gourmet selection of things to buy with lots of different areas to sit and eat various cuisines. I then rolled myself home!
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