We figured since we were unable to share a christmas dinner with you, we would send you pictures of our Rocky Seafood christmas extravaganza. The food required a bit of prep, especially the scallops. We had never seen a scallop in the shell, let alone shucked one. Laura did the brunt of the scalloping, but I pitched in for some fun. From the fisho we also bought a couple of squid tubes and prawns (for the Oz shrimp on the barbi). The pictures really speak for themselves, but not pictured is the christmas cheer. We finally found a decent beer (there are plenty of watered down lagers here), an IPA from Victoria, definitely a christmas present at $18 for a 6 pack (although all beer here is expensive, you would think that would slow down the drinking they do here, but not that we have noticed.) That was with the appetizers. For dinner we drank a nice champagne and a cabernet/shiraz blend red wine. These were much easier on the pocket as wine is relatively cheap here. For dessert we procured a half of a lemon meringue pie from the cake shop (we still haven’t found a frosted cupcakery here, hmmmm), we should finish it tonight.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
