Deliciousness
On Saturday night we were privileged to be asked to have “Dinner on the house” at a brand new Cairns fine dining restaurant. It hasn’t opened to the public yet, so we were the first to sit at the tables, read the menus and soak up the sumptuous atmosphere.
We had a table by the new gardens and waterfall pool, all beautifully lit with inground uplights. But the most beautiful light was rising a huge golden yellow behind the pyramid of Earl Hill in the distance. I did take several photos, but as I had the antique 2megapixel camera, they are hardly worth even mentioning, let alone showing you. The other diners around us “oohed and ahhed” and all had their camers out. The glowing Full Moon cast a very special ambience that not even the brand new designer furnishings could match.
The menu was rather special as well, such choices! For starters Plump Oysters of course.
Two shot glasses, one of lime juice, the other chilli.
For mains did I go with the eye fillet of Wagyu Beef or Wild Barramundi? I’d never had wild barra before, too tempting!
It was crusted with a fine layer of crunchy toasted sesame seeds - just delicious!
For sweeties (for me the most important part of the meal), I chose the mango cheescake covered in crushed berries. Heaven in a ramekin. So good there wasn’t even time for a photo to be taken. It demanded immediate eating!
Later we walked back to the car under the light of that lovely moon. It was such a balmy summer-like evening. The palm trees overhead cast wavy lines over everything, even way too full bellies! A delicious night.
PS. I’ve just come from another gorgeous dinner on the beachfront (interstate visitors provide a good excuse to eat out). First time I’ve forgotten to take the camera. I tried a whole roast Flounder tonight, another fish to cross off the list. PLUS a sampling of 3 decadent deserts. I’ll have to start exercising again at this rate….
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a belated happy new year to you, my friend! e.
I’m hungry now. But you can have the oysters to yourself. I’ve never been a natural oyster person.
The barramundi sounds sublime…
Yes, Jez was rather gagging as I slurped those suckers down! One good thing about the “practice” dinner was the restaurant finding out they didn’t have any oyster forks!
Yummy, yummy, yummy! It all looks soooo delicious. I see you have a new profile pic on your BBlog. I saw the greatest cat widgit on a blogspot blog. I thought Cindy would like that. Its an animated cat that follows your curser and meows if you put the curser on its head and purrs if you put the cuser on its tummy it tries to catch the curser with its paw too. It is on Lucy’s blog: http://yupihavenoclue.blogspot.com/
Hi,
The barra looks good, I’ve never had fresh oysters either. thanks for the tip about photographing the moon, I will try that next full moon.
Oh it does look delicious….I haven`t had oysters in ages….Seafood of any type is my favourite….The atmosphere sounds very lovely indeed…..And where`s the cheescake….lol
Hi Guys,
Diane, I checked out that cat widget - it’s a ripper! I “played” with him for quite a while. Thanks for letting me know.
Hi Doug, great to see you here. Lots of people won’t eat shellfish (hubby for one). As I was once in the food industry I like to try and give everything a go. May only be once, but at least I can say I’ve tried it! You can also adjust your WB for lovely “tinted” shots of the moon.
Hey Mandy, Cheesecake gawn in a flash! Last night I tried baked chocltae & peppermint cheesecake, but they must have only waved the peppermint at it. Still yummo, and I’ve never met a cheeecake that I didn’t like yet.