An antipasto to remember.

We've spent the past few weekends exploring Sydney and enjoying the sunshine (which only seems to happen at weekends here). This weekend was no different. After work on Friday we went for a few drinks to Ryan's Bar - an outdoor bar in the centre of the city, full of corporate types in desperate need for an end-of-week drink. Check it out here: http://www.ryansbar.com.au/. We then took a ferry over to Kirribilli to sample a fish restaurant which we'd walked past and decided was a must-try the previous weekend. It was disappointing considering the price but I did have an amazing dessert (again!) - a Belgian waffle with chocolate and hazelnut nougat with white chocolate ice-cream. Yum. We caught the ferry back to Circular Quay and ended the evening with a walk around the Opera House.

Saturday morning we went to the Australian National Maritime Museum in search of some culture (culture?? In a country that's only a hundred or so years old...unlikely!). Needless to say, it was quite boring. Saturday afternoon turned into a beautiful day so we decided to make the most of the weather and visited a restaurant down by the harbour for happy hour. We ordered some cocktails, a pizza to share and an antipasto platter; the platter turned out to be nothing like the description on the menu so Dave complained and managed to get the price knocked off the bill. Brilliant! In the evening we went to see 'Mao's Last Dancer' and, luckily, managed to find some toffee popcorn to munch on during what was a very good film, one of the best I've seen in a while actually.

Sunday was possibly the wettest day I've ever seen in Sydney and unfortunately we got stuck out in the middle of it on our weekly food shopping trip. The walk home from the market was NOT fun and we were both absolutely soaked and freezing by the time we got back. A sure way to put me in a bad mood! The rest of the day was spent indoors in the dry and warm with another roast and a film.