A food orientated post.

So Wednesday night was our first trip to an Australian cinema, our nearest being by the Opera House. After some deliberation, Dave wanting to watch 'Mao's Last Dancer' and myself wanting to watch 'Julie & Julia', we decided that 'Julie & Julia' it was, provided Dave could choose the sweets.

The film itself, which according to Dave had two of my favourite things in - a love story and food - was somewhat a disappointment. Even more disappointing however were the maltesers that Dave decided to buy. After the massive box that Toni and my brother sent over to us and which we devoured with pleasure in a very short amount of time, we decided that they are nothing compared to the ones we have in England. Here they are smaller, crunchier and with less chocolate; we didn't even finish the pack, a sure sign that Dave didn't like them! Generally, we've found that chocolate here is not great: Cadbury's tastes like tobacco, maltesers are horrible; good job really that they have so many beautiful cake shops to make up for the lack of chocolate!

Despite this, it was nice having a night out similar to what we would do back at home. The cinema itself was quite plush - and almost empty. You can buy alcohol there too so it makes for quite a nice night out if you want to see a film, get some popcorn and have a glass of wine. Only problem is you can't buy sweet popcorn here, only salty - the Australians I have spoken to about this gripe react disgustedly even at the thought of sweet popcorn! Still, it would be nice to have the choice like we do at home; a cinema trip without popcorn isn't quite the same.