Friday 28 August 2009

Our lunch date

      
3 weeks ago, hubby and I had a lunch date up on Mount Lofty, fine dining in the Summit restaurant. We had always brought visitors up there for the panoramic views of the Adelaide city but never stepped into the café/restaurant there. 
It was a relaxing day for us with the little monster in preschool. The food was good, and we had afternoon tea at Jenny’s Gourmet after that, not on Mt Lofty, though, it was after the drive down from there. We had some nice desserts there, a Portugese tart and a blueberry friand to go with the latte and hot chocky.
Fine dining at the Summit Mt Lofty was not much different from dining anywhere else except for the view which could only be seen on a clear sunny day in the daytime…

We ordered an entree to share: Sauteed prawns in garlic cream sauce with saffron rice. The texture of the creamy white sauce was just right and the number of prawns was quite generous for an entree

I had my usual pick, something with seafood: Seafood Linguine with scallops, mussels, squid, white fish and prawns tossed with soft herbs and fresh chilli. It's a welcome and refreshing change from the normal red marinara sauce which normally accompanies seafood pasta. Hubby had a his usual pick too, a meat dish: He ordered a pork cutlet with baby spinach and sweet potato. We also had the rocket, walnut & pear salad with blue cheese vinaigrette on the side.

My mom

I heard this ad being run on radio by a local telecommunications network regarding how it’s time for people to ring their moms just to let them know that they’re being loved and remembered, and not to receive calls only when their children needs help.

This ad contradicts the mere phenomenon of all reputable restaurants being booked out on Mother’s Day each year. Or should I say complement… are mothers only appreciated on a single day in the year?

I would like to dedicate my first blog entry to my mom, who celebrated her birthday recently but I was unable to be with her. I sent her a Japanese apron, for her love of the Japanese culture, and hope it will make her happy and that she would find a use for it in her hectic lifestyle occupied by family, friends and craftwork (which can be admired here: http://sumire-craft.blogspot.com/)

Mom, I would like you to know that we think of you always, and we love you.