Nugget, if only I’d had your nose for good food when in the vale… Next time indeed.

Zamina: Don’t you start with the babes ! Unless of course you’re a door chick and can get me into somewhere cool… in which case it’s totally acceptable… and possibly a requirement. Thanks again for the tips and I’m glad you’re enjoying a trip down my memory lane :)

McLaren Vale is beautiful and the wine makers of the region have been working exceptionally hard at defining its appellation.

Glad you had a great time tripping around Adelaide so far (thank you for the mention with Mesa Lunga). And I sure will keep popping in for catching up on my Radelaide fix from here.

Sorry, you missed out on those Matt ;o)

Lxxx

I’ve eaten many friands over the years. They invaded the Sydney cafe counters like a pest. Everywhere you went, …friands. Big ones, small ones, real ones, with icing sugar and without.

Some people say that the friand killed the muffin… in Sydney.

Anyway, those were the best friands I’ve ever had, by a country mile, no doubt in my mind. Even after 3 days. I think you should go into full scale production and turn it into a business. Oh, the jam was fantastic.

Kam

As for the camera, I shoot with a Canon dSLR, at most night shots are using my 50mm lens. I break all the rules about lighting and the graininess of most of the shots probably reflects that :) I don’t use photoshop, but generally try and correct colour balance and exposure in Lightroom before they hit the web.

Lorraine: Valkyrie of the Hills, Maker of outstanding lemon curd and strawberry jam ! Anytime you want to bestow your bounty on us, we will more than happily accept. I can just see you now as a whitebait fisher… We only progressed as far as eeling, but that was scary enough.

Edward: Thanks so much, it was a favourite of mine too. The deft but concerted efforts of a group of food lovers trying to sample everything at once, and make room for ever more dishes on a precariously small table. Though I hope the surgery references aren’t giving you unpleasant flashbacks :)

I love the second photo – the wine glass and the hands in the background.
It actually looks like an operating table – with the colour of the napkins like hospital greens and the lighting and hands like a surgeons, hard at work. . .

Whitebait!!!… Yum! Brings back fond Kiwi memories of standing waist high in cold water while my Dad and I (the only whitebait enthusiasts in our family)trawled the local river mouth for that seasonal delicacy!

And Churros as well (another personal favourite)… lucky devils!

Day off today and I am off to make batch number 2 of Strawberry jam. I am in the habit of giving it away to justifiably needy souls so it’s time to whip some more (just in case you’re running out).
A seasonal strawberry frenzy has overcome me this week and I have already made strawberry and vanilla friands for the guys at Fiori and strawberry ice cream for the kids!

Lxxx

The food looks great. I love tapas too, but like you said, they need to be done well.

Love all your photos too by the way. I think your photos, Chez Pim, I-Ling from Feed Me!I’m Hungry! and Robyn from EatingAsia all have their own unique style and are equally good. What camera do you use? Do you Photoshop them?