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January 3rd, 2010

Perth 2009: Westward Bound

I’m back – sporting a tan and a slightly fatter belly.

For Christmas this year my partner and I decided to go on a holiday to Perth. I studied in Perth for 4 years and my bff BusinessClass (who I will refer to often in my Perth entries) still lives there. I haven’t been back for about 5 years so I was pretty excited.

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The holiday started with our traditional airport food: Hungry Jack’s. Sure, it was 7 in the morning and starting the day with a slightly suspicious cheeseburger is normally a Bad Idea but these sorts of rules don’t apply when you’re travelling. Also, a $2.50 cheeseburger > $8 cheese and tomato croissant. The burger was fucking delicious.

I was terribly restless throughout the flight – we were on one of the older planes that don’t have individual TVs on the back of seats so I resorted to poking my SO and demanding to be entertained, which earned me the title of Worst Flight Companion Ever. We did a cryptic crossword and solved two clues, then a normal crossword and solved about 6. I heard that cryptic crosswords help prevent Alzheimers, so looking at how we’re going I guess I’ll just need to save up to go to Mexico for barbiturates before it sets in.

I skipped the flight breakfast. My SO got the scrambled eggs, the fool! We landed without incident and my SO managed to get through the 5 hours without strangling me.

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October 22nd, 2009

The Riverview Hotel, Balmain

So we heard about this Balmain-Rozelle Gastro Pub tour that’s happening in October. We decided to check out The Riverview Hotel, heady with the promise of ~*~specially selected beer and wine~*~

When we got there, there wasn’t much in the way of promotional materials available for this thing, and when we ordered one of the items off the Gastro Pub menu there wasn’t a mention of any recommended drinks. The food made up for the apathy, though.

"Slow roasted pig, caramelised fig, wild rocket, skordalia & PX sherry dressing"

“Slow roasted pig, caramelised fig, wild rocket, skordalia & PX sherry dressing”

My pick - "Roast barramundi, confit dutch cream potato, cherry tomato, artichoke & prawn salad w/ tomato jam". This was delicious, the barramundi was perfect. This is also the shittiest photo I took of that night.

My pick – “Roast barramundi, confit dutch cream potato, cherry tomato, artichoke & prawn salad w/ tomato jam”. This was delicious, the barramundi was perfect. This is also the shittiest photo I took of that night.

I forget what this is. It's a pizza with three different sorts of cured meat. I'm pescaterian this week and didn't partake. Ross said it was delicious, though.

I forget what this is and it’s not on the Riverview website. It’s a pizza with three different sorts of cured meat. I’m pescaterian this week and didn’t partake (let’s not worry about the bite I took off Rob’s plate). Ross said it was delicious, though.