A good shopping day for Sean
We went out for breakfast at Bill's this morning. There are two of these establishments in Sydney, started by celebrity chef Bill Granger (who has gone even further than Jamie Oliver in celebrity endorsement by releasing a CD of "songs Bill likes to listen to") and which, according to the New York Times, serves the best scrambled eggs in the world.
Given this, I was surprised to find that it wasn't in The Book and a scan of online reviews showed the service to be considered poor and the food mainly average. As usual the knowledge on the web proved to be more accurate than the Encyclopedia Britannica and a) the dishes recommended were very good (scrambled eggs, ricotta hot cakes and hot chocolate) and b) the service was abysmal. A poorly managed no-booking policy, staff who seemed to have been instructed to ignore the customers and a slow kitchen explained all the poor reviews. However the fact that my ricotta hotcakes were so good I would consider going back despite this explains why the cafe was full.
We moseyed back through town, past (and via) the games shop where Sean found a cool retro backgammon board of the type he usually has to bid for on eBay. There was only one so I'm not sure whether they are being manufactured wholesale or it was a relic of a previous run.
Coca Cola board - closed
Coca Cola board - open
Sean then bought a pair of trainers (ostensibly what we were shopping for) and we finished by going to the guitar shop to "buy a new microphone for the computer".
This is the result.
Sean plays his new Strat
A new backgammon board and a new guitar. What a day!
p.s. Broadband is currently working. But who knows for how long?
We went out for breakfast at Bill's this morning. There are two of these establishments in Sydney, started by celebrity chef Bill Granger (who has gone even further than Jamie Oliver in celebrity endorsement by releasing a CD of "songs Bill likes to listen to") and which, according to the New York Times, serves the best scrambled eggs in the world.
Given this, I was surprised to find that it wasn't in The Book and a scan of online reviews showed the service to be considered poor and the food mainly average. As usual the knowledge on the web proved to be more accurate than the Encyclopedia Britannica and a) the dishes recommended were very good (scrambled eggs, ricotta hot cakes and hot chocolate) and b) the service was abysmal. A poorly managed no-booking policy, staff who seemed to have been instructed to ignore the customers and a slow kitchen explained all the poor reviews. However the fact that my ricotta hotcakes were so good I would consider going back despite this explains why the cafe was full.
We moseyed back through town, past (and via) the games shop where Sean found a cool retro backgammon board of the type he usually has to bid for on eBay. There was only one so I'm not sure whether they are being manufactured wholesale or it was a relic of a previous run.
Coca Cola board - closed
Coca Cola board - open
Sean then bought a pair of trainers (ostensibly what we were shopping for) and we finished by going to the guitar shop to "buy a new microphone for the computer".
This is the result.
Sean plays his new Strat
A new backgammon board and a new guitar. What a day!
p.s. Broadband is currently working. But who knows for how long?
posted by Zoe at 5:23 PM
2 Comments:
Hey nice strat. They always sound better when you play them in front of the mirror. Good food and shopping related post too - I am vicariously sated. Sorry I didn't comment for so long - I lost your site and could only find it again via your old backgammon club. Harsh.
Hi Andy
Pleased to see that you have returned to the fold. Don't stray again - remember eternal hellfire awaits.
Zoe
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