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Sunday was our last day in Sydney and again it rained ;0(
We had arranged to meet Wyn, Pete, Carl and their other son Matt and his wife Kathleen in China Town for what seems like a traditional Aussie Sunday of Yum Cha (we call it Dim Sum). the restaurant we went to was heaving already when we arrived at 11am and only got busier with a queue that snaked around near to the entrance. It is different to our Dim Sum at home where you get a menu and you pick which dishes you want to share. This was staff walking inbetween tables with trolleys of food which you stopped if you wanted what was on it. It was a nice morning.
Afterwards me and James went with Wyn and Pete over to where they live North of Sydney in a place called Seaforth which is nothing like the place back home. Its also 5 minutes away from Manly, a seaside resort which is surrounded on 3 sides by the ocean and the harbour. i had heard that Sydneys best beaches were the northern beaches and even though we only visited one due to cold weather, i have to agree. We were taken to Palm Beach which has golden sand and is famous for being where they film "Home and Away". Yes folks, Summer Bay!! Straight away I prefer it to Bondi which I now realise reminds me of Brighton. We also went to see Wyn and Petes home, a small, compact apartment which I can describe in one word. Fabulous! On the drive around here my supermarket theory was shot down as we passed Coles, a huge supermarket chain and Wyn informed me that Woolworths was also a food chain and not the same as the "woolies" I remember from home. However, after Yum Cha this morning I am still convinced Sydney eats out more than in.
Tomorrow we are off to New Zealand for the last leg of our adventure and even though we are excited about our up and coming trip, we will be sad to leave Sydney. We have hired a camper van for this trip and are going to be living in it for 2 weeks. After all of the food we have had here I am quite keen to eat cheap and cheerful camping food and at least I know what will be in it. Australia doesnt really do vegetarian food but knows it means no meat. I dont think many countries in Asia have quite grasped the concept of being vegetarian and think it means "with veg". This might explain the chicken i found in my veg noodle soup in Cambodia or the pork in my veg stir fry in Vietnam. I admit that eating beef because I mistook it for tuna was my own doing but let me explain. In Cambodia James and I came across a Japanese Shabu Shabu restaurant. You have a sizzling bowl of meat or veg stock in front of you on a burner and you choose what you want from the conveyor belt then cook it yourself in the stock to your own satisfaction. What I thought was a slithering of tuna was in fact a slice of beef. I practically ate the thing raw and didnt realise until towards the end of the meal when no more tuna came round that I had ate meat. It kind of ruined my 20 year run of being a vegie. So I apologise to all cows, chickens & pigs and have safetly stuck to cooked fish whilst in Oz.
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