Cheers to the Party

                             The Ram’s(Aries) celebrate in style

Following some pre-game “posturing,” the adults hit the town to celebrate BD’s birthday and my own April birthday. The night started in a room with a view at the Shangri La Hotel bar Blu. This is the place to see, all of beautiful Sydney Harbor, and be seen by what seemed like all of the 20 somethings in Sydney.  The drinks were DEVINE & DELISH. Momo and I had a Gin/St.Germain/rose martini, LK had his usual, a sidecar, (the drink that’s all the rage for the nursing home set) and BD got a Cosmopolitan which was almost a Carlton Draft due to “same same but different” English. Not to be outdone by the view, the bartender lit the orange for the bitter Cosmo en fuego, muy caliente! From Blu it was off to Rockpool Bar and Grill to enjoy flawless service, very good food and excellent company. Here is my take on RPB&G; the menu is vast, vast enough for many different options, but also vast enough to allow for incredible inconsistency. Example A: Entrees-mussels were excellent and the portion suitable for a party of 4, the Calamari was just ok and the portion was so small we each got one bite, literally one bite each of the just o.k fried squid for $30+. Example B Mains: lamb - to die for, braised beef - crave it for days, don’t toucha my plate kinda meal, bone in rib eye - beefy perfection on a plate, John Dory - boring, plain, looked worse than I would serve up at home for a Tuesday night dinner.  Example C: Sommelier pick of wine for my dinner was the most nothing wine I have tasted in ages, it could have been water if I closed my eyes. It was their own brand which should have tipped me off to the game in play. As a consolation, they bought another glass of something suitable with no drama(sometimes dining in Sydney "no drama" from the waitstaff is the best you can hope for). As we left after a 3 hour leisurely meal we were treated to the other side of downtown commerce, we were witness the oldest profession in it’s negotiation stage, right there in front of Rockpool B&G! For this small town gal, that was just CRAZY! :)