Dan and Chloe came down to help us shift furniture at Dad's place at start of the holidays. It was so nice to spend the weekend with them. It rained all day our first day on the coast, so we spent the day cleaning out the shed and unpacking packing cases that had been stored down there for 30 years...
A lifetime of accumulation.... a good reminder to us to start to get rid of a lot of our gear now, as it is a huge job and I really don't want to put our kids through the same drama as we have been under getting rid of the stuff at dads.
We worked hard all day and as we hadn't had a chance to get to the shops to stock up on a few groceries, we decided to head out and pick up some take away for dinner... None of us got changed or got dressed up...
We headed down towards Mooloolabah in the hope of picking up some Asian takeaway but instead, Chloe spied a Tappenyaki Restaurant, and as Steve and I had never been to one before, and also as both Chloe and Dan had got a bit of unexpected back pay that week, they decided to shout us dinner out...
As we hadn't booked we did wonder whether we would get a seat. In the end, if we were happy to join another party of six they could seat us..
What a great night we had.... although expensive, it was entertaining as well..
We weren't really dressed to be eating out... we were still in our work clothes.... the clothes we had been in all day whilst cleaning out the shed...
Steve and Dan both ordered the 5 meat meal, whilst Chloe and I ordered the 3 meat meal. All of us ordered the seafood and Chloe and I ordered chicken with our prawns and scallops. The boys had duck, pork and steak with theirs..
All meals included a salad component, along with soup, fried rice and stirfried vegetables...
We had our own personal chef who was hilarious and made the evening very enjoyable for us...
He started by light a huge fire on his cooking plate along with a rim of fire around the edge...
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| Firing up his grilling plate... |
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| Even lit a fire on our bench... |
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| Our chef for the evening... |
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| Cooking the fried rice... |
We ate our soup whilst the chef was making the fried rice... It was quite tasty...
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| Our soup... |
Each person around the table was given the job of cracking and flipping an egg whilst cracking it..., then once it was cooked and before he combined it with the rice, each of us had to open our mouth and catch what was flicked to us... So thankful that the four of us managed to catch ours... not everyone did....
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| Our chef demonstrating the egg flip... |
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Next it was our turn....
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| Steve flipping his egg.. |
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| Chloe flipping her egg.. |
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| Dan enthusiastically flipping his egg.. |
Dan was very enthusiastic with flipping his egg. In fact he flipped it so high that it hit the range hood above and the egg landed all over the table, in my drink and on my plate... It all had to be changed and the exhaust fan cleaned before it baked on... It made our night.....
One the chef had flicked a bit of the egg through the air for us all to catch in our mouths. (thankfully we all caught ours, it was time to cook the vegetables... They were delicious.... not sure what sauce he used on them but it sure tasted good.
We were each given a bowl of the stir fry vegetables to eat whilst he cooked our seafood and chicken..
I needed all new sauce as Dan's egg flip and flop had all landed in my sauces, plate and cup or drink. It was quickly replaced for me...
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| Steve enjoying his vegetables.. |
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| Yummo.... |
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| The scallops were divine.... |
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| They tasted amazing.... |
Once the scallops were all cooked, the prawns went on the grill and they were equally amazing,,, Beautiful big plump juicy, tasty prawns.....
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| Cooking our prawns |
They were just as succulent and juicy as the scallops were..
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| Prawns |
The pork and duck followed along with the fried rice....
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| Ï Love You" Rice |
This is where the fun began,,, everyone had to catch a bowl of rice that was literally thrown at them..
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| Ready to catch her rice |
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| Trying to catch my bowl of fried rice... |
There is going to be a big mess if I miss this one... Fortunately none of us shamed ourselves, but that can't be said for some of the others.... Still it was a lot of fun, and we all had plenty of laughs. I am sure the cost also had the entertainment factored into it....
It wasn't too late by the time we got home, so we decided to end our evening together with a game of 5 Crowns...
Chloe and Sarah are into Candle making at the moment so Chloe bought me up one of their homemade candles to sweeten up our home... It really did have a lovely fragrance so we decided to light it and enjoy the ambience whilst we played the game....
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| Chloe's homemade Candle |
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| One of our favourite games to play when we all get together... |
We enjoyed eating some of Dad's last Ferrero Roche's during our game... Our desert treat.... I will never be able to eat these again without thinking of my wonderful Dad... Every time I went to visit him, he would have a box of these for me...
We had a lovely evening together. A great start to the holidays...
Probably the only free time we would have as we have a big job ahead of us....
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