We cannot resist this exotic looking prata-like dish with spinach and beef in it! Totally yummy for AUD10, the portion was quite big.
There is also a famous La Renaissance Patisserie at 47 Argle Street with a nice outdoor seating area good for a beautiful day. But I realised that dine in prices are significantly higher than take out prices so being the very thifty people we are, we decided to take out and sit near the benches at Cadmans Cottage to enjoy the view and cake.
- TIP: Feel free to just take out and eat at a park if that saves you money. Places that have different prices for eat in/take out have space constraint so they would rather you go elsewhere. Just make sure you bring napkins and wet towels along if your meal is going to be messy.
Walked about until it was about time to proceed to Campells Cove for our 1pm Convicts, Castles and Champagne tour by the Convicts Tour. I had earlier purchased the deal for AUD98 for 2 pax. It takes you on a cruise to Goat Island, followed by a tour of the island that previously housed convicts, before ending off with a BBQ buffet lunch.
Our guide was John, but Nathan (or was it Nelson) took the other group. I would recommend to go with Nathan/Nelson if you can help it cos I found him more entertaining.
Since it was free flow drinks, we started drinking once on board. Thank God for the perfect weather cos the photos turned out wonderful.
Some prisoner was chained to this rock for many many years. (and that's John, our guide)
To all our horror, the weather suddenly took a bad turn and it rained! But thank God it didn't last long. It ended shortly before lunch was actually served. And the good thing about rain is, you get rainbows after that:) Pretty!
Walked about in town before heading down to Surry Hills for the Burlesque show at DOME Bar & Lounge at 589 Crown Street. Made a quick stop at the Crown Street Grocer again for the hot choc cos it was such a cold day. I've never had so much hot choc and skinny caps in such a short span of time.
It was AUD19 each for the Burlesque show deal I bought from Groupon that was supposed to include pre-show canapes and a drink. When we got there, it was starting to get crowded already so we decided to chope seats. We only got to eat 1 round of canapes (oysters) and they never came again. The drink was also a white, but I would have preferred a red.
We waited a good 1.5hours before something finally happened close to 8pm. But it proved too risque for prudish Singaporeans like us. So we promptly exited after the 1st show was over. It wasn't so bad for me cos they're girls anyway but I think they made Tobs very uncomfortable - he didn't know how to respond; hooting is totally not like him but not reciprocating may make the performers feel hurt or insulted.
Well at least we tried. Now we know what Burlesque is like. DOME also offers Jazz night on Thurs, in case you want to visit.
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