I have been lucky enough on my trip to sample a lot of different foods. I would like to share some of the highlights to my dining experience here "down under."
First up is breakfast. This muffin was...interesting. When I was ordering my morning cup of coffee, I asked for something to snack on, like a muffin. The cashier asked if I wanted "sweet" or "savory." I chose savory and was welcomed with a chickpea-artichoke-vegemite concoction! It filled my belly, but it tasted a little odd for me.
Luckily, the next day I was able to score a DELICIOUS almond croissant at a lovely little bakery. It was most, flavorful and a wonderful treat!
I decided to have a fancy meal one evening, after nights of grabbing simple munchies. I went a upscale Japanese restaurant. I sat at the chef's counter, where I could see the crew preparing all of the dishes being served:
Whenever the wait staff would walk by the kitchen, they would yell a Japanese phrase (not sure what it was). Then, the kitchen crew would all yell back a loud reply! It was fun to see them celebrating the food they were serving.
I began my meal with this seaweed salad. It was amazingly fresh and had three different types of seaweed in it. The dark green weed was very salty and tasted like the ocean. The lighter green was light in flavor and sort of gummy. The red/purple was sweet and my favorite. The sauces and seeds made this my favorite salad ever.
I then had an appetizer, Sashimi Tacos. Hard to see in this photo, but those are two tiny little taco shells filled with fish. Sashimi is a type of sushi where raw fish is sliced thin and serve without cooking. These were quite tasty and had a flavorful salsa on top. The two glasses are filled with sake, a traditional Japanese wine that is made from rice. The edge of each glass was lined with sugar!
And here is my main meal: FUTOMAKI ROLLS! Sushi is often served rolled up with rice and seaweed paper. The center of these are filled with: tuna, prawn (shrimp), avocado, cucumber, pickled ginger, shiitake mushrooms, tamago (a spongy, sweet egg substance) and eel. Each bite was like a completely different meal! Each roll was at least 4 inches in diameter, so I really stuffed myself! My waiter was impressed - he said the he had never seen a customer eat the whole futomaki plate! I sure was hungry!
Lastly, before I left Brisbane and head to Dubai, I had a quick meal:
The sandwich was full of vegetables: beets, spinach, zucchini. The salad was full of chickpeas and pumpkin. Pumpkin is a very popular food here in Australia, though it refers to more than just the ones we carve out at Halloween. It also refers to most squashes. The people of Australia love to grill up pumpkin during barbecues.
Hope you are all doing well and enjoying being back at school. I will send more photos soon!
Ryan
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