Tonight I’m doing my best not to get an internet login from the hotel. It’s 6:21 PM right now and my thought is to find this Spanish restaurant called Captain Torres. I checked out the menu online (http://www.capitantorres.com.au/3.html) and thought it might be worth a shot, plus it’s somewhat close by to the hotel. Oh, another cool thing about Australia – for the most part tips and tax are included in all the pricing you look at, so when it’s $15.00 that is literally what the price is, not the $11.99 + $1.02 + $2 or however it comes out. They also don’t have pennies – prices are rounded up or down to $0.05, although I haven’t figured out how the merchant determines that. I also keep getting these $0.20 coins, so I don’t think they have quarters either. Not really a big deal, but I will say that I do use the $1.00 and $2.00 coins all the time – they are great for taking the train from my hotel to North Sydney where the office is located. Okay, enough for now – off to find this Spanish restaurant, and my second quest for Tooheys Old…
9:04 PM and back in the hotel room. Just give me a couple minutes to lose the shoes and get comfortable and I’ll start right back up again.
So, getting into it again – sat down in front of the computer having a Tooheys Extra Dry, which is ultra cool because there’s a cooler of beer available to purchase by the front desk. First sip, second sip – I prefer the Tooheys New, but this isn’t bad. Clear bottle, reminds me of MGD in the US. I also sampled another beer tonight at a place called Docks by Darling Harbour called…
Well now. Seems that I’ve just deleted all my music on my iPod by plugging it into this laptop for the sole purpose of playing the music. Hmph. I would just like to take a few moments to think very… Let’s call them malicious thoughts towards Apple. I have no music. Hmph. Look there – I was listening to music last night and now nothing and it’s only Tuesday. I suppose I could listen to what has been spared in the massacre – we have the Art of War by Sun Tzu, How to Win Friends & Influence People – RIGHT, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Running with Scissors, and In a Sunburned Country which makes no sense at all tonight considering the fact I got rained on this evening. At least I still have Team America and Shooter should I want to watch a movie I’ve now seen a couple times already. Seriously, I’m a little upset about this. Sydney “free” television isn’t like having basic cable or something. I have either five or six channels in the hotel room. What makes things ironic is that the channels are normal TV and they have something like a 42” flat panel HDTV in here. Balls!
Television is turned on for noise and… oh yeah, it’s an American show – that Hell Restaurant or whatever it is. Honestly, I think that show is crap, but it’s better than Australian Gladiators right now. Fair enough?
Stupid &$&@)$ iPod. Okay, so Capitan Torres – did you happen to look up the menu yet? I thought it looked pretty good online and since I’m not going online tonight I asked the front desk how to get over there because that is what they are good at. Right? Right. So, after giving them the website to pull the address I realized another similarity between US retards and Australian retards, oh wait – both countries have retards. …right. Although some of them don’t delete all their music off their iPod huh? Anyway, so Capitan Torres or lack of was a bit disappointing, but I try to make the best of things so I made my way to Darling Harbour. With any luck plugging in my camera card won’t just immediately delete all the pictures so I can add one to this entry. Hey look, there’s some images and video.
Okay, so made my way over to Darling Harbour and walked along the north side of it finding a restaurant called Docks. Best things about Docks? Carlton Draught – excellent beer. From what I’ve seen, Australia doesn’t have much in the terms of “dark beer”. You know, porters, stouts, or even IPA’s. Everything seems to be a lager of some type or another. Before you comment, I will say YES, I’ve tried Cooper’s IPA, but I’ll also say that it’s not all that good either, therefore it does not make the good list. So Docks had the beer and I ordered a half-dozen oysters with lemon and mirin. It sounded good so It thought hey, why not right? It’s Australian. Okay, so there is what sounds good and what is good. They weren’t bad, but there’s a difference between oysters that have sauce on them and oysters that are shucked within 2 minutes of being served to you. I had the first. They weren’t bad, but in having fresh seafood before I knew these had been “out” for a little bit. Paid, left, moved on. Took pictures and then found…
Nick’s Seafood. Nick’s Seafood is not a bar with a restaurant around it. Nick’s is a seafood house – they have a pretty good idea of what to do. Walked in, seated, and ordered a half dozen of Sydney oysters and a glass of Taylor’s Shiraz-Cabernet Sauvignon 05’ blend. Splendid. FRESH Sydney oysters are different than PEI or Miyagi’s or Wolcott’s. Size is close to a medium sized Miyagi oyster, but the flavor is something completely different. Served with lemon, a red pepper sauce (similar to Tabasco), and a mango sauce I proceeded. They aren’t sweet which good oysters often are – they are very rich though. I think the term buttery is overused, but I can’t think of another word to describe their flavor. Their texture is different too – softer than other oysters I’ve had. Sydney oysters - big fan. Next up were the grilled prawns. They were good but I regret not ordering the scallops that were on the menu. Don’t get me wrong – the prawns were very good, but a shrimp is a shrimp is not a scallop. The wine was just fine. So far the beer is good, but different, and the wine has been very good. Anyway, getting close to 10PM here so I should start to get ready for tomorrow – meeting with a reseller of our products and they’ve been quoting some high dollar items…
Cheers -
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