(Yet Another) Birthday Lunch

[OzPiper]

Taken to a Daiginjo Sake tasting and Omakase lunch by older son and daughter-in-law
Wonderful lunch with superlative sashimi and sushi

 

[OzPiper]

 

[OzPiper]

Continuing the sushi course

 

[OzPiper]

Dessert

 

[Ahi Ka]

Yum! My favourite of your birthday celebrations so far. How was the Kina? We just got some this week too

 

[OzPiper]

Yum! My favourite of your birthday celebrations so far. How was the Kina? We just got some this week too

What is Kina ?
More of a foodie experience but a very interesting sake tasting.
Sake is a new frontier for me. Challenging because I can't read kanji.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Sorry Kina is Māori for sea urchin.

Did you get to try any umeshu (plum wine)?

 

[OzPiper]

LOVE sea urchin
And eel

No, didn’t try the umeshu
Will do so next visit.

I’m going to get some umi to make into a long summer drink with sugar syrup and soda

 

[Brendan]

Holy crap!

Where was this at, OzPiper?

I mean, country pub fare isn't bad but I would like to eventually spread my horizons!

 

[OzPiper]

At a new(ish) restaurant, BayNine at The Rocks, (Sydney)

Mate,
I love country pub grub

 

[Brendan]

Nice!
Good looking bar, Victorian Ash/Tassie Oak I think. Will have to remember that if and when I'm in Sydney next.

No, nothing wrong with a good pub feed.

 

[OzPiper]

Trust my son and daughter-in-law who are visiting from Melbourne to come up with this
I’m a stick-in-the-mud who usually picks the same restaurants to go to each time

 

[Brendan]

Nicely done kids*, guess you have another go to restaurant now


*I say 'kids', but they are most likely older than me

 

[OzPiper]

Boys are 37 and 36yo
Older son is down in Melbourne.
Younger son in Sydney

 

[Brendan]

Same age bracket as me, I'm going to have to lift my birthday game now - you got sushi, my old man is getting a BCF gift card.

Well, I suppose that is DYI sushi?

 

[tklee]

Wowww..... Nice birthday treats bro!

 

[bullet08]

Man.. That fig looks awesome.

 

[OzPiper]

my old man is getting a BCF gift card.

Well, I suppose that is DYI sushi?

Straight off the hook - can’t get fresher !

(For non-Sydney-sideders)
BCF = Boating, Camping & Fishing Store

 

[OSOBUCO]

Amazing!!!!!

 

[OzPiper]

Amazing!!!!!

I'm lucky to have a daughter-in-law who is a keen foodie