nz day 2: jeremy scrambles up roots, rock, and dirt

nz day 2: the view above treeline (bushline)

nz day 2: naughty kea

nz day 2: we could glimpse a glacier on the next ridge over

nz day 2: pancake rocks on the west coast at punakaiki

oporto

special sauce

sydney fish market

cold seafood spread at kell’s

restaurant balzac degustation: crawfish and pressed chicken

restaurant balzac degustation: lobster ravioli

restaurant balzac degustation: ocean trout, calamari, and vegetables

restaurant balzac degustation: rabbit lasagne with rabbit tenderloin and offal

restaurant balzac degustation: beef on spinach with marrow

the ultra special complimentary cheese plate that jerad almost died trying to finish

flying foxes at the botanical gardens – this one special bat was white

opera house from the ferry

furry koala

baby wallaby

echidna

scallop on sunchoke purée with sunchoke chips

crab and corn soufflé

amazing prawns

a slow cooked veal on saffron pasta

ocean trout with shitake mushrooms and baby zucchini

lime and grappa granita over honeydew

chef jerad and kell

hanuman’s: moreton bay bugs (a sea faring shelled critter) in curry

hanuman’s: barramundi in passion fruit and ginger sauce

hanuman’s: long macchiato

hanuman’s: passion fruit semi freddo

hanuman’s: chocolate and almond flourless gateau