Week 30: The sea side cafe

Belongil Bistro (Byron Bay)

The beach side cafe is reasonably common in ‘Straya’, seeing as there is a little bit of coast line. Just a little.

So while we had a quiet weekend away in Bryon Bay– Australia’s more laid back seaside town- we had to make the most of one of the best seas side joints around. And eat some Whale…

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Completely tongue in cheek

To type the letters that make up the title of my draft document for this post is quite sobering.

That’s due in part to the second miniature bottle of wine I’ve just cracked on the flight home to New Zealand for Christmas. However, the majority of that instant sobriety is due to the characters:

W-e-e-k- 5-1

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Why did the peacock cross the road?

To get himself a tasty Peahen!!

Sometimes in life you need to show off just a little. Letting people know what you’ve got and what it is that makes you someone to interact with or be around.

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Mike vs great white shark

This week I decided it was time to conquer one of nature’s true beasts.

And by that I don’t mean the Abominable snowman. Or the Tyrannosaurus Rex. I couldn’t find either of those at the butcher.

 

No, I mean the Great White Shark….!!!!!

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Who the f**k is Alice?

I stood over the sink washing up after devouring this week’s meat. I started to think of what I’ll write about this week, apart from the obvious that is the meat I had just eaten.

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It’s all about ticker!

This has been a hectic and very different week for me.
Not only did I eat something not many people have eaten, but I embarked on two new journeys that saw me jump miles away from my comfort zone and into waters untested. For me.
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F**k you snake!!

Where do I begin

As 2012 progresses and the weeks march on I continue to search out different meats to source, cook and most importantly- eat.

Sometimes this has gone well. Extremely well. Sometimes, however, they have not. At all.