The holiday is over

Well it's the end of the week. Writing from the Qantas lounge at the Perth airport. Sonia got on her flight to Singapore almost two hours ago, and I'm waiting for mine to Sydney to board. Looking at the departures screen, it looks like it's late by a few minutes "DELAYED LATE ARRIVAL OF AIRCRAFT". Since the transit in Sydney is fairly short (1.5 hours) and involves a transfer between terminals and immigration/security, I hope that it's not too late!

We sat last night and were trying to remember our way back through the places we've eaten over the past week and which were the best:
Saturday night - 44 King Stree - very good
Sunday night - Two Fat Indians - very good
Monday night - bread and bbq chicken on the beach in Dunsborough
Tuesday night - The Cape Wine Bar - very nice steak
Wednesday night - fish and chips on the beach at Yallingup
Thursday night - Bay Cottage Cafe - an entertaining evening when we turn up not realising it's a fixed 5-course menu
Friday night - bread, cheese, and chorizo in the hotel room in Perth

And that is not counting lunches. The best lunches were at Vasse Felix winery and Voyager Estate winery. In the case of Vasse Felix it was the setting - up on a second-storey balconey overlooking the vines and the river that winds it's way through the vineyard. The food was good. At Voyager Estate the settings were a little plainer - inside, with no openings out onto the vineyard itself. The food was very nice - excellent Lamb Wellington in my case, and a very nice Seafood Asiette for Sonia.

We ended up deciding that 44 King Street was one of the best - we visited at least three times (may have been more?). It is a nice casual place with a good menu and pretty good coffee.

The worst experience (which we will write more about latter) was at Laurance Wines. Not very impressive - rather the opposite.

Time to board - more later - after my 18 hour trip back to Tokyo.