If ever there was a indication that we’re moving ever better to Christmas as well as the celebration season, it’s this week’s fun as well as games at romance HQ. We’ve begun the over-indulging in severe style with some exceptional things to eat, drink as well as do.
We’ve likewise come up with some fantastic inspiration for making your date nights a bit a lot more seasonal with our top 7 Christmas date ideas.
Anyway, we hope you’re enjoying the last week of November (I understand – I can’t believe it either) – here’s our most current IG edition to assist your week along.
Cheers
Jim & Christina xx
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This evening we’re out with our incredible mate Steph from LipstickAndCake.com for a bite to eat as well as a bit of a chat. Steph’s been jetting around the specifies rather a bit just recently as well as it’s been as well long between our catch-ups.
We’ve come to the recently opened Tramsheds in forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner West. As the name suggests it’s on the site of the old tram depot ideal where the Harold Park Paceway dogs as well as trots racing track utilized to be.
It’s now an excellent collective of some extremely appealing restaurants, cafes delis as well as white wine shops. After a great deal of indecision we’ve selected the Butcher as well as Farmer, which uses a quite great range paddock to plate choices including an excellent choice of steaks.
These people have only been open a bit over a month, as well as there are still some kinks for them to work out, however I believe this location will ended up being a solid option for people trying to find a fun meal out.
There’s likewise a Gelato Messina outlet here, which is a genuine offer maker. We’re huge fans of what these people do. Mrs romance is a bit of a gelato nut. She’s even provided her professional understanding on the subject right here – the difference between ice cream as well as gelato.
This morning, we’re at the absolutely sensational Chiswick in Woollahra for brunch with the head winemaker of the home of Arras from Tasmania. We’re right here to experience their variety of award-winning sparking wines as well as discover a lot more about the winery.
Not only is the head winemaker Ed Carr a interesting gent with an extraordinary bank of understanding as well as experience he’s ready to share, the sparkling white wine he’s made is superb. Head chef Tom Haynes has done a dazzling task matching the different sparkling white wine to the 5 programs we’re enjoying.
It’s been an extraordinary meal – however then that’s what you’d expect from one of the restaurants in Matt Moran’s arsenal. The sparkling was sensational, as well as chef Tom Haynes has done a dazzling task matching up the food – even Ed’s impressed. Here’s a quick run-down of the menu as well as the sparkling to show you that bubbles can truly opt for everything:
Canapés of oysters with lychee as well as smoked eggplant with black garlic as well as chickpea matched with the home of Arras Brut Elite NV Cuveé 901.
Entree of Tasmanian yellowtail kingfish sashimi, peach as well as almonds matched with the home of Arras Blanc de Blancs ’07.
Second program of roast duck, cherry as well as artichoke matched with the HoA Grand vintage 2007 – this one’s my much-loved as well as when we inspect later, we find this is their a lot of costly in the range!
Main program of beautifully cooked sirloin steak with Aussie mushrooms as well as madeira (yes, steak with sparkling) matched with the home of Arras EJ Late Disgorged 2002.
Dessert is – as you can see – strawberries, lemon fromage blanc as well as black pepper on shortbread is matched with the home of Arras Rosé 2006. This white wine just chosen up the award for finest Sparkling at the national white wine awards too. excellent not to mention delicious!
What an incredible meal as well as a diverse choice of sparkling you’d never expect to opt for so lots of different kinds of food. as well as the variety of costs truly make this brand a great choice for a lot of budgets. plus it’s an Australian winery, which is something we’re so delighted to support anyway.
We’ve really written about matching champagne as well as sparkling white wine right here before – though not with this type of detail. discover out a lot more about exactly how to pair bubbles with your dinner.
We’re absolutely stuffed after our meal, however we make our method to the Pyrmont ferry wharf (yes, those of you from Sydney will recognise this is an legendary journey all the method from Woollahra, however there’s really a bus that goes all the way) as well as stop in at the Gelato Messina at the Star.
I indicate it’d be disrespectful not to, wouldn’t it?!
This week, we’re starting our run-up to Christmas with a publish about keeping whatever wonderful in the romance department while everybody around you is getting crazy about the develop as much as the silly season.
Here are our top 7 date concepts to keep your Christmas sweet!
We’re back on the ferry once again today, however this time around we’re on our method to the airport. We’re truly ecstatic to be going as much as Brisbane to see my sibling as well as his charming family. It’s been a while considering that our last visit, so I’ve got a feeling this is going to be good!
Hello Brisvegas! It’s great to be back in the riverside city. I’m sure we’ve got a weekend to keep in mind ahead of us. I’m expecting great deals of food, white wine as well as kicking back chats in the sun!
First expectation: tick! This is really Mrs Romance’s haloumi burger from Preece’s at the Jetty in Redcliffe. It even is available in a surprisingly tasty black charcoal bun. Well chosen, Mrs R!
And this is the jetty. This is really full colour – the sun hasn’t truly shown her deal with just yet, however I’m sure we’ll see a few of her at some point.
I can’t truly tell if that’s blue sky or just a lot more storm clouds in the background, however the beach still looks quite good, doesn’t it? It’s great to be back up in Queensland.
Throwbacks to our time in Cuba right here in Redcliffe. There are routine vehicle rallies right here on this northern peninsular of the Brisbane suburbs as well as this is (probably) one of them. then once again it might just be a coincidence, right?
What an incredible weekend it’s been with the fam. As you can see, even a lot more food as well as drink to take pleasure in this afternoon. I hope it’s not such a long wait between now as well as our next go to to these extremely special people.
And as you can see, the sun has lastly come out for us too!
This week’s travel Recap
Each week we go back in time over a few of our much-loved travel destinations utilizing never-before-seen pictures of our travels. Here’s where we’ve been looking back on this week.
At the end of our day’s drive from San Diego, we lastly show up at the Ace hotel in palm Springs. There’s not much much better than rolling up in your awesome Mustang to one of the funkiest hotels in a town understood as Hollywood’s Playground!
Staying at the Ace hotel is quite much a must, however we’ve likewise written about our other much-loved hotels in this quirky desert town still in like keeping that mid-century contemporary look. Here’s our palm Springs hotel wrap-up.
How much does the cam like the bright red earth, the deep eco-friendly of the vegetation as well as the crystal blue sky of Viñales, Cuba. This is prime tobacco farming country as well as where the extremely finest Cuban cigars begin their life. The barn is a tobacco drying hut where the harvested tobacco leaves are stored, dried as well as fermented before being sent to the cigar factories around the country.
We like Cuba as well as can’t wait to go back again. In the meantime, we’ve written a great deal about our trip – here’s a link to our library of travelling to as well as around Cuba.
There’s nothing much better than the feeling of sand between your toes!
I do like a palm tree! coming from the UK it’s still feels unusual for me to see them anywhere right here in my embraced house of Australia, however on sunny days, there’s nothing much better than sitting under one!
Cheers! Is there anything much better than a glass of bubbly at sunset with a view like this? We’re at the Watsons Bay shop hotel in Sydney – what a gorgeous area for a drink as well as dinner.
One of the lots of music as well as dance clubs in Havana, Cuba. likewise extremely smoky – however what an incredible atmosphere! Although you get great deals of hawkers telling you there’s a dance club – normally something around the Buena Vista Social Club title – in Havana, politely decline. the very best method to discover great music right here in Cuba is to comply with your ears. It’s never far round the next corner!
For our other travel ideas for this interesting country, inspect out our back library of Cuba here.
The old American vehicles in Cuba are so famous as well as so fascinatingly well maintained. In comparison to the crumbling, mouldering walls of lots of of the old buildings – particularly right here in old town Havana, the vehicles from the ’40s as well as ’50s are in incredible condition.
We hope you’ve took pleasure in this week’s IG Edition. have a fantastic week. J & C x
Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance by means of Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance.