Next week Claire and I are off to Sydney for 3 days for our first trip away together since we got married and started our family. The main purpose of the trip, other than to relax, is to sample some of the best food in the world, or at least some of the best food that is within reach for people on a budget and thousands of miles from Europe and the US.

For the three nights that we will be there we have our dinners sorted. Thursday we will be visiting The Bentley Bar, their cuisine is modern and exciting, the style of food that I haven’t found in NZ. Friday is Quay, Peter Gilmore looks to be creating some stunning plates of food here and the view sounds spectacular. Saturday is Marque, European Australian from a Chef that started late in the game and has slogged away to create something all his own.

I’m excited about every single meal that we will be having there. Hopefully I’ll get the chance to meet some of the chefs and check out their digs. We still need to sort out our Lunches, but given that we will be eating fairly heavily in the evenings we might just play it as we go, some good Mexican if we can find it, perhaps some Chinese as I hear there is some exceptional eateries in China Town. Can’t wait.