The rest of the stay in Perth.. 23rd Nov – 25th Nov

23rd Nov Mon
Rest in after MR trip.
Went around the city with Mel to visit 2 of his customers. One is owned by a HKer & the other a Chinese.
Had lunch at Nando – a South Africa (??) franchise of grilled peri-peri (hot) chicken.
Mel left the might for Mel; he had wante to leave the next [...]

Margaret River Camping Trip 20/11 – 22/11

20th Nov Friday
Setting off to Margaret River (MR) after 2 days f dealay due to weather. the sun is finally out a little thought the wind is still cold.
Our camp site is at Cowaramup, a Big 4 Caravan Park called Taunton Farm. Based our last experience, the camp was set up within an hour [...]

Perth Itinerary 12th Nov – 25th Nov 2009

11/11 Depart for Perth
12/11 (Thu) Arrive Perth > Prep for camp > Meet XH+XM for dinner
13/11 – 15/11 (Fri-Sun) Cervantes Surf Fishing
15/11 (Sun) Pinnacles
16/11 (Mon) Rest in
17/11 (Tue) Perth city tour > King’s Park & Botanic Garden
18/11 (Wed) Rain; trip to Margaret River postponed. rest in
19/11 (Thu) Rain; Fremantle
20/11 (Fri) – 22/11 (Sun) Margaret River
23/11 [...]

Fremantle 19th Nov

Due to 2 days of bad weather – rain & gale, we were bound home & the planned camping trip to Margaret River was postponed twice. Weather forecast is good for tomorrow, so we are scheduled to leave early morning.
Spent a short afternoon seeing Fremantle with Mel. Unfortunately the market is [...]

Culinary Class – Part 2: Tempura

Next on is the Tempura dish.
INGREDIENTS
sweet potato
raw shrimp
squid
fillet
fresh shitake mushroom
begetable il for frying
flour
juice from 1 lemon
BATTER
2 egg yolks
1 2/3 cups (400ml) ice water
1 2/3 cups (200g) sifted tempura flour (or 1/2 portion plain flour + 1/2 portion self-raising flour)
CONDIMENTS
1 cup grated daikoh radish or white radish
2 tsps finely grated fresh ginger
DIPPING SAUCE
1 1/4 [...]

Culinary Class – Part 1: Chawanmushi

Mel has graciously granted my request for a Jap meal. So we were going to have Jap food for dinner.
Menu:
Chawanmushi
Ebi Tempura
Mushroom Tempura
Taylor Sashimi (which was later left out)
Rice
The secret to making a great chawanmushi is to use as much stock as possible in proportion to the eggs: the custard shold set, but just [...]

Rest & Relax

After the fishing camp, it was back to R&R time in the house. Mel & Claud seemed to be always on the computer for thier work, so that also left me time to organize my photos, check emails & all, else it will be pile-load when I am back.

16th Nov Mon
Stayed in & rest. [...]

Pinnacles Desert Discovery

15th Nov Sunday
After the fishing competition was officially dispersed, Mel, or rather Jono, since he was the driver, took us to the quiet little town of Cervantes (some 250+km north from Perth city) for a quick look. Really quiet.
Then we took off to the Pinnacles, the “only” tourist spot in the area.
The Pinnacles Desert [...]

Done Fishing (Part 3)

15th Nov Sunday
Mel went for a final morning fish, while I hang around in bed as the previous night was very cold. Richard snored so loudly that I think Jono could not sleep. I did not sleep a wink too as I can tell all the movement that happened in the night such as Mel [...]

Fishing Day! (Part 2)