Willie the Boatman’s beers were awesome. Fruity, hopsy and quite complicated.

Hand dived scallops with a green mango and shrimp salsa matched with Foo Brew Golden Ale. Such an awesome way to start!

Thrown into the mix, Red Lantern’s amazing signature battered chilli salted squid with fresh lemon and white pepper dipping sauce.

Juicy diamond shell clams and Vietnamese herb salad matched with Todd’s Trailer Ale.

Vietnamese style clam chowder was a great twist on Chinese congee, matched with The Bulger.

Tea smoked SA blue mussels with roasted red peppers and chilli matched with The Crazy Ivan Pale Ale. So hearty.

Corong Pippi’s in Thai basil, chilli and lime matched with Old Salty Gose (my fave beer of the night!).

Happy diners!

Tonight a group of 6 of us experienced Red Lantern on Riley’s Beer & Clam night with Willie the Boatman. 5 amazingly delicious courses of Sydney’s freshest shell fish, washed down with awesome craft beers from Willie’s local Sydney brewery.

Such a great intimate night with the chef and brewer educating us along the way from behind the Red Lily cocktail bar. Red Lantern are hosting these semi-regularly now, so be sure to book yourself in to one. At $60/head it’s awesome value, you won’t regret it!

Ham Eggs Benedict at Coogee Bite, still my fave eggs benny in Sydney!

Cacia went for the Salmon. Food orgasm in her mouth, she says!

Frappalicious!

My mate Leo’s shop at the markets! I love this man! Double Denim! Just do it!

Almond Milk. I can’t refuse it!

FUH! Finally had this pho in a cup and damn it sure didn’t disappoint!

Spotted on the dash of a rusted out Combi.

Spotted this piano at Reverse Garbage. It was in tune too! I was so tempted to buy it…

The chi stand was suuuuuuper chill.

Spotted in a pawn shop window. The only 2 pedals a rock/metal guitarist ever needs (I have both and used them when playing live all those years with my old band).

Loved this Dodge. What a beast. Amaze!

Newtown, as Melbourne as Sydney gets.

Mojito! Quick refreshment stop at the rooftop bar at Zanzibar.

So awesome!

Couldn’t resist a spinach and ricotta pastizzi from the Maltese Cafe (and of-course their amazing tomato and garlic sauce!).

RPRSNT! So much love!

Dropped in to Dan Murphy’s on our way home and splurged on a box of 2008 Wynns Coonawarra Cab Sav, aw yeah! AW YEAH!!!

Was a really nice morning, so Cacia and I decided to get up and do the coastal walk.

By the time we got to Coogee, the wind had really picked up.

We had a dip in the rock pool at Coogee. Lovely little spot (next door to me but I’ve never swam in it before).

I’m always hungry after getting out of the water (it’s like being reborn, or something?!), so, some fish and chips (and fresh juice) at Chish N Fips (I like their tartare sauce!).

Spotted: So right in white. Hard to not feel jealous!

Also spotted this super clean Valiant.

Cacia being pushed by the wind, which had gotten pretty crazy by the time we got to Waverly.

Love those huge rocks! Amaze!

Then the skies opened up on us, hard! The rain felt like sharp pins on our skin.

Wet, and not at all miserable, we made it to Bronte beach and decided to call it quits with a great bottle of red from Bordeux!

Buffalo cheese, next level achieved.

Always craving jamon, so damn good.

Their Gnochi dish, still the best!

Finally got to meet Mesker!