A quick gush

Recently I have had a renewed love of seafood. Apart from living a couple of miles from the Sydney Fish Market, I'm lucky to have the fantastic De Costi Seafood's shop at the centre where I buy my groceries. I know I've been going there quite a bit recently because I am now on chatting terms with the lovely fish monger.

I've been meaning to make the Braised Calamari dish for ages so that I could add the picture to the recipe in my 'Recipes' links. Since J was getting back this week I thought I would celebrate his return with one of our favourite dishes. This Braised Calamari was first made for me by J's good friend A who he has just been staying with. Now I think it's safe to say that A is easily one of the best cooks I know so there is a lot to live up to when making this dish. I have never been able to reproduce the exact dish that A made for us last year when he stayed but it still makes for a damn good dinner.

One of the things about A's cooking that I really admire is that he never uses a recipe (except maybe for the odd dessert). It's all instinct with him and the majority of the time his instinct is spot on. I know I'm gushing here but another thing I love when A cooks is that there is always a new cocktail to start and delicious pre-dinner nibbles to keep you occupied while he gets on with the dinner.

For the recipe check out Braised Calamari