Lets do blogging

Over the last few months I have been reading Jen's wonderful Milk and Cookies Blog. On a number of occasions we have had photos from the same location. We both had pictures of the fish market recently and when I looked closely I realized that the same people were eating at the tables in both our photos which meant we must have missed each other by minutes. I did remember seeing someone with a camera around their neck but I obviously had no idea who it was at the time. We exchanged e-mails about how we must have just missed each other and decided that we should organise to meet up.

It’s Good Food Month here in Sydney at the moment so what better way to catch up then over a “Let’s do lunch” event in the city. I’ve always wanted to try the French restaurant Galileo at the Observatory Hotel and since they were doing a $35 lunch and wine deal I thought it would be a good option for our lunch date.

I wasn’t off to a good start when I got held up in work (not in the gun way but in the meeting way). I ended up running across the city center in my high heels. Not a good look I can tell you. Luckily Jen had to do an atm run herself so she didn’t have to wait too long.

We were one of the first tables there and the place looked very refined in all its old style elegance. The waiter was very keen to get us our wine but we refrained from quaffing and just went for the one glass with the pie. I was surprised that there weren’t more people there for lunch but then Jen told me they don’t usually do lunch which explains why there were only tables of ladies as we are usually the ones to book the Good food month events.

The Jewfish pie with prawn mousse, artichoke salad and bearnaise sauce was absolutely delicious and went very well with the Brown Brothers' Reisling they served. I would normally pay more attention to my food but I was so caught up chatting with Jen I only have a vague memory of a lovely meaty fish and a rich creamy sauce. This was my first time tasting Jewfish and I was impressed. I’m not sure if this fish actually tastes this good or if it is the skills of the chef that made it so delicious. I’ll have to try my own pie to see if it compares.

We finished off our meal with some tea which was served in this lovely silver service set. It was all very refined and we commented to the waiter how we loved the tea pots. He was in agreement with us and then went on to tell us how much each piece cost which was interesting if not a little too much detail.

Jen was lovely and it was such a pleasure to meet up with someone who is as food orientated as I am. I thought it was funny when we were both talking about what we were doing for the weekend. The people and places were the minor details with both of us going into way more detail about what food we planned to have. Jen has a lovely anniversary treat coming up and I’m really looking forward to reading about that. I loved the fact that even though it was our first meeting we both knew quite a bit about each other from the blogs. I would love to meet more food bloggers. At least they understand the importance of taking that photo before tucking into a good meal.

Galileo,
The Observatory Hotel
89-113 Kent St,
The Rocks
9256 2215