On the plane we were fed 4 meals (two breakfasts, two dinners) plus a snack bag (which I lost, but that’s alright cause I probably couldn’t have brought it into Australia) — that’s insane! The food was alright but there was too much of it and in the end I had to leave a lot good stuff on the plate and skip the last breakfast completely.

On Thursday (Feb 8th) we went to a local restaurant/bar in the evening. I had chicken schnitzel which was really good. On Friday (Feb 9th) it was the bride’s-to-be hen’s night (= bachelorette party) and we were at a Chinese restaurant. The food was alright, but I was full. The last dish smelled like toilet, though. We had mudcake (chocolate) which was extremely good (it wasn’t from the restaurant)! Then on Saturday (Feb 10th) we had barbeque by the pool at a motel where a lot of the guests were staying.

Saturday night we celebrated my friend’s friend’s birthday at a Japanese restaurant, Asahi Teppanyaki. There the food is prepared on a hot plate in front of you and the chefs do a bit of comedy too. The beef was doused in oil and set on fire (watch your hair!), they gave us bowls and threw a raw egg which we had to catch (I didn’t try that though because I didn’t want egg all over me), and at the end they threw several bowls at us and a rice dish in the last bowl (I did that, and caught the bowls — they were easier on the ladies, the men got all the curve throws). One of the men in our group decided to throw the rice back at the chef. The chef ducked and the rice landed on me and my friend — twice. Yuck. :-) They also prepared an omelette which they then launched at everyone and people had to catch the bits right in their mouth (some of it stuck to the wall). I didn’t try that either because I don’t eat plain eggs. It was fun but a bit too messy. I actually ate a prawn which I never do. The kids had the best time, I’d imagine, because it’s not usually allowed to play with food.