Our new favorite place

Hello all,

Within the last week we have found our new favorite place in Sydney. There's this huge store chain called David Jones with 5 or 6 stores in the downtown area. Each one sells different things: one homewares, one ladies clothes, etc. Our new favorite place is the gourmet food store. Forget everything you know about gourmet food and the stores that sell it. This place is HUGE! There is of course the usual selection of imported chocolates, spice mixtures, and sauces. Going further into the store is the cheese bar with hundreds of different kinds of cheeses. Next to that was the deli with sliced and salt cured meats. Next to that was the pasta bar with homemade gourmet pastas. For dinner tonight we had pumpkin and leek ravioli and roasted eggplant, pepper and ricotta ravioli. There was several dozen other kinds along with little bite sized quiches. Next to THAT was the sausage bar with all kinds of zany sausage mixtures. We bought(but haven't tried yet) Duck, pear, and cognac; chicken, rocket, and goat cheese; and beef, spinach, and pinenut.

There was also a butcher where you might be happy to know we could have gotten lamb kidneys or a turkey for almost $100. (Turkeys aren't raised or eaten as much here as in the States. I suppose if the pilgrims had ended up in Australia, we'd be eating emu for Thanksgiving). The produce section was surprisingly small compared to the rest of the store... There is also little containers of chocolate mousse that we've gotten several times and have plans for getting more.

Should you find yourself in Sydney, we'll take you there! Stay tuned, dust off your thinking caps, and tell all your friends: the 2nd Quiz is coming in a few days!!!!

~Mike