I have been taking the new Fast Ferry to work recently. A touch of luxury, with A/C and news on TVs. It also only takes 18 minutes compared to the 30 minutes the Manly Ferry takes. This means I can get the 7.10 fast ferry and still arrive at circular quay before the 7.00 regular one. It does cost a bit more but so far it is worth it.
However the fast ferry only runs weekdays during rush hours, so yesterday when we were invited to Charissa for Filipino lunch we went on the normal one. It is very exciting taking it on weekends as it has to navigate all the sailing boats, and sometimes it is very close. Picture above is of the ferry going the other way.
There are some great shots of the Manly ferry during the winter storms last year on Youtube - see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skQeGxFnyCA
In any case lunch at Charissa's was great! We ate so much there was no need for Dinner when we finally got home, and we had a great time. I had no idea what to expect, but we started out with soup that had pieces of pork in it (she also did a variant of this with Salmon in). I also got a dish with mixed chicken and pork pieces cooked in soy sauce and vinegar, but the best part was mixed beef & pork mince with spices wrapped in filo pastry and fried in oil. With this we consumed a good mix of Amber Ale, Champagne, a white and a red bottle of Cape Mentelle Marmaduke and a bottle of Chardonnay. An excellent Sunday afternoon.
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glad you did enjoy the field trip to Rozelle! I thought if I have more chairs i'd invite more of our friends and find out what other Filo food I will make. Don't worry they will NOT be too exotic those that were featured in Bizarre food experience TV show ;-)
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