Had a reasonable meal at the Meerkat Bistro, Werribee zoo. We had fish and chips, salt and pepper calamari and chicken schnitzel and it was all surprisingly good.

Espresso martinis for tea.

I made kafta bil sanieh which means baked kafta. It has potato, tomato, onion and kafta in there. Lebanese rice and yogurt to go with.

for lunch I had pheasant which was leftover from last night’s dinner. It was quite disappointing, the meat was tough and sinewy

Dinner tonight will just be plain old grilled chicken and salad wraps. Last night was a different story.

For my birthday my wife did her usual shenanigans.

Tomato, basil and herb tart:

Roasted leek, onion, and goat’s cheese tart:

And the thing de resistance, crinkle pie with her home made tomato sweet chilli jam. She crinkles up sheets of filo in a pan, stuffs slices of brie in the crinkles here and there, then pours egg custard all over, a few dollops of her jam, and bakes it. 🤤

All veggies and herbs grown in our backyard.

Finished off with mint Oreo cheesecake. I’m investigating ways to legally have birthdays more often!