Sydney Fish Market

Aahhhh... the fish market. Such a wonderful place.

Ben's first exposure to the fish market was several weeks ago, when he and Dr.Phil (who luckily isn't like the other Dr. Phil) went down to meet with Dr.Simpson's lab at the University of Sydney. It happened to be on a Friday, and the Simpson lab has a tradition of walking over to the fish market for a leisurely lunch. Then, as they're walking back to the lab, they stop at a few pubs along the way. (They must be the best paid grad students in the world.) And by the time you get back to the lab, it's time to go home! So Ben and Phil missed out on the pub crawl, but they did get to go to lunch, and Ben decided he had to take me.

So on Saturday, we met up with Julie (lab mate) and her mom (who is in town visiting) at the fish market. [And scatter-brain Kerry forgot the camera, so no pics, but I'm sure we'll be back.] You can get raw fish or cooked fish - you can even get some live fish if you want. You can get fresh bread or cheese or a bottle of wine to go with your fish. And then you can sit and enjoy your lunch right on the water (and the gulls & ibises will do their best to enjoy your lunch with you). We sat there for probably 3 hours, chatting and sampling some of the best, freshest seafood there is. And Ben and I had walked through Chinatown on our way over, and stopped at the bakery and picked up dessert (a coconut tart and a passionfruit & apricot mousse thing). It was a happy day for taste buds!