We headed into Haymarket quite early on Thursday, in time to score a seat at popular Gumshara, just off Kimber Lane. Those in the know say Gumshara makes the best ramen in Sydney. It's all in the tonkotsu broth of course (made of so many pork bones). We can vouch for the fact it is indeed very very good - and we were lucky to get there early before the queues started.
We had tickets to see the Sydney Theatre Company production of "Sunday" at the Opera House Drama Theatre that night - a first for us at that iconic venue.The play was superb - inspired by the stories and myths of the Heidi Circle - the group that ruled Australia's art scene in the 30s, 40s and 50s - led by its charismatic muse Sunday Reed. How about this for a view as we emerged from the doors of the theatre?
Friday morning started with a walk to the "honeycomb" - the Ivo Rowe Pool in South Coogee - we are really enjoying the new half million dollar stairway down to the rock pool - built just for us.......
We had a long anticipated lunch date with our Coogee neighbours Greg and Lizzie on Saturday afternoon. They kept the venue a secret until the last minute. We didn't know where we were going until our Uber turned up at Woolloomooloo Wharf - and Greg and Lizzie led us to the iconic .... "China Doll" - a first time for us but an old favourite of theirs.
The food at this "hatted" restaurant was amazing - superb ingredients, carefully judged Asian fusion flavours. The prawn toast and scallops for starters could have made a full meal. Our favourite drink of the afternoon was the spiced pear spritz; it went so well with every dish!
We loved our long, very special lunch hosted by Greg and Lizzie, and felt quite mellow afterwards checking out the sculptures spaced around the wharf.
It was 9.00pm by the time we got home last night after a very long afternoon of socialising, eating fine food and imbibing a fair bit of alcohol, including at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel for an extended session after our China Doll lunch.
We had a quiet day today ........ I signed up to Bluesky Social and thought I did an ok job with this selfie (my new profile picture).
We ended the day with a late afternoon walk to South Coogee again - much wilder this time compared to Thursday. We were lucky to get back to the apartment before the rain, lightning and thunder started ........
We ended the day with a late afternoon walk to South Coogee again - much wilder this time compared to Thursday. We were lucky to get back to the apartment before the rain, lightning and thunder started ........
We have a busy few weeks ahead of us, closing off a busy year in the lead up to Christmas before we leave for Bali in mid December. We have another few days in Coogee at the end of the month, which will be lovely, but probably a bit more rushed than we'd like. But that's the end of the year for you!