Top five meals for the weekend

I sure hope Serious Scott isn't reading .. . .

5. Saturday lunch
Where: My house
What: Two KFC Twisters, one Coopers Dark Ale.

Not a bad meal considering I just wanted to grab something quickly after the gym. Loses points because of the lack of ambience (eating on the couch in my TV room with the curtains closed) and company (dining on my own).

4. Sunday lunch
Where: Hungry Jacks
What: Chicken BLT Baguette (available for a limited time only), medium Fanta, a handful of fries
My philosophy is that if the people at Hungry Jacks (or McDonalds . . or Subway) put the time and effort into coming up with a new dish, the least I can do is give it a go. I thought this was a pretty solid addition to their baguette range - it's the standard country chicken baguette, but with free tomato and bacon. Unfortunately we didn't get the chance to stay long enough to sample something from their dessert menu, the sticky date pudding looked tempting.

3. Saturday Dinner
Where: My house
What: Spaghetti Bolognese, can of Coke Zero, single serve mixed berry and apple pie.

Normally this would be at number five on this list, but Michella has a bit of a talent for combining raw mince, Paul Newman's pasta sauce, and assorted herbs and spices and coming up with a delicious meal. Dessert was a Nana's mixed berry and apple pie - very tasty and easy to prepare at home.

2. Sunday Dinner
Where: My house
What: Combination Hot Pot, Can of Coke Zero, one of Karen Crouch's delicious home baked muffins

Then Peter approaching asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times." Matthew 18:18-19.

Wise words indeed. Except someone who will remain nameless feels that these principles of forgiveness don't apply to restaurants who are forced to temporarily close down due to Health Department orders. So instead of getting a hot pot from Vietnam Restaurant at Pennington, we had to go to Vietnam Village at Thebarton. A bit further away, and the food wasn't quite as good, but it was just good enough to sneak into the number two spot, although a very distant second behind . . .

1. Friday Dinner
Where: Lenzerheide Restaurant
What: Gnocchi with Walnut and Cream sauce, topped with pesto, Steak Olympus, Creme Brulee and a glass of Wirra Wirra Church Block.

This meal might not be topped in 2007, definitely the classiest place I've ever eaten at. The food was great - the gnocchi entree was a playful yet mysterious little dish, and the main was kind of over the top - steak stuffed with prawns - but fantastic. It kind of reminded me of the Simpsons episode where Moe ordered the most expensive dish in the restaurant, stuffed with the second most expensive.

I think we may have stuck out - our waitress asked us as we were leaving if it was our first time, which of course I took to mean "you don't look rich enough to have eaten here before." Other than that she was nice though.