The Olive, Mawson 4 June

 

Present, Karen, Megan, Jim, Ron.  Kim was in Singapore, John was in Germany, Andrew was in San Francisco.

Wine:

Cape Mentelle 2000 Zinfandel

Wither Hills Marlborough Sav Blanc 2011

 Karen and Jim suggested this because their kids liked it and the bread was good.  Do we need any more reasons to try somewhere?

 The Olive is an unassuming little restaurant, in the unassuming Southlands Shopping precinct.  It's clientele seemed like relaxed locals (how can we tell?  I don't know).  The tables were well spaced and had TABLE CLOTHS, the wait staff friendly and knowledgeable.

 
We shared the entrees, but kept the mains to ourselves.  As Karen promised, the bread was fabulous, went superbly well with the dips.  We had soft shell crab, nicely done, still not quite up to Ron's high expectations.

Ron (of course being Ron) had to have the seafood stack, and yes it was stack, but was it worth $45?  Ron was not convinced, he enjoyed the flavours of the seafood but there were no sauce or veges added.

 Karen had the seafood spaghetti, but thought that a bowl rather than a plate would be the best way to serve it, as the sauce disappeared down to the bottom.  The hero of the dish was the seafood, not the spag or the sauce.  Was the spaghetti home made???

 Jim had a great big lump of sirloin which was really nice, but he decided he preferred it without the sauce.

 And I had the pan fried whiting, which was very nice without being spectacular.

 We succumbed to dessert, as always, which was delish.

 

Next dinner we decided to go pollie watching at Kingston, if Parliament is still sitting