Comments on: Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: NYE Sydney-Style – Barbequed Seafood Degustation Dinner

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:58:11 +0000

Hi Gaye, thank you for your comment, I’m so glad you enjoyed the tuna dish. You’re right, the compote is delicious and not at all difficult to make!

By: Gaye

Gaye — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:16:55 +0000

hi. Just wanted to say that I used the recipe for the tuna last night for our 6 course degustation and, having never cooked tuna in my life, it was utterly delicious even if I do say so myself!! The compote was awesome even though I nearly didn’t make it because of the list of ingredients, but then I read the instructions and realised it was actually very, very easy to make! Glad I went through with it.

thank you for your wonderful ideas. We cant afford to give friends expensive presents so giving them wonderful memories and gorgeous food makes up for it!

Gaye

By: Gail

Gail — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:58:19 +0000

Camilla – welcome to Sydney and I hope my blog post inspires you to cook with our amazing selection of seafood.

Trudy – we missed you too! Hopefully you will be able to make the next grand dinner event.

By: Trudy Hurley

Trudy Hurley — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:00:51 +0000

Wow!! You really excelled with the New Years degestation!!!
I am so sorry that we missed it – especially the whole snapper, that looks absolutely grand!! Actually everything looked great.
Well done Gail & Paul!!

By: camilla baker

camilla baker — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:15:24 +0000

I just found your blog entry and had to say the meal looked fantastic! I have recently moved to Sydney and the food you cooked is just what I have been craving. A great article- thank you!

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:53:43 +0000

Thanks Nate, yes the wine pairing was a lot of fun – we are very fortunate in Australia to have a diverse selection of wines, many of which go particularly well with seafood.

Bugs are indeed similar to a langoustine – a member of the same family I believe. You could certainly substitute langoustines in the recipe, as you could lobster tails or jumbo shrimp.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:40:15 +0000

Awesome, awesome meal. I think yours is the best of all of the 24, 24, 24 this round. I love that you had all the wine pairing.

That smoked salmon is calling my name. Yum!

So the bugs are prawns or langoustines?

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:42:57 +0000

We missed you too Laurel! The food really was great – I don’t think you can go wrong with Aussie seafood on the BBQ!

By: Laurel

Laurel — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:20:51 +0000

Wow…. I’m so sorry we missed this fabulous function…. all looks fantastic.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:08:07 +0000

Thanks billy@ATFT there was certainly a lot of work involved but all a lot of fun and the results were well worth the effort.