Steakhouse Dinner

On the last night in the Hunter Valley, Steph and I wanted to invite Bill and Wendy for dinner (on their own vineyard) as a way to thank them for giving us an amazing opportunity.


Bill brought over some bubbly to the cellar door veranda. It turned out that it was the first chance they got to sit on that terrace and enjoy a drink. We toasted getting all the white wine off the vines in 10 days, completing our short careers as Australian grape pickers.

We had made our first serious attempt at cooking in a long time - a New York steakhouse dinner with many sides to fill our hunger from the long days out on the vines.

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Tomato, Red Onion and Blue Cheese Salad with Walnuts and Australian Olive Oil
(made by Steph)

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Porterhouse Steaks with Garlic Herb Butter
Peter Luger’s German Fried Potatoes
Baked Onions in Parmesan
Creamed Spinach

Tyrrell’s 2004 Chardonnay ‘Vat 47’

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Strawberry Cheesecake
(a cheat from the supermarche)