wa sardines: a great casual lunch

Having missed them for San Xoán day, the 24th of June, when you can find "sardiñadas" anywhere in Galicia, we were finally going to try sardines from Western Australia. They looked very fresh at the fish market, so we couldn't miss this enchanting opportunity.

Although smaller and not as fatty as the ones I'm used to, they were still worth a try. We chose a not complicated recipe: they were simply fried in olive oil with a pinch of salt and a few lemon drops on top.

My delightful visit to the Farr vineyards a few weeks ago was rewarded by a bottle of their brilliant chardonnay, which Nick gave to me before driving back to Melbourne, in addition to their magnificent pinot noir trilogy. Also a release from 2008, we were nicely surprised by the fine result.

One more time we ended this nutritious episode with the newest flavour from the Kakawa temple of chocolate, which was officially released last Wednesday:  "Piña Colada", made out of white chocolate coconut ganache with pineapple jelly dipped in dark; quite a satisfactory Caribbean splash.