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fatesurvived-arc · 1 year ago

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Sydney Sage: Re-Education + trauma

TRIGGER WARNING: THIS CONTAINS MENTIONS OF TORTURE, INHUMANE ACTS, FORCED FEEDINGS, FORCED DRUG USE, AND FORMS OF AVERSION THERAPY.

To really get into the TRAUMA we must get into the poor conditions the Alchemists kept traitors in. Sydney was kept in a cell for three months before being moved upstairs with the others for the actual re-education aspect. The cell was described as a small, cramped stone cell. Within the cell, it held a sink that dispensed ice-cold water that smelt of rust and a toilet. She had no bed; she was expected to sleep on the hard and cold stone ground. When she had been placed in the cell she had been stripped of her clothes and left naked, a tactic to break her. They kept the lights off, she was in complete darkness for most of the day, and her only form of communication was with someone through a speaker in the ceiling, asking her if she was guilty, trying to find new tactics to break her, bend her to their will. Not only was she tormented by the mystery voice, the nudity, and the bone-chilling cold conditions, they taunted her with objects of comfort; a real bed, warmth, clothing, a real bath or shower, even her cross that unbeknownst to them was made by Adrian, her vampire boyfriend. The catch was she had to admit that she was guilty of going against their values, beliefs, and morals. To admit that she had sinned against her own, that she was TAINTED.

When Sydney first was put into the cell she woke up in the darkness, naked and afraid. She knew where she was (re-education) but she had no idea what was going to happen. Her heart raced and they kept her there without making contact for several hours, presumably seeing what she would do. The darkness was overwhelming, she found herself in weaker moments wondering if she would survive this, if fighting this was worth it.

The food she had been served while in the cell was described as a fortified, tasteless, hot cereal however it was lukewarm at best. When she refused to eat it, going on a hunger strike they forced her to eat through disgusting measures. After that, Sydney learned to eat the food for fear of being subjected to another forced feeding.

Another tactic in their arsenal was to pipe drugs in through the ventilation system daily to either keep her groggy or a stimulant to keep her awake and irritable. The brain can’t function accordingly on such disturbed “sleep”.

Around a month and a half to two months into her three months stay in the cell, they had offered Sydney a paper-thin sleeveless shift that provided no warmth - a gesture of goodwill. She accepted it to try and preserve some dignity as if they weren’t watching her with a night vision camera at all hours.

For much of the three months, Sydney endured their games by thinking of Adrian, all their escape plans and all their stolen moments together. Playing through every conversation that she could remember. Sometimes it became too much, so she’d turn away from the camera and cry until she couldn’t any longer.

When Sydney finally gives in, agrees to re-education, a chance to get proper sleep, to talk to Adrian, to find a way out, she is permitted a 5-minute shower, where khaki scrubs were given. It’s there in the bathroom that she catches a glimpse of herself, her body. Due to malnourishment, she had described herself as having a hollow look, intensified by dark shadows under her eyes and a paleness to her skin from the lack of sunshine.

DURING RE-EDUCATION:

One of the main torture elements is purging: being strapped to a chair and injected with a serum that made you feel nausea that took over the entire body, throbbing of her head, and the internal body temperature skyrocketing, resulting in sweating. After being injected they show images or ask questions about the moroi, dhampirs, and Strigoi. If you answer incorrectly (against the Alchemist way) it gets worse. If participants close their eyes to avoid having to watch the screen, there are methods meant to keep the eyes open.

The first time Sydney was sent to purge she felt so sick to her stomach, not only from the injection but from the agony, the not knowing, the ever so slightly fading of her hope.

The other form of torture is while she was strapped to a chair, Sheridan, the lady in charge of the facility would press a button and part of the arm rest sliding back to reveal a clear liquid. With another click of the button and the armrest would move down into the liquid. The chemical was described as if her skin had touched a pot of boiling water, searing her skin, and setting the nerves on fire. When Sydney refused to say that the Moroi on the screen were evil creatures, Sheridan would lower her arm in for longer periods of time, not relenting despite her screams of pain.

When Sheridan showed Sydney a picture of Jill and Adrian, expecting her to call them evil creatures, Sydney couldn’t do it. She tried to blink away the tears of pain, reminding herself to be strong, that this was just a game. That didn’t impress Sheridan, lowering her arm deeper and keeping it submerged Sydney finally gives in, calling them creatures of darkness. Whether she believed it or not she had to play the twisted game, to survive this torture.

During an attempt to shut off the gas and find a way out, she was caught by Sheridan and struck with a taser. When she came too, she was strapped to a cool table with her extremities and head strapped into place. This would be known as persuasion. The table had been rigged to produce a pain like electric shock, paper cuts and bee stings all wrapped up into one uncomfortable feeling going nerve deep. When Sydney wouldn’t answer, they brought in her roommate, Emma, and began to torture her with the same methods until Sydney told her what she wanted to know.

When Sydney admitted that she was using human magic, she had no clue that Sheridan and the other Alchemists could be so cold. That she was essentially the enemy now and that they had no trouble increasing the intensity.

POST RE-EDUCATION & HER ESCAPE:

I’ve touched on this in another HC but I really want to re-iterate it. The trauma that she endured for four months simply does not disappear as quickly as the novels depict. Trauma like that can take months, years or may never actually disappear.

For Sydney, her healing takes a long time. She has nightmares regularly and can no longer sleep in the darkness, afraid that she will wake up back in that cold cell. Even after her deal with the Alchemists for her freedom, she can’t shake that horrible feeling that it’s going to be ripped away at any moment. The first night outside of the facility, she stayed awake until she could no longer hold her eyes open, her sleep is short lived. Waking up covered in sweat, heart racing and feeling utter panic and fear.

The second most important aspect of her recovery process is her diet, she’d always been obsessed with her figure, one that her father hadn’t helped dissuade. She’d lost an incredible amount of weight and putting it back on was hard. She would try one day, eating as normal as she could and the next in tears because she couldn’t bring herself to eat. It was a source of conflict between Sydney and Adrian.

Sydney will NEVER utter a word about what she endured to a single person she loves for fear of them doing something stupid. She keeps quiet about her trauma aside from what Adrian and Eddie had seen, she doesn’t like to talk about it.

#( x. headcanons )#𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒔.⠀ ⠀ ╱ ⠀ ⠀ SYDNEY SAGE.#tw torture #tw malnutrition #tw aversion therapy #so ouch this still hurts

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greecechef4-blog · 5 years ago

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South Coast Summer: Kiama, Gerroa and Berry

This post is brought to you by Visit NSW.

It's a fine day for a drive down to the South Coast of NSW. We feast on delicious toasties, rainbow bowls, halloumi donuts, do some wine tasting and pat alpacas and stay at a stunning converted "shed" while we sample the best that the South Coast of NSW has to offer!

Long time readers will know that I only recently got my license and my immediate environment means that I am more a city than a country driver. I am more comfortable in gridlock than on a highway. So when Mr NQN told me that he wouldn't be able to drive down to Kiama with me on the first day of our trip, I took a sharp intake of breath. It would be just me, on the road in a rental car driving to the south coast and he would join me that evening.

Luckily I had stops in the form of food breaks. One and a half hours into the drive I stop in Wollongong's Lower East Cafe. Located on Crown Street in Wollongong's CBD it is a very popular place with only a couple of tables free at lunch. Service is very friendly and easy going and nothing is too much trouble.

Stove top hot chocolate $6

It's a gorgeous sunny day but I'm feeling all about a hot chocolate-specifically their stove top salted caramel hot chocolate with almonds that comes with two toasted marshmallows. Can I just request that all hot chocolate marshmallows come toasted? They increase the appeal of a marshmallow a thousand times over.

Smoked Beef Brisket Toastie $13

It just happens to be national toastie day on the day of my visit so I feel like my choice for the beef brisket toastie was pre-ordained. It's a beauty-with plenty of soft, melting beef brisket, kimchi, cheddar cheese, onion jam, aioli and rocket on sourdough it's the sort of thing that you say you'll just eat half of - before of course demolishing it all. I also take a banana smoothie to go because I need sustenance for the road (honestly the way I carry on you'd think I was an athlete or drama queen or something).

It's just another 60 minutes (50 if you actually listen to the GPS and stop singing Bohemian Rhapsody long enough to pay attention to the directions) to my next stop in Gerroa. Blue Swimmer restaurant is a gorgeous little cottage housing a restaurant where Canadian born chef Lauren Brown makes use of the abundant local produce. I meet Karen for lunch.

Clyde River oysters $22 for 6

The Clyde River oysters are local and when she brings out the plate she tells us that the finger limes are just from across the road. They give the oysters a puckery pop.

Speck croquettes $9

I love croquettes and these come two to a serve. They're filled with parmesan cheese and speck and sit atop some spiced kasundi sauce. They actually sell this sauce as well as house made jams in the cafe too.

Crispy calamari $19

The crispy squid comes with a lovely cucumber, celery and dill salad, crunchy quinoa and a smear of spicy bomba, a spicy Calabrian red pepper spread. The breading on the squid remains crunchy which is good.

Smoked butternut pumpkin salad $23

But it's the smoked pumpkin salad that most wins my heart. With slices of house smoked local pumpkin it is served with crunchy pepitas, pumpkin seeds, feta, sweet onion puree as well as spiced lentils that give the dish heft.

Rocky Road $16

It's dessert time. The rocky road here is an upmarket version with chocolate pudding mousse, a house-made torched marshmallow, salted caramel ice cream and honeycomb. It's all sorts of textures in one and their recipe for this appears in the local Illawarra cookbook.

Halloumi Donuts $12

But hands down one of my favourite eats this whole weekend and a revelation are the halloumi donuts. The halloumi is grated in it and although you may think it would produce a chewy or squeaky texture, it is light as a feather in the same manner of ricotta. There is a squeeze of blueberry jam and a pot of creme anglaise accompanying the four cinnamon sugar rolled beauties. And Lauren kindly sent me the recipe for her halloumi donuts.

My next stop is our home for our South Coast stay. The Shed is a converted shed whose name belies the spacious and comfortable accommodation. For starters the views are immaculate - across Walker's Bay there is a row of pine trees that line up like soldiers across the horizon while the green rolling hills and blue skies giving both farm and water views.

The accommodation makes the most of the views from the enormous glass windows, five and a half metre ceilings and polished concrete floors with stylish soft furnishings.

There are three bedrooms here, two for adults and one for up to four children with four bunk beds and an enormous rumpus room complete with toys and costumes for dress ups. I mean being a kid nowadays has infinitely more options than it did in the 80s and 90s.

The main bedroom has a king bed and an ensuite. There's a claw foot bath in one corner (although oddly the plug doesn't fit the tub), snuggly robes and an open shower. There are also cute features like plenty of locker space.

Each bedroom has an oil heater and there's also one in the main lounge/kitchen. There's also a fireplace which I do my best to get started. My first fire lasts a total of 10 minutes before being reduced to billows of smoke and ashes.

My second fire is more successful thankfully (I believe a lot of it is about log placement). There is no wifi (it is TBA) and it isn't the sort of place for a luxurious sleep in as the sun powers through the curtains very early in the morning.

That evening Mr NQN arrives and we take the drive to Kiama to check out a new restaurant Silica. During the day there are gorgeous views of the beach although at night you can't really see them.

Upstairs is a bit more atmospheric than downstairs. It also happens to be pasta night tonight so we try a dish from the menu. Silica is owned by chef Luke Basic and John Cappellin. Some of the menu's produce is grown on their own plot at Dapto Community Farm.

Sydney rock oysters $3each

We share half a dozen oysters, 3 natural and 3 topped with chorizo, eschallot and sherry vinegar. They're both good and I like the fact that the chorizo ones are raw oysters still underneath.

Kingfish sashimi $16

The kingfish sashimi is served with lime segments, kewpie, togarashi and fennel and it's spicy fresh.

Pappardelle $35 (part of pasta menu with glass of wine and dessert)

The pappardelle comes with a soft braised pork belly ragu with pangritata and basil which is generous with ragu and soft, melting meat. I like my pasta a bit more al dente. They serve the pappardelle with a fantastic Serra Vista Shiraz Cabernet 2016.

Braised free range chicken $29

I rarely order chicken when out but this was my favourite dish of the night. It's braised free range chicken with swede, sage, pine nuts, sultanas, pickled kohlrabi with a rich stock.

Fried Potato Skins $5

The fried potato skins are from the pasta night menu. They come out as an enormous serve, super crispy and spiced.

Honey & thyme roasted beetroot $9

We both really enjoy the sweet roasted beetroot with torn buffalo mozzarella, toasted almonds and dill. This too comes out as a generous portion.

Yoghurt panna cotta $10

The yogurt panna cotta is so wobbly it's amazing that it managed to be plated. It is served with rhubarb and crunchy burnt honey oats.

The next morning we head off for breakfast and wine tasting in Berry. Queen Street Eatery is a relatively new place that specialises in more lunch and dinner. The offering is mainly French and there is a new outside terrace area.

French toast $16

There is an all day breakfast with a gorgeous French toast with a choice of either bacon and maple syrup or seasonal fruit and cream. We go for the bacon and maple syrup. The thick slab of brioche bread is wonderfully buttery and there is a generous amount of bacon. The maple syrup used is no ordinary maple syrup, it's a barrel aged maple syrup by Canadian brand Noble and is deliciously thick and syrupy.

Local croissant with house cured ocean trout $13

There are three different fillings for the croissant on offer and we go for the house cured ocean trout with pickled onion, creme fraiche and bronzed fennel with pumpkin seeds. We pair it with a mimosa because it feels like a Saturday with the sun shining down and we are sitting in the light filled window.

Tuna tartare $24

As we are there at the time of the brunch/lunch crossover, we also try a few of their lunch offerings. The tuna tartare is a starter with a generous amount of chopped, raw tuna with a creamy celeriac remoulade, cured egg yolk grated on top and crispy pommes gaufrettes that we scoop the tuna on top of.

Potato Beignets $19

The light as air potato beignets are actually a vegan dish - the chef is vegan and this is packed full of flavour from the rouille and charred leek with creamy vegan sauce.

Heirloom beetroots $16

Another lunch time standout dish is the heirloom beetroots with oven roasted, pickled and raw target, pink and yellow beetroots on fluffy goats curd with a crunchy toasted walnut crumb.

Our next stop is a wine tasting at Silos Estate. Here former CEO turned winemaker Rajarshi Ray and litigator wife Sophie own a winery with a difference. "I'm a capitalist with a social agenda," Raj says.

After working 100 hour weeks in the financial sector all around the world they decided to settle in Berry and produce wine. Raj is passionate and engaging and you can see how his practical decision making has informed the farm's offering. There is an electric car charging station, they are carbon neutral and fully solar powered and the choice of alpaca is an environmental one.

Yet most of the money that the winery makes through their wines actually goes back to charity. They support three charities: an overseas landmine charity, a domestic violence charity and an animal charity. I ask him what percentage of profits will go to charity and he answers laughing, "About 150%".

The $5 fee for the wine tasting gets everyone a cork and the customer puts the cork into the jar for the charity they want to support. Afterwards each cork contributes $5 to that particular charity.

The actual wine is fantastic, especially the 2017 Rose and the Sauvignon Blanc. Berry is not seen as a place that can grow Sauvignon Blanc grapes but on the property they have a 2-3 acre island that is cool enough to grow Sauvignon Blanc grapes.

They bottle under two labels: Silos which is made using grapes grown on the property and Wiley's Creek where grapes are grown in other areas. And we have one final treat while here: feeding the alpacas. And if you fall in love with these gorgeous creatures you can also buy them from Silos!

Late lunch is back at Kiama at Penny Whistler's a new cafe with a stunning view of the water and super friendly service. In the near distance we see a pod of dolphins swimming.

Iced Tea $5 and Banana & Peanut Butter smoothie $8.50

We start with drinks. I go for an Egyptian iced tea which is a house made sparkling iced tea with hibiscus, rose and blueberries. It tastes like Turkish delight mixed with berries and is very refreshing. Mr NQN's pick is the banana and peanut butter smoothie which is made with organic almond milk, banana, peanut butter, LSA and honey. It's got just the right amount of peanut butter and sweetness and the almond milk tastes just like regular.

The Tostada Bowl $18

For lunch we went for two bowls. The tostada bowl is a colourful bowl with smoked sweet corn, black bean & tomato salsa, crushed avocado, steamed brown rice, grilled chicken, chipotle sour cream and jalapeños on a crispy corn tortilla. It's a great mix of flavours and textures and Mr NQN makes quick work of this. You really wouldn't believe that he has already eaten breakfast and lunch already.

The Bird Bowl $16.50

I rarely find a green bowl that I like because I'm not that healthy eater that enjoys being punished over breakfast but the waiter that sold it to me on the fact that he too was not a healthy eater (we have to stick together). It's crispy kale, dukkah coated avocado half, steamed brown rice, beetroot relish, sprouts, heirloom tomatoes, snow peas, cucumber rounds, Japanese seaweed salad, pickled carrot and green goddess dressing. You can add halloumi, eggs, smoked salmon but we had it as it was and it was actually really good. I feel like the key to these bowls is to not make it too virtuous.

Lemon & Almond Cake $9 and Passionfruit Curd Cheesecake $8

We can't resist and order a couple of cakes. The passionfruit curd cheesecake is creamy and moreish with a lovely biscuit base and a blanket of passionfruit curd on top. I especially liked it with the Greek yogurt and lemon curd that came with the cake below. The lemon almond cake is moist in texture and topped with flaked almonds. It's judiciously served with a generous dollop of natural yoghurt and lemon curd.

And then it's onto our next destination!

So tell me Dear Reader, are you usually the driver or a passenger during road trips? Do you have any tips for building fires in a fireplace? Have you ever fed or pet an alpaca?

NQN and Mr NQN were guests of Visit NSW but all opinions remain her own.

Lower East Cafe

70 Crown St, Wollongong NSW 2500 Monday closed Tuesday to Saturday 7am–2:30pm Sunday 8am–12pm Phone: (02) 4226 9922 Menu: lowereastcafe.com.au

Blue Swimmer restaurant

19 Riverleigh Ave, Gerroa NSW 2534 Monday to Thursday, Sunday 7am–3pm Friday & Saturday 7am–3pm, 5:30–10pm theblueswimmer.com.au Phone: (02) 4234 3796

The Shed, Gerroa

theshedgerroa.com/

Silica

72 Manning St, Kiama NSW 2533 Monday & Tueday 8am–3pm Wednesday & Thursday 11am–9pm Friday 11am–10pm Saturday 8am–10pm Sunday 8am–9pm Phone: (02) 4233 0572 silicakiama.com.au

Queen Street Eatery

1/65 Queen St, Berry NSW 2535 Monday to Wednesday, Friday 7:30–11am Thursday 7:30–11am, 6–11pm Saturday 8am–11pm Sunday 8am–3pm Phone: (02) 4464 2544 queensteatery.com.au

Silos Estate

B640 Princes Hwy, Berry NSW 2535 Open 7 days 11am–5pm Phone: (02) 4448 6082 silosestate.com/

Penny Whistler's Cafe

5/31 Shoalhaven St, Kiama NSW 2533 Monday to Wednesday, Sunday 7am–4pm Thursday to Saturday 7am–10pm Phone: (02) 4233 2770 pennywhistlers.com.au

Source: http://www.notquitenigella.com/2018/11/06/kiama-gerroa-berry-south-coast/

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lapeaudelamemoire · 7 years ago

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From Bubblegum to Sky's Even the Sunbeams - I still listen to it, even after all these years. Lying in bed with T - whether it's because of a 8-year long history or not, that's a long fucking time no one can deny us, which comes with its own privileges on both our ends - while he's telling me about music and putting on his favourite bands. This is indie-r than indie, because of who he is and what he loves. He's not a hipster, just a music dude, a little kooky and too chill, but what can you say, he's Aussie - though he stunts on that chill scale even then. He's telling me about how Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack came about, and that Moon River was specifically composed for Hepburn's vocal range. He gets excited about songwriting skill and why the Beatles are great, and about storytelling in a song, and how it goes. He puts on Chopin in the morning light, and finds and buys two records out of the charity shop down at Fairfield near my apartment in Melbourne. I lie on his chest and he plays classical music; it seems as if Chopin is his favourite. He finally one-ups me on something 'cultural': Not knowing Chopin was Polish. He's flabbergasted and pleased that he knows this and I don't all at once. I argue that it's French and is pronounced French. But of all things, he plays Fryderyk Chopin. I'm thinking about how this whole 'women want to change men' thing is. It's been 8 years and he has never read my favourite book(s, only a handful really, if not two main ones), to my knowledge. In fact, I don't think anyone I've ever dated has. I think women assimilate more to men's interests than men ever do about women's. I think women are supposed to be supportive always of their husbands' or partners' pursuits, but men have historically tamped down their wives' or girlfriends' aspirations. And if they haven't done that, then they've barely taken an interest in any of the 'girly whims' that women participate in. Except of course it's fine to speak of sartorial fashion so long as it remains in the realm of 'tailoring' and not anywhere near 'women's flimsy fashion' and all other such cleavages. I know T's type of music; where he'd go to hang out with friends. I know what he listened to back when he was 15. In 8 years, I've been to Sydney... four times? Five? Not once has he ever come to Singapore. I don't think men put in as much effort in their relationships; in their partners; in any kind of intimacy - almost at all. I don't think men know what it is to actually pay attention. Earlier this year, out with my 40-year-old American Navy friend, who'd asked me sometime last year: What do women want? And I tell him straight: Just treat them like people. Listen to us. Listen to her - and I mean really listen, not just nod, but actually pay attention. That night, we're out with one of his crewmates, who asks the same thing, and my friend sagely relays to him what I'd told him before. The crewmate just laughs and says 'Yeah man, you mean just nod in the right places and look at her, right?' It's not hard to tell what I like, at least I don't think so - and so many answers would be forthcoming if someone just bloody asked - but it's always either silence, waiting for you to say something yourself, or bumbling it up. I could run a list off of what my ex-boyfriend likes, doesn't like, what he takes to drink, what he doesn't. (Beer out of a bottle is better than a can, and it's best when it's Perła; no ice in his drinks; doesn't like tea and only takes it when there's something more than just the tea in it (i.e. lemon and ginger, which he likes); Aeropress coffee; no greens on pizza but corn, but then corn isn't green anyway I guess; that ever-present Polish cherry cordial that every mother in Poland seems to know how to make and sends over in little jars; drinks mostly lagers I think, not ales, definitely not IPAs... loves sushi, especially salmon; like most Westerners, chicken katsu over pork, doesn't care for the curry, favourite stall that sells this is in Camden nearby; doesn't eat veggies, like me; prefers the meat pierogis, doesn't like the mushroom ones, like me; not mad keen on fish; steak is his favourite thing to eat; where do I stop now? - and that's just the food and drink section -) But - has he ever made the effort, or anyone else I've dated, really - to find out what authors I love best, why what's inked on my skin is inked, or - what tv shows I watch, what artist I love, what my favourite city is. Do they remember? I don't think women always want to 'change' men. I think women just want their partners to be as invested in them as they are in their partners. Because I swear to god, if I asked - if I asked them what my favourite book was, what my favourite film was, what changed me, moved me, broke my heart, made an impact on me, or even just to pick out something I'd wear - they'd be dead wrong.

#personal

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weederfall18-blog · 6 years ago

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South Coast Summer: Kiama, Gerroa and Berry

This post is brought to you by Visit NSW.

Stove top hot chocolate $6

Smoked Beef Brisket Toastie $13

Clyde River oysters $22 for 6

The Clyde River oysters are local and when she brings out the plate she tells us that the finger limes are just from across the road. They give the oysters a puckery pop.

Speck croquettes $9

Crispy calamari $19

Smoked butternut pumpkin salad $23

Rocky Road $16

Halloumi Donuts $12

The accommodation makes the most of the views from the enormous glass windows, five and a half metre ceilings and polished concrete floors with stylish soft furnishings.

That evening Mr NQN arrives and we take the drive to Kiama to check out a new restaurant Silica. During the day there are gorgeous views of the beach although at night you can't really see them.

Sydney rock oysters $3each

We share half a dozen oysters, 3 natural and 3 topped with chorizo, eschallot and sherry vinegar. They're both good and I like the fact that the chorizo ones are raw oysters still underneath.

Kingfish sashimi $16

The kingfish sashimi is served with lime segments, kewpie, togarashi and fennel and it's spicy fresh.

Pappardelle $35 (part of pasta menu with glass of wine and dessert)

Braised free range chicken $29

I rarely order chicken when out but this was my favourite dish of the night. It's braised free range chicken with swede, sage, pine nuts, sultanas, pickled kohlrabi with a rich stock.

Fried Potato Skins $5

The fried potato skins are from the pasta night menu. They come out as an enormous serve, super crispy and spiced.

Honey & thyme roasted beetroot $9

We both really enjoy the sweet roasted beetroot with torn buffalo mozzarella, toasted almonds and dill. This too comes out as a generous portion.

Yoghurt panna cotta $10

The yogurt panna cotta is so wobbly it's amazing that it managed to be plated. It is served with rhubarb and crunchy burnt honey oats.

French toast $16

Local croissant with house cured ocean trout $13

Tuna tartare $24

Potato Beignets $19

The light as air potato beignets are actually a vegan dish - the chef is vegan and this is packed full of flavour from the rouille and charred leek with creamy vegan sauce.

Heirloom beetroots $16

Another lunch time standout dish is the heirloom beetroots with oven roasted, pickled and raw target, pink and yellow beetroots on fluffy goats curd with a crunchy toasted walnut crumb.

The $5 fee for the wine tasting gets everyone a cork and the customer puts the cork into the jar for the charity they want to support. Afterwards each cork contributes $5 to that particular charity.

Late lunch is back at Kiama at Penny Whistler's a new cafe with a stunning view of the water and super friendly service. In the near distance we see a pod of dolphins swimming.

Iced Tea $5 and Banana & Peanut Butter smoothie $8.50

The Tostada Bowl $18

The Bird Bowl $16.50

Lemon & Almond Cake $9 and Passionfruit Curd Cheesecake $8

And then it's onto our next destination!

So tell me Dear Reader, are you usually the driver or a passenger during road trips? Do you have any tips for building fires in a fireplace? Have you ever fed or pet an alpaca?

NQN and Mr NQN were guests of Visit NSW but all opinions remain her own.

Lower East Cafe

70 Crown St, Wollongong NSW 2500 Monday closed Tuesday to Saturday 7am–2:30pm Sunday 8am–12pm Phone: (02) 4226 9922 Menu: lowereastcafe.com.au

Blue Swimmer restaurant

19 Riverleigh Ave, Gerroa NSW 2534 Monday to Thursday, Sunday 7am–3pm Friday & Saturday 7am–3pm, 5:30–10pm theblueswimmer.com.au Phone: (02) 4234 3796

The Shed, Gerroa

theshedgerroa.com/

Silica

72 Manning St, Kiama NSW 2533 Monday & Tueday 8am–3pm Wednesday & Thursday 11am–9pm Friday 11am–10pm Saturday 8am–10pm Sunday 8am–9pm Phone: (02) 4233 0572 silicakiama.com.au

Queen Street Eatery

1/65 Queen St, Berry NSW 2535 Monday to Wednesday, Friday 7:30–11am Thursday 7:30–11am, 6–11pm Saturday 8am–11pm Sunday 8am–3pm Phone: (02) 4464 2544 queensteatery.com.au

Silos Estate

B640 Princes Hwy, Berry NSW 2535 Open 7 days 11am–5pm Phone: (02) 4448 6082 silosestate.com/

Penny Whistler's Cafe

5/31 Shoalhaven St, Kiama NSW 2533 Monday to Wednesday, Sunday 7am–4pm Thursday to Saturday 7am–10pm Phone: (02) 4233 2770 pennywhistlers.com.au

Source: http://www.notquitenigella.com/2018/11/06/kiama-gerroa-berry-south-coast/

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crimsonsims · 8 years ago

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Favourite music artist: Oh man this is too hard for me there’s way too many!

Last TV show watched: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April)

What I’m wearing right now: softest sweatpants I’ve ever had the pleasure to wear an a white shirt.

When did I create my blog: 2013, but I stopped for about two years before I came back and started posting ts4 in January 2016

What kind of stuff do I post about: The Sims 4

Do I have any other blogs: A random one where I reblog stuff I like that isn’t sims related. It’s 99.9% Yuri!!! On Ice now lmao

Do I get asks regularly: Not really, every now and then I get a WCIF, but that’s it.

Why did I choose my url: I don’t even really know. It sounded good to me. My URL used to be icecreamsimming back in the day, but that was so lame and I guess I like the colour crimson.

Pokemon team: I don’t know anything about Pokémon, don’t hate me

Favourite colour(s): Red and purple

Average hours of sleep: 8-9, although I often need a nap during the day

Favourite character(s): Tenth doctor (Doctor Who), Sydney Sage (Bloodlines), Cress Darnell (The Lunar Chronicles), and honestly so mmany more?!

Dream job: I guess I’ve always dreamed about being a professional harpist, and that’s most likely the direction I’m going to take, but I still don’t know whether that’s what I really want. I have no clue what I want in life, really.

I tag @ciarasia @shachum-cha @faerietalesims @plumbobage (but only if you feel like it!)

#get to know tag #saviorhide #non sims

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A-Z have fun dude

my dude

bless you ella

A- already answered!

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

tbh idk?

C - already answered!

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

i don’t have anything like that, actually. i either like a ship or i don’t.

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

the chimney fic for the inception fandom’s 2016 secret saito. also the fic that fulfulled @drown-yourdarlings prompt about rose and lissa’s lehigh university experiences but that’s on my fanfiction.net account and let’s not talk about that........... right now or preferably ever

(rest is under the cut for length)

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

i’ve more or less been in the va fandom since... 2014?

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

see my answer to part (a)

(romitri was probably my first otp)

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

it used to be books, but i feel like there are so much unexplored depths in movies that it’s really to get inspiration for meta or fic, so nowadays it’s more movies.

I - already answered

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

the 00q fandom. of course i knew about james bond, but i hadn’t considered the ship

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

rose hathaway, vampire academy. over the course of six books and maybe ten months(?) she really found herself, got a lot more mature and self-confident

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

tasha ozera did not deserve what she got. she was a force of nature.

dominick cobb is a really fucking smart guy

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

the collective smh + lardo

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

for inception and 00q: more well-developed female characters. more poc. more woc. more screen time for all three.

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

okay so haunted by beyonce always reminds me of arthur or q and I HAVE NO IDEA WHY BECAUSE THE SONG ISN’T REMOTELY RELEVANT TO EITHER OF THEM

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

okay i actually had this idea rolling around in my head for months. i’ve seen something kind of similar to my idea, but the premise is a little different-- “a little less sixteen candles”, arthur/eames, by osaki_nana_707 on ao3

just a sec. let me pull up my doc.

high school teacher-student CANON-DIVERGENT au except there’s no underage pedophilia because arthur’s not actually a minor, he’s a grownass man

so BASICALLY. arthur is part of running project somnacin with dom, mal, and stephen miles, but it gets shut down when the first soldier loses his grasp on reality and shoots himself in the head. topside. which is like, a mess for the military, so long story short everyone’s like “this is a NOPE program BYE��

after project somnacin gets shut down, dom, mal, and arthur open an architecture firm but arthur, who’s a beast at research and investigation and also knows shit about criminal justice (or is it criminology?), occasionally gets contacted by the military/sometimes the nsa/sometimes the cia to do consultant work.

by now arthur is twenty-four. he gets contacted by the military and it’s like “okay so someone may have stolen top secret files about project somnacin and because you know about the [highly confidential] project and you’re really good at investigative research we need you to help identify who this person is [spoiler alert: it’s our beloved thief and forger, eames], figure whether this information is in danger of getting leaked to the public, and all that good security shit??? we might need you to bring him in”

so arthur does his fancy-schmancy research, has a breakthrough and identifies a one mr. [first name redacted] eames, british ex-pat currently living in america and teaching english at a private high school.

due to his small frame and general twinkiness (i’m sorry but it’s true), arthur can pass for a seventeen or eighteen year old. SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? HE DECIDES TO ENROLL IN THE SCHOOL THAT EAMES TEACHES AT IN ORDER TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EAMES. in rolls the teacher-student au

okay. that was a very long way to establish the premise of a fic, but anyway if anyone wants to write that because i am Tired and have no time, just tell me and i’ll be ecstatic

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

the carry on fandom, mostly because the big blogs stopped posting/moved onto other fandoms and the content generally dried up

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

i wrote a fic a couple months ago featuring adhd!arthur and adhd!eames. a genderfluid!eames fic is currently near completion. (i am so EXCITED)

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

*grabs my fucking megaphone*

EDDIE CASTILE AND JILL MASTRANO AND ROSE HATHAWAY AND SYDNEY SAGE ARE ALL BI AS FUCK. ADRIAN IVASHKOV IS PAN.

ARTHUR IS PART JEWISH, PART CHINESE AND CAN SPEAK ABOUT FIVE LANGUAGES. HE WEARS JOGGERS AND BEANIES WHEN HE’S NOT WORKING. HE IS A CLASSICALLY TRAINED MUSICIAN AND LIKES TO SING

IN SOME CROSSOVER VERSE, Q AND ARTHUR ARE DEFINITELY COUSINS

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

arthur (inception), q (skyfall/spectre), eddie castile (vampire academy/bloodlines)

this is when you notice that i have a type: quiet bamfs who have been whumped by their fandoms quite hard

V - Which character do you relate to most?

arthur. my son my sun my heart.

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

“i wasn’t gay until i met you” or “i hate myself for being gay but loving you makes it feel better” because why do straight people think it works like that. also, not a fan of genderbending because the concept is inherently trans and nb exclusive, plus i kind of feel like it messes up the characterization.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

when both/all parties of the otp are absolute bamfs and surprise each other with their competency

and angsty soulmate aus. call me a cheesy, bright-eyed fucker but i love them so goddamn much

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

the NHL fandom (i do occasionally reblog stuff about the pens/marc-andre fleury onto my omgcp sideblog? and i watch a few games every once in a while but i’m not actively invested in it.)

also the yuri on ice! fandom. like i haven’t even watched ep. 12 but i’ll reblog a funny post about it every so often

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

please see all this inception meta that i have:

plot meta, character and plot meta, wardrobe meta

#ask meme #this took me an hour ajslkdfjalksdf #i need a life #1800-neonlightz #asks

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