LCB - DINERS

While all of us are reminded of L'Art deVivre living in Sydney, a few of us took that extra step to 'live it'. LCB Diners was conceived and formed when 4 of us (Esther, Felix, Evans & myself) dined at Nick's Seafood a couple of weeks ago. Capitan Torres, a fun Spainsh restaurant at the heart of the city, was our 2nd event last evening. The Paella, Seafood Platter, & Tapas were delish. We had drinks at the Albion Place Hotel and these folks can drink like a fish alright. I even had a Petit Robusto al fresco with double McCallans to de-stress. My orders are to organize a Cantonese banquet, plus Indian curry at Mantra in Top Ryde near our school. There goes my diet plans. As the group grows we added Grace, Julia, Git & Scott this time. The more the merrier, in fact, as our friendship develops, and we only have 5 more weeks to do this. I feel like 'Uncle Raymond' here in the midst of fine 'Chef-Lings' as Git from Singapore calls himself. These extremely talented young professionals are so driven, I feel I can touch their energy & dynamism. They have so much future, can you imagine graduating with a full LCB Diploma in your early 20's?

I told them, when they are big culinary names in their respective markets, one day a bewildered maitre'd will come into the pass and announce ' .... I am sorry to interrupt, Chef. There is an elderly gentleman outside who insists to see you at his table, right away. He did not have anything to drink and I might even have heard him wrong ... he said, you were at cooking school, together? ....' I just love it!