Had a marvellous experience last night. Sunali has a friend that is in the fishing industry here. He was up in Kandy on a bit of a break, so he invited us out to supper at the Victoria Golf Club where he was staying at a friend's villa. We were picked up by his driver in some huge black Toyota in which we were chauffeured to the golf club. The villa was spectacular. 4 bedrooms each with own bath. Huge Jacuzzi and pool. Commercial kitchen. The works. I guess that is now enough as they are building on a huge master suite.
We started out by the Jacuzzi where there was a wonderful breeze and no mosquitoes. Had a lovely Australian red wine and then they started bringing out the sashimi. It was a tuna fished in the Indian Ocean, caught yesterday morning. It is similar in appearance to Ahi. This stuff was as fresh as could be, never frozen and fabulously prepared by a chef who was on hand to prepare our dinner. The sashimi came out on platters over dry ice. Quite a sight. It was never ending. I don't think I have ever eaten so much tuna sashimi in my life. Fabulous creamy taste.
That was followed by dinner, which for me was sear fish. I have not eaten seafood for quite a while, as I won't buy it inland in Kandy. This was brought up from Colombo in our host's car that day. Dessert was curd and treacle followed by a wonderful espresso and cognac.
Add to that the fact that we had the chef and 3 other servers looking after our every whim the whole night. There were more staff than us, as we were only 3. Our host was very interesting and the conversation was animated. I did not get home until 0230. They chauffeured us back to Kandy and we were presented with 4 tins of fish, mackerel and tuna packed in brine. Impossible to find here in any store. What a lucky duck I am to have been part of that. Like an early birthday present.
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