Bokhara2

I’m just back from a most enjoyable weekend in Canberra, thanks in no small part to the very generous & helpful recommendations Neil_Oz & others gave me last week. It seems the least I can do is reciprocate with a little JBR, and hope someone may find something useful for their trip.

Primarily in town to see the Paris Exhibition, http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/MASTERPIECESfromPARIS/ Portrait Gallery http://www.portrait.gov.au/ and any other interesting art exhibitions I could find; I was also looking forward to meeting Neil & Mrs Oz over dinner one of their favourite Chinese restaurants. An old friend was in Canberra for a conference and it was also an opportunity to spend some time with her. And share accommodation in a city full to capacity with Paris Exhibition & Presidential visit people.

Leaving Sydney’s Northern Beaches at 3:30 on a Friday afternoon probably wasn’t my smartest move, but I thought I’d escaped the Friday night crawl and zoomed along the M2 & M7 feeling pretty smug. Until I hit the car park laughingly referred to as the M5 & spent the next half-hour cooling my wheels at a speed that didn’t register on the dial. Just as well modern cars don’t boil. Still, it wasn’t long before the road opened up and with 110km expressway conditions, I pulled up outside Ottoman in Barton just before 7:30. http://www.ottomancuisine.com.au/Canberra/Canberra.html

Years of long drives requiring a band-box appearance within 5 minutes of arrival, without benefit of a change room, have taught me the fine art of changing clothes quickly & discreetly without leaving the vehicle. This time I was nearly thwarted by interior lights that go on instantly the ignition is turned off & don’t dim until the vehicle is empty & locked. Not wanting to give an impromptu exhibition, or to sashay into Ottoman in my travelling shorts, the solution finally dawned. On with the ignition; off with the lights & my travelling rig – on with the dinner dress.

Ottoman was full, and I was delighted to see my friend and a welcoming glass of champagne waiting at a table in the corner. The food & service were excellent and it was soon obvious why it had been impossible to get a reservation on previous trips. We had an appetizer of 3 dips with flatbread, shared mains of quail, lamb chops and a delicious vegetable accompaniment; finished with a rose infused panacotta, Turkish coffee and the best Turkish delight I’ve had for years. $200 for 2, including wine & tips.

ACCOMMODATION: Rydge’s Lakeside. http://www.rydges.com/hotel/0/RACANB...e-Canberra.htm This used to be “The Place to Stay” 25+ years ago and refurbishments are almost complete. There is an attractive bar & restaurant on the ground floor, and a jazz trio played on Friday night. Some new apartments have reduced the Lakeside's prime view of Lake Burley Griffin and Capital Hill, but the London Circuit location, size of the rooms and the flawless service of the staff make it a very viable option. Rates were sky high because of the Paris Exhibition & proposed US President’s visit and we paid $450 for a suite. However, it was really quite reasonable, considering that it contained two large rooms & bathrooms, separated by a hallway, so it was the larger equivalent of two normal hotel rooms. It was ideal for our requirements and at $225 each, not such an exorbitant price in the prevailing market. My room had a large sofa which converted to a Queen sized bed and was very comfortable. Normally the sitting room, it also had a flat screen television, sound & communications, as did the main bedroom. This would be an ideal space for a family or two couples, with other bedding configurations if required. On Saturday my friend left and I moved to a double room $360, with some Lake views. Secure car parking is available for $20/day.

I almost never eat hotel breakfasts; usually finding something more interesting & economical nearby. URBAN FOOD is an absolute gem directly opposite the rear entrance of the Lakeside. http://www.outincanberra.com.au/urbanfoodstorecafe.
Breakfast both days was delicious & well priced at $15 for two coffees, 3 pieces of organic fruit toast, butter and spreads. It has a comprehensive menu and appears to be open until late afternoon. There’s also a grocery, green grocery and very good wine selection. I bought some specialty olive oils & vinegars as gifts.


SATURDAY: TIP OF THE YEAR FOR EXHIBITIONS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY – Join as a Member & waltz past the queue, straight in via the Members’ Express Entry. Membership is $55 for locals, $45 for out-of-towners, $30 for seniors & other concession holders; gives 10% discount in the gallery shop, cafe & sculpture garden restaurant, and includes a free ticket to a future exhibition.

Locals will know the distance when I say the queue stretched a good half-block beyond the Portrait Gallery, snaked down & past the High Court to the NGA. Several hours’ shuffling along at least. To its shame, the NSW Art Gallery doesn’t have a Members’ Express entry; just a discount on the entry price. TIPS 2, 3 & 4: At this exhibition, there were LARGE PRINT CATALOGUES as well as small print. If you only need glasses for reading, these are ideal. Take a small one too, because you have to give the large print one back. PASS-OUTS to the exhibition allow you to come & go during the same day if you get sensory overload, want to break up the experience with lunch or a coffee.

THE SCULPTURE GARDEN RESTAURANT is small, beautifully located and serves excellent food. We had Angel Hair pasta with pippis & prawns; 15 hour goat; salad, fig tart, affogato, tea, wine for $100 for 2 including tips. 10% discount on food for Members. Book if you can.

THE PORTRAIT GALLERY http://www.portrait.gov.au/ (Click on the Red square for more information). Complimentary parking under the building. The entrance is past the NGA coming from the city. This is a new gallery and has a wide & interesting collection. I didn’t see it all by any means, and would certainly go again next trip. Very good photographic exhibition on just now.

Apologies for the capitals - my bolds & italics didn't carry across from Word & at midnight, my brain wouldn't absorb a tutorial on the Fodors' solution.

Tomorrow: 'Roo at the Ruby with the Oz's; why the Pork Barrel Cafe is so aptly named and a poignant moment at the War Memorial.

JohnFitz

Loving this as I am in Canberra in October for 2 weeks .Never been there more than a week and that was years ago .Most recently just 2 nights.That time we ate at the Ottoman as a work group in the private dining room and it was excellent.

If anyone has a serviced apartment suggestion/s , well situated , I will be pleased to receive it .

Part 2 please Bokhara2

Susan7

Really enjoying your report. I always try to book into Ottoman whenever I'm in Canberra, it's branch in Sydney is nowhere near as good.

Magnificent exhibition, wasn't it? I snuck in with an ANU group before the gallery opened so there we had the galleries to ourselves.

margo_oz

lurking.....
have business trip to Canberrra coming up

Bokhara2

Haven't forgotten, visitors arrived a day early & we've been Eastering ... tell you about the Ruby, the Pork Barrel Cafe & the canoodling "Pollies" shortly.

JohnFitz

Looking forward to it .

Neil_Oz

JohnFitz - re the apartment, it depends what you'd consider "well-situated" for your purposes.

Most are either in or close to Civic, the business centre on the north side of the lake; or in or near the Parliamentary Triangle on the south side, which is host to the more obvious tourist attractions like the NGA, Parliament House etc. There are decent dining districts both northside (Civic, Dickson) and southside (Manuka, Kingston). The distance between the two is a mere spit, though.

Being a local I don't have personal experience of apartments here, I'm sorry, but if you trawl through wotif.com you'll get an idea of what's available where and I'd be happy to comment on issues like location. As far as quality is concerned, when staying in apartments interstate in a particular price band I've never found enough variation to worry about.

Bokhara2

FOG AT THE SCULPTURE GARDEN RESTAURANT; ‘ROO at RUBY WITH THE OZs .. AND SOME WINE MATCHES FOR CHINESE FOOD

As we left off at the Gallery, I just wanted to add something about the restaurant there, before we go on with my ramble & ramblings.

THE SCULPTURE GARDEN RESTAURANT at the NGA
http://www.menulog.com.au/sculpture_...y_of_australia

This is a delightful spot and the food & service make it well worth a visit for lunch, even if you’re not visiting the Gallery. Do book though; it’s quite small and although we didn’t and got a table, we were very lucky.

Adding to the ambience & interest of the location, there’s a man-made lagoon beside the restaurant. If you click on the link, you’ll see the view from one of the tables & something interesting in the water amongst the reeds. They’re sculptures of heads; whether sitting or swimming, I don’t know – they’re just there. On the other side of the lagoon there is a Japanese sculpture that emits the finest spray of water at different times, creating a fog through the lagoon. It’s mysterious, magical, eerie – depending on the day and your mood. I've been here mid-winter, when the trees are bare & the fog's up - very "Hounds of the Baskervilles".

The Menu’s on the link too - they had a special one for the Exhibition and kindly gave me a copy. Just to give you an idea:

Carpaccio of beef with truffle dressing, aioli, Parmesan, capers ($22); Grilled olive bread, goats curd, bresaola, fig jam & saba ($19); Proscuitto di San Daniele, goats curd, Gaeta olives, fresh fig ($18); Open tart of taleggio, spinach & fig with radicchio & endive ($22); Penne with gorgonzola, poached pear, walnuts & mint ($19); Rigatoni with tomato braised suckling pork, Ligurian olives, parsley ($21); Veal cutlet (250gm), roasted tomatoes, rocket, lemon($35); SALADS: Caprese ($19); Rocket parmesan & nectarine ($9).

We were set on the Gorgonzola Penne & the Taleggio Tart .... and then ... along came the Specials – and we were seduced by Pippies with Angel hair pasta & 15 hour goat. I’d wished for goat at Ottoman, was surprised it wasn’t on a Middle Eastern menu – so could hardly pass up a gift from the gods like this, could I?

Afters on offer: Three cheeses with lavoche, muscatelles, guava paste ($24); Classic lemon tart & crème fraiche (12); Mixed berry tart with crème fraiche ($12) & Affogato ($12). The Warm Fig & mascarpone tart ($12) was another winning special.

We had the last two and were very happy as we waddled off amongst the ducks, past the still shuffling queue to the Portrait Gallery.

My friend was on a 3:30 flight back to “Emerald City” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_City_(play) , so we had a quick look at the NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY http://www.portrait.gov.au, collected the car (Free Parking) from the car park underneath and headed for the airport.

I revisited both the NGA and Portrait Gallery on Sunday & immersed myself in them until hunger led me to forage once again & I found myself at Table 11 of The Pork Barrel Cafe, watching canoodling Pollys .... But first there was half of the coat of arms to be devoured at Ruby in Canberra’s Chinatown, with Neil & Mrs OZ.

I was quick to accept Neil’s very kind offer to collect me from the Lakeside, and the Ozmobile arrived just as I came back from Urban Food, where I’d been trying to find a wine to go with the various flavours of Chinese. (They have a very decent selection for a suburban cafe/grocery store.)

I don’t know about you, but I find it a real challenge to match two of my great loves: Asian food & red wine. Well, any wine really; often I think Chinese tea or beer is the best option. Given the complexities & regional differences of Chinese cooking, it seems that much more difficult than other Asian cuisines to strike the perfect match & we talked about this as we drove through the darkening streets towards Dickson – Canberra’s Chinatown. I’d found a 2007 Clare Valley red from Pikes (The Red Mullet - a GSM + Temperanillo ) and Neil & Mrs Oz brought a Riesling, both of which we thought worked well with the various dishes we had. Neil – what was that Riesling?

This looks as if it might be a useful site – interesting articles on this very topic. Wish I’d found it earlier, but better late than never and I’ll be interested to try some of their recommendations.
http://www.visitvineyards.com/china/...ne-edward-ragg

RUBY CHINESE http://www.rubychinese.com.au/ is one of those traditional Chinese restaurants, sitting on the block like the matriarch she is; secure in the knowledge that the newcomers might have the allure of the new/fad/”in place” for a moment, but will be no threat to the patronage built on good service & food over generations of her own family and those who keep coming back. There’s no complacency here; the menu is interesting and varied and talking with one of the sons later in the evening gave an insight into the challenges faced in finding & maintaining reliable supplies of various specialty ingredients. Seasonal & unusual climatic conditions had affected their normal supply of several varieties of mushrooms, for example. It was very interesting to listen to this chap discussing his trips with his father to secure new & ongoing suppliers to keep their standards high and expand their menu range.

The menu’s on the link; these specialities piqued our interest: Bone Marrow & 3 Precious (precious what?); Crispy Superior Pigeons; (Clearly not the motley crew of ‘airborne rats’ around the city) Stir fried duck feet (de-boned). (Can you imagine how fiddly de-boning a duck’s foot would be?) And lastly, “Lo Han Chai – Braised 18 different vegetables. A chef’s specialty fit to tempt the Buddha himself.” No doubt, but our appetites were for meatier fare this time.

Armed with Neil’s knowledge of the place, we wisely went with his prawn dish recommendation, and added Lacy Crab Rolls, Braised Mushrooms, a couple of other things dishes, though delicious at the time, now escape my memory. And, of course ... the “Ruby ‘Roo". Very good it was too – Kangaroo fillet with BBQ sauce. It’s a dark meat, this time served in thin slices and quickly cooked on a griddle, I imagine. Not unlike venison, and went very well with the red wine.

The Riesling worked superbly with the lighter dishes – thanks Neil, it’s not something I’d have thought of with Chinese. Neil & Mrs Oz are charming & interesting people and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening in their company. Thank you both very much.

FurryTiles

Wonderful trip report, Bokhara - great details and such entertaining descriptions.

I'm intrigued by the 15-hour goat ... I know I could google, but I'd love to hear why it's one of your favourites and how the Canberra goat compared with previous encounters.

And of course, how could you possibly dine with the Oz duo and not include 'roo! Neil wisely left his crazed wombat at home, lol.

Bokhara2

Thanks Furry Tiles.
The 15 hour goat was intriguing. It was a pinkish colour, rather as if it had been pickled but was not, and the waitress* said it was due to the very long, low temperature cooking. It was served with a little broth and was delicious, very tender but neither falling apart nor stringy. I fancied there was a hint of juniper berry, but can't be sure. I might email them & ask for the recipe.

I've had goat in curries; bbq'd chops and roasted legs & shoulders previously and enjoyed it. I haven't cooked it for quite a while, but this and the fact that I saw some in a local Asian butchery recently might put some Autumn goat on the menu.

* I can't be bothered with this PC "waitstaff, waitperson" nonsense. If the person serving my meal is male, he's a waiter. Females are waitresses. If I can't tell the difference, I'll call (1) my eye specialist (2) a taxi (3) the undertaker - I'll be past my use-by date!

Neil_Oz

Thanks for a great trip report, Bokhara2, and special thanks from both me and (I'd better just call my wife by her name, Robyn - if anything she'd insist on Ms Oz, but I suspect that neither that nor my "Mrs Oz" label would appeal) for your gracious but entirely undeserved compliment.

And for the record Bokhara2 is as excellent company as her posts suggest, and would be even without the story about the drake executed for miscegenation (on which I intend to dine out, I should add).

Your description of the Ruby is spot-on and yes, we did try to visualise the sad army somewhere in the depths of Guangdong condemned to spend their working lives de-boning duck feet. I'm assuming they're imported frozen, anyway. Not to mention the adjoining line occupied with extracting and packing the ducks' tongues.

Interestingly I once tried Goat Casserole at the Ruby but had to tell them that while it was tasty, some goat meat to supplement the bones would have been a nice touch. Their excellent manager, Suzie, took my sarcasm in good part.

As happens, it takes a visitor to pass on recommendations in your own town, and we're planning to check out Urban Food and the Pork Barrel pretty soon.

BTW, the white was a Canberra region Jeir Creek Riesling - forget the vintage, sorry. For what it's worth I once read an article concerning a tasting held in one of Shanghai's top restaurants (forget the name, it's owned by an Australian woman and is on th Bund). The aim was try to establish what style of wine is optimal for Chinese food; and the answer was champagne, of all things.

As for our white, I thought it was pretty good drop but maybe a fruitier riesling would have been better.

And I'm with you on waiters and waitresses. I particularly dislike the term "server", which has become popular in the US - a bit too close to "servant" for my liking. And my drinks still get served up by barmaids and barmen.

Both our daughters have worked on occasion waiting tables. They're both modern girls, and they both reckon that you'd have to be more than a bit neurotic to object to being called a waitress.

FurryTiles, I think that Victorian wombat (dec'd) would have been a bit tough.

Bokhara2

NeilOz: FurryTiles, I think that Victorian wombat (dec'd) would have been a bit tough.

Bit of a tight fit in the camp oven too, Neil. Mind you ..... with a bit of red wine & garlic ...

Perhaps one of the Kiwis might be able to do it in a hangi. http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/hangi.html

I'll nick over to Bondi & ask someone.

Peteralan

Sorry Bokhara,you are too late, they have all moved out to be replaced by Russians ( Russian the largest spoken language after English in this neck of the woods).

FurryTiles

Thanks Bokhara - after your descriptions of the various goat dishes, I’m looking forward to trying goat again; my first experience many years ago in Tunis was not a culinary success (think the goat was probably 15 years, not 15 hours ... 15 hours was more the time it took to upchuck and purge the Tunis goat) so I’ve avoided it since then.

And I'll make sure the goat (dec'd) is not from Victoria, with its reputation for tough critters. ;-]

Bokhara2

Hills Bills, Peteralan, where are we going to get our fush & chups & jandles now? Did they leave their chillibins?

Bokhara2

Some of these look ok, FurryTiles: http://www.cootamundrakid.com.au/goatsmeat-recipes.php

JohnFitz

Just a terrifically good report which I will utilise when there in October.

Neil, sorry I was vague and broke the golden rule of this forum ' Give adequate details to enable informed answers '.

I have about 6 days of meetings and conference at a pre - determined venue , including accommodation , but it is my last 6 days which are at another conference where I can choose where I stay .

The conference is at the Convention Centre , which from recollection is over near or around the area where the Casino is located . Thinking of hiring a car for that time so I can tour around the city more easily .If I do that it will also give me greater flexibility with where I stay and eat etc .

I will do as you suggest and do a bit of research on wotif and the like .

Bokhara2

PORTRAIT GALLERY, OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE, THE PORK BARREL CAFE, CANOODLING POLLIES

We’re on the home stretch now & I hope I haven’t bored you rigid. It’s difficult to know what’s too much or too little information to give. So, I’ll just chat & you can skim, cherry pick, or move on altogether. Wouldn’t it be good if we could do that with personal or phone conversations sometimes?

Walking out onto my balcony with an early morning coffee, I‘m enchanted to see hot air balloons sailing silently across the sky in front. Six, seven, probably more, they drift over Lake Burley Griffin, reminding me of a wonderful birthday celebration I’d had in the Hunter Valley & piquing my interest in a repeat run in the Nation’s capital. http://www.balloonaloft.com/Location...05BB776D6?sp=4

Breakfast again at URBAN FOOD http://www.outincanberra.com.au/urba...torecafe/menus

Even if it weren’t so conveniently located directly across the street from the Lakeside, it would justify the full tables inside & out. I’m lucky, find a spot just as I’m starting to worry I’ll be eating my breakfast sitting in the kerb. Ancient Grains Fruit Toast ($7.50) & ‘skinny flat white’ (I wish!) a.k.a coffee with skim milk. I’m severely tempted by several – most-- of the other options (have a look at the menu & you’ll see what I mean). Portobello Mushrooms on Toast (crumbed in paprika, garlic & dill, finished on a char-grill, served on organic Quinoa & Soya toast at $12.90) is a serious contender, but know I’ll want to try somewhere interesting for lunch. Order at the counter, they’ll give you a numbered flag & find you with your meal.

Driving back to the Galleries, I’m struck anew by the vista of Parliament House at the end of Commonwealth Avenue, with Lake Burley Griffin on either side as I cross the bridge. In a moment of madness, I’m inordinately proud of our beautiful little National Capital.

The queues are even longer than yesterday as I go past; and this time the Portrait Gallery’s car park is full. It’s not worth even thinking about the one at the National Gallery, so I turn right off Kings Avenue and stumble across a biggish car park. I think it’s possibly behind the National Archives building. Anyway, it’s like winning the lottery – vacant spaces and I snuggle my car under a tree in glee, don my hat & walk 2 or 3 minutes to the

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. http://www.portrait.gov.au/ I could spend hours in here, in the classic section with Captain Cook, Banks and their contemporaries, through to the contemporary Portrait Stories http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/portraitstories.php

THE 2010 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE has some riveting images & fascinating stories. http://www.news.com.au/pictures/gall...9649589?page=1

Quick foray into the National Gallery shop, flash my new Membership card & take 10% discount on the “Van Gough, Gauguin, Cezanne & beyond” exhibition book and a couple of other “take homes”. Dash through the “Emerging Elders” exhibition and duck into a charming & imaginative small exhibition for children on the use of spangles & jewels in art. All the signage is at kid’s eye level, but not in patronising “kiddy speak”. Better watch it – I’m beginning to like this den of pollies & public servants!

Finally dragged myself back into the sunshine & decided on a walk through the park between the Galleries & Old Parliament House.

We’ve a Rose Garden & a white house too – but ours is open to the public & houses, amongst other things, a wonderful collection of political cartoons. So does the new Parliament House, but I don’t think they know it.

Up the steps of OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE - http://moadoph.gov.au/ Now the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, it’s a majestic building shimmering white in the Autumn sun. The gun-barrel view, across green lawns and Lake Burley Griffin to the War Memorial on a far hillside reminds me of Washington’s trio. Behind, the 4 legs of the New Parliament House flagpole form a modern steeple. The two Parliament Houses are bookended by Mount Ainslie to the South & the War Memorial to the North, with the new Parliament House is built into its hillside in such a way as to facilitate the classic - straight line view from Mount Ainslie to the War Memorial.

http://www.australianexplorer.com/ca...ment_house.htm Some info on this website on both Parliament Houses and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, which now appears to have dwindled to a scraggle of tents among the trees to the left on the lawn across the road in front of Old Parliament House. The symbolic fire still smoulders, and there’s a table with some “Aboriginal Art” for sale and a sign reading, “ If any questions about anythink (sic) on table, come see us at ‘caravan’. Shane & Nicole”. Another requests, “Please make a donation if taking photo’s (sic) of the sakret (sic) fire.” I wonder what some of those old Aboriginal men & women who made the trek from the back country when the Tent Embassy was set up & meant something, would make of these tawdry gee-gaws, the unwashed looking hippies sloping around the tents, and the disingenuously misspelled signs. “Not real dinkum, that fella.” I’d guess.

Time for lunch and I decided to see if Waters Edge – www.watersedgecanberra.com.au was open. A friend recommended it and it looks interesting.

I retrieved my nice cool car from its shady spot & headed back past Old Canberra House, enjoying the view across the Rose Garden & I was past the sign before it registered: That attractive building in the park was a restaurant !
I burst out laughing – who could possibly resist – “THE PORK BARREL CAFE”. http://www.porkbarrel.com.au
Who but the Australians would build a restaurant in the Parliamentary Gardens, right across from Old Parliament House & name it after its clients .. politicians & public servants, the greatest Pork Barrellers known to man! Naturally, it’s part of that other well named institution, THE LOBBY RESTAURANT . http://www.thelobby.com.au

Waters Edge would have to wait – this was just too inviting. Clearly a local favourite, we were a mix of refugees from the NGA, family groups and cyclists dropping in for a ‘sip & sup’ ; travellers and a couple of tourists. The blackboard menu was interesting & there was an extensive & popular pizza selection. Licensed with quite a reasonable selection of wines.

I chose a mezze plate for one and took my glass of Semillon to table 11 under the trees, near a charming Scandanavian family who were here for a month. The mezze plate was delicious, and would have been plenty for two. (Flatbread, 3 dips, oysters, char grilled prawns, chicken , octopus and tempura battered fish ) $26 for both.

ORDERING TIP: You need to advise your table number when you order at the counter, so find it first. Each table has a little triangle shaped plaque with its number on it.

It was so pleasant sitting there, it would have been easy to while the afternoon away & decide to stay another night. A magpie sifted around in the leaves around my table, looking for beetles & insects – and any morsel that might come his way from me. He knows a soft touch when he sees one. A couple of white cockatoos give a flying demonstration around the rose garden & finally settle on a branch above the Scandanavians’ table. Deciding they might be in the “drop zone”, we laughingly move their table a few feet to the side and watch in fascination as this pair canoodle above us, billing & cooing & grooming each other, before finally settling down for a snooze, one with his/her beak over the other’s neck. Imagine how delighted those visitors were! So, there’s your Canoodling Pollys. What were you thinking? This isn’t “Who” magazine!

Next - The War Memorial & home.

Al_Core

Did you know that Ruby's Chinese Restaurant is owned by Jackie Chan's father? I discovered this after sitting in the spa at the Hyatt for an hour talking with an old chinese man who bore a striking resemblance to the great man himself. Charles Chan RIP.

Bokhara2

No, but now you mention it, I think there are photos of Jackie Chan in the restaurant. Neil - am I right or was it the GSM?