taste buds spoiler: Pre-Xmas Dinner @ Olive Tree, West Perth

Hi Peoples! Apologies from the TBS for the long hiatus (IF there's anyone still following this blog). We have been pretty swamped with work, manuscripts, pickling, eating, rotting, codewords and whats not. BTW, this is totally random BUT I HAVE TO SHARE THIS. CODEWORDS ARE ADDICTIVE!!! This is the most well-spent $2.49 in the entire 23 yrs of my life.. It helps to prevent dementia, Alzheimer and *insert any sickness linked to old age*.

*heavy post ahead*

Since some of the TBS members will be away during the festive season, we have decided to bring forward our Xmas Dinner. Er, bring forward x 10 considering we had it more than a month in advance. The awesome one (forgot who) came up with the idea of having Secret Santa! Wohohohoho.... All of us behaved like lil' girls awaiting for our SS to present us our gifts! Speaking of which, I should do my part to help prevent the risk of dementia amongst my friends by getting Miss Von 20 codewords book instead of a Country Road shawl as xmas present! Hahaha

Twas was a fun night with loads of laughters, giggles, vain pictures, non sense, craps and POLAROID!!! FDQ hereby declares that POLAROIDS ARE THE BEST INVENTION AFTER CODEWORDS! Wokiee, i seriously need to stop mentioning about codewords before I get sidekicks from the rest of the members.

Food at Olive Tree was so-so. Nothing much to rave about. Considering the price we paid ($65 for premium 4 course), the amount of food we had were quite worth the price. More of a quantity over quality type. We ordered a bottle of moscato from T' Gallant Juliet to be shared. A light citrusy, crisp wine with a sweeter note. For starters, a basket of sad-looking garlic bread was served. Just a personal opinion, I expected the garlic bread to be thicker, toasted and more flavourful. Entrees were quite big in portion, mains and desserts were alright. Scroll down for pic of the foods.