Last year, I went to Pier restaurant at Double Bay for the first time with a Japanese client and loved the scenery and food, plus bearded man working there.

So this time, I took Justin to eat yummy lunch together.

Amazing thing is after one year, things have changed very much.

Last year, it was full house even at lunch.

This time, at a table next to us, there were only two lunching ladies talking crap and discussing curtain colours and competing with each other on who eats the least.

I do not understand why expensive restaurants like these serve such small portions. People say, the portions are small so one would focus more on the taste. But the portions are so, so bloody small my entire focus shifts instead to the void in my stomach.

Don’t get me wrong, after all these, I don’t have much problems with Pier. I still love the bearded man, beautiful scenery, excellent service and yummy and wonderful food presentation. It’s much the same as Japanese food – half the focus is on the presentation and the other half taste.

One thing I did not like this time was the fish roe, chopped raw kingfish with kaffir lime leaf  stuffed in a fried-wanton skin (at least it tastes like wanton) cone. It was really pretentious. It might be good for rich people, but I don’t “get” it.

However, I have to give them credit for keeping to the time I have to spare. Our return flight to Melbourne was due in 2 and half hours, and they managed to serve up the entire meal in the time we had.

Yummy food always make us very happy.

We have been to a few Michelin-star restaurants in the last four years and Galileo is still the best, best experience we had. Worst place of all for me is Jacques Reymond.

I was so grumpy and upset with Justin at restaurant so I fart a lot after the third course. I did not understand why such food is worth two weeks of pay.

I have no problem paying one month’s pay as long as the food is yummy.

I would not go back there. Some people like it but I think I got different taste.