My first rugby union game (watching, not playing) in Australia! The best part: (1) it was a home game and (2) the home team needed to win in order to gain semi-final hosting team field rights in the following week's playoffs.
Sell-out crowd, open-air stadium, 3 of my best mates in Oz along with me = awesome night!
The home team in blue (the NSW Waratahs) was up against the New Zealand Hurricanes, who were just ahead of them in the playoff standings at the time.
End result: Warratahs lost 19 - 14. Later next week, they lost to the Hurricanes again (this time in Wellington), knocking them out of the playoffs.
After a long walk back into town, what do a bunch of guys do to drown their sorrows? Well, we didn't drink beer ... but we did eat pies!
Harry's "Cafe de Wheels" is another meat pie institution in Sydney. Although pies in Australia are traditionally topped with tomato sauce (i.e. ketchup), Harry's lets you take it one step further with other ingredients like mashed potatoes, mushy peas, gravy, chilli and lots of other good stuff.
The picture above is one of Harry's signature pies: mashed potatoes, mushy peas AND gravy. Yesss guy! Great street food, for sure. How does one make mushy peas? ... Glad you asked.
Recipe
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint
1 pound frozen green peas, thawed
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
Method:
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add green onion, mint, and peas. Cover, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Mash peas with a potato masher to desired consistency. Stir in butter, and season with salt and pepper.
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