Taste Explosion

Having a 7am "I'm awake now!" moment, so I thought I'd do a quick writeup of last night. After entrusting our car to a teenager (I never can get used to valet parking), we went to a restaurant on the end of the marina called Parker's Lighthouse, with a view of the lit-up Queen Mary across the water.. I had chargrilled Albacore tuna - caught locally, I believe. Following the waiter's recommendation to have it cooked medium-rare, I was treated to one of the most delicious pieces of meat I have eaten. It's hard to hold over-dinner conversation when each mouthful makes you want to close your eyes, savour the taste & texture, and go 'mmmmmmm'. The chargrilled outside was tasty and ever so slightly crispy, and the medium-rare inside was succulent, subtler-tasting, and the combined effect was, well, mmmmmmm.

We're goiing to have a look round the Queen Mary this morning, then it's off to Westwood, LA, to meet up with family friends, including the ones I stayed with for 3 months during my gap year working at UCLA.

First lot of photos now up on flickr.

At 7am, this is your mildly-jetlagged USA correspondent checking out.