It is hard to believe that it took 75 days in the Tomsey house for us to fire up the rooftop barbie and cook a nice steak. Some of it was settling in. Some was winter. Some was the need to clean up the deck. A lot of it was not yet into the lifestyle.
When we first lived here we probably cooked up there three or four times a week. For the first time in a long time, CJ cooked the steak. Since it was a single piece of meat, he did a great job cooking it to his rare taste, not so good for Carol's medium rare pallet.
It is a beautiful evening to grill.
The reason for the treat was a bit silly. He wanted a special wine bottle for the decor of the family room. Really!
It was a beautiful piece of steak sourced from one of the butcher stalls at the Adelaide Central Market served with asparagus and baked potato. We paired it with a 2017 Langmeil Orphan Bank Shiraz made from vines of at least 70 years. The "orphan" vineyard at Langmeil is one where they transplant old vines other winery are tearing up. Orphan Bank is one of our better wines, perhaps the best we have in Australia.
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