More a photo post than a blog post to be honest! Golden sunset reflected in golden Cape Muscat (Rhona Muscadel 2003 from Graham Beck for those interested)

After three days of Christmas indulgence and excess Mrs C and I decided to get some sea air, so toddled off to the South Coast for the afternoon.

You'd never know this was taken on Bournemouth sea front - it looks more like sunset on the Med. Well, it doesn't look like Bournemouth anyway.

And to cap it all, the pic was taken with an iPhone. Not bad when you consider what a terrible camera it is supposed to be, and how it gets rubbished for its photo quality in reviews!

If you are ever in Bournemouth make sure you check out WestBeach - a really good seafood restaurant where we ate the poshest Fish Finger sarnies while watching the sun go down.

WestBeach was voted South East Seafood restaurant of the year 2008, I think, and runner up for Best South East restaurant too. But don't just take my word for it A. A. Gill was smitten too!

Can't wait to go back when it's warmer....

PS: For more Pics from WestBeach check out my Facebook profile

Mrs. C had a yearning for one of her favourites from her Uni days - Hungarian Goulash. All that Paprika and Chilli hardly makes it the most wine freindly of dishes. Plus, I was in the mood for Pinot Noir! As it turned out the Lawson's Dry Hills Pinot 2007 that I had bought earlier in the day in Majestic Wine's New Zealand 20% off wine offer didn't fair too badly.

The sweet, gamey, plummy fruit of the wine actually paired very well with the ultra-tender, slow cooked Pork that I bought earlier in the day from local Pork farmer Q Gardens's - the sweetness of the slow-cooked meat and the tomatoey, tangy sauce it was cooked in teamned up nicely with those ripe, juicy elements in the Pinot. M'mm, not such a bad match after all...