Abbott cooked steak on the barbeque, and fish for Crabb, who doesn't eat meat; they talked about Malcolm Turnbull, Julia Gillard, regrets, 'funks' and shades of grey.
Offering everything from goat curry to frosted cupcakes, South African barbeque to fish and chips, the spectators' menus to be unveiled next week aim to cast the London Games as a festival of food.
Carnivores will have their fill perusing the manifold satay sticks, fried fish, barbeque rib and meatball stands stationed market-wide: perfect fuel for another few hours on the go, before heading homeward, arms heavily laden, to refresh, relax, and perhaps regroup for a second Chatuchak shopping spree on Sunday.
There was so much food in this warehouse sized eatery that strategizing the meal became an important, if not critical, aspect to navigating the overly abundant appetizers, salads, soups, meat, chicken, fish, barbeque, starches and all the other filling foods created to slow down the hungry patron.
Barbequed meats and fish are the specialty here, and the centerpiece at each table is a small open grill.
It was also a great opportunity to fish for offers of free barbeque and invitations to beta-test unreleased Native Instruments hardware.
For eight days, they survived by diving under the boat and fishing out peanut butter crackers and barbeque chips from closed compartments.
Sometimes you can buy a fresh fish from the end of Shore Road in East Wittering and barbeque it.
PORT WASHINGTON Harbor Q Barbeque Bistro, 84 Old Shore Road; (516) 883-4227.
I invited 50 friends to a barbeque.
Laird could sympathise with them at the players' barbeque.
