We just happened to be passing and because we had heard that Antonio’s had undergone a bit of a face lift we thought we should check it out. On our previous visit it was known as Antonio’s Deli. That was about a year and a half ago when we were concerned for the safety of our Australian friends as the whole country appeared to be consumed by flames. It was also before we had even heard of coronavirus and COVid-19. My, how times have changed … but would they have changed at Antonio’s as well?

Well, yes they had. The main dining area had been stripped back to the bare sandstone and was looking rather swish. It was full of customers when we arrived so we had to sit next door next to a counter full of delicious looking Italian cannoli biscuits.

Cannoli is a tube-shaped shell of deep fried pastry dough filled with slightly sweet and creamy filling, Enough of this temptation! We need to maintain discipline … we are here for the scones

Carried away

One of the memorable things from our last visit was Alina. A lovely Rumanian lady who looked after us back then and she was still there, yeah! She soon had us sorted out with some lunch and a scone which she offered to hold until after we were finished. She also said she would toast it for us as well. In spite of all this, however the scone did not quite hit the topscone grade. You can see from the picture that Pat got a bit carried away and cut it up before I was able to take a photograph. Years of training and for what?

Taking the biscuit

When I went to pay our bill, Alina gave us a wee box filled with cannoli biscuits … what a girl! And what did we do, we put the box down and then left without it. It wasn’t until we got home and looked at the pictures that we realised we had left it. I was so intent on waiting for a fleeting space in the traffic to get a picture that I hadn’t noticed Alina trying desperately to attract our attention. And then we just drove off.

When we realised what we had done we went straight back and Alina had put them to one side for us … what a girl!

What a team! St Johnstone from Perth won the Scottish Cup earlier today playing against Hibernian from Edinburgh. St Johnstone have now picked up a host of trophies.  And all on a minuscule budget compared to the likes of Rangers and Celtic. Well done

Remember Palestine, remember COVID, yes, well tell the BBC. Since the Martin Bashir/Princess Diana story broke there has been nothing else on their news channels. The BBC are, of course, ashamed. Not at the story but the fact that they have been caught trying to cover it all up. Their polished exterior as the bastion of truth has been well and truly tarnished. Of course, anyone in Scotland will tell you that their so called impartial, truth-telling ethos was tarnished long before now. This is the self same corporation we all have to pay a fortune to every year for fear of ending up in jail if we don’t. Time for the BBC to have along hard look at how they do things and get themselves sorted out. Antonio’s has done it, so they can too!

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