Breaking the eggplant curse.

⌾ : Ricoh GR IV monochrome.⚲ : ///invent.dogs.skip A short trip up the Parramatta River to Abbotsford Wharf and the Sydney Rowing Club for drinks and dinner. It was a textbook spring evening that demanded lingering out on the deck as the sun set. Of further note was the food. As a person who eats a plant-based diet, eggplant is frequently encountered on restaurant menus. Not that long ago, it was incessantly posted as the token ‘vegetarian’ meal…you know, to keep those crazy vegans at bay. And it was usually bland, overcooked to the point of steamy pale-green mushiness, a totally unappealing gastronomic afterthought…. and the only option. These days, vegetable based diets are normalised and restaurants offer a wide variety of options. But I have been traumatised from those not-that-long-ago days and view any dish containing traces of eggplant with post traumatic suspicion. The curse of the eggplant. Despite this, the Sydney Rowing Club offered an eggplant dish on its menu….and for…