Kamakura Restaurant, Russell

Tonight we took the ferry to Russell for dinner at Kamakura--the place with the coolest look and the best looking menu. It was very modern in design, with long banquette seating and dark pillows. We sat at a table facing the water and had one of the best meals of our trip. We intended to take a 9pm ferry back to Paihia, but lingered for desser and caught the final ferry at 10pm. My dessert was a work of art--panacotta placed in a circle on a plate to look like the eyeball (or head) of a bird. They even decorated the white panacotta with something grey in color (a dusting of grey) to mimic the pupil or eye. Triangular cookies were below it (beak or feathers) and raspberry sauce was drizzled to make up the body and/or feathers. It was delicious too! As we took the dark ferry ride back to Paihia we were in a state of bliss after such a fantastic meal.

P.S. Our table looked out over the harbor, so we had the perfect view of the setting sun.