Overcoming a fear of spiders?

Tonight's Christmas Eve dinner was at Taiko...it's getting to be a home away from home. We discovered time had got away on us and needed a little person fed and into bed. A quick walk up the hill to Kingsland for dinner was called for.

Patrick is now working in the kitchen (washing dishes) and we had earlier joked he could eat dinner with us and then start work and wash his own dishes.
He commented that there was a dish on the menu that he really wanted to try...we had not had it either -
SPIDER ROLL - Sushi rolled soft shell crab with cucumber and avocado.
It was really delicious and reminded me yet again not to get trapped into just ordering the same thin each time we go because it is so good!
The picture is not of the full dish...as usual I get carrie away in the tasting and forget to get a shot before the dish is started.


Over dinner I said we needed to stop and seriously think about Christmas presents...I had a feeling we had forgotten something. My feeling was right. After a quick phone call it was confirmed that we needed to take a 'secret santa' present for each adult. 
The quick fix was to get condensed milk to make fudge. Ian (Taiko owner) came to the rescue with the end of a bottle of scotch that could be used to make the fudge.