One Opinion and a "Blackened Fish on the Barby"

Opinion - is it just me or are we now being cheated with colourful flowers that aren't really colourful? Are real flowers becoming more and more fake?
One of my goals for 2015 was to have real flowers in the house on a regular basis. I like to get seasonal ones, and they don't have to be special - just a nice bunch of something to brighten up the house. But when I was in our local grocery shop, I noticed these brightly coloured flowers. At first glance they were gorgeous..... then I realised, they were just white flowers with dye in the water to make then all multi coloured !! We are being duped people !!
Bring back the real flowers I say .......
 

I mean..... have you ever seen anything so ridiculous ?





And so ... on to the story of my disastrous "Blackened Fish on the Barby" (BBQ not Barbie Doll). I have a favourite restaurant in Perth (East Fremantle) called Barque, that do the most amazing whole fish with black vinegar. I get a lot of inspiration for my cooking from restaurants and meals I try. So I thought I'd go to the fish market and buy a whole fish and attempt to recreate something similar. FAIL !! Unfortunately it didn't work. It wasn't exactly inedible - in fact it actually tasted OK. But it wasn't what I wanted to serve to my guests. So in my mind it was a fail. I had it marinating all night in a beautiful buttery spicy marinade with black vinegar. But when it came to the cook on the BBQ, we didn't do it well.
Needless to say at 10pm with slightly drunk and hungry guests I served up a whole fish (after three attempts). I will try again.
Maybe with a smaller fish and get it right before I invite people over. I must say though, the pineapple spicy salad & the Thai pomelo salad that we served with the fish were absolutely delicious.

This is not a picture of what I served !!