For a recent dinner, Jac panfried lamb cutlets to a tender pink medium and served them with some toast and a dish she called “vegetable hot pot”. It looked to me like a vegetarian variation of the chicken stew she’s made. No, sorry, no recipe to share yet. :) I dipped my toast in the […]
I had lunch with my sister CW at the new Cafe Ambrosia, the replacement for Kirribilli Cafe (where we’d had coq au vin for lunch recently) at Curtin University campus. CW ordered the linguine with roasted pumpkin, spinach and fetta. The pasta that arrived looked more like tagliatelli than linguine to me. CW found the […]
A quick food hall brunch while we were at the shops! Jac had prawn rice paper rolls from Spices. I tried the organic chicken and corn soup from Sumo Salad. The soup was loaded with corn and full of chicken, and it was not overly loaded with cornflour like chicken and corn soup sometimes is. […]
Chee cheong fun has got to be one of my favourite noodle dishes. It’s steamed soft rice flour noodles. We buy these from Fook Kee at Spencer Village International Food Hall, 200 Spencer Road, Thornlie. Fook Kee serves the chee cheong fun rolled up and chopped into segments, served with a sweet thick sauce and […]
Dinner After a few days away from the house, Jac couldn’t wait to get back into the kitchen and do some cooking. I came home from work to the most delicious smells of marinated chicken pieces and vegetables roasting in the oven. Well, roasting chicken and vegetable smells intermingled with the smell of freshly painted […]
I had the most perfect honey chicken with stir-fried egg noodles at my ex-workplace in the week that our house was being painted – the batter was not too thick, the chicken was juicy and succulent, and the honey sauce sweet and sticky – this was exactly how honey chicken should be. And those thick […]
Workmate L at my now ex-job brought in blueberry muffins to celebrate her birthday. We all enjoyed them for morning tea. L was very apologetic because she’d used a packet mix to make these muffins. She did say she’d chosen this brand because it’s always loaded with blueberries (sorry, I didn’t ask her what brand […]
The painters arrived at the house at 6am. They were very impressed with the packing we’d done, leaving them easy access to the walls. With Juji and Jay’s help, we’d packed all the books into boxes and then hauled the bookshelves out of the house and packed them away in the garage. Anyone who’s been […]
While we were packing up the house so it could be painted, things were pretty hectic. Neither of us took time off work – I couldn’t, anyway – I’d resigned from my job and had four weeks notice to work through, so no way was I going to ask for any favours. Believe me, we […]
We were at Carousel Shopping Centre recently and feeling hungry, stopped for a burger brunch at Niche Cafe, which is in the section near GAME and JB Hifi, down the way from the new Dreamy Donuts kiosk. We’d eaten breakfast here before and enjoyed it, so were pretty confident the burgers would be decent. Jac […]