Posts Tagged ‘roast’

The Beach Club at The Cottesloe Beach Hotel

A multi-million dollar renaissance has been taking place at the iconic Cottesloe Beach Hotel. Established in 1905 and renovated in the 1930s and 40s, the building still retains the art deco character that makes it such a striking beachfront landmark. Some patrons may remember the wilder, rougher days of The Cott, but today, with tighter […]

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Porteño, Surry Hills, Sydney

Porteño has brought Argentinean barbecue to Sydney in spectacular style. It’s all about meat, fire and flavour. If you don’t come hungry, you may cry in regret. Porteño, Surry Hills, Sydney Porteño only takes bookings for groups of five or more to a maximum of 12 people for two seatings each night, 6pm to 8.30pm […]

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Roast chicken dinner, now with roasted eggplant

I wrote recently about one of my favourite meals of all time, a roast pork dinner. Here’s another meal that I love, roast chicken dinner! Here’s the plump roasted chicken, rested and ready to be carved. Jac stuffed the chicken with sage bread stuffing and rubbed it with herbs all over before putting it into […]

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Roast pork dinner

Jac said: “I know you had a crappy day at work, so I cooked something nice for dinner.” I was exhausted and feeling blue from a very long day at work, but I felt instantly better when I walked into the kitchen and smelled our roast dinner. You guys know how much I love roast […]

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Bento – leftover roast pork and turkey with vegetables

I love bento lunches featuring leftover roast meat and vegetables (see previous post Sunday lunch of two roast meats)! I packed us both the same lunch: roast pork with apple sauce, turkey thigh roast with cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables, crackling, steamed green beans and broccoli, and a little container of gravy. This was Jac’s lunch, [&…

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Sunday lunch of two roast meats

A few weeks ago, we had my friend Chad and her boyfriend J over for a Sunday roast lunch. Jac loves cooking for guests, and she cooked up a feast featuring two roasts and lots of vegetables. This was the roast leg of pork, complete with salty, crunchy crackling. Jac peeled the crackling off the […]

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Dinner and bento – turkey roast and vegetables

The dinnerJac bought a turkey rolled roast with apple stuffing from the supermarket. She served it with gravy and vegetables done three ways: cauliflower cheese, steamed (green vegetables – snowpeas and cabbage), and roasted (root vegetables – potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, whole onions and carrots, all roasted in the oven at the s…

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