Archive for November, 2007

Big eating Wednesday

Wednesday this week turned out to be a big day of eating. For lunch, Chad and I went to Toraya. She had the dish that’s become her favourite there, the medium agedashi tofu lunch box. I had my favourite, the karaage donburi, topped with chilli mayonaise. Both our meals included miso soup (not pictured). Back […]

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Melbourne Cup Day 2007

A couple of years ago I wrote about Melbourne Cup Day and lamented being part of a too-small office of PhD students – I missed working in a big office and taking part in sweeps and lunch and getting caught up in the excitement of the day. Well, as I now work in a reasonably-sized […]

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Indigo Girls Concert

Yesterday I got out of work early (around 2:30pm) so I could get home as soon as possible and get ready to go out – we were off to see the Indigo Girls in concert at Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC). I’ve been a fan ever since they released their first album, and introduced Jac to […]

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Curry and chips (though not at the same time!)

Dinner on Thursday night, while out at the shops. We shared some Indian from Maya Masala. First, a succulent piece of chicken tikka. Then, a large combination with rice and two meat curries and one vegetable curry. We each chose a meat dish; Jac chose lamb and spinach curry and I chose butter chicken (surprise […]

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A two-wrap week (work lunches)

The toasted wraps from MYO are currently my favourite lunch item. :-D I had two of them this week and I know I will have more again next week! Tuesday. The last couple of times I had a wrap for lunch I still felt a little hungry afterwards. This week, I boofed up the meal […]

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Two breakfasts, two dinners

Last Sunday, 28/10: Jac fried the bacon and toasted bagels under the grill, I made scrambled eggs. We’ve been buying free range eggs, and I love how brightly yellow the yolks are (to contrast, see these scrambled eggs from a family brunch a couple of years ago). I ate my bagel with butter and honey. […]

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