Archive for April, 2008

Max’s birthday

Last Sunday, we celebrated Jac’s nephew Max’s 5th birthday with family barbecue lunch. It was quite a feast! A garden salad with hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese cubes and avocado. Jac’s brother B’s special coleslaw, made with white and red cabbage. Creamy potato salad with more hard boiled egg – yum! A fruit platter, …

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Saturday food

On Saturday last weekend we grabbed a bite to eat while at the shops. Jac enjoyed a plate of chicken nachos from Xquisito. The warmed corn chips, spicy chicken chilli mix and melted cheese were topped with cold tomato salsa, guacamole and sour cream. I wasn’t sure I liked all the cold condiments piled on […]

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Two chicken dinners

25/03/2008. Oven baked chicken drumsticks seasoned with garlic salt and herbs, served with steamed broccoli and green beans, baked butternut pumpkin, potatoes and carrots. They were deliciously succulent chicken drumsticks. 28/03/2008. Chicken kebabs, made with Lebanese bread, chicken, salad and lashings of aioli. A little messy to eat, but utterly…

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JC makes another appearance

My workmate RR recently bought selection of goodies from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie for afternoon tea to celebrate his birthday. I sneaked in ahead of time to take photos, of course. I lifted the lid from the box, and wow! Even after half a dozen or so morning/afternoon teas featuring Jean Claude fare, I still […]

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Birthday baking!

It’s my birthday today! :) I made cupcakes last night which I’ll bring in to work today for morning tea with my workmates. I iced them with chocolate butter cream icing and decorated them with an assortment of chopped Flake chocolate, Maltesers and Smarties. Hmmmm, which one do I prefer? Maltesers… …or Flake? I got [……

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Work food

Tuesday – honey chicken and fried rice (AU$7.00) from 88 Royal (88a Royal St, East Perth). The tender battered chicken was smothered in a sweet and sticky syrupy sauce. The fried rice was delicious, with fried egg, sliced Chinese barbecue pork and onions in it. Wednesday – I grabbed a takeaway two-meat curry combination from […]

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