I recently attended a course held in one of the convention rooms at the Melbourne Hotel in Perth. Since the course didn’t start until 9:30am, I decided to have breakfast in the city beforehand. There’s a cafe at the Melbourne, called M Cafe. I chose to eat there more for convenience than anything; since my […]
So, what can a person do with leftover pikelets? Haha, yes, I know, eat them! I built myself a little stack of pikelets with banana, like this: the first pikelet, a little sliced banana, a drizzle of maple syrup, the second pikelet, more banana, another drizzle of maple syrup, the third pikelet, and a little […]
Last weekend on Saturday afternoon, Jac’s mum Pattycakes and her brother’s partner K came over. Jac and her family are going away for four days to stay in a house by the beach this coming weekend – I’m not going because: 1) we have too many people currently on leave at work, and I wasn’t […]
We had dinner at Sapporo last Tuesday night. We chose Sapporo since 1) we haven’t been there for a while, 2) we were in the mood for Japanese food and 3) we felt like something simple and homestyle, in a relaxed environment. Sapporo is a little restaurant, on the corner of Rutland Ave and a […]
25/05/2008 – savoury chops (a family recipe, made with lamb chops), with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed green vegetables (broccoli and green beans). The carrots were cooked in the casserole dish with the chops, and they were sweet and delicious. For dessert, Jac made what she called cheat’s trifle. We didn’t have any swiss rol…
This is what happens when I get busy during the week. You get two weeks’ worth of work lunches in a single post! Monday (two weeks ago) – SRM, J and I went to Mai’s Vietnamese Restaurant (51 Bennett St, East Perth). SRM had the soy sauced chicken rice, a dish I’ve ordered previously. He […]
Not surprisingly, we didn’t eat every single thing on the nibblies platters we brought along to the potluck family dinner. We took the leftovers home, and the next evening, Jac made stuffed mushrooms with them. She removed the mushroom stems, placed them cap side down on an oven tray and added an assortment of toppings […]