My day at work had left me exhausted and crabby, and Jac knew what would cheer me up: a midweek dinner date at the International Eating House food hall in East Victoria Park! I’m a woman of simple pleasures. Jac had a small teriyaki fish set, with fish, vegetables, rice and miso soup from the […]
I could eat chicken every day and not get sick of it. I could even eat chicken twice a day and not get sick of it. When my brother was little he loved chicken so much we used to call him “Chicken Boy”. I think he’s now a “Chicken Man” – and it seems I’ve […]
I really enjoyed this work lunch – bacon hock and lentil soup made by my younger sister Juji, which I ate with leftover mini pies. I microwaved the bacon and egg and caramelised onion pies, so they were kind of floppy and chewy. But they smelled glorious and were still a surprisingly tasty companion to […]
Last month, we had a family afternoon tea at my folks’ home to celebrate my sister Juji and my dad’s birthdays (my brother’s birthday is also in September, but his official celebration was at the recent 62nd birthday party). Everyone brought something along for afternoon tea, and it was quite a feast! Jac and I […]
Sometimes, I get lunch from MYO (135 Royal St, East Perth, next to Sushi @ Royal). My favourite thing to make is a toasted wrap. I have to be in the mood to get lunch from MYO though – I have to be in the mood to assemble the sandwich and then wait while it […]
Jac fried sausages and onions and bought fresh bread rolls so that we could make our very own sausage sizzle at home for dinner. We’re big fans of fried onions and usually find that sausage sizzles are quite stingy with the onions, leaving us wishing for more. At home, Jac cooked up a big batch […]
More cats on rugs in the bathroom. This is the second bathroom, where I shower and get ready for work every morning, so as not to disturb Jac, who gets up at least two hours later than me each day! The cats were sitting together on the bathroom counter when I got out of the […]
For dinner the next night I had the leftovers from the doggy bag we took home from Billy Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, with freshly cooked rice and a stir-fry of chicken, mushrooms and sugar snap peas. The stir-fry was flavoured with oyster sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. Jac threw in the leftover Billy Lee’s broccoli […]
I graduated last month with my PhD. Jac and my younger sister Juji came along to the ceremony. It was on a Thursday night, started at 7pm and dragged on for more than two hours, and by the time we got out of there, we were all absolutely starving. There was coffee, tea and cookies […]
It was workmate J’s birthday last month, and we celebrated at work with morning tea. She’d been busy baking and came to work with two different slices. The first was a chocolate and ricotta slice, topped with chopped hazelnuts. The second one was a coconut and raspberry jam slice. What an impossible choice – which […]