Since I had leftover barbecue chicken, a bag of rocket and spinach leaves and half a loaf of multigrain bread to use up, I made sandwiches for my bento lunch last Wednesday. The sandwiches I made were (left to right): Curried barbecue chicken and spinach Chicken, mayonnaise and French mustard and rocket, with a layer […]
I got myself fish and chips – well, a seafood basket – from our local fish and chippie for dinner on Tuesday night. In this seafood basket, you get: two pieces of fish, two prawns, two scallops, four squid rings, two crab sticks and of course, chips. I also got myself a pineapple fritter – […]
I packed myself the other barbecue chicken thigh and drumstick with more stuffing for my bento last Tuesday, with lots of vegetables – rocket and spinach leaves, baby roma tomatoes, mushrooms and blanched broccoli and sugar snap peas. A few people have asked me about my blanching of green vegetables for bento. Well, I think […]
I didn’t feel like doing much cooking last Monday night, so I picked up a barbecue chicken from a supermarket on the way home. I threw some fresh vegetables together – not really a salad – to eat with the chicken. I ate the thigh and drumstick, – my favourite parts of the chicken – […]
It was my workmate R’s birthday last Monday. She brought a black forest cake in for morning tea. It looked pretty good, but I had no idea just how good it would be! The chocolate sponge was soft and fluffy, but the best thing about this cake was that the layer of cherries in the […]
In addition to my takeaway yong tow foo, I bought a serve of chai tow kway (also known as radish cake, or carrot cake – see Wikipedia entry on chai tow kway) from Fook Kee at Spencer Village. I thought it would be perfect for a bento lunch. To go with the chai tow kway, […]
Last Sunday I caught the train to Thornlie and to have lunch at my favourite food hall, Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie) . As I walked across the bridge from the railway station, I could hear talking behind me. I turned around and saw two old Chinese women, two poh pohs, walking together. […]
Another dish I tend to cook when Jac’s away is green curry chicken. I cooked this last Friday night for my dinner, using green curry paste from a jar (I used Valcom brand curry paste, which is made in Thailand), coconut milk, a little sugar and fish sauce (as per the instructions on the jar), […]
Last Friday was a shocker of a day, and J and I escaped from the office and had lunch at Mai’s Vietnamese Restaurant (51 Bennett St, East Perth). We were very lucky and scored the very last free table – everything else was taken or reserved. We shared a serve of pork spring rolls. They […]
Thursday’s bento lunch consisted of fried rice and salad (cos lettuce, rocket, spinach, cherry and golden tomatoes, and baby carrot sticks). I love this bento box as it was my first proper bento box, but it is on the small side. I realise that’s good for portion control, but I could’ve easily eaten twice the […]