Lunch with Juji and Jay

Last Saturday my sister Juji and her boyfriend Jay came over. Juji and Jac planned to go cosmetics shopping while Jay and I just hung out and played on the Wii. :) But before the afternoon’s main activities took place, we sat down to a delicious lunch prepared by Jac. We’re so busy these days, […]

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Random eatings

Just a few photos from a recent meal at Carousel Shopping Centre food hall. An express salad combo from Sumo Salad – we each chose a salad. My choice was the chicken and penne pasta salad with sundried tomatoes; Jac chose her favourite, the falafel salad, with cous cous, pumpkin and cos lettuce. Fresh rice […]

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Chicken katsu

Last Friday was a busy day – and I had a shocker of a morning. I didn’t have a lot of time for lunch, and grabbed a quick takeaway chicken katsu from Sushi@Royal (131 Royal St, East Perth). The chicken is drizzled with barbecue sauce, and the dollop of mayonnaise goes well with the chicken […]

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Dinner at Casa del’ Amici

Last Thursday evening, Jac and I had dinner at an Italian restaurant called Casa del’ Amici (“The Vale Shopping Centre”, Shop 23, 393 Warton Road, Canning Vale). The place was busier than we thought it would be on a Thursday night – luckily, they were able to squeeze us in without a booking. We started […]

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Chicken schnitzel burger

For lunch last Friday I had a chicken schnitzel burger from 88 Royal lunch bar (88a Royal St, East Perth). These are always good. The chicken is freshly deep-fried and super-crunchy on the outside, tender and moist on the inside. Along with the schnitzel, there’s lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise in the chewy, lightly toasted bun. […]

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SPAM and macaroni stir-fry

I cooked this quick dinner for Jac and myself last Tuesday night: a stir-fry featuring SPAM, onion, mushrooms, green beans, cherry tomatoes and macaroni. I fried the SPAM cubes with chopped onion in the wok first, then added the mushrooms and green beans when the SPAM and onion were nicely browned, the SPAM with slightly […]

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Fried egg toasted sandwich with gooey yolk

If runny eggs gross you out, look away now! If you love runny eggs, keep reading!     Here’s another mystery toasted sandwich J bought for me (click here to see the previous mystery sandwich)- this one’s a fried egg toasted sandwich on multigrain bread. Just look at that gooey, runny yolk. A pleasure to […]

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Tuesday bento – herbed nuggets and salad

I was really tired last Tuesday morning. As it turned out, we had two of the hottest October days on record in Western Australia that week- the hottest in 40-something years, in fact. We left a window open to let the cool night breeze in, but unfortunately, there was a hole in the flyscreen and […]

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