J made these lovely cupcakes for her birthday afternoon tea. They were vanilla and raspberry cupcakes with lemon and cream cheese icing. She brought the cupcakes to work un-iced. Just before afternoon tea, she spread the cream cheese icing liberally on the cupcakes and sprinkled little colourful flowers (what are they called?) and silver balls [&he…
Last Thursday was my workmate J’s birthday! We decided to try the East End Pizza Bar – this is one place on Royal Street we haven’t eaten at before. You can buy your pizza as “single”(for one) or “large” (to share between two or three, depending on the size of your appetite). We chose a […]
I didn’t take lunch to work last Thursday, but I made sandwiches for Jac. Jac has said her favourite bento lunches are always the ones that feature sandwiches. I packed Jac four different sandwiches, along with some leftover KFC coleslaw (in a silicone cupcake mould), lettuce, baby roma tomatoes, a sliced mushroom and strawberries. These [&he…
Dinner last Wednesday night was a fish and vegetable curry – vegetables (zucchini, cabbage, potato, sweet potato, carrot and onion) cooked in a korma curry sauce from a jar, with the fish pieces added right at the end so as not to overcook them. It was yummy, served on freshly cooked rice. Generous servings were […]
For lunch last Wednesday, I packed us KFC nuggets, salad and fruit. We’d bought a Mega Feast pack for dinner the night before, which included 10 pieces of chicken, 10 nuggets, 2 large chips, a large container of potato and gravy and a large coleslaw. This would supply us with a tasty dinner, nuggets for […]
We took the cats to the vet for a check-up last Tuesday evening after work. They are both healthy, but Billy has one little problem from time to time. I’ll just say two words, and that’s all I’ll say about it: anal glands. We felt we deserved a comforting junky meal after all that. Once […]
For last Tuesday’s bento, Jac grilled us some lamb cutlets, which she flavoured with celery salt and rosemary. This was my bento box: on the right, the lamb cutlets, which I placed on a bed of mixed salad greens, along with some smokey barbecue sauce for dipping; on the left, salad (mixed salad greens, broccolini, […]
Breakfast, an example of great teamwork: garlic mushrooms (cooked by Jac) and scrambled eggs with chives (cooked by me). As usual, I got to eat the pan-roasted whole garlic cloves. Dinner: tender panfried mini pork steaks, bubble and squeak, salad and chilli sauce. The pork steaks were simply rubbed with salt and pepper before being […]
Last Saturday, Jac and I had lunch with my sister Juji and her boyfriend Jay at Makan2 cafe (357 Albany Highway, Victoria Park). I’d walked past this place before and heard about it from friends and other Perth food bloggers. We ordered at the counter and started with a round of drinks – Nescafe tarik […]
There was a farewell and engagement celebration afternoon tea at work last Friday afternoon. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: these morning and afternoon teas are the best and worst things about working in an office. Best if you love food, worst if you’re trying not to put on weight. Overall, worst […]