We had a family afternoon tea recently at my parents’ home. Jac and I contributed siew mai to the meal – we bought three or four serves from Fook Kee at Spencer Village International Food Hall (200 Spencer Road, Thornlie) and brought them along. Mum and I placed them in a dish to heat up […]
In early April, my family held a “full moon” celebration for the newest member of the family, my niece Zoe, the second child of my brother and my sister-in-law. Regular and long-time readers will remember the full moon celebration we held for Ruby about a year and a half ago. Zoe’s full moon followed the […]
My last day at work was also my birthday, and I wanted something really good for my morning tea. Something good meaning something served hot – with pastry! Morning teaI organised a platter of sausage rolls and spinach and ricotta parcels. I brought a container of tomato sauce from home, for dipping. Tupperware fans will […]
This is something I’ll definitely miss from my old job – birthday afternoon teas from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie with my now ex-team mates. A cup of tea, something sweet and decadent, chatting and laughing, and forgetting about the stresses of work for just a little while. This was workmate R’s birthday celebration. We’d se…
Someone brought cinnamon donuts to work, and kindly shared them around… I had teriyaki fish and rice from Jaws Mint (opposite the Perth Mint) for lunch. As usual, I ignored the pile of pink pickled ginger in the corner. The fish pieces were on the thin side, but still tasty, with caramelised teriyaki saucy edges. […]
My workmate R brought in a batch of cloud cakes for everyone to enjoy. I didn’t actually have one myself, so I can’t tell you what they were like. But the rest of the team loved them, and they were all eaten by the end of the day. I know the ‘clouds’ were meringue. Maybe […]
We had a late lunch with Jac’s family on Christmas day. It was close to 2pm by the time we sat down to eat, and I was ready again for another big meal. The theme of the day was meat – lots and lots of meat – vegetarians, this is your warning of what’s ahead! […]
One of my workmates, P, has moved house recently. His new neighbours are two chefs, who gave him a welcome gift of little cakes – P brought them in to work to share with us. I don’t know what any of the cakes were, as I didn’t try any, but I took these photos for […]
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 […]
We celebrated Jac’s brother’s fiancee Kelsie’s birthday last Wednesday with a family feast of finger foods. We gave Kelsie a break from cooking; the party was at their house, but the rest of us did the food preparation for the evening. This was the first of Jac’s and my contributions for the evening: fresh vegetables [&helli…