On the same day as the family breakfast at Sizzler, I went to afternoon tea at my friend D’s home. D was one of my best friends from my now ex-workplace. She wanted to celebrate my new job (although she was sad we would no longer get to work together) and my PhD. Our great […]
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…
Christmas Eve! The Fig Tree Deli Cafe 271 Bondi Road, Bondi NSW Jac and I went for a morning walk and made a breakfast stop at The Fig Tree Deli Cafe. I had a mug of English breakfast tea (AU$2.50) with soy milk on the side (AU$0.40). Jac rather liked the sound of the Fig […]
Our friends MK and AK and their two teenaged kids came over for dinner on Friday night. By the time I got home from work I was in my usual state of Friday night exhaustion, feeling a little worried that I’d be battling to stay awake through dinner. I put on my apron and helped […]
It’s been waaaaay too long since I last posted, and I do apologise. It’s been a very busy week at work and at home. Here’s a plate of char kway teow I ate for brunch last weekend while at the shops. It was very tasty indeed, freshly cooked, garlicky and saucy and loaded with lup […]
Belated text to go with the pictures: This was a very basic cheese and mustard on toast. The cheese was Farmers Union Old Bitey (just the name makes me want to eat it! It is yuuuuuummy cheese!) and we used Australian mustard to add a little more bitey-ness. But just the cheese on its own […]
This post features a few miscellaneous photos. First, a tin of Plumrose sausages – it was supposed to contain 8 sausages but had only 7. I was planning to write Plumrose a letter, but I forgot to keep the can aside and it ended up in the garbage. Oh well. The 7 sausages were as […]
This morning, a toasted cheese and tomato sandwich was created out of love by one woman for another. And most disturbingly, this blatant act of perversion resulted in pleasure – for the woman who made the sandwich, the joy that comes from cooking something for a loved one; for the woman who ate the sandwich, […]
On the weekend: Jac’s grilled SPAM and cheese on toast. She also had plain grilled cheese on toast. I believe the cheese was gouda. She likes her grilled cheese a little overdone, I think. I like it still bubbling and slightly more gooey. She’s content to let the crusts go black and eat around them, […]