We celebrated Jac’s niece Savannah’s birthday with a family dinner last Wednesday. Jac and I made savoury eggs (also known as devilled eggs), specially requested by the birthday girl herself. We weren’t able to get quail eggs this time, so we used ordinary chicken eggs. We ran out of curry powder, so the flavour of […]
Last Sunday morning, we both woke up hungry. A flick through the Entertainment Book proved inspiring – Pancakes at Carillon sounded appealing to us both. I haven’t been there since I was sixteen years old, when I had breakfast there with a group of my school friends, and I remember really enjoying it. And I’m […]
We were too busy to do anything for Valentine’s Day on the day itself, but as a special treat for ourselves we’d booked a night at a hotel for the Saturday night of the weekend after Valentine’s. And so after my breakfast/interview with Cellobella in Subiaco, I headed back home to help Jac finish getting […]
I hope these photos will meet with your expectations after my sizzling steak video teaser! :) We celebrated Jac’s brother B’s birthday with a barbecue dinner on Sunday. Our contribution to the meal was a batch of Chinese meatballs. Well – Jac did all the work, really. All I did was read her the list […]
Sunday, 30th December. I woke up nice and early, took a couple of photos… …and then went back to bed and slept in. We got up when it was bright and sunny and got ready to go out to breakfast. Paymaster’s Cafe 18 Bond St Newcastle East NSW Sunday surcharge AU$2.00 per person www.paymasters.com.au I […]
Last Sunday night we all went out for dinner at The Manila Restaurant to celebrate Mum’s birthday. Ever since hearing about how much we enjoyed the buffet there (see posts – savoury here, sweet here) , Mum was keen to try it. She and Dad had never eaten Filipino food before and thought it sounded […]
I can’t guarantee that I will always be able to provide recipes when requested, but I have two to share with you now – first, the easy strudel we had recently at a family lunch. My younger sister Juji kindly gave me the recipe to share with you guys (original post here). Obviously this is […]
Had a family lunch today, which Mum called “East meets West”. Beef curry… Sweet and sour pork… My brother’s mum-in-law brought a yummy vegetable bake. Made with broccoli and cauliflower, it was like a cross between cauliflower cheese and a quiche – it was made with eggs, soup mix and cheese on top. Peri-peri chic…
We all enjoyed the savoury dishes but I think we were all even more impressed with the wide selection of desserts on offer. I took most of these photos as soon as we arrived, before most of the other diners began moving in on the buffet. Individual pavlovas, topped with real cream, kiwi fruit and […]
We had a family dinner on Wednesday evening – no particular reason other than we haven’t had a get together for a while, I think. Oh, and we really wanted to meet my sister and her hubby’s puppy Paco. Everyone brought a dish to share. Mum and Dad’s friends M and A came along too. […]