Happy New Year! This year my sister CherryRipe was over from Sydney to be at the family reunion dinner. Since Mum and Dad were away at Christmas and we didn’t have a roast turkey, Mum decided to roast a turkey for Chinese New Year. She managed to buy a turkey for quite cheap (post-Christmas prices!) […]
For sweets, a big fruit platter was served, featuring grapes, rockmelon, mango, and nectarines. My sister-in-law made the birthday cake using a special recipe for diabetics (Mama is diabetic). There is no sugar in the recipe. There’s a spoonful of honey and some apricot nectar added, and of course, the sweetness provided by the fruit. [&helli…
Mama is my paternal grandmother. We celebrated her birthday (actually, I don’t know how old she is) with dinner at my parents’ house. Mum cooked three spring chickens in the turbo broiler. The meat fell off the bone, and the skin was delicious. Mum also made char siu (chinese barbecue pork). According to Mum, she […]
I reminded my siblings and mum via email on Monday that it was the 20th anniversary of our family’s arrival in Australia. My sisters have since written about the anniversary – see here and here. Back then, the 16th of January 1986, I was ten years old. My memories are all over the place, some […]
Jac’s family came over for a birthday dinner of cold meat and salad, probably Jac’s favourite meal. We started with a couple of rounds of nibblies. Jac made her famous savoury eggs, which we served up in her special savoury egg dish. We didn’t have enough eggs to fill up all the space, so I […]
The condiments. Behind the menu there is a big-ass bottle of malt vinegar. We shared a small plate of chips. Jac is very partial to offal, and so she ordered liver ‘n’ bacon with veggies (AU$11.50). The only organ I eat is skin. Anyway, Jac said her dish was very good. I ordered toad in […]
It was Jac’s 40th birthday yesterday. We both took the day off work. We went to the Britannia Coffee Lounge & Restaurant for lunch. We’ve been meaning to check it out for some time, and yesterday was the perfect opportunity. The Britannia serves British meals and sells a variety of British pies, meat products and […]
Jac’s niece Savannah, aged 7, had a sleepover at our place this weekend. As soon as she arrived, all three of us got into the spa (jacuzzi) for a while. We got out so we could make dinner. Jac made chicken nuggets and chips. The recipe for the nuggets came from the Take 5 magazine […]
My folks got home from their holiday yesterday arvo, and the family got together for an inpromptu curry fest dinner, cooked by my very talented younger sister Juji. Juji served the curries with lemon rice. The recipe is from Jamie Oliver’s Happy Days with the Naked Chef book, and is also featured in Season 3 […]
Christmas Day was fun and delicious. As I said in an earlier post, it promised to be a real meatfest. Although I have definite carnivorous tendencies, I would have been just as happy with two kinds of meat. Still, I appreciated all the meat on offer. Jac carved the meat. Here’s the sliced turkey thigh […]