A multi-million dollar renaissance has been taking place at the iconic Cottesloe Beach Hotel. Established in 1905 and renovated in the 1930s and 40s, the building still retains the art deco character that makes it such a striking beachfront landmark. Some patrons may remember the wilder, rougher days of The Cott, but today, with tighter […]
Ah, Swedish meatballs with cream gravy. We had them for dinner at home with mashed potato and steamed cabbage. We did buy a jar of lingonberry jam to eat with the meatballs but I don’t like it that much. There are certain berry flavours I’m not so partial to, including lingonberry and raspberry. I told […]
We felt like getting out of the house on Boxing Day and went to IKEA. Amazingly, we hadn’t been to IKEA since it moved from Osborne Park to its current location at Innaloo. When we got there just after 10am there was a long line of people moving slowly into the store. Jac detests waiting […]
Last month, we went to a quiz night at Jac’s mum’s lawn bowls club. While Jac was at hockey in the afternoon, I put together this platter of nibbles to share: mini pork meatballs, aioli, vegetables and sliced gherkin pickles all sitting on mixed greens. I served the carrot sticks and tomatoes as they were, […]
Another shortcut dinner – Jac bought a pack ready-made pork and veal meatballs, a jar of pasta sauce and linguine from the supermarket. The meatballs smelled glorious as they were frying in the pan – I circled around the kitchen like a hungry crow – I just knew this would be a tasty dinner. On […]
A takeaway work lunch – spinach and ricotta-filled ravioli with tomato meatball sauce, which I guess isn’t a typical pasta and sauce combination. That’s what happens when I get to choose from a bain marie! Well, it was either this sickly looking salmon cream sauce, napolitana sauce or this very appealing looking meatball sauce, an…
My lunch is on the left, Jac’s is on the right – lamb meatballs and salad (mixed salad greens, blanched green beans, baby roma tomatoes and carrot sticks, with some green seedless grapes thrown in with the salad, and a container of aioli as dressing/dip for the vegies). You’ll probably notice that Jac only had […]
I’ve had this dish for lunch before, takeaway from 88 Royal lunch bar (88a Royal Street, East Perth). I always choose it if it’s available when I’m there – it is just so tasty. I love everything about it – the chewy meatballs that are caramelised so beautifully and ever so slightly crisp on the […]
This was my lunch last Thursday, a large meatballs and rice takeaway (AU$7.20) from 88 Royal lunch bar (88a Royal St, East Perth). I’d eaten this meatball dish once before and loved it – I’ve said previously it tastes very much like a dish my late grandma used to cook when I was a child. […]
Here’s what I packed in Jac’s bento box last Wednesday: mini meatballs on a bed of English spinach, bread and margarine, salad (English spinach, cucumber, red capsicum, mini roma tomatoes, carrot), topped with a couple of orange wedges, aioli (for dipping meatballs or eating with salad), Babybel cheese and a couple of prunes. Jac was [&…