Home made caramel brownies by my cousin Jane
Considering the fact that I was in Melbourne for work, and ate in two nights out of four, I managed to fit quite a lot of foodage into my free time. Which was mainly Saturday. I do myself proud sometimes. Join me on my instagram journey!
Enjoy!
Tuna tartare with crushed green pea salad
I need to go back to Melbourne. Working there for three days last week was but a tease, and though I managed to stuff myself full of dumplings, noodles, pastries, chilli, hot dogs, cupcakes, Malaysian and my Mexican cousin (yes, I ate my Mexican cousin, but no I don’t have one. Go figure.), the short trip has whetted in me an appetite for more things Melburnian, like more awesome stuff from Burch & Purchese, for example.
Amongst all the deliciousness, there was one unanimous winner (as voted by me, and my multiple personalities). Cumulus Inc., recommended to me by one of the very few people I blindly trust, was stellar.
Seared calamari with a lemongrass & lime dressing and a green chilli mayonnaise
Who ever said country bumpkins didn’t know how to eat deserves a slap. And now that I’ve called them country bumpkins, I think I’m going to get a slap, but it’s Townsville… so you know what I mean 😉 Every time we go to Townsville to visit my brother and sis-in-law, they take us out to fantasmical (totally a word) places and we are pretty much always impressed with the meals we have. The food is modern, edgy, creative, totally what you would find in a “big city” – but alas, they are also catching up to big city prices.
Not that we always ate fancy, we also had some hotdogs from a cart by the beach. As you do.
Anyhow, this is pretty much a Townsville food porn post (less writing, more drooling), so without further adieu… feast away!
Last weekend, our little crew of eight adults and three kids went road trippin’ overnight up to the Hunter Valley. Why only one night? Because we hadn’t been away with the kids before and now that we know what champs they all can be (no tantrums, no crying, heavenly!) we’re planning a longer trip away!
Ramen in salt flavoured pork soup with roast pork, shallots & sesame seeds
I’ve been wanting to go to Ryo’s for a long long long time. But you know, it’s on the other side of the bridge and if there’s one thing I am, it’s lazy. So, really, it’s all my own fault. Two weeks ago, I finally organised a bunch of us to go. We arrived at 1.30pm and lo’ and behold, the rumours were true: not just that there would be a queue but scarily, they would run out of broth. And sure as heck, they ran out of broth.
So this time around, we went at midday. Before midday even. There was still a queue but I’ll be damned if they ran out of broth.
Cone Bay barramundi with spanner crab and prawn tortellini, sweet corn and thyme butter
It had been raining all week. I prayed to the weather gods (or maybe I just asked the Café Sydney staff) to please make it not rain today, and look at the service. They not only made it not rain, today was the quintessential Sydney winter’s day – clear blue skies, a light breeze and 20 degrees. A perfect way to spend lunch with a colleague from the US, and his birthday to boot!