A weekend breakfast at Ikea is a family treat, hugely popular in Germany. It's very cheap (it's Ikea, after all), at about 4 euro a person, depending on what you order. On my tray, above, we have a pretzel, 2 bread rolls, scrambled eggs, salami, cheese and teeny-tiny Nurnberger sausages. Ooh, and coffee!!! Unlimited hot drinks - coffee,...
For a family breakfast this morning, my mum requested pancakes.Me: Do you want thick or thin pancakes?Mum: Medium!Me: Ok! What size? Small or big?Mum: Yeah, that one.Me: Big?Mum: No, small!Me: Ok, what do you want to eat them with?Mum: Bananas.I chose to make Nigella's American Breakfast Pancakes from How to be a Domestic Goddess, because they seemed like...
Woah! Check out the rain in Melbourne!! I have not seen a deluge like this in years! (I was in Germany during the January flash floods). I can't believe that it was only a short week ago that we were having a barbecue in the backyard - sweltering in the heat and combating agressive mosquitoes.(Important point: in the...
Cheese-flavoured Curl Sticks. The deliciousness is in the thickness of the stick, don't you know.Japanese snacks are awesome! Have you been to a Japanese convenience store? They contain a dazzling array of snacks, all in a clean, brightly lit environment. Amazing. I'm not sure if we overdid it on the snacks - from potato chips, to chocolate bars,...
Happy Easter everyone!These cupcakes were inspired by a combination of seeing Nigella Feasts on TV late at night, and the Easter special in the free Safeway magazine. The recipe is Nigella's cupcake recipe (How to be a Domestic Goddess, Nigella Express), each stuffed with a mini Easter egg, and topped with royal icing. I used Lindt 70% cocoa...
We all know how much I loved the Food Hall at Daimaru in Kyoto, so here are some more photos I found from the depths of my Japan trip photos. I am crazy about the food halls in Japan's department stores, and only wish we had something like them in Australia. The beautiful store layouts! The approachable, unintimidating...
Good Evening all! Welcome to the new, improved Sarah Cooks! I hope you like it.New features to Sarah Cooks are "Coffee of the Week" and the "Slideshow" in the sidebar. The coffee in question is currently a lovely latte from Sweet Source, and the drool-worthy slideshow is of our Kaiseki meal at an inn in Nikko.Special thanks to...
Continuing on the donut theme...Before we got to Germany and all their berliners and quarkinis, we were in Japan. And there was Mister Donut.Sarah: OH MY GOD THERE'S A MISTER DONUT NEAR OUR HOTEL!!!Mattcha flavoured "Pon de Lion" donut, cafe au lait.Forgive my schoolgirl excitement. The first time I went to Japan, it was as an excited 15-year...
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