A selection of breads and pastries, a latte and an ice tea at Andersen Bakery, Ueno station, Tokyo.We ate an incredible amount of bread and pastries whilst in Japan. Little bakeries were everywhere, selling high quality pastries, yummy bread rolls and coffees of varying quality. And they were cheap! Loaded up with a few pastries and bread rolls,...
Lisa Simpson: I’m gonna go get some vegetarian chili before they get desperate and add meat!This is my beloved terracotta pot, which I use for all stews, soups, chillis, or anything gloopy.In my ongoing quest to find delicious, healthy midweek meals, I turned to an unlikely source - Nigella Lawson's Feast. In the Partytime chapter, she has a...
Cooking with yeast is not my thing. However, eating food made from yeast is definitely my thing. Especially Nigella's apple and blackberry kuchen - a sweet yeasted dough, enriched with eggs and topped with blackberries, apples, and a crumble mixture. A quiet weekend in Germany gave me the opportunity to test out some of my (still developing) yeast-baking...
Grilled pork chops with lemon and caper dressing, rocket salad and fast friesI don't often cook chops, as I have been disappointed by the quality of supermarket chops a couple of times in the past - bony, dry and tasteless. When I do head to one of my favourite butchers, it's usually to buy a big-ass roast or...
Finally the long wait is over! For all of you who were waiting for this post, (*ahem*... I should say both of you), I am now writing about our dinner at Bistro Guillaume.Bistro GuillaumeCrown Entertainment Complex8 Whiteman StSouthbank Victoria 3006(03) 9693-3888WebsiteDecorThe space (formerly Prada) is beautiful. Marble benches, candles, French bistro chairs, dramatic petticoat-shaped lamps in the front...
*Thanks to everyone who sent me get well soon wishes! Am still not up for typing a whole post with my left hand, so here's another one from my drafts! It's about cake in Germany! Yay!* Kaffee und Kuchen at some Konditorei in Heidelberg. I absolutely adore the German tradition of Kaffee und Kuchen, or coffee and cake....
*I am desperate to blog about our incredible dinner at Bistro Guillaume 2 nights ago, but I've hurt my hand. Using the mouse makes it worse, and typing is incredibly slow. So, I've decided to publish this post from my drafts. Enjoy!*Clockwise from front: whipped cream, scones, strawberry jam.I love a good scone. A few weeks ago, we...
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