Tonkatsu! (No sauce)トンカツ(ソースぬぎで)Despite my love for Japan, and many years of study (so many kanji and "未来の夢"の作文!), I very rarely cook Japanese food myself. I used to make oyako-don and sukiyaki occasionally, but that was B.B. (Before Blog), if you can imagine such a time. However, since my bro and his girlfriend Su came back from a holiday...
Start with a slab of Sapporo beer...Get Su to make her famous Gyoza...Get out the taiyaki pan...And make a whole lot of crumbed pork...Full post to come soon!! ...
Look what I found at the Asian grocer!!!!!!!!!Inside door of our bar fridge. Yes, I drink coke zero, and I'll thank you not to judge!It's finally here! My beloved Boss Coffee Rainbow Mountain Blend!! (You may remember it from my '07 trip to Japan, where it came out of vending machines WARM!) Saw it at a Korean grocery...
A homemade pie just screams domestic goddess. This was my vegetarian offering for the lunch we hosted on Sunday, and I was incredibly pleased with how it turned out, especially considering that I was so distracted and making a zillion other things at once. It's kinda like a vegetarian version of a pork pie - all crumbly pastry...
Woah. I cannot believe we cooked so much. What started as a casual Sunday lunch for a few friends turned into a 2-day cooking extravaganza. Typical. Well, I didn't expect everyone to actually say yes! (But I'm very glad they all did.) Sandra and I planned the menu a week in advance, did the big shop on Saturday...
When we catch up with my good friend Adri, we usually end up somewhere like Glenny or Box Hill for dodgy dumplings and fried noodles. Last week, however, I felt like something altogether more special, so decided to cook dinner at my house.I wanted to make something relaxed and simple (no spinning sugar or boning pheasants for me!),...
Been a while since I did one of these "3 Dinners" posts. But then, it's been a while since I cooked at home consistently. (Oven chips don't count). This post's theme is "healthy".Vegetable JalfreeziThis one is from Jamie's Ministry of Food, and seemed like one of the healthier curries we could enjoy - no coconut milk or cream...
I think I must be the last Melbourne foodblogger to visit Seven Seeds...Seven Seeds114 Berkeley StCarlton, VIC 3053Ph: (03) 9347-8664WebsiteOpen Monday to Saturday 7am-5pm and Sunday 8:00am-4pm. (& pub. holidays)We decided to finally visit Seven Seeds today, after finding that Tofu Shop is unfortunately closed on Sundays. It's on a nondescript street off Queensberry st, right behind the...