tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135468392024-02-19T14:56:57.998+08:00Sazzy's Degustation Diary*raises her glass* "A toast: while most people eat to live, I live to eat. There's nothing like enjoying a delicious home-cooked meal with a fine bottle of wine in the company of fantastic friends. To life!"sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1736125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-17730633736782445822013-01-01T08:00:00.000+08:002013-01-01T08:00:02.016+08:00Saturday 22nd December 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333>I was invited to Christmas dinner with my neighbours tonight. After several days of being sick with a virus and then being in bed all day today with a migraine, I barely made it to dinner.<br />
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<font size=1>145 Newcastle Street, Perth</font></center><br />
After visiting our friends in hospital, the happy new parents of a gorgeous little girl, we had a craving for Chinese food. With lots and lots of ginger.<br />
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Why?<br />
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In Chinese custom, after the birth of your child, the mother is 'confined' to indoors and fed dishes containing 'heating' ingredients like ginger, sesame oil and black vinegar, for the first month. These days, there are those Chinese who follow it and those who don't. Even those who follow it tend to pick and choose what rules they will follow, with showering and hair washing being the most commonly abandoned. Let's face it, who is going to go without a shower for a month!? <br />
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Anyhow, the new mother's mother is following the tradition to see her daughter through the confinement period and so she's bringing delicious meals to her in hospital (and will continue to cook for her for the next month) and we were all hungry for ginger after leaving the hospital!<br />
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So we quickly settled on meeting in Northbridge and finding a Chinese restaurant.<br />
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We thought with a name like this, we must find endless deliciousness!<br />
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I've never seen them do this with dumplings before! It looks like they make a little crepe that cooksk in the bottom of the pan, with the dumplings on top of it, but then they flip it all over onto a plate so that the crepe is actually over the top of the dumplings!<br />
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We couldn't find any dishes containing ginger as a main ingredient, but we did find the food surprisingly good! Very basic flavours and it didn't leave us feeling like we'd eaten alot of oil. Very much like food we'd eat at home if our parents cooked it.<br />
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I must satisfy my ginger craving another way...</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-45846617461599755862012-12-31T08:00:00.000+08:002012-12-31T08:00:07.931+08:00Sunday 16th December 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><center><font size=4 color=CC3366><b><u>ATRIUM at CROWN PERTH</b></u></font></center><br />
A highly anticipated brunch with the ladies!<br />
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We arrived early and were pleasantly surprised to be seated in a little private room just off the main dining area. It gave us a bit more room and we didn't have to worry about the diners around us and let loose the chatter and laughter.<br />
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The food was great! Nice and fresh, with a huge selection. I headed straight for the seafood!<br />
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The cockles were gorgeous! We agreed that they must be cooked in some olive oil with very simple flavours of garlic and sundried tomato with some herbs. Delish! The oysters were also very fresh. I tried to fish out the ones that sat on the bottom or that were covered in ice.<br />
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The Dim Sum morsels left alot to be desired, unfortunately. I was really disappointed with the har gow. It was all pastry with hardly any prawn meat inside. I think out of all the food, the dim sum was the least impressive. It didn't even look appealing. It looked worse (and tasted) than some of the cheapest places in Perth that I've been to.<br />
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As the morning wore on, some of the dishes were being replaced by the lunch menu. The Peking Duck was soooo good! Tender, juicy pieces of duck!<br />
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I went back for a few more rounds of the cockles and smoked salmon. Yum! They would be awesome with some pasta. Too bad most of us had somewhere to go for lunch otherwise we could have stayed there until 2pm eating our way through brunch to lunch. For $59 and 5 hours of eating, that's not bad value. Ooh, and champagne is included! Too bad I had to drive =/ so I only had a few.<br />
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I actually enjoyed the desserts this time. In the past I've found them all bland and lacking in flavour and texture. Today the chocolate mousse was a dark delight and the berries were sweet and delicious! I actually ate all these on my plate!</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-89590526574591133282012-12-30T08:20:00.000+08:002012-12-30T08:20:00.092+08:00Thursday 13th December 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUZyU2_uq37XJIS08NjaHSksFihXYyc-exVnjIS5wdoTUG18ghDfZin8mapPB-cmP771QGVFk_5YMqi5D_WYBboa9LGigMcCR0YI4WmowYmGOMPhhf-ndXf-_dK9hAuTj0Zvl/s1600/garlicchilliprawnlinguine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUZyU2_uq37XJIS08NjaHSksFihXYyc-exVnjIS5wdoTUG18ghDfZin8mapPB-cmP771QGVFk_5YMqi5D_WYBboa9LGigMcCR0YI4WmowYmGOMPhhf-ndXf-_dK9hAuTj0Zvl/s400/garlicchilliprawnlinguine.jpg" /></a></div><center><font color=CC3366><b><u>Dinner</b></u></font><br />
Garlic Chilli Prawn Linguine</center></font><br />
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sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-49790089466981717222012-12-30T08:15:00.000+08:002012-12-30T08:15:00.301+08:00Wednesday 12th December 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpedlTJo4jfabgokpz_gRhyD9ikbyaqrqQS96W4Bbg4DkYfCKQywBzzyeBMiInwfqZDbkylB-DKoX57xNPUxbvEMt_osHIR2Zv_IiFSuHzYRHzT_G60m-Yx3SsNtKVaoPCxpX/s1600/enchilada%2526chips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpedlTJo4jfabgokpz_gRhyD9ikbyaqrqQS96W4Bbg4DkYfCKQywBzzyeBMiInwfqZDbkylB-DKoX57xNPUxbvEMt_osHIR2Zv_IiFSuHzYRHzT_G60m-Yx3SsNtKVaoPCxpX/s400/enchilada%2526chips.jpg" /></a></div><center><font color=CC3366><b><u>Lunch</b></u></font><br />
Chicken Enchilada with Chips</center><br />
This afternoon the neighbour's kids came over and, just as we made gingerbread cookies last year and decorated them, I made gingerbread houses this year and I let them decorate them. They decorated one for themselves to take home and one for me to keep for my Boxing Day BBQ. I actually wanted to make lots of little houses but the cutter kit I bought from Kmart made large houses and I really could not be bothered to cut my own templates out of baking paper. <br />
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I had baked all the pieces last night and they had all night and day to cool completely. I made a batch of royal icing and after failed attempts to try to squeeze it through piping bags, I used a spatula and spread it over the edges of the gingerbread pieces to build the houses. I was worried that the icing wouldn't hold since the pieces were pretty large, but the icing set pretty fast. I used some mugs to keep the walls upright until the icing set.<br />
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I gave the kids free reign over how they wanted to decorate the houses. I suggested prior to today that they google some examples so that they would have some ideas and they quickly set to work.<br />
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<center>It's nice to start little traditions in my own home. Wonder what we can do next year!</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-14262316303971626872012-12-30T08:10:00.000+08:002012-12-30T08:10:00.196+08:00Tuesday 11th December 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cBvGWQAMWkuBBBEox-ODwbnTedQZfLu-DrIkZkcBZYAIlbl1UBGzNKz1A5NxbsQTwPFmiXv7aju3i3JvBi1MSZrHuPTKbmRDI9wkKcqageSYOKaVGcQ8V3g9t1mC6qsUkuxC/s1600/chickenenchiladadinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cBvGWQAMWkuBBBEox-ODwbnTedQZfLu-DrIkZkcBZYAIlbl1UBGzNKz1A5NxbsQTwPFmiXv7aju3i3JvBi1MSZrHuPTKbmRDI9wkKcqageSYOKaVGcQ8V3g9t1mC6qsUkuxC/s400/chickenenchiladadinner.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Tonight I had a few friends over for dinner. The main course was Chicken Enchiladas and I then continued the Mexican theme for the sides. I made a simple garden salad and a corn salsa. I love making a corn salsa with a can of sweet corn kernels, some finely diced capsicum, red onion and maybe throw in some cannelini beans. I season it with some ground cumin and coriander and sweet paprika. No need for dressing! Perhaps a dash of olive oil or white balsamic vinegar.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OGOVvi_DUMrvcIvYCfBkbsfKsKNTGslpHaEbz8Ocp3fXHhqWK4tQPhZhPbcNWxsOaEx_WnKTLltDhkikqIt9KcnVsMbwf_2GRcvL0ePmMVdmPl31U7-qNXUGuelUj6VHVT95/s1600/leedervillefestivaloflights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OGOVvi_DUMrvcIvYCfBkbsfKsKNTGslpHaEbz8Ocp3fXHhqWK4tQPhZhPbcNWxsOaEx_WnKTLltDhkikqIt9KcnVsMbwf_2GRcvL0ePmMVdmPl31U7-qNXUGuelUj6VHVT95/s400/leedervillefestivaloflights.jpg" /></a></div>This was such an awesome event! The main streets of Leederville were closed off to traffic and there were heaps of street stalls selling an array of gorgeous homemade wares and foods. We arrived a little late and weren't hungry enough to sample any of the foods but we enjoyed the live music being played by the musicians on the double decker bus that acted as the stage.<br />
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Prawn Laksa with Eggplant</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-2983139334674225602012-12-29T08:10:00.000+08:002012-12-29T08:10:00.765+08:00Tuesday 27th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefhFaOI1AUUwQZryBVgvE6s6LXoDbtPUeW6IsfEefi0MIW5CM8fcvg7sn-Sov8Z7ax6Com4kXxtyV2LAUsrtZBIzZFGfG-v4ogUE5hWOYxHWcjP9CEmo11yXxU1GQkylYwVY3/s1600/bakedlingdinnertue27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefhFaOI1AUUwQZryBVgvE6s6LXoDbtPUeW6IsfEefi0MIW5CM8fcvg7sn-Sov8Z7ax6Com4kXxtyV2LAUsrtZBIzZFGfG-v4ogUE5hWOYxHWcjP9CEmo11yXxU1GQkylYwVY3/s400/bakedlingdinnertue27.jpg" /></a></div><center><font color=CC3366><b><u>Dinner</b></u></font><br />
Oven Baked Ling with Truss Tomatoes and Broccoli</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-40469701419630302122012-12-29T08:05:00.000+08:002012-12-29T08:05:00.086+08:00Monday 26th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333>I'm trying to clear out my freezer so I brought some food into work today for no reason.<br />
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<center>I keep the pan juices from the cooked chicken and mix that into the cous cous to flavour it.</center><br />
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<center><font size=4 color=CC3366><b><u>DINNER AT FLEUR & NOEL'S</b></u></font></center><br />
<center>We were treated to an Indian feast tonight at our dear friends' home!</center><br />
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<font size=1>45 Eighth Avenue, Maylands</font></center><br />
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Steak Dinner</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-78591986870614023622012-12-28T08:10:00.000+08:002012-12-28T08:10:00.025+08:00Saturday 17th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawiuo_tb1dgLkNHMD9qoaOzn5YqnySbCGp2z3DO9i0q-GDRMLUXy1lfRvCu5AG1qpBZDk2jPIakJ17QaUnN_TdDoc7jG8xcGYHNOdBGfUhIXULKej4FfSXeIVOSvUS2kAShQZ/s1600/chickenliverpatef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawiuo_tb1dgLkNHMD9qoaOzn5YqnySbCGp2z3DO9i0q-GDRMLUXy1lfRvCu5AG1qpBZDk2jPIakJ17QaUnN_TdDoc7jG8xcGYHNOdBGfUhIXULKej4FfSXeIVOSvUS2kAShQZ/s400/chickenliverpatef.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I have always wanted to make chicken liver pate. <br />
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I have always been too lazy to commit to actually doing it.<br />
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Until tonight. <br />
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A few days ago, the boss at work bought some chicken livers and only need a few tiny pieces for work, so instead of wasting the rest of the livers, I put my hand up to take them home and make pate.<br />
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That was a few days ago. I have been procrastinating since!<br />
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But, tonight I needed to get it done or else the livers would be wasted.<br />
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So...I googled a few recipes and settled on one that was inspired by Maggie Beer's Pates. Surely I can't go wrong with that!? Here's the <a href="http://www.haydenquinn.com.au/recipes/chicken-liver-pate/">link</a>.<br />
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Next, throw them in the food processor with a whole block of butter and puree.<br />
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Yes, more butter. How do you say 'quadruple bypass' in French?<br />
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I don't have a food processor or blender so I was really crossing my fingers that my stick mixer would work. I really didn't want chunks of buttery liver hurling around my kitchen.<br />
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You need to allow the flavours to develop overnight - I'll take them to work tomorrow! I must say, they look absolutely gorgeous!!</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-15146130856743661542012-12-28T08:05:00.000+08:002012-12-28T08:05:00.650+08:00Friday 16th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsdSMtbbatRf7bSFuGU_jxIBJ6MOwwNovUMn7CqJ4jM2ShrIwf4Aef74HoYwl_Q9alJxnIc0aQqHifN5JrHd7r3SNPWIXi3mNYXsKs1QJEd3m9UJ7KYTZ-aeGuOnzEf-Oky1f/s1600/seafoodfettuccinefri16b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsdSMtbbatRf7bSFuGU_jxIBJ6MOwwNovUMn7CqJ4jM2ShrIwf4Aef74HoYwl_Q9alJxnIc0aQqHifN5JrHd7r3SNPWIXi3mNYXsKs1QJEd3m9UJ7KYTZ-aeGuOnzEf-Oky1f/s400/seafoodfettuccinefri16b.jpg" /></a></div><center><font color=CC3366><b><u>Dinner</b></u></font><br />
Seafood Fettuccine</center><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWfVI_A1-vT6UeAGA8WNX74sJLlDY6WGsuJXRTL0EsQVO3NB0lLJPTcfoNhjvojREwJsy8VLnxCdNACkUnH8RcvUewViRSolbtJVFSisSOKZGBJ9MkY7g3rftwHGhcBwSpcPH/s1600/seafoodfettuccinefri16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWfVI_A1-vT6UeAGA8WNX74sJLlDY6WGsuJXRTL0EsQVO3NB0lLJPTcfoNhjvojREwJsy8VLnxCdNACkUnH8RcvUewViRSolbtJVFSisSOKZGBJ9MkY7g3rftwHGhcBwSpcPH/s400/seafoodfettuccinefri16.jpg" /></a></div>I made the sauce as a thick soup with different pieces of seafood, garlic, onion, saffron, bay leaves, chilli and tomatoes. I could have eaten it just by itself but I threw in some pasta!</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-69039696582857748022012-12-28T08:00:00.000+08:002012-12-28T08:00:01.493+08:00Wednesday 14th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnG5yFquMip3femDXkyc6khd2ly_LHXtL6rIiwJ1-8RbxrHO-VhLx5SXrM2SO-Ioz_3_dCKV5chund1Iw_KZ4AF5zEjE6sWUDX24TDCI3ejRZugVMgn_h_ZNEOkab9MgMrccU/s1600/charsiewsaladrollwed14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnG5yFquMip3femDXkyc6khd2ly_LHXtL6rIiwJ1-8RbxrHO-VhLx5SXrM2SO-Ioz_3_dCKV5chund1Iw_KZ4AF5zEjE6sWUDX24TDCI3ejRZugVMgn_h_ZNEOkab9MgMrccU/s400/charsiewsaladrollwed14.jpg" /></a></div>I had a craving for the Vietnamese Pork Rolls (banh mi thit) so I bought some char siew and salads into work to make these rolls for lunch. I think I need to try to get into Northbridge on the weekend and buy some freshly made. Soooo craving them!</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-41638762113972089852012-12-27T08:15:00.000+08:002012-12-27T08:15:00.683+08:00Sunday 11th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><center><a href="http://www.ninniku.com.au/"><font size=4 color=CC3366><b><u>NINNIKU JIP</b></u></font></a><br />
<font size=1>867 Albany Highway, Victoria Park</font></center><br />
Dinner with Dad tonight, so it had to be some sort of Asian cuisine.<br />
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sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-54439004907102099322012-12-27T08:00:00.000+08:002012-12-27T08:00:06.540+08:00Friday 9th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><center><font size=4 color=006699><b><u>WORK LUNCH</b></u></font></center><br />
<center>We had a mish mash of dishes for lunch today!</center><br />
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Sage & Cajun Roasted Chicken with Potatoes & Asparagus</center><br />
I have so much sage growing in the garden that I don't know what to do with it. I could dry it and give it away. Bah, that would require time, which I don't have right now! I should try to use more of it!<br />
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Maybe I should make some sage butter...</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-80998015288563975882012-12-23T16:30:00.000+08:002012-12-23T16:30:00.333+08:00Monday 5th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa9s9pcFtCpn8tUiZKNqs8QSLAGZB_iFXtNeLN02OAveLnh69z10OEy9-WtdHe6ia7hMVshqrTZukGWGkEHigz2DlnZFhBTB9GGjPvQk8VagHuoIAl3jLlFSk9A26rlDxSqwx/s1600/bakedling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa9s9pcFtCpn8tUiZKNqs8QSLAGZB_iFXtNeLN02OAveLnh69z10OEy9-WtdHe6ia7hMVshqrTZukGWGkEHigz2DlnZFhBTB9GGjPvQk8VagHuoIAl3jLlFSk9A26rlDxSqwx/s400/bakedling.jpg" /></a></div><center><font color=CC3366><b><u>Dinner</b></u></font><br />
Oven Baked Ling with Tress Cherry Tomatoes, Potato Wedges & Rocket</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-21713718388866785502012-12-23T16:00:00.000+08:002012-12-23T16:00:07.854+08:00Sunday 4th November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><center>It's BBQ time!</center><br />
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<center>I think the salads were the hit for me at today's BBQ.</center><br />
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<center>BUT I FORGOT TO TAKE A PHOTO OF CAMBOT'S AWESOME POTATO SALAD!!!</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-53316336030863847462012-12-23T12:22:00.002+08:002012-12-23T12:24:57.583+08:00Friday 2nd November 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><center><font size=4 color=006699><b><u>SHIRAZ PERSIAN RESTAURANT</b></u></font><br />
<font size=1>78 Terrace Road, East Perth</font></center><br />
One of my friends is dating a Persian gentleman and has since been indulging in all things Persian! I haven't dined at a Persian establishment before and was eager to see what the cuisine was like. I've eaten some Iranian dishes and I was sure I would enjoy the food tonight.<br />
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There were many Iranians/Persians dining in the restaurant when we arrived so that is always a good sign! Marissa and I ordered a few dishes to share.<br />
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As Marissa showed me, you have to stir the butter through the hot rice. I loved the fragrant aromas from the dishes we ordered. Subtle but warm and inviting. Lots of saffron!<br />
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After the meal, I was full and content. But, I have to admit, I did miss my spice. The food was full of subtle sweet flavours and so beautifully aromatic, but I missed having some heat with it. Gimme my chillies!</font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13546839.post-29255412578488619662012-12-11T08:15:00.000+08:002012-12-11T08:15:00.396+08:00Wednesday 31st October 2012<font face=arial size=2 color=333333><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO45bkcwrFQflbgn89Kgrpnq8O_2oGM3e3fy_LILaGZtlxfUTYVQzGiZWb5SV3X_8IamwJhBYLQuqIe6VboLGcEKmhSk7coo85mdqTXIjXwO0G8gjoVuh4RuXxbgLZpEqvfRYD/s1600/roastdinnerwed31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO45bkcwrFQflbgn89Kgrpnq8O_2oGM3e3fy_LILaGZtlxfUTYVQzGiZWb5SV3X_8IamwJhBYLQuqIe6VboLGcEKmhSk7coo85mdqTXIjXwO0G8gjoVuh4RuXxbgLZpEqvfRYD/s400/roastdinnerwed31.jpg" /></a></div><center><font color=CC3366><b><u>Dinner</b></u></font><br />
Roast Beef with Rosemary and Garlic<br />
Potato Bake, Roasted Carrots and Steamed Broccolini</center></font>sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09381744568435457097noreply@blogger.com0