Archive for May, 2010
A good day – brunch @ Fundamental and a visit to Adriano Zumbo patisserie
Well it’s been a good eating day today for Mr L and me. It started with brunch @ Fundamental in Balmain with PC and Tines. An after brunch stroll to Adriano Zumbo’s patisserie uncovered further spoils that kept us going through the day. Dog spotting, bird watching and lots of giggling occurred before we headed home to retire to the couch for a relaxing finish. Now with Masterchef on the tv, all in all it’s been a fundamentally good day!
The fabled dinner – PC’s feast @ LL Wine and Dine
So I’m feeling guilty. This is the promised post and it’s taken me a long time to publish it. Up front – sorry about the delay. You don’t need to hear my excuses – so we’ll move on to remembering last Saturday night’s dinner for PC’s birthday at LL Wine and Dine. A feast of epic proportions in a cosy, wee, space in Potts Point with 14 of PC’s most treasured friends. The rumoured orgasmic tofu meant that care factor was high. Cameras poised, drinking boots strapped, we entered the little restaurant down a previously overlooked laneway.
Shiny disco balls (and request for an extension)
Well it’s been a trying 36 hours. I’ve travelled from Sydney to Adelaide and now to Brisbane and have just got in tonight. My computer died, my mobile died and I couldn’t find a charger at Adelaide airport. So I’d promised to write the bumper review of Saturday night’s PC birthday dinner, but I’ve been out of computer juice, and now have run out of fruit loop juice, so am sheepishly requesting an extension. I promise to write the review tomorrow – have cancelled plans and will write, then snooze! In the mean time….
Lunch at Nicks, and a promise to tell you about LL Wine and Dine bar
I’ve just flown into Adelaide, and this post was mostly constructed without internet access on that flight, so it’s a quick one on a working lunch last week with my boss @ Nick’s Seafood Restaurant, Cockle Bay. Tomorrow night, I have even longer in airports and on planes, so will write the post about the weekend’s shenanigans ootnaboot for PC’s birthday including a quite fabulous, if not somewhat squeezy dinner @ LL Wine and Dine Bar, Potts Point – stay tuned!
Random observations (Melbourne part 3)
A quick one – in honour of the pussycat’s (PC’s) birthday yesterday – more random observations from our recent Melbourne trip. Fluffy deer, Kindness House, cow parties (if you don’t mind!), a flock of egg separators and the best hand made pita bread. All this and we still hadn’t made it out of Fitzroy!
The talked up lunch @ Satang Thai, Haymarket + more pics from Mr L
Lunch @ Satang Thai in Haymarket with my mate Johy. Crispy pork belly with glossy Chinese greens and a tasty chicken and veggies in peanut sauce. Also, as promised, a few of the very clever Mr L’s pics from yesterday’s sunrise mission @ Freshie and a couple of Berrima shots.
Sunday sunrise @ Freshie and a trip to The Little Hand Stirred Jam shop, Berrima
The alarm went off at 5:39 this morning – between then and now, we’ve been back over to Freshie for a beautiful sunrise and photography mission, before heading down to stock up on chutney, jam, honey, mustards, and more at The Little Hand Stirred Jam Shop in Berrima. We’re exhausted, but excited – Mr L is excited because he’s got some fresh photos to review, and I’m excited because I finally made it to The Little Hand Stirred Jam Shop – after all these years of their products coming to me!
Breakfast @ The Kitchen Door, Freshwater
“Quite possibly the best breakfast I’ve ever had out” said Mr L of The Kitchen Door @ Freshwater beach today. Big call friends, big call. Though I must tell you – we’ll be going back – and not just to capture the kind of beachside photography posted in tonight’s blog. Let me know what you think of my clever husband’s shots!
Random observations (Melbourne part 2)
This is a very quick and mostly pictorial post for Mr L and I have just returned from having nood-holes with Unkie T and Mrs P, and it’s rather late. Briefly though, I’ve been waiting to share some thoughts with you relating to wonderful, random Melbourne. Unfortunately, we weren’t there long enough for my liking, but while on walkabout with Mr L and the gals, the little red Canon got a good go at some random shots and observations. This post remembers homage to my fellow Melbourne travellers, and to my Favourite B + B combo – one of whom also favours the random pictorial observation!
Brunch @ Django Django in Fitzroy (Melbourne part 1)
Mr L and I were lucky to get an invitation to spend the weekend before last with a number of our terrific friends in Melbourne. Of course, we were excited to be in Melbourne with the gang, and exhausted after a huge few weeks, so we did the natural thing on Friday night and drank lots and lots and lots! On Saturday morning, of course we woke up starving. Fortunately for us all, FG had a cunning plan to get us to Fitzroy on the tram. Therein started a day of laughter and general hillarity – complete with chats with a random new Magpie-supporting friend (rumoured to be starring on Hey Hey it’s Saturday in one or two weeks), a lot of walking, shopping and eating.
No cook chocolate-orange tart – Mother’s Day special
It’s been a busy weekend, filled with celebrations – a few for Mother’s Day and a big one for our best mate Commando, who had a great birthday yesterday. We’ve just got home and there’s been no time to blog in the mean time, but hopefully the wait was worth it, for tonight’s post is a creamy, fudgey, decadent, no cook chocolate-orange tart. The filling in this tart is so gooey and rich, you could consider making the filling, chilling it and serving it as a chocolate jaffa mousse. Sound good? Check the pictures!
Steve Manfredi’s toasted banana and almond bread
I’ve just flown back in the door after a whirlwind tour to Brissie and back today – have been up since the threes (yes, you read that right) and my ambitions of actually baking Steve Manfredi’s toasted banana and almond bread have unfortunately, been quashed… That doesn’t mean I can’t share the recipe with you though. I will make it, since I do have several 30g servings of Aldi almonds and as we’re nudging our way towards winter, feel like some warm, sweet bread. I’ll make mine with gluten free flour and will post the outcomes in due course. In the mean time, words and picture in this recipe all courtesy of cuisine.com.au.
Almonds from Aldi – alright!
A quick post tonight – mostly made of pictures – I just wanted to tell you about a little spoil I picked up yesterday at Aldi, North Sydney. Of course, you might already be aware of these little gems, but if not, I’d thoroughly recommend picking some up for your lunch box. Aldi’s “Oh so natural” almonds come in a pack of six x 30 g boxes, and make such a tremendous, healthy treat for you and yours. (And no, I’m not on commission!)
Official working dinner @ the Summit
Wow – it’s been a whirlwind week. I’ve been notably quiet. And feeling very slack about it really. I’ve got loads to catch you up on (ricotta pancakes, dinner @ Gambaro’s in Brisbane, this last weekend in Melbourne with loads of good eating, drinking, laughing and shopping moments and more with great company, and lunch with BF today at The Cove), but for the momentI think it’s important you hear about the room with a view from where we had dinner last Saturday night. Well – it was a big room – it was the Summit Restaurant, on the 47th floor of Australia Square (Sydney) with Nanna G, Pa, Mr L et moi. And the occasion was an official business dinner.
