food bloggers. It's hard to explicate why it's taken this long to view an affordable eating theater such a brusk tram-ride from our home! But it has, together with fifty-fifty similar a shot it has taken a decisive minute from Jo-Lyn - spell sharing a repast of Mike's incredible home-made gnocchi - for the booking to move made.
Kamis, 30 Desember 2021
January 28, 2007: 1 Carusi
I Carusi has a really unassuming front: barely the width of a terrace house, it close looks boarded upwards until you lot read the roughly hand-painted orangish lettering on the opaque window. Inside is a dimly lit room crowded amongst people, boisterous conversation echoing off the walls. We're served yesteryear hip, efficient staff amongst no-frills attitudes together with exclusively a brace of grins to spare. Jo-Lyn together with Mike direct maintain come upwards prepared amongst a well-picked bottle of Merlot together with lodge to a greater extent than or less entrees to share. I'm non a fan of olives, but the other iii happily brand their means through a bowl of deep-fried ones. The rosemary together with common salt foccacia that comes amongst them is bully on its ain anyway: warm together with soft inwards the pump amongst a crisp low-cal crust. The salad of mozzarella, tomato plant together with basil leaves is fresh together with flavourful, dressed amongst a flake of olive crude together with a lot of dark pepper.
choc-nutella pudding at habitation to share.) If those tasty bases weren't enough, it'll ensure that I larn dorsum on that tram (or on a cycle - thank you lot Mike!) for a 2nd round.
Address: 46A Holmes St, Brunswick East
Ph: 9386 5522
BYO
Price: veg pizzas $15
January 30, 2007: Penne Amongst Roasted Eggplant, Peppers Together With Parmesan Cheese
A quick scan of the pasta department of The Bold Vegetarain Cookbook on Tuesday morning time turned upwards this fairly delicious sounding recipe. Cindy too I aren't averse to eating eggplant, but I don't think we'd e'er roasted it earlier too that, along alongside the hope of pino nuts too cheese, was plenty to brand this recipe our repast for the night. Of score I didn't actually read the recipe inwards the morning time too hence I was a fiddling surprised that it all took hence long to prepare. Luckily, it was generally worth it, alongside the blended eggplant too capsicum sauce too the fresh oregano making for a tasty repast - of score if I'd remembered to tip the toasted pino nuts into the mix, it would belike convey been fifty-fifty better.
Penne alongside roasted eggplant, peppers too feta cheese*
*we replaced the feta alongside parmesan, mainly because nosotros had a proficient sized chunk of parmesan inwards the fridge, but I think it was belike a improve flavour to combine alongside the other ingredients anyway.
500g eggplant (I used three smallish eggplants, but I've no sentiment how much they weighed)
1/4 loving cup pino nuts
1 medium onion, chopped
3 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 roasted blood-red capsicums
300g penne
1/4 loving cup crumbled parmesan
2 tbsp coarsely chopped fresh oregano
fresh lemon juice
salt too pepper
The first, too most time-consuming, stride is to roast the eggplants. Pre-heat the oven to close 200 degrees too pierce each eggplant a few times. Place the eggplants on an oven tray too stick them inwards the oven, turning occasionally. After close an hr the eggplant should endure really soft - it volition basically collapse if yous hand it a gentle squeeze. At this point, it's done. Take the eggplants out too allow them cool.
In the meantime, toast the pino nuts inwards a dry out frying pan until they're lightly browned. When they're done, laid them aside somewhere, but don't forget all close them.
In the frying pan, ready the onion too garlic inwards one-half of the olive fossil oil for close 5 minutes, until it's lightly browned.
By now, the eggplants should convey cooled, hence yous tin cutting them inwards one-half too scoop out the delicious innards (the cookbook, strangely, calls this 'the meat').
Combine the eggplant innards, the peppers, the onion too garlic too the residue of the olive fossil oil inwards a nutrient processor. Just pulse them a few times, yous don't desire a completely smoothen paste, rather a overnice chunky consistency.
At this signal it's pasta cooking fourth dimension - everyone belike has their ain methods for cooking pasta, hence I'm non going to endure likewise specific. If yous similar tabular array salt or fossil oil inwards your boiling water, too then larn correct ahead. When the pasta is almost ready, gently reheat the chunky sauce inwards a frypan or saucepan. Once the pasta is done, drain it inwards a colander too combine it alongside the sauce. Stir inwards the cheese too oregano, flavor alongside tabular array salt too pepper too pinnacle alongside a splash of the lemon juice.
Rabu, 29 Desember 2021
Gertrude Street Grub - Newtown Social Club
Update 31/12/2014: Newtown Social Club changed hands a twelvemonth or ii dorsum too has been transformed into Newtown Specialty Coffee. It has a like vibe but a dissimilar bill of fare too a stronger java emphasis - I'll convey to revisit shortly to update the blog.
Another week, or then other lunch. This fourth dimension at uber-hip Fitzroy cafe Newtown S. C. I'd had the java recommended to me too on my strange trip downwards had noticed a fairly appetising luncheon bill of fare - inward price of vego items, at that spot were at to the lowest degree iii dissimilar pides, a baguette, or then rice newspaper wraps too a duet of salads. The breakfast options looked tasty too, but this department is all nearly lunches for now.
The whole vibe of the house is cool - it's staffed past times trendy Fitzroy hipsters too its clientele is primarily trendy Fitzroy hipsters. The decor is the interior pattern equivalent of an ironic t-shirt: paintings of dogs too kittens, embroidery on the wall - kitsch, but cool. The service is nifty - everyone's friendly too helpful too it seems every bit though most of the customers are on start out advert price amongst the staff.
I ordered a toasted pide for lunch, filled amongst artichoke hearts, olive tapenade, salad too melted cheese. It came out chop-chop too was every bit tasty every bit it sounds. Well toasted, genereously stuffed amongst fillings too neatly chopped inward half. Perfect. The java is nifty every bit well, too I couldn't resist a apartment white on my means out.
Address: 180 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 9415 7337
Price: vege lunches $3 - $7
Senin, 27 Desember 2021
February 4, 2007: Unholy Mole!
last month, I tried mole for the kickoff time. This is the curious Mexican savoury chocolate sauce, together with I was completely won over yesteryear mole's creamy texture, warm spiciness together with that subtle flavor that didn't appear quite correct at dinner time. Our friends Krusty together with Jfiles are currently inwards Mexico, together with they've been Lindsay Lohan.) From at that spot I slathered my hands inwards lime juice, together with then accidentally curdled my milk bathroom (duh), had a become at white vinegar, but refused to stretch to the undiluted bleach suggestion. Someone posting to a message board said that this had taken 8 hours to apparel off their hands, together with at the 1.5 hr mark, I'd booted Michael out the door to larn whatever can creams he could from Safeway. Ten seconds out of contact amongst an icepack caused excruciating pain, together with the can cream did nothing. I alternately whimpered together with swore nether my breath for the side yesteryear side few hours. It was indeed 8 hours later, at 3am, that the hurting finally faded. Lying inwards bed, I stopped mashing my icepack amongst my hands together with vicious asleep.
So that's the floor of my unholy mole. I've chopped chillis earlier without whatsoever sick effects, but I'll never create it over again without a big thick pair of gloves. And for straight off it's in all likelihood Michael's job.
Pumpkin enchiladas amongst mole sauce
(an annotated version of this recipe.
Add the tomatoes to the onions together with select them to the boil. Next add together the dry-fried spices, the cinnamon, saccharide together with stock. Simmer the lot for 25 minutes.
By straight off your pumpkin's ready, right? Put it inwards a big bowl together with stir inwards the refried beans, coriander together with chilli, if yous added it. Spoon the mixture into the tortillas, curl them up, together with draw 'em upward on a lightly oiled baking tray. Put them inwards the oven to warm upward together with larn a footling crispy, simply 10 minutes.
Hopefully the sauce volition live virtually done. Give it a span minutes remainder together with and then blend it to smoothness. Fold inwards the chocolate - the sauce should live warm plenty that it'll melt correct in.
Now you're all set! Plate upward the tortillas, spoon on a chip of the sauce, together with serve amongst sour cream, lime wedges, together with or thus to a greater extent than coriander on the side. Michael together with I had a salad of fresh greens together with cherry-red capsicum too.
Minggu, 26 Desember 2021
February 6, 2007: Buttermilk Pancakes
choc-nutella pudding, I figured it was fourth dimension to railroad train a sugariness breakfast my way. But it wouldn't endure breakfast - I'd brand pancakes for dinner! This elicited quite approximately protestation from Michael, fifty-fifty every bit I argued that his dear haloumi sandwiches are hardly whatever to a greater extent than nutritious than a few pancakes in addition to a big helping of fruit salad.
So on the agency habitation from work, I stopped past times the Lygon St fruit store in addition to collected my haul: approximately miniture plums, ruby-red currants, granny smith apples, grapes, super-ripe raspberries, almost-as-ripe apricots, under-ripe peaches. I stirred inwards the juice of one-half a lemon to conk on it all fresh in addition to tangy.
As a process I added approximately macadamia nuts in addition to a spoonful of mascarpone each. For the pancakes I picked out this recipe, in addition to I won't bother retyping it hither because that postal service is to a greater extent than detailed in addition to helpful that I'm going to be. This repast was only the combination I'd been hankering for! Michael made his agency through his plate without comment, but alongside a speed that confirmed he loved it every bit good in addition to wasn't going to acknowledge it.
Sabtu, 25 Desember 2021
February 7, 2007: Queen Victoria Nighttime Markets
Johnston Street Hispanic Festival) for a soft taco with beans, salad, guacamole together with hot sauce ($4). It was fresh together with tasty, but a piddling lacking on the hot-sauce front. They'll desire to elevator their game for the Hot Sauce together with Fiery Foods Festival.
Cindy together with I did a loop of the stalls, checking out the chocolaterias together with fudge stalls to abide by her a tasty dessert. She settled on a chocolate mousse from ChocolateLovers, made from 60% cocoa Lindt chocolate. I managed to sneak a few spoonfuls acre Cindy was trying on roughly fishermen's pants, together with tin hand the axe study that it was smooth, rich together with chock total of chocolate.
The summertime nighttime markets are fun: bustling, total of nutrient options (there must convey been at to the lowest degree x stalls that sold vegetarian food, including Indian, Thai, Spanish, Mexican, Japanese, Italian together with chips. That's right, chips are a nutrient category unto themselves) together with with a fair release of interesting crafty stalls with the t-shirts together with other tacky items. There are worse ways to pass an level than grabbing a beer, a few tastes of cheap(ish) nutrient together with having a wander by the cop-rockers.
Address: Queen Victoria Markets, Victoria Street, Melbourne
Runs: Midweek nights from Dec to the goal of February
Price: $2 - $10
Website: http://www.qvm.com.au/night_market.php
Cindy together with I did a loop of the stalls, checking out the chocolaterias together with fudge stalls to abide by her a tasty dessert. She settled on a chocolate mousse from ChocolateLovers, made from 60% cocoa Lindt chocolate. I managed to sneak a few spoonfuls acre Cindy was trying on roughly fishermen's pants, together with tin hand the axe study that it was smooth, rich together with chock total of chocolate.
The summertime nighttime markets are fun: bustling, total of nutrient options (there must convey been at to the lowest degree x stalls that sold vegetarian food, including Indian, Thai, Spanish, Mexican, Japanese, Italian together with chips. That's right, chips are a nutrient category unto themselves) together with with a fair release of interesting crafty stalls with the t-shirts together with other tacky items. There are worse ways to pass an level than grabbing a beer, a few tastes of cheap(ish) nutrient together with having a wander by the cop-rockers.
Address: Queen Victoria Markets, Victoria Street, Melbourne
Runs: Midweek nights from Dec to the goal of February
Price: $2 - $10
Website: http://www.qvm.com.au/night_market.php
Jumat, 24 Desember 2021
February 9, 2007: Stu's Soup
culinary competition, as well as he also made the lemon meringue cupcakes! If those weren't prove plenty of his cooking skills, every pair of weeks over lunch, Jane volition say us of something interesting he whipped upwards over the weekend. In recent weeks she's fifty-fifty brought inwards footling samples of his outset (and highly successful) attempts at bagels as well as sourdough bread.
Over breakfast 1 forenoon concluding week, I institute the comment that Stu left on my tortilla soup post, offering me a soup recipe of his to try. And when I arrived at my desk an threescore minutes later, in that place it was! H5N1 rice as well as seafood soup, photocopied from a cookbook, alongside handwritten notes on how he makes his vegetarian version. Thanks, Stu!
As Michael hinted, the risotto he made the other nighttime was inwards anticipation of this soup. One of the ingredients, curiously, is "1 loving cup cooled risotto, omitting parmesan". Unfortunately I didn't read the "omitting parmesan" bit: I but picked out the asparagus from the leftover risotto. (I don't mean value this did the soup whatsoever harm, as well as keeping the aspargus likely wouldn't possess got either.) Other than requiring roughly already-prepared risotto, this recipe is pretty straight-forward to build as well as doesn't possess got a long fourth dimension to cook. I tin come across why the tortilla soup reminded Stu of this soup - it's a tomato-y base of operations alongside lots of yummy bits as well as pieces floating inwards it. 
But I set a flake also much H2O inwards it, as well as consequently the liquid wasn't equally intensely flavoured equally I'd prefer. Next fourth dimension I build this, I likely won't add together the extra loving cup of H2O as well as I mightiness purpose to a greater extent than risotto. As it was nosotros had plenty of carbs, alongside Michael bringing abode a loaf of Phillipa's wholewheat as well as love breadstuff - yum!
But I set a flake also much H2O inwards it, as well as consequently the liquid wasn't equally intensely flavoured equally I'd prefer. Next fourth dimension I build this, I likely won't add together the extra loving cup of H2O as well as I mightiness purpose to a greater extent than risotto. As it was nosotros had plenty of carbs, alongside Michael bringing abode a loaf of Phillipa's wholewheat as well as love breadstuff - yum!
The other affair that Stu has introduced me also is Massel brand "chicken" stock cubes, which are genuinely 100% vegetarian! Given the large "chicken" lettering, I've likely walked correct past times these dozens of times inwards the supermarket as well as it took this recommendation for me to carefully read the packet. Do carefully read the packet, though, because they were sitting correct side past times side to roughly genuine chicken stock cubes on the shelf at Allergy Block.Stu's Soup
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
a pinch of saffron threads (Stu sometimes skips these, but I had a few on hand)
2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon smoked hot Castilian paprika (I exclusively had mild paprika, as well as hence I also added a dash of chilli pulverization too)
1 L H2O + 1 Massel "chicken" stock cube (should possess got added two)
1 tablespoon love apple tree paste
1 loving cup cooled risotto, omitting parmesan (I'll examine 1 1/2 to 2 cups side past times side time)
2 blood-red capsicums, roasted, skins removed, as well as thinly sliced
4 egg tomatoes, peeled, seeded as well as chopped
1/4 loving cup coarsely chopped coriander leaves
Heat the olive stone oil inwards a large saucepan, add together the onion as well as saffron as well as cook, stirring occasionally, over medium estrus for five minutes. Add the garlic, cumin seeds as well as paprika: create for a pair to a greater extent than minutes until fragrant. Next add together the stock, love apple tree paste, risotto as well as a loving cup of H2O (I'll skip the H2O side past times side time), combine good as well as select to the boil. This genuinely took longer than I expected - mayhap xx minutes? Stir inwards the capsicum as well as tomatoes, as well as create for a farther five minutes over medium heat. Stir inwards the coriander, estrus through for a minute, flavour to sense of savor as well as serve.
Kamis, 23 Desember 2021
February 10, 2007: Super Sandwich
made my own, using a couplet of eggs, the juice of one-half a lemon together with close a loving cup of inexpensive olive oil. It tastes fantastic, alone takes v minutes inwards a nutrient processor together with you lot tin bet it terms less than $9.90. There's enough of fourth dimension to instruct busy spell the fruit together with veg are inwards the oven.
6. Put the peak on, cutting it inwards one-half or inwards thirds together with wind it upward for later. It's gonna live on sweet, it's gonna live on tangy, you lot are gonna dear this when it's fourth dimension to let on it together with dig in. And amongst the hr or ii of anticipation, the moment's gonna live on fifty-fifty sweeter! Here's the scene where nosotros passed that fourth dimension at Yarra Bend Park:
Rabu, 22 Desember 2021
February 13, 2007: Mango Lassi
Michael cooked upwardly a mighty fine curry this evening (appearing soon!) as well as my modest contribution was to whip upwardly a mango lassi. I've read that the lassi is traditionally enjoyed at the goal of a meal, but I prefer to bring 1 with my Indian meals to fighting the spiciness. H5N1 lassi fills me upwardly as well as leaves a sweetness aftertaste, as well as then I rarely crave dessert later on 1 anyway.
Mango lassi
Remove the peel as well as rock from a mango, as well as roughly chop the flesh. Blitz the mango inwards a nutrient processor until smooth. Add almost 100g of yoghurt, 100mL of milk, a tablespoon of castor saccharide as well as 1/4 teaspoon of soil cardamom. Blend over again until good combined. Pour into 2 large (or 3 small) spectacles as well as serve amongst ice.
Variations:- When they're out of season, role canned mango. You could likewise supersede around of the milk amongst the mango juice/syrup (omit the sugar).
- Use around other fruit! Pineapple as well as berries are both recommended past times Mridula Baljekar.
- Next fourth dimension I powerfulness own replacing the yoghurt as well as milk amongst buttermilk. It has the tanginess of yoghurt but is thinner as well as to a greater extent than drinkable.
- Add a teaspoon of rose water.
Senin, 20 Desember 2021
Cinnamon Vanilla Ice-Cream
Valentine's Day apple tree pie. It was soft as well as airy, amongst a distinct spice as well as understated sweetness. Even though I dear their flavour, I uncovering that the role of terra firma spices similar cinnamon as well as cloves hand nutrient a slightly dusty flavor as well as texture. (Infusing the milk as well as cream amongst whole cinnamon sticks as well as cloves mightiness preclude this, but I suspect I'd uncovering the flavor likewise weak.) If you're non eating the ice-cream amongst apple tree pie, I see approximately fruit on the side would freshen things correct up.
Cinnamon vanilla ice-cream
In a pocket-sized bowl, whisk together a loving cup of milk, a loving cup of cream, a teaspoon of vanilla paste, a teaspoon of terra firma cinnamon as well as a generous pinch of terra firma cloves. In a slightly larger bowl whisk two egg yolks, as well as thus comprise one-half a loving cup of castor sugar. Gradually add together the spiced cream, all the same whisking every bit y'all go. Pour the lot into an ice-cream maker as well as freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Minggu, 19 Desember 2021
February 16, 2007: Chillipadi
Update 27/1/2019: Chillipadi is permanently closed.
Thanks to Cin from A Few of My Favourite Things, Cindy in addition to I were inwards possession of a $50 voucer for a repast at Chillipadi and, since nosotros had null planned, nosotros decided to cheque it out on Fri evening. It's tucked away simply about the Elizabeth Street side of Melbourne Central, in addition to seems to last spread across iii levels. And it was busy - people spilling out everywhere. Luckily, beingness a duo, nosotros were quick to uncovering a table, although it was sort of jammed betwixt the door in addition to the cash register. But on the upside, Cindy's friend Yung was dining at the tabular array side yesteryear side door, which was a stroke of adept fortune. Thanks to the spendthrift-ery that a voucher instills, I tucked conduct into an imported Japanese beer piece nosotros perused our options.
The bill of fare provides fairly good for vegetarians, amongst noodle dishes, roti-based options, salads in addition to a few other choices. In keeping amongst our voucher-inspired enthusiasm, nosotros started out amongst a bowl of chips, seasoned amongst shichimi (7 spice chilli). They were thin, crispy in addition to well-spiced - encouraging a fair flake of relish from Cindy inwards particular. For mains, I chose the fried koay teow amongst eggs, piece Cindy went amongst mee goreng. Both dishes were heavy on the noodles, amongst fried egg stirred liberally throughout. The veges were well-cooked in addition to tasty, but the ratio of noodles to vegetables could convey been a flake lower. Mine was huge, in addition to quite spicy, forcing me to lodge a instant beer. Cindy seemed to savor her mee goreng, but I mean value the impairment had been done yesteryear the chips. Cindy had spent the whole repast eyeing off the desserts inwards the cabinet behind me, but a flake of mental arithmetics told us that a) we'd already hitting $50 in addition to b) eating anything to a greater extent than would in all probability number inwards serious illness. Still, they're opened upwards all hours, in addition to so I'm certain we'll last dorsum in 1 lawsuit again inwards the future, in addition to we'll in all probability swap the chips for some cheesecake side yesteryear side time.
Address: Menzies Alley, Melbourne Central
Ph: 9664 5688
Licensed
Price: Veg. mains: $10 - $14
Website: www.chillipadi.com.au
Thanks to Cin from A Few of My Favourite Things, Cindy in addition to I were inwards possession of a $50 voucer for a repast at Chillipadi and, since nosotros had null planned, nosotros decided to cheque it out on Fri evening. It's tucked away simply about the Elizabeth Street side of Melbourne Central, in addition to seems to last spread across iii levels. And it was busy - people spilling out everywhere. Luckily, beingness a duo, nosotros were quick to uncovering a table, although it was sort of jammed betwixt the door in addition to the cash register. But on the upside, Cindy's friend Yung was dining at the tabular array side yesteryear side door, which was a stroke of adept fortune. Thanks to the spendthrift-ery that a voucher instills, I tucked conduct into an imported Japanese beer piece nosotros perused our options.The bill of fare provides fairly good for vegetarians, amongst noodle dishes, roti-based options, salads in addition to a few other choices. In keeping amongst our voucher-inspired enthusiasm, nosotros started out amongst a bowl of chips, seasoned amongst shichimi (7 spice chilli). They were thin, crispy in addition to well-spiced - encouraging a fair flake of relish from Cindy inwards particular. For mains, I chose the fried koay teow amongst eggs, piece Cindy went amongst mee goreng. Both dishes were heavy on the noodles, amongst fried egg stirred liberally throughout. The veges were well-cooked in addition to tasty, but the ratio of noodles to vegetables could convey been a flake lower. Mine was huge, in addition to quite spicy, forcing me to lodge a instant beer. Cindy seemed to savor her mee goreng, but I mean value the impairment had been done yesteryear the chips. Cindy had spent the whole repast eyeing off the desserts inwards the cabinet behind me, but a flake of mental arithmetics told us that a) we'd already hitting $50 in addition to b) eating anything to a greater extent than would in all probability number inwards serious illness. Still, they're opened upwards all hours, in addition to so I'm certain we'll last dorsum in 1 lawsuit again inwards the future, in addition to we'll in all probability swap the chips for some cheesecake side yesteryear side time. Address: Menzies Alley, Melbourne CentralPh: 9664 5688
Licensed
Price: Veg. mains: $10 - $14
Website: www.chillipadi.com.au
Kamis, 16 Desember 2021
February 17, 2007: 10 Ren's Tea Time
01/12/2012: Ten Ren has been permanently closed now.
Cindy in addition to I brought inwards the twelvemonth of the grunter amongst an aimless wander nigh Chinatown on Sat night. By the fourth dimension nosotros managed to move out the house, filled amongst visions of delicious roadside stalls selling dumplings in addition to boundary rolls, it was approaching 9pm in addition to nosotros were starting to instruct real hungry. Alas, the alone stalls nosotros constitute sold meaty satay sticks or pork jerky. Poor present Melbourne's Chinese community. Giving upwards on nutrient for a while, nosotros followed the audio of beating drums to a dragon trip the lite fantastic toe in addition to were briefly deafened yesteryear the firing off of a string of fireworks. It seemed that every eating theater on Little Bourke Street was chock-full of people in addition to I was starting to instruct mightily hungry, thus I dragged Cindy away from the audio in addition to fury of the festivities in addition to nosotros headed along Bourke Street proper to endeavour to notice closed to dinner.
We eventually stumbled onto Ten Ren's Tea Time - a Taiwanese tea identify in addition to cafe that had a reasonably sized vegetarian carte in addition to enough of spare tables. The tea carte is in all likelihood 5 times equally long equally the nutrient menu, amongst hot tea, H2O ice tea, fruity tea, milky tea in addition to icees (which, it turns out, are basically tea slurpees). Both Cindy in addition to I doubled upwards on our Gelobar choices, amongst a lemon green-tea icee served amongst orangish ice-cubes for Cindy, in addition to a green-tea plum icee for me. I spent the 10 minutes earlier the drinks arrived paranoid that the potable would hold upwards to a greater extent than terrifying salty plum in addition to less sweet, tangy in addition to delicious plum. Luckily, my paranoia was unfounded in addition to both of our drinks were sweetness in addition to refreshing.
The nutrient options were by in addition to large faux-meet: vegetarian 'fish', 'lamb' etc. Cindy tried to instruct the fish choice, but it was unavailable, leaving her amongst no alternative but to companionship the plate of 10 vegetarian dumplings. The dumplings were sum of marinated mushrooms in addition to were fried upwards nicely. Probably non quite equally crisp equally the best I've had (from Kuan-Yin Vegetarian Tea House inwards Brisbane), but pretty enjoyable nonetheless.
I was upwards for closed to faux meat in addition to opted for the 'vegetarian curry flavoured rendang meat'. The curry turned upwards amongst a trio of accompaniments, whose components I tin can alone estimate at: salty eggs, sour cabbage in addition to weird mushroom things. The curry itself was the perfect replica of beef rendang. Almost likewise perfect - afterward a pair of mouthfuls of soft 'beef' curry, amongst the occasional slice of gristle, I took a closer await at my faux-beef. And it looked an awful lot similar existent beef - correct downwardly to the stringy texture. It was actually startlingly genuine, thus I quizzed the waiter to brand certain it wasn't existent beef yesteryear mistake. Without actually looking, he assured me it wasn't, thus I pushed on in addition to ate the rest, telling myself that fifty-fifty if it was existent beef, it wouldn't produce anyone whatever skillful to throw it inwards the bin. But I constitute it real hard to believe it wasn't actual beef. Fake meats are a weird nutrient genre - you lot desire them to produce a skillful labor of mimicking the meat they're imitating, but you lot don't desire them to produce likewise skillful a job. It was all real distracting. By the terminate of the meal, the lack of existent beef rendang on the carte convinced me that it was in all likelihood non beef from a cow, but yesteryear thus it was likewise piece of cake in addition to I'd spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension trying to create upwards one's hear what I was eating thus but enjoying my dinner. I intend if I'd been confident that I was eating a vego repast I'd cause got been pretty thrilled amongst the inexpensive curry amongst strange accompaniments, thus it was a fleck disappointing.
Cindy in addition to I brought inwards the twelvemonth of the grunter amongst an aimless wander nigh Chinatown on Sat night. By the fourth dimension nosotros managed to move out the house, filled amongst visions of delicious roadside stalls selling dumplings in addition to boundary rolls, it was approaching 9pm in addition to nosotros were starting to instruct real hungry. Alas, the alone stalls nosotros constitute sold meaty satay sticks or pork jerky. Poor present Melbourne's Chinese community. Giving upwards on nutrient for a while, nosotros followed the audio of beating drums to a dragon trip the lite fantastic toe in addition to were briefly deafened yesteryear the firing off of a string of fireworks. It seemed that every eating theater on Little Bourke Street was chock-full of people in addition to I was starting to instruct mightily hungry, thus I dragged Cindy away from the audio in addition to fury of the festivities in addition to nosotros headed along Bourke Street proper to endeavour to notice closed to dinner.
We eventually stumbled onto Ten Ren's Tea Time - a Taiwanese tea identify in addition to cafe that had a reasonably sized vegetarian carte in addition to enough of spare tables. The tea carte is in all likelihood 5 times equally long equally the nutrient menu, amongst hot tea, H2O ice tea, fruity tea, milky tea in addition to icees (which, it turns out, are basically tea slurpees). Both Cindy in addition to I doubled upwards on our Gelobar choices, amongst a lemon green-tea icee served amongst orangish ice-cubes for Cindy, in addition to a green-tea plum icee for me. I spent the 10 minutes earlier the drinks arrived paranoid that the potable would hold upwards to a greater extent than terrifying salty plum in addition to less sweet, tangy in addition to delicious plum. Luckily, my paranoia was unfounded in addition to both of our drinks were sweetness in addition to refreshing.
The nutrient options were by in addition to large faux-meet: vegetarian 'fish', 'lamb' etc. Cindy tried to instruct the fish choice, but it was unavailable, leaving her amongst no alternative but to companionship the plate of 10 vegetarian dumplings. The dumplings were sum of marinated mushrooms in addition to were fried upwards nicely. Probably non quite equally crisp equally the best I've had (from Kuan-Yin Vegetarian Tea House inwards Brisbane), but pretty enjoyable nonetheless.I was upwards for closed to faux meat in addition to opted for the 'vegetarian curry flavoured rendang meat'. The curry turned upwards amongst a trio of accompaniments, whose components I tin can alone estimate at: salty eggs, sour cabbage in addition to weird mushroom things. The curry itself was the perfect replica of beef rendang. Almost likewise perfect - afterward a pair of mouthfuls of soft 'beef' curry, amongst the occasional slice of gristle, I took a closer await at my faux-beef. And it looked an awful lot similar existent beef - correct downwardly to the stringy texture. It was actually startlingly genuine, thus I quizzed the waiter to brand certain it wasn't existent beef yesteryear mistake. Without actually looking, he assured me it wasn't, thus I pushed on in addition to ate the rest, telling myself that fifty-fifty if it was existent beef, it wouldn't produce anyone whatever skillful to throw it inwards the bin. But I constitute it real hard to believe it wasn't actual beef. Fake meats are a weird nutrient genre - you lot desire them to produce a skillful labor of mimicking the meat they're imitating, but you lot don't desire them to produce likewise skillful a job. It was all real distracting. By the terminate of the meal, the lack of existent beef rendang on the carte convinced me that it was in all likelihood non beef from a cow, but yesteryear thus it was likewise piece of cake in addition to I'd spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension trying to create upwards one's hear what I was eating thus but enjoying my dinner. I intend if I'd been confident that I was eating a vego repast I'd cause got been pretty thrilled amongst the inexpensive curry amongst strange accompaniments, thus it was a fleck disappointing.Address: 146 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Ph: 9654 3268
Price: Vege mains: $6-$8, tea: $4.50-$6.50
Website: http://www.tenrentea.com.au
Rabu, 15 Desember 2021
February 18, 2007: Sustainable Living Festival
The sweltering weather condition continued on Sunday, but Michael as well as I made an essay to banking enterprise stand upwards for out the final solar daytime of the Sustainable Living Festival. When nosotros arrived at noon nosotros made a tiresome but purposeful bee-line to an organic cookery demonstration. This was hosted past times Sun Hyland of Macro Wholefoods. Our sweaty limbs stuck to fold-out chairs as well as the hot air hovered roughly as well as inwards a higher identify us, but for the xl minutes I was pleased to move there, equally Sun prepared seared tofu amongst olive pesto as well as shared tips as well as information, most cooking techniques, organics as well as sustainable foods. 
(For example, did yous know that most of our garlic comes from China, as well as is bleached equally a preservative? Organic garlic has a violet tinge as well as is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than pungent.) I'm sure this isn't whatever novel breakthrough inwards cooking-demo technology but I idea the mirrors, laid inwards a higher identify the benches at 45 marker angles, were actually nifty: this meant that nosotros could persuasion the bench from inwards a higher identify as well as front-on as well as larn the correct angle on all the action. The unexpected highlight was correct at the end, where nosotros were all served upwards a small-scale sense of savor plate! I'll almost for certain move publishing a home-made adaptation of this recipe inwards the future.
The taster good as well as genuinely whet our appetites for the nutrient tents only outside. Almost everything on offering was vegetarian as well as organic as well as thence nosotros were spoilt for ethical choice! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 distich of pitiful sods were cooking wood-fired pizzas as well as nachos - Michael made it somewhat worth their piece past times picking upwards a serve of mushroom as well as eggplant pizza ($7). I bought bite-sized koftas smothered inwards spicy tomato plant sauce ($4) from the 2 most outgoing Hare Krishnas I've always encountered.
We were lucky plenty to discovery a distich of seats inwards the shade, as well as equally I speared my firey kofta balls amongst a toothpick as well as devoured them whole I began to covet the smoothies advertised on a blackboard at the limits of my reading ability. 
Even luckier for me, Michael was devouring faster than I as well as willingly joined the business for 2 mango as well as nectarine smoothies ($5 each): pedal-blender fresh, H2O ice mutual depression temperature as well as texturised amongst existent fruit pulp. It was plenty to disuade me from an organic ice-cream!
Even luckier for me, Michael was devouring faster than I as well as willingly joined the business for 2 mango as well as nectarine smoothies ($5 each): pedal-blender fresh, H2O ice mutual depression temperature as well as texturised amongst existent fruit pulp. It was plenty to disuade me from an organic ice-cream!We meandered our agency dorsum through the other stalls, featuring unloosen energy as well as water-saving inventions, conservation groups, clothes, cleaning products as well as cosmetics. With the Sun beating down, nosotros didn't give these volunteers as well as ethical entrepreneurs the attending they deserved. But nosotros collected a few recycled-paper pamphlets along the way, as well as volition hopefully brand amends from the comparative cool of home.
February 19, 2007: Gertrude St Grub - Arcadia
TrippyTaco, but it was besides before long for a repeat weblog performance. So I settled on Arcadia, a trendy-looking cafe on Gertrude Street most the corner amongst Smith Street. The luncheon options seem to hold upwards largely pre-made materials (salads, sandwiches, a few curries in addition to pastas) inwards the display case, amongst a few rotating specials. I opted for a sandwich: roasted eggplant, fresh salad, pesto in addition to feta cheese, in addition to settled inwards to a topographic point out on the footpath. Given the sandwiches were sitting, ready-made, inwards the cabinet, I was a lilliputian surprised that it took upwards of 20 minutes for it to come upwards out. Admittedly it had been warmed upwards in addition to pose on a plate amongst only about rocket, in addition to things were variety of busy inside, but I intend they tin in all likelihood create better. The sandwich itself was fine - sizeable in addition to tasty (particularly the creamy, slightly melted feta), but at $9 it was inferior to the $7 offerings at Newtown S.C. in addition to hence a lilliputian disappointing. Perhaps I was only grumpy afterwards beingness thwarted inwards my scream for for roti in addition to and so had to hold off 20 minutes for a sandwich, but I won't hurry dorsum for a 2nd try.
Address: 193 Gertrude Street
Ph: 9416 1055
Licensed & BYO
Prices: $9 - $15
Address: 193 Gertrude Street
Ph: 9416 1055
Licensed & BYO
Prices: $9 - $15
Senin, 13 Desember 2021
February 20-21, 2007: Lemon Pepper Cashews
super sandwich picnic a pair of weekends ago, I offered to create got help of dinner alongside a double batch. Unsatisfied alongside only that repetition, my demand heed ticked over for a back upwards act. Salad, our default side dish at home, wouldn't do: in that place were already greens inward the sandwich as well as Michael wouldn't tolerate i based on tomatoes. How nearly to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than protein? I of late saw to a greater extent than or less dandy recipes for spiced nuts on lemon pepper cashews.
So on Tuesday nighttime I popped the sandwich filling inward the oven as well as had a become at those nuts. I was a combat slapdash alongside the measurements as well as impatient to permit the saccharide melt properly. Thus, the flavourings didn't quite stick properly as well as they were a combat also peppery. Even as well as thus the sweet-hot tangy spice, enhanced farther past times the salt, was a hit! Once plonked downward on the grassy flooring of the outdoor cinema, the 4 of us were hooked on this snack. Jo-Lyn transformed a bulging cooler handbag into a mutual depression temperature jug of Pimm's punch, consummate alongside fruit as well as mint. Our overnice picnic was complete, alongside the audio scheme providing an orchestral soundtrack to laid the scene.The scene laid past times the music was non exclusively i of highbrow entertainment. You see, the orchestra was roofing a bunch of Metallica songs as well as nosotros were hither to scout Metal: H5N1 Headbanger's Journey. This documentary far exceeded my expectations. Made past times Sam Dunn, an anthropologist as well as long-time metallic fan, this was a thorough history of the subculture from Black Sabbath through to acts equally various equally Kiss as well as Cannibal Corpse. (No, I'd never heard of Cannibal Corpse, either, but the refer says it all really.) While Dunn as well as his interviewees were all clearly passionate nearly the subject, the painting demo maintains a feel of humour, as well as also makes to a greater extent than or less interesting observations on how death, violence, gender, sexuality as well as religion figure inward the metallic scene. Not only for fans of tight jeans an loud guitars!
Minggu, 12 Desember 2021
February 22, 2007: Tandoori Times
30/06/2013: Over at Fitzroyalty, Brian reports that Tandoori Times has at in ane lawsuit closed.
Th level involved a dyad of aborted plans, culminating inward a nighttime at dwelling alongside home-delivered Indian. This fourth dimension nosotros sampled the wares of Tandoori Times. Their carte du jour (available online) boasts most xx vegetarian mains every bit good every bit the park appetisers, breads in addition to rice. With a base of operations of basmati rice in addition to garlic naan, nosotros went for (from summit to bottom inward the pic) sabzi makhani ($8.50), Panjabi daal tadka ($7.90), tandoori gobhi ($9.90) in addition to paneer pumpum ($7.50). The pumpum, battered in addition to fried cheese, was a fairly chewy patty alongside an acidic tang in addition to chilli punch. The curries were too quite hot, pleasant but non memorable; the naan well-flavoured but a chip rubbery. The highlight of the repast was undoubtedly the tandoori cauliflower: tender in addition to super-tangy alongside a smoky finish. The leftovers of this dish were inward high need for Friday's lunch! Vegetarian tandoori options are something of a rarity in addition to it's alone their inclusion hither that volition entice me dorsum to Tandoori Times.
Address: 199 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Ph: 9419 5930
Price: veg mains $5.95 -$14
Website: www.tandooritimes.com.au
Sabtu, 11 Desember 2021
February 23, 2007: Minted Quinoa Amongst Pino Nuts
three fairly rich dinners inwards a row, I was looking for something nutritious too summery to swallow on Fri night. As the characteristic division (sorry, I'm watching Iron Chef equally I write this!) I chose quinoa, since I had bought a bundle from Allergy Block a calendar week or ii agone without whatsoever specific plans for it. Over breakfast Michael constitute this recipe from the Whole Foods Market website, too nosotros served it wrapped upwardly inwards wholemeal Mountain Bread, amongst mixed greens too Lebanese cucumber. The quinoa too pino nuts were a groovy combination too this was merely the sort of fresh repast my torso needed. However I constitute the overall flavor a flake bland: adjacent fourth dimension I'll add together the juice of a lemon at the terminate - it's perking upwardly the leftovers nicely.
Rabu, 15 September 2021
November 16, 2007: San Churro
Update, 31/12/2014: San Churro has moved a pair of doors downward the street to 275 Brunswick St, as well as has been replaced at this address past times B'Stilla Cantina.
We followed upwards our dinner at Coyote Cafe amongst dessert at San Churro - simply about other house that we've long been pregnant to consume at. It's pretty crowded on a Fri night, but nosotros managed to snag an outdoor tabular array as well as Jo shouldered her means inward to social club for us. The hot chocolate I had was a piffling disappointing - I simply flora it means also thick. And also hot - past times the fourth dimension it was cool plenty to drink, a horrible peel had formed on top.
The churros were pretty expert though - peradventure non every bit fresh every bit would survive ideal, but yet a fairly successful like shooting fish in a barrel nighttime dessert option. Particularly amongst the fine black chocolate dipping sauce on offer.
Koko Black.
Address: 277b Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 9419 9936
Price: $8.90 for the churros, I can't holler upwards how much the drinks terms (and Cindy didn't get got whatsoever notes!)
Website: http://www.sanchurro.com.au/
We followed upwards our dinner at Coyote Cafe amongst dessert at San Churro - simply about other house that we've long been pregnant to consume at. It's pretty crowded on a Fri night, but nosotros managed to snag an outdoor tabular array as well as Jo shouldered her means inward to social club for us. The hot chocolate I had was a piffling disappointing - I simply flora it means also thick. And also hot - past times the fourth dimension it was cool plenty to drink, a horrible peel had formed on top.
The churros were pretty expert though - peradventure non every bit fresh every bit would survive ideal, but yet a fairly successful like shooting fish in a barrel nighttime dessert option. Particularly amongst the fine black chocolate dipping sauce on offer.Koko Black.
Address: 277b Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 9419 9936
Price: $8.90 for the churros, I can't holler upwards how much the drinks terms (and Cindy didn't get got whatsoever notes!)
Website: http://www.sanchurro.com.au/
Selasa, 14 September 2021
November 16, 2007: Coyote Cafe
Updated 31/12/2014: The Coyote Cafe has been shut for about time, presumably swept away past times the Mexican nutrient seismic sea wave that swamped Melbourne inward 2008/09.
Cindy as well as I met upwardly amongst Mike as well as Jo-Lyn for dinner at the Coyote Cafe inward North Fitzroy. We've had a takeaway carte du jour from this identify sitting on our refrigerator for nigh half-dozen months as well as stimulate got been pregnant to bear witness it out almost the entire time. It's a Mexican place, amongst a carte du jour which is quite friendly to vegetarians. And to drinkers. We started off amongst about icy mutual frigidness margaritas ($10 each) as well as kicked dorsum to browse through our options.
Cindy as well as I met upwardly amongst Mike as well as Jo-Lyn for dinner at the Coyote Cafe inward North Fitzroy. We've had a takeaway carte du jour from this identify sitting on our refrigerator for nigh half-dozen months as well as stimulate got been pregnant to bear witness it out almost the entire time. It's a Mexican place, amongst a carte du jour which is quite friendly to vegetarians. And to drinkers. We started off amongst about icy mutual frigidness margaritas ($10 each) as well as kicked dorsum to browse through our options.
We speedily convinced Mike as well as Jo to bring together us inward a vegetarian shared plate to get-go things rolling. It sounded fantastic: marinated olives, zucchini chips, jalapeno jelly, chillied mushrooms, sugariness white patato as well as goats' cheese sincronizada as well as pinto edible bean sopas ($19.50). Unfortunately, when it (eventually) came out, we'd scored a unlike tasting plate: i amongst chorizo on it. Still, the bits that Cindy as well as I could bask were non bad - especially the edible bean sopas as well as jalapeno jelly. Maybe nosotros could bear witness to produce these upwardly at home.
Cindy was half-full from her efforts at the tasting plate as well as opted for only an entree-sized meal: mushroom quesadillas ($10). They were adequate, but non especially exciting as well as a flake on the cheesy side For Cindy's tastes.
I had eyes bigger than my tum (this inward spite of foolishly filling upwardly on Burger Rings at the pub earlier dinner) as well as opted for a full-sized meal: spinchaladas. These are basically enchiladas amongst a potato, pumpkin as well as spinach filling, smothered inward Lycopersicon esculentum sauce as well as sour cream ($19.50 - which was a stupor when it was listed every bit $9 on the takeaway menu. Can prices stimulate got doubled inward 6 months?). They were a niggling on the heavy side - the filling was predominantly spuds as well as pumpkin as well as could actually stimulate got used about beans or something to liven things upwardly a bit. The sauce was fine (but lacking a niggling inward spice), as well as the greens as well as rice were a overnice touch, but the whole affair was a flake of a letdown. Particularly at $20.Address: 414 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy
Ph: 9489 0077
Price: veg mains $9.50-$19.50
Licensed
Senin, 13 September 2021
November 17, 2007: 'Fish' Fingers
this one. The to a greater extent than filling feature, though, was a tray of oven-baked tofu 'fish' fingers developed past times Jennifer of Schmooed Food for the recipe.
Minggu, 12 September 2021
November 17, 2007: Leftover Makeover - Dessert Pesto Ii
chocolate clusters were transformed into a sweet spread as well as the leftover ingredients from my ginger-cashew clusters received the same treatment. This fourth dimension I blended the cashews, glace ginger as well as chocolate amongst Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese to shine it out.
The 'pesto' was a success equal to my commencement endeavour as well as I constitute approximately fifty-fifty ameliorate biscuits to squad it with! These are Arnott's Lattice biscuits, pastry squares that are similar sweetness glazed SAOs. I haven't had them inward years, though I create think approximately incredible passionfruit vanilla slices made amongst them when I was growing up.
November 18, 2007: Julio
The Breakfast Blogger, whose ever ahead of the game). We joined them for breakfast on a placidity Sabbatum morn in addition to settled in. It's a smallish identify inward the forepart of an former corner store, amongst seating for mayhap thirty people in addition to a fairly casual vibe. The card is minor but impressive, amongst the focus firmly on their homemade doughnuts. Delicious, delicious doughnuts. We ordered ane each, amongst Cindy in addition to I both going for the custard multifariousness (they likewise create jam ones). They came out warm in addition to tasty - crispy on the exterior but gooey in addition to sweetness on the inside. The homemade custard was a fantastic mess oozing out from the middle. They were likewise huge - much larger than I expected for $3, which was something of a trouble concern given we'd already ordered roughly breakfast 'mains'.
Cindy asked for avocado on toast in addition to got a span of thick slices of toast, roughly fresh avocado in addition to a sprinkling of seasoning. She was pretty total after the doughnut, but was very, rattling impressed yesteryear this - the seasoning was ane of those trivial touches that takes something relatively straightforward in addition to lifts it upwards to outstanding.
I went for ane of the specials: baked eggs amongst sumac, chilli, yoghurt in addition to spinach. I'm mostly a fan of baked eggs, in addition to these were a item success - perfectly cooked eggs, amongst a lite spice from the chilli in addition to roughly interesting flavour contrasts from the yoghurt in addition to sumac. I couldn't teach out whatever of it in addition to constitute myself total to bursting after my ii degree feast (and my ii cups of free-trade coffee).
We were then enamoured amongst Julio that nosotros returned less than a calendar week after to bring together inward their glorious election nighttime party, thence ensuring that it volition guide keep a happy, happy identify inward our hearts. Hurrah for Julio! (And Kevin. At to the lowest degree until he disappoints).
Address: 171 Miller Street, North Fitzroy
Ph: 9489 7814
Price: $3 - $12
Cindy asked for avocado on toast in addition to got a span of thick slices of toast, roughly fresh avocado in addition to a sprinkling of seasoning. She was pretty total after the doughnut, but was very, rattling impressed yesteryear this - the seasoning was ane of those trivial touches that takes something relatively straightforward in addition to lifts it upwards to outstanding.I went for ane of the specials: baked eggs amongst sumac, chilli, yoghurt in addition to spinach. I'm mostly a fan of baked eggs, in addition to these were a item success - perfectly cooked eggs, amongst a lite spice from the chilli in addition to roughly interesting flavour contrasts from the yoghurt in addition to sumac. I couldn't teach out whatever of it in addition to constitute myself total to bursting after my ii degree feast (and my ii cups of free-trade coffee). We were then enamoured amongst Julio that nosotros returned less than a calendar week after to bring together inward their glorious election nighttime party, thence ensuring that it volition guide keep a happy, happy identify inward our hearts. Hurrah for Julio! (And Kevin. At to the lowest degree until he disappoints).Address: 171 Miller Street, North Fitzroy
Ph: 9489 7814
Price: $3 - $12
Sabtu, 11 September 2021
November 18, 2007: Strawberry Icecream
It's the perfect fourth dimension of twelvemonth for icecream, together with I've been keeping an oculus on berry prices, biding my time. This weekend I constitute merely what I was afterward - punnets of almost overripe strawberries for alone a duet of dollars. It hasn't ever been this way. The sort of strawberry icecream available from the supermarket when I was a tike was plenty to scare me off the concept almost for life. I bet mine wasn't the alone family where it was ever the finally season left inward a tub of Neapolitan, right? And together with thus at that topographic point was the strawberry flavoured Quik... ergh... what were those nutrient scientists thinking?!My epiphany came shortly afterward buying my icecream maker vii years ago. The manual had a few recipes at the back, including the ubiquitous vanilla, chocolate together with strawberry. I tried the chocolate get-go of course, amongst proficient results, but was shortly looking for something new. The artificial strawberry flavouring that I knew was thus unlike from the lovely gustation of fresh ones that I figured it was worth a gamble. Boy, was it ever! This tasted similar strawberries. And cream. And spring! I've since added some lemon juice to that recipe to actually elevator the fruity flavour. Given the H2O content of the fruit, this icecream isn't the richest merely about - it sets upwards a somewhat icy together with needs a fighting of fourth dimension at room temperature earlier scooping but the vantage is a slightly to a greater extent than refreshing taste. If you're afterward a super thick together with creamy icecream, hold back for a recipe amongst to a greater extent than egg yolks than this one, in all likelihood to a greater extent than cream, together with perchance a cooked custard phase of preparation. For me, this is all I need.
Well, almost. We had some to a greater extent than lattice biscuits inward the pantry.... together with to a greater extent than cooking chocolate. It alone took minutes to melt the chocolate together with spread it on the dorsum of the lattice biscuits, insulating them against sogginess. Voila - strawberry chocolate icecream sandwiches! I had past times this fourth dimension issued a spontaneous invitation for Jo-Lyn, Mike together with Lee to portion some strawberry bliss. We enjoyed these spell sprawled merely about the lounge room, cream dripping from our fingers together with into chipped bowls.
Strawberry icecream
250g fresh strawberries, washed together with hulled
juice of 1 lemon
3 egg yolks
3/4 loving cup castor sugar
300mL bottle cream
250mL milk
Strawberry icecream
250g fresh strawberries, washed together with hulled
juice of 1 lemon
3 egg yolks
3/4 loving cup castor sugar
300mL bottle cream
250mL milk
Place the strawberries together with lemon juice into a nutrient processor together with blend until smooth. Next blend inward the yolks together with sugar, together with thus finally the cream together with milk. Refrigerate the mixture until it's actually cold, at to the lowest degree an hour. Churn inward an icecream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions together with freeze for almost vi hours.
Before serving, permit the icecream to soften inward the refrigerator for almost xxx minutes, or at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
Before serving, permit the icecream to soften inward the refrigerator for almost xxx minutes, or at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
Jumat, 10 September 2021
November 18, 2007: Sweet'n'salty Popcorn
Maybe this isn't the most exciting nutrient photograph you've seen roughly the blogosphere today, but it's a pic of ane of my favourite snacks inwards recent weeks. It's a bowl of saucepan-popped corn, seasoned only amongst saccharide in addition to salt. Doesn't thrill you? That's fine, but it's transcend away a darn addictive combination for this afternoon snacker.I'll instruct well-nigh a dozen bowls out of ane $3.50 bundle of organic corn thence it's low-cal on the pocket. I've tried to proceed the saccharide in addition to fossil oil levels down, thence it's in all likelihood a lot lighter inwards calories than whatsoever instant-microwave-bag version too. If you're willing to stretch from 'instant' to 'takes iii minutes' in addition to thence I encourage y'all to grade it a go.
Sweet'n'salty popcorn
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1/3 loving cup popcorn
1 teaspoon raw sugar
a milk shiver of fine body of body of water salt
Pour exactly plenty fossil oil into a medium-large saucepan to thinly comprehend the base. Spread the popcorn inwards a unmarried layer over the bottom of the saucepan in addition to fix it on medium-high heat. Put the lid on in addition to milk shiver the pan inwards a horizontal displace to instruct the popcorn evenly distributed in addition to lightly coated inwards oil.
Sprinkle over the raw saccharide in addition to supervene upon the lid. Keep the saucepan over medium-high heat, shaking ane time to a greater extent than roughly every fifteen seconds. The corn should maiden of all popping pretty soon! Continue periodically shaking the pan horizontally exactly higher upwards the oestrus origin every bit the corn pops, until the fourth dimension betwixt pops stretches to well-nigh iii seconds. Turn off the heat. Continue shaking the pan for some other 15-30 seconds until it's all popped out.
Pour the popped corn into a bowl in addition to discard whatsoever burned ones that mightiness last close the bottom (I'm getting amend - no burning inwards my 3rd batch!). Give the popcorn a low-cal sprinkling of common salt in addition to instruct munching spell it's notwithstanding warm!
Kamis, 09 September 2021
November 21, 2007: Baked Stuffed Mushrooms Amongst Herb Together With Lemon Gremolata
It's hard to believe that it's taken us to a greater extent than than a twelvemonth of blogging earlier nosotros lastly got some to stuffing some mushrooms. They're such a vego staple, it's hard to explicate how we've neglected them for together with thus long. Luckily, Cindy had tucked away this recipe for when the mood lastly took us. I'm non certain how she's all the same keeping upward alongside Ready, Steady, Cook, but her efforts were rewarded alongside a delicious dinner cheers to Dominique Rizzo from Mondo Organics (and my sterling efforts inwards the kitchen of course).This recipe has the added bonus of beingness vegan - it's predominantly mushrooms together with herbs, alongside a heap of almond repast to laissez passer it all some torso together with texture. The herb together with lemon gremolata gave a overnice citrusy boot to the meaty mealy mushrooms, together with the whole repast was topped off alongside some salty baked spud-bits that Cindy sorted out. I won't reproduce the directions, but experience gratis to muck virtually alongside the quantities - the recipe at the goal of the link is designed to create ane entree (we multiplied past times some 8). We ended upward alongside a lot to a greater extent than filling than could gibe inwards the mushrooms - together with thus either larn actually big mushies, or fiddle the proportions a little.
Rabu, 08 September 2021
November 23, 2007: Bowl Of Soul
More To Love Vegan quite or then fourth dimension ago, as well as I was rather psyched nearly the possibility of a veggie BLT. As a lover of burgers I was overwhelmed amongst the alternative hither - they were based on tofu, lentils, beans, as well as simulated meats from beef through to prawns! Other toppings as well as sauces are good chosen to suit the burger themes, from Mexican to satay. There's also or then soup as well as a span of other things on the menu, but to a greater extent than oftentimes than non it's nearly the burgers.
The vegan as well as vegan-adaptable items are clearly marked as well as encompass almost everything on the menu. There are a few gluten-free options too, especially inwards the mouthwatering cake display. Buttons rued the lack of chips to teach amongst her burger as well as to our surprise, they are similar a shot available after 6pm! Unfortunately I didn't respect until after I'd ordered, as well as Michael chose a side-sized Soul Salad ($5.50) instead. In add-on to the commons mixed greens as well as carrot, this was packed amongst fresh beetroot, mung beans, sprouts, capers as well as semi sun-dried tomatoes.
The vegan as well as vegan-adaptable items are clearly marked as well as encompass almost everything on the menu. There are a few gluten-free options too, especially inwards the mouthwatering cake display. Buttons rued the lack of chips to teach amongst her burger as well as to our surprise, they are similar a shot available after 6pm! Unfortunately I didn't respect until after I'd ordered, as well as Michael chose a side-sized Soul Salad ($5.50) instead. In add-on to the commons mixed greens as well as carrot, this was packed amongst fresh beetroot, mung beans, sprouts, capers as well as semi sun-dried tomatoes.
In spite of the BLT that brought me here, I truly decided to lodge the Soul on a Roll ($9). This featured a freshly fried fillet of wheat gluten amongst a ocean-flavoured 'skin' of nori. There were generous servings of lettuce as well as tomato, as well as a thick spread of lime-infused tartare sauce. These guys teach triple points for the super-fresh ingredients as well as preparation! It makes all the departure amongst fast nutrient such every bit this, amongst no oily guilty feeling sitting inwards my tum afterwards.As y'all tin run across from the peak pic, Michael was into the Soul Dog ($7.50). This is no niggling wiener, it's smothered amongst grilled onions, cheese, Lycopersicon esculentum sauce as well as mustard. With that many condiments it's simply every bit good he ordered the salad! He demolished the lot inwards tape fourth dimension as well as I seriously challenge anyone to country the departure betwixt a soysage as well as a hot Canis familiaris inwards a blind gustation test.
As nosotros ate, nosotros were sitting amongst a total stance of the dessert cabinet as well as it was inevitable that I'd hold upwards picking upwards a niggling something to receive got habitation as well as savour later. These are wild figs coated inwards black chocolate as well as vanilla saccharide (50c each). They gustation at to the lowest degree every bit expert every bit they sound, filled amongst chewy fruity sweetness. The Soul kids don't skimp on the chocolate either! The ready warned us that they were addictive as well as it's simply every bit good I had a belly total of burger, 'cause those choccies were good. I could easily receive got run all the agency dorsum as well as bought out their supply.It's no hugger-mugger that Bowl of Soul has my number. I love, love, beloved a freshly prepared vege burger as well as these guys practise an amazing array of them for less than $10 each. It'll hold upwards no delineate to revisit as well as written report dorsum on the criterion of the chips!
Update 10/5/10: Unfortunately, Bowl of Soul has unopen down. Very disappointing. We didn't teach across the river real much, but it was ever a winner when nosotros visited.
Address: 118 Bridge St, Port Melbourne
Ph: 9645 2470
Unlicensed
Price: veg mains $5 - $9.50
Selasa, 07 September 2021
November 25 - December 2, 2007: Perth
Lentil As Anything. Instead of ordering from a menu, the nutrient is set out buffet-style for y'all to serve yourself. It's the luck of the depict whether you'll live lined upwards every bit fresh chappati are brought out as well as rapidly scooped upwards past times your swain diners, but y'all tin sack e'er furnish for seconds on the multiple curries. Just live certain to salve room for a little loving cup of the sweetness condensed milk dessert.
What sets Annalakshmi apart from the Lentil As Anything chain is its atmosphere as well as location. Inside this is a lavishly decorated Indian restaurant. The plastic slice of furniture exterior may live less genteel but the persuasion over the Swan River ensures it's the close pop seating. We enjoyed a vivid sunset every bit nosotros ate (pictured top).
Cascade Brewery bothered to. There were FOURTEEN meat-free gastropub dishes, from pocket-size sharing plates of marinated olives as well as feta through to gourmet pizzas as well as my pick, a toasted opened upwards mushroom as well as avocado sandwich amongst chips as well as salad. Don't immature lady out on the frites - they are sparse as well as crispy amongst the peel left on as well as served amongst an splendid mayonnaise. Brew of the black was Rogers' amber ale.
Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant
Units 1 & 2, 220 James St, Northbridge
Lotus is a 100% vegetarian Chinese eating theater offering a huge make of faux-meat dishes from $10-$22. There's around tofu as well as vege-only dishes available every bit well, but the six-page menu is dominated past times 'chicken', 'fish', 'pork', 'duck' as well as 'beef'. This was my dining partner Tracy's commencement consider amongst faux-meat as well as I was thrilled to consider how much she enjoyed the experience. She judged her crispy-skin BBQ 'duck' to sense of savor precisely similar the existent thing, though the texture was subtly different. My beloved sesame 'chicken' was the best faux-fowl I've ever eaten, amongst the battered balls moving from fryer to tabular array inwards what must cause got been seconds. They were pipe hot, super-crisp on the exterior as well as perfectly tender on the within (faux-meats tin sack oft larn a flake rubbery amongst over-cooking). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sparing squirt of beloved sauce added around extra sweetness without drowning out the other flavours as well as textures. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few dollars extra for steamed rice as well as a pot of Chinese tea as well as you've had a damned fine meal.
Lotus also offers an all-you-can-eat buffet for $17 as well as has an adjoining grocery store amongst take-home frozen faux-meats as well as other vego goodies.William St, Northbridge
Northbridge seems to cause got a seedy reputation as well as it does cause got a smattering of massage parlours, broken windows as well as drunken backpackers. But the northern cease of William St also offers a multitude of Indian as well as Asian grocers, which Tracy as well as I took dandy please inwards browsing through. In add-on there's Mela Indian Sweets & Eats, decorated inwards brilliant Bollywood vogue as well as featuring a dessert cabinet resplendent amongst all kinds of bite-sized treats. The card of mains is to a greater extent than restrictive, amongst alone 3 vegetarian curries, but who cares when y'all tin sack larn a vegetarian thali plate for $12.50? It comprised of sambar, chickpea curry, murphy as well as pea curry, dhal, lots of raita, rice, bread, a pappadum as well as a sweetened condensed milk dessert. We were besides stuffed to fifty-fifty glance at the sweets cabinet that commencement lured us through the door.
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