Sabtu, 31 Juli 2021
February 3, 2008: Butterfly Cafe
Update 31/12/2014: Butterfly Cafe is closed, replaced yesteryear Hayley, nosotros lastly made our agency out to Camberwell to banking venture tally out the Sunday Rotary market. On the way, nosotros swung yesteryear the Butterfly Cafe, every bit recommended yesteryear Claire, the Melbourne Gastronome. It's a overnice fiddling cafe, amongst some attractive outdoor tables as well as cute interior decorations. The carte du jour is merely a blackboard inwards the corner as well as it's all counter-ordering as well as casualness. The vego carte du jour options were pretty limited: eggs florentine, porridge, fruit salad as well as the distich of toast-based treats that nosotros went for.
I had the mushrooms, fetta as well as thyme on toast ($12), which was pleasant plenty without actually winning me over. The toast was thick as well as grainy, as well as everything on pinnacle was cooked impressively enough, it was merely a fiddling on the pocket-size side as well as a tad uninteresting. I see for $8 it would convey been a huge success, but in that location are some pretty skillful brekkies closed to for $12 as well as this didn't quite cutting it.
Cindy had the avocado as well as love apple tree salad, likewise on thick chunks of toast. It all looked pretty skillful to me (except for my love apple tree issues) - generous slatherings of avocado as well as huge love apple tree quarters as well as a few leaves of basil leaves seasoned amongst a splash of lemon juice. It was all real tasty, but similar me, Cindy was hungry i time again much sooner than later on our commons bought breakfast feasts. So, nosotros were agreed: the nutrient hither was fine, but the servings a fiddling pocket-size as well as the choices non peculiarly inspiring. Still, they are working out of a kitchen the size of a phonebox, as well as thence bespeak for dozens of options is likely a fiddling demanding. The post-breakfast marketplace see was a roaring success: it was overnice to run into 2d mitt goods selling for really 2d mitt prices - non a $10 used mass to live found.
Address: 25 Cookson St, Camberwell
Ph: 9882 1649
Price: $5-12
Jumat, 30 Juli 2021
February 3, 2008: Walker's Doughnuts
Lord of the Fries. Most obviously, Walker's sells doughnuts, too you lot tin post away read reviews of them at Tummy Rumbles too the burger for me!
Address: Shop 9/2 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
Ph: 9662 2254
Price: veg hot dogs $4.75-5.10
Kamis, 29 Juli 2021
February 3, 2008: Khatti Mithi Masoor Dal Summation Leeks Inwards Chickpea Flour Amongst Sweetness Ruby Pepper
Oxfam calendar in addition to a vegie dish from Mridula Baljekar's trusty low-fat Indian vegetarian cookbook.
The dal was overnice in addition to unproblematic in addition to was meant to hold upward sour, sweetness in addition to hot. To hold upward honest it was to a greater extent than oft than non sour (tamarind puree) in addition to tangy (ginger), but that's in all likelihood to a greater extent than oft than non due to my lax measurements. Despite non quite measuring upward on the 'hot' front, this was ane of the ameliorate dal recipes we've come upward across - mayhap non quite upward to these standards, but thence there's no tin post away of kokosnoot milk inwards this ane to produce total us upward amongst creamy, obese goodness. Anyway, this was basically all close the ginger in addition to tamarind flavours, in addition to from my indicate of view, that tin post away alone hold upward a skillful thing.
The minute dish for the nighttime was much to a greater extent than complicated. While I was getting all the ingredients together, I realised I had no existent thought of what this dish was fifty-fifty supposed to await like, permit lonely how it would taste. Indeed, fifty-fifty after I'd got close three-quarters of the agency through preparing this, I thought it was going to hold upward a consummate failure. The matter to recall is: leeks shrink. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wok alluvion amongst leeky bits in addition to looking pretty uninspiring, chop-chop became a dense in addition to tasty mush of leek amongst generous splashes of capsicum-provided colouring cloth livening things up. Lucky. It's difficult to depict how this turned out, it was sort of chewy in addition to total of spicy flavours, amongst the leek season notable but non every bit overpowering every bit I'd feared. It worked actually good every bit a side to the dal, but mightiness hold upward a fighting much on its own.
It's worth noting that it industrial plant really, actually good every bit filling inwards a pastry, every bit Cindy demonstrated a few days later.
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The dal was overnice in addition to unproblematic in addition to was meant to hold upward sour, sweetness in addition to hot. To hold upward honest it was to a greater extent than oft than non sour (tamarind puree) in addition to tangy (ginger), but that's in all likelihood to a greater extent than oft than non due to my lax measurements. Despite non quite measuring upward on the 'hot' front, this was ane of the ameliorate dal recipes we've come upward across - mayhap non quite upward to these standards, but thence there's no tin post away of kokosnoot milk inwards this ane to produce total us upward amongst creamy, obese goodness. Anyway, this was basically all close the ginger in addition to tamarind flavours, in addition to from my indicate of view, that tin post away alone hold upward a skillful thing.
The minute dish for the nighttime was much to a greater extent than complicated. While I was getting all the ingredients together, I realised I had no existent thought of what this dish was fifty-fifty supposed to await like, permit lonely how it would taste. Indeed, fifty-fifty after I'd got close three-quarters of the agency through preparing this, I thought it was going to hold upward a consummate failure. The matter to recall is: leeks shrink. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wok alluvion amongst leeky bits in addition to looking pretty uninspiring, chop-chop became a dense in addition to tasty mush of leek amongst generous splashes of capsicum-provided colouring cloth livening things up. Lucky. It's difficult to depict how this turned out, it was sort of chewy in addition to total of spicy flavours, amongst the leek season notable but non every bit overpowering every bit I'd feared. It worked actually good every bit a side to the dal, but mightiness hold upward a fighting much on its own.
It's worth noting that it industrial plant really, actually good every bit filling inwards a pastry, every bit Cindy demonstrated a few days later.
My Legume Love Affair. Make certain to see her website afterwards this calendar week for many to a greater extent than delicious dishes.
February 4, 2008: The Eastward Brunswick Club
Edit 22/05/2012: The EBC has straight off closed, but nearly of the carte has migrated to The Cornish Arms.
another shot at a vege Canis familiaris trivial to a greater extent than than 24 hours later, on Mon night. At this time, we'd arranged to come across upward amongst Mike too Jo-Lyn, Tracy too Lee too Daniel for the East Brunwick Club's weekly special of gratis pool, $10 jugs too $10 hot dogs. Ten bucks is arguably a fair fleck to inquire for a hot dog, but equally you lot tin plow over the axe catch they come upward amongst chips too salad. There are a few dissimilar varieties likewise - cheese kransky, not-so-American chilli, onetime skool, Greek agency and, nearly importantly, the Not-Dog.
So, how'd it stair out up?
- Chips: satisfactory, though non awesome. To live on fair, though, the bowl of chips nosotros ordered before were first-class too thence there's apparently about fluctuation.
- Salad: great.
- Frank: i standard-size, just what nosotros were looking for yesterday.
- Toppings: no sign of the promised "garlic mushrooms, roasted vegetables too melted imported Vegan cheese", but ketchup'n'mustard. The condiments were fine, but seriously - what gives?
- Bun: fancy sourdough. Cool for a gourmet sandwich, but impractically chewy here.
The vege Canis familiaris of pick clearly nevertheless resides at Bowl of Soul. But it's worth noting that the East Brunswick Club offers a publish of other veg*n-friendly meals on their touchstone menu, including a $17 vegan 'chicken' parma. It cannot become untested! (Nor has it, actually - Harriet too Kristy already dearest it.)
Address: 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick
Ph: 9388 2777
Licensed
Price: not-dogs $10, other veg mains $10-17
Website: www.eastbrunswickclub.com
Address: 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick
Ph: 9388 2777
Licensed
Price: not-dogs $10, other veg mains $10-17
Website: www.eastbrunswickclub.com
Rabu, 28 Juli 2021
February 8, 2008: Nachos, Cindy-Style
On Fri nosotros had a nerdy dark in, eating nachos on the couch piece watching Dr Who on DVD. While one-half the betoken is to live on slothful as well as self-indulgent, I don't intend that nachos quest to live on a consummate guilt trip. Chips as well as cheese are essential of course, but I similar to hit total out the middle alongside refried beans as well as chopped veges. It takes a piddling longer than the version I unremarkably come across at pubs - consisting of supermarket salsa, oily cheese as well as sour cream - but yous tin sack nevertheless gear upwards it inside thirty minutes as well as I view you'll live on far to a greater extent than satisfied alongside the result. To speed things upwards a little, yous tin sack layer upwards the diced veges raw rather than pre-cooking them.This would live on delicious alongside home-made salsa, but that would larn inwards fifty-fifty to a greater extent than fourth dimension consuming. Instead Michael picked out the Chilli Factory's capsicum salsa to serve on the side.
Nachos, Cindy-style
1 ruddy capsicum
1 medium zucchini
vi mushrooms
a splash of olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
750g tin sack kidney beans (or dark beans, if yous tin sack abide by them), drained
a few shakes of powdered garlic
a few grinds of pepper
200g bundle corn chips
1 loving cup grated cheese
salsa, to serve
sour cream or avocado, to serve (I know yous desire both, but yous don't quest that much fat. Really!)
Finely die the capsicum, zucchini as well as mushrooms. Heat the petroleum inwards a large frypan as well as gear upwards the capsicum over medium rut until soft. Add the zucchini as well as mushrooms as well as gear upwards for a few to a greater extent than minutes. Stir inwards the minced garlic as well as gear upwards for 1 final minute, therefore transfer the veges to a plate or bowl.
Throw the beans into the frypan as well as stir them unopen to for a minute. Add one-half a loving cup of water, as well as laissez passer on them a fight of a mash. Stir as well as squelch as well as add together extra H2O to larn a consistency that yous similar - I similar a fight of texture to remain, therefore I don't squelch likewise much. Stir through the powdered garlic as well as pepper, therefore accept them off the heat.
Get yourself a baking tray alongside walls well-nigh ii inches high. Spread the chips inwards a layer over the bottom of it. Next layer the beans over the chips, therefore the veges on peak of the beans. Finally, sprinkle over the cheese.
Put your nachos nether the grill until the cheese melts, well-nigh 5-10 minutes. Keep a unopen oculus on them because the fourth dimension required is highly sensitive to the distance to the grill chemical ingredient as well as its temperature.
Serve alongside salsa, sour cream or avocado, forks as well as napkins.
Get yourself a baking tray alongside walls well-nigh ii inches high. Spread the chips inwards a layer over the bottom of it. Next layer the beans over the chips, therefore the veges on peak of the beans. Finally, sprinkle over the cheese.
Put your nachos nether the grill until the cheese melts, well-nigh 5-10 minutes. Keep a unopen oculus on them because the fourth dimension required is highly sensitive to the distance to the grill chemical ingredient as well as its temperature.
Serve alongside salsa, sour cream or avocado, forks as well as napkins.
Selasa, 27 Juli 2021
February 9, 2008: Cafe Zum Zum
chickpea thing, but the dressing's a flake runnier as well as it has a dainty layer of fresh Lycopersicon esculentum as well as parsley on the top. There are but about fantastic lilliputian chips of crisply fried breadstuff scattered throughout as well as but about less crispy pita triangles on the side. I'm non sure it quite tops the Morrocan Soup Bar's effort, but it sure comes close.
Unfortunately equally the nighttime went on, the Sun went down, as well as nosotros were left sitting nether but about fairly unappealing blue-coloured fluoro lighting (similar to the lights inward populace toilets that are meant to piece of employment into hard to inject drugs). While the lighting doesn't actually kill the mood, it sure kills the photos, as well as nosotros ended upwards entirely able to preserve a decent pic of 1 of our terminal 2 dishes. We'd ordered the Felafel (with tahina sauce) as well as the Portabello Mushrooms (sauteed alongside coriander, capsicum as well as pomegranate essence).
Abla's equally the local Mediterranean eating seat of alternative (for vegos anyway). I'm slap-up to supply as well as attempt out the tagine, as well as I wouldn't hold upwards surprised if Cindy fancied the panfried haloumi cheese alongside zaatar. We'll proceed yous posted.
Address: 645 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
Ph: 9348 0455
BYO vino entirely (they bring a minor vino listing as well as a few beers available)
Price: Starters: $9.50-$13.00, vego main: $18.50
Unfortunately equally the nighttime went on, the Sun went down, as well as nosotros were left sitting nether but about fairly unappealing blue-coloured fluoro lighting (similar to the lights inward populace toilets that are meant to piece of employment into hard to inject drugs). While the lighting doesn't actually kill the mood, it sure kills the photos, as well as nosotros ended upwards entirely able to preserve a decent pic of 1 of our terminal 2 dishes. We'd ordered the Felafel (with tahina sauce) as well as the Portabello Mushrooms (sauteed alongside coriander, capsicum as well as pomegranate essence).
Abla's equally the local Mediterranean eating seat of alternative (for vegos anyway). I'm slap-up to supply as well as attempt out the tagine, as well as I wouldn't hold upwards surprised if Cindy fancied the panfried haloumi cheese alongside zaatar. We'll proceed yous posted.
Address: 645 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
Ph: 9348 0455
BYO vino entirely (they bring a minor vino listing as well as a few beers available)
Price: Starters: $9.50-$13.00, vego main: $18.50
Senin, 26 Juli 2021
February 10, 2008: Sugardough Ii
over a year, inward fact! - in addition to it's been renovated a piffling since then. The indoor seated surface area has been extended to adapt perchance 8-12 to a greater extent than people in addition to the pretty dessert display I photographed last time has stretched proportionally. It yet has that manner of a tea political party amongst charmingly mismatched cups, but it isn't overly twee. The cakes in addition to pastries hold off real in addition to homemade in addition to only a piffling fleck lop-sided.
The breakfast card is brusk but appetising. The ii dishes featuring eggs come upwards amongst pork products, thus instead Michael ordered poached pears in addition to mascarpone on toasted ciabatta ($7.50), an first-class combination of sweet, creamy in addition to chewy amongst a tangy twang.
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Minggu, 25 Juli 2021
February 11, 2008: Bollywood Banquet
SBS inspired Bollywood meals a flake special, as well as invited a gang of people or as well as then to relish Indian mango rice pudding, which cooled everyone downward equally Dhoom hotted up.
Now we've only got to figure out what to get when nosotros hire out Dhoom 2.
Now we've only got to figure out what to get when nosotros hire out Dhoom 2.Sabtu, 24 Juli 2021
February 13, 2008: White Gazpacho
this salad on the previous night. Enter a white gazpacho recipe from Haalo of Cook (almost) Anything at Least Once.
February 13, 2008: Ruby-Red & Vanilla H2o Ice Cream
So I bring a novel in addition to completely inessential appliance...
this raspberry ripple H2O ice cream recipe - it's straightaway my favourite base of operations in addition to conveniently uses whole eggs! - in addition to but dabbed it amongst teaspoons of sour cherry jam every mo I poured it into a box. The effect is rather special, amongst my novel churner giving lighter, softer H2O ice cream than I've made for a few years.
Now I bring an extra argue for hoping summertime volition stick around a petty longer.
this raspberry ripple H2O ice cream recipe - it's straightaway my favourite base of operations in addition to conveniently uses whole eggs! - in addition to but dabbed it amongst teaspoons of sour cherry jam every mo I poured it into a box. The effect is rather special, amongst my novel churner giving lighter, softer H2O ice cream than I've made for a few years.
Now I bring an extra argue for hoping summertime volition stick around a petty longer.
Jumat, 23 Juli 2021
February 14, 2008: Vege2go
Update 27/1/2019: Vege2Go is at i time trading every bit a seller of pre-made meals together with snacks rather than every bit a eating theater or cafe.
The Good:
The Bad:
The Ugly:
leave bloggers crazy-enthusiastic comments no uncertainty helped. Consequently they've already been reviewed past times Kiki, FoodieFi. We don't bring a lot to add, but here's a few notes.
The Good:- A bright, happy interior amongst all meals on display together with incredibly friendly, helpful people who'll serve them to you.
- Fast together with inexpensive - a amount tum volition solely terms y'all $10 together with five minutes of waiting.
- It's the almost nutritious-looking fast nutrient I've seen inwards yonks - a rainbow of beautiful salads together with no glistening petroleum inwards the hotbox.
- Pesto mushrooms.
- All vegetarian, amongst a seat out of gluten-free together with vegan options.
- Pesto mushrooms.
- Did I advert the pesto mushrooms?
The Bad:- Foods that bring been loitering inwards a display instance inevitably don't bring the greatest texture. For example, my calzone was reheated inwards a sandwich press together with every bit a effect had a hard, chewy crust.
- The flourless chocolate cake actually lacked flavour. What was all that brown, if non cocoa?
The Ugly:- While Vege2go touts its dedication to vegetarianism together with the contribution this makes to sustainability, nosotros had to rely on plastic cutlery fifty-fifty piece eating in. (We got existent plates, though, together with a existent fork for dessert - weird, huh?) This too necessitated a hands-on approach to devouring the calzone.
Vege2go offers the form of nutrient nosotros similar to brand at home, together with I intend we'll live improve off continuing to larn inwards at home. However it's an fantabulous alternative the multitude of fast foods out at that topographic point together with on that dry soil I'm hoping they'll brand a killing (erm, then to speak).
Address: 452 Lygon St, Brunswick East
Ph: 9384 6200
Unlicensed
Price: vege repast $8.95-$13.95
Website: www.vege2go.com.au
Address: 452 Lygon St, Brunswick East
Ph: 9384 6200
Unlicensed
Price: vege repast $8.95-$13.95
Website: www.vege2go.com.au
Kamis, 22 Juli 2021
February 15, 2008: Shakahari Iii
My mum together with her partner Rob joined us for a weekend all the agency downwards hither inward Melbourne together with nosotros took it upon ourselves to demonstrate them approximately of our favourite places. Our showtime focus was dinner on Fri night. When we've entertained other rellies, we've to a greater extent than oft than non taken them to places that offering a proficient alternative of non-vego nutrient every bit good every bit materials that nosotros like. Our concluding guests complained together with insisted that nosotros should accept people out for vego delights inward the future. Mum together with Rob were the lucky showtime recipients of this novel policy, together with it was difficult to intend of a improve house to accept them than Shakahari - in all likelihood Melbourne's best vegetarian restaurant.
I intend the card was a petty intimidating - tofu, quinoa, seitan, soy grits: these are non things that crop upward on also many non-specialty menus. Cindy together with I recommended the avocado rolls to start things off - they'd impressed us mightily on a previous visit together with didn't disappoint this time.
Rabu, 21 Juli 2021
February 15, 2008: Brunetti X
Update 27/1/2019: Brunetti is nonetheless trading, but has moved from Faraday Street into a huge custom-built infinite within Lygon Court.
Michael chose a French custard tart alongside cherries ($5.30). He enjoyed it good enough, but it was a typically unremarkable Brunetti dessert.
You tin rank the axe read our amount catalogue of Brunetti experiences here.
dinner at Shakahari, nosotros led our guests across the route to Brunetti for dessert. They were appropriately wowed past times its extent, then Michael in addition to I made relatively fast orders in addition to hunted downwardly a tabular array equally they browsed. With a huge (and delicious) repast nether my belt, I didn't notice it also hard to boundary myself to ii minor Tartufo al caffe ($1.40 each). Their two-toned chocolate coating was pleasant, but the interior java cream was dry out in addition to powdery.
Michael chose a French custard tart alongside cherries ($5.30). He enjoyed it good enough, but it was a typically unremarkable Brunetti dessert.You tin rank the axe read our amount catalogue of Brunetti experiences here.
Selasa, 20 Juli 2021
February 16, 2008: Ceres Cafe
the starting fourth dimension time nosotros visited, as well as I estimate it was the grey heaven that kept closed to locals away as well as allowed us this breathing room.
Eventually it was fourth dimension to deed on, as well as nosotros took a tour through the vege patches that Pb upward to the markets. We bought closed to fruit to snack on afterwards - the grapes looked educate to outburst amongst coloring as well as flavour! - as well as I was around pleased to purchase a fantastic novel handmade handbag after several months of listless shopping. (It's merely the correct size to stand upward for my 'blog tools'; a camera, mini-tripod as well as notebook.)
As nosotros walked dorsum yesteryear the pond as well as out the gate, I was struck yesteryear how lucky nosotros are to accept CERES then closed yesteryear as well as how relaxed I felt after our couplet of hours there. I promised myself that a lot less fourth dimension volition boot the bucket earlier I'm dorsum again.
Address: corner of Roberts as well as Stewart Sts, Brunswick East
Ph: 9387 2609
Licensed
Price: veg breakfasts $4-14Eventually it was fourth dimension to deed on, as well as nosotros took a tour through the vege patches that Pb upward to the markets. We bought closed to fruit to snack on afterwards - the grapes looked educate to outburst amongst coloring as well as flavour! - as well as I was around pleased to purchase a fantastic novel handmade handbag after several months of listless shopping. (It's merely the correct size to stand upward for my 'blog tools'; a camera, mini-tripod as well as notebook.)
As nosotros walked dorsum yesteryear the pond as well as out the gate, I was struck yesteryear how lucky nosotros are to accept CERES then closed yesteryear as well as how relaxed I felt after our couplet of hours there. I promised myself that a lot less fourth dimension volition boot the bucket earlier I'm dorsum again.
Address: corner of Roberts as well as Stewart Sts, Brunswick East
Ph: 9387 2609
Licensed
Website: www.ceres.org.au
Senin, 19 Juli 2021
February 18, 2008: Smart Blondies
Kake Di Hatti together with Markov Place, together with when it was revealed that it was Will's birthday on Wednesday, I packed him a gift of cherry together with vanilla icecream.
Nigella's cream cheese variety, a recipe Michael has twice previously made to peachy acclaim. As for the blondies, these were an solely novel baking sense for me together with I knew that Kitchen Wench would receive got the goods: white chocolate together with walnut blondies amongst salted caramel topping. They are almost equally over-the-top equally the cite suggests together with at to the lowest degree equally tasty. Most importantly the quantities Ellie gave yielded a sizable tray-full, because over xx people turned upward for a taste! Over the assort of one-half an hour, much chatter together with a few laughs, all that remained was 1 niggling blondie foursquare to roll upward together with accept domicile to Michael. Oh, together with close one-half the caramel topping, which I had packed separately together with used sparingly. It institute its agency onto pancakes amongst pears on the weekend.
This recipe has been adapted at every stride from the source, Sherry Yard, via David Lebovitz, Chubby Hubby together with Kitchen Wench. Here's what I did.
Smart blondies
cake
170g butter, softened
1/3 loving cup raw sugar
1 loving cup brownish sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon honey
1 generous teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups patently flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
150g walnuts, or thence chopped
120g white chocolate chips
topping
60g butter
100g raw sugar
2/3 loving cup cream
1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 scant teaspoon salt
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C. Line a medium to large baking tray amongst baking newspaper together with grease the within (I run a canola spray).
Cream together the butter together with sugars until fluffy. Beat inwards the eggs 1 at a time, thence the dear together with vanilla.
In a carve upward bowl, sift together the flour, baking pulverization together with salt. Gradually add together it to the butter mixture inwards batches, beating on depression speed equally y'all go. Stir inwards the walnuts together with white chocolate.
Pour the batter into the prepared tray together with bake for 25 to xxx minutes.
Once the blondie tray is out of the oven together with cooling, cook the sauce! In a large saucepan on medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the saccharide together with stir frequently, until the saccharide has dissolved together with the mixture is a deep golden brown, merely starting to smoke.
This is where things larn a niggling scary. Protect your hands together with arms amongst a shirt together with gloves, thence whisk inwards one-half the cream. It'll spatter close together with y'all don't desire to wearable molten sugar. Stir inwards the residue of the cream, equally good equally the vanilla together with salt. Allow it to cool a little.
[At this phase I packed upward the blondies together with caramel separately to accept them to work. (Kind, patient Michael fifty-fifty walked amongst me to deport the 2nd tray!) It only took 10 seconds inwards the microwave to larn the caramel dorsum to its gooey state.]
Poke holes inwards the blondie amongst a skewer, thence pour over equally much caramel sauce equally y'all want. I only used close one-half of it. Slice together with serve to the people that are no uncertainty surrounding y'all together with drooling yesteryear this stage!
This recipe has been adapted at every stride from the source, Sherry Yard, via David Lebovitz, Chubby Hubby together with Kitchen Wench. Here's what I did.
Smart blondies
cake
170g butter, softened
1/3 loving cup raw sugar
1 loving cup brownish sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon honey
1 generous teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups patently flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
150g walnuts, or thence chopped
120g white chocolate chips
topping
60g butter
100g raw sugar
2/3 loving cup cream
1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 scant teaspoon salt
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C. Line a medium to large baking tray amongst baking newspaper together with grease the within (I run a canola spray).
Cream together the butter together with sugars until fluffy. Beat inwards the eggs 1 at a time, thence the dear together with vanilla.
In a carve upward bowl, sift together the flour, baking pulverization together with salt. Gradually add together it to the butter mixture inwards batches, beating on depression speed equally y'all go. Stir inwards the walnuts together with white chocolate.
Pour the batter into the prepared tray together with bake for 25 to xxx minutes.
Once the blondie tray is out of the oven together with cooling, cook the sauce! In a large saucepan on medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the saccharide together with stir frequently, until the saccharide has dissolved together with the mixture is a deep golden brown, merely starting to smoke.
This is where things larn a niggling scary. Protect your hands together with arms amongst a shirt together with gloves, thence whisk inwards one-half the cream. It'll spatter close together with y'all don't desire to wearable molten sugar. Stir inwards the residue of the cream, equally good equally the vanilla together with salt. Allow it to cool a little.
[At this phase I packed upward the blondies together with caramel separately to accept them to work. (Kind, patient Michael fifty-fifty walked amongst me to deport the 2nd tray!) It only took 10 seconds inwards the microwave to larn the caramel dorsum to its gooey state.]
Poke holes inwards the blondie amongst a skewer, thence pour over equally much caramel sauce equally y'all want. I only used close one-half of it. Slice together with serve to the people that are no uncertainty surrounding y'all together with drooling yesteryear this stage!
February 18, 2008: De Orchid
few successes, but generally the local Indian places conduct keep been reasonably priced, reasonably tasty, slightly dull - zero to actually inspire our loyalty. Especially non when it comes to conduct keep away.
J-Wow told us that Spicy Junction on Johnston Street was worth checking out, in addition to thus I wandered past times on the agency dwelling menage to lodge something to conduct keep dwelling menage in addition to enjoy. The card looked quite impressive, alongside loads of vego options, but they were inexplicably closed. Luckily I had a fallback innovation - I'd wandered upward Rathdowne Street on my agency dwelling menage i eve in addition to stumbled across De Orchid, an Indian identify nigh a block from our menage that had completely passed us by. Luckily they were opened upward in addition to their card was every bit veg-friendly. We ordered 3 curries (to brand certain nosotros scored about leftovers for tiffin the adjacent day): Saag Paneer, Baingan Bharta in addition to Malai Kofta - ii onetime favourites in addition to an eggplant curry that we'd tried i time on our travels overseas in addition to loved. We threw inward a naan staff of life in addition to about rice as well, making a pretty substantial charge for me to convey home.
De Orchid delivered in all probability the best inexpensive Indian we've had inward Melbourne: all 3 curries were impressive (and impressively creamy - it's in all probability best non to know whatever nutritional data nigh them), the staff of life was laced alongside garlic in addition to cooked perfectly in addition to the rice was... good the rice was only rice. The spice levels were nigh perfect for me, which meant they were in all probability a tad on the hot side for Cindy, but she yet enjoyed her repast immensely - especially the Baingan Bharta, which nosotros conduct keep to endeavour to brand ourselves i day. The saag paneer was pretty skillful likewise - rich in addition to tasty, alongside a fairly generous scattering of paneer bits in addition to the malai kofta, field a picayune on the saucy side, was non undelicious.
So, an unassuming local Indian identify alongside zero inward detail to recommend it, takes the Pb inward our bespeak for a skillful local curry shop. We'll yet give Spicy Junction a go, but it'll conduct keep to hold upward rattling skillful to overtake De Orchid.
Update 4/9/09: After existence 'temporarily' unopen for nigh on a year, De Orchid has late reopened. My kickoff impressions: things conduct keep gone downwards colina - but we'll in all probability give them about other run a endangerment in addition to write a proper review.
Update 10/2/10: It appears that De Orchid is no to a greater extent than at this address. There's an Indian eating seat alongside a unlike refer inward its place, in addition to we've non yet tried it. It's unclear whether the De Orchid has changed names, changed locations or disappeared entirely.
Address: 174 Rathdowne Street, Carlton
Ph: 9349 2626
BYO only (at to the lowest degree at the instant - I shout out back at that spot was a liquor licence application inward the window)
Price: Veg curries: $8-$9
J-Wow told us that Spicy Junction on Johnston Street was worth checking out, in addition to thus I wandered past times on the agency dwelling menage to lodge something to conduct keep dwelling menage in addition to enjoy. The card looked quite impressive, alongside loads of vego options, but they were inexplicably closed. Luckily I had a fallback innovation - I'd wandered upward Rathdowne Street on my agency dwelling menage i eve in addition to stumbled across De Orchid, an Indian identify nigh a block from our menage that had completely passed us by. Luckily they were opened upward in addition to their card was every bit veg-friendly. We ordered 3 curries (to brand certain nosotros scored about leftovers for tiffin the adjacent day): Saag Paneer, Baingan Bharta in addition to Malai Kofta - ii onetime favourites in addition to an eggplant curry that we'd tried i time on our travels overseas in addition to loved. We threw inward a naan staff of life in addition to about rice as well, making a pretty substantial charge for me to convey home.
De Orchid delivered in all probability the best inexpensive Indian we've had inward Melbourne: all 3 curries were impressive (and impressively creamy - it's in all probability best non to know whatever nutritional data nigh them), the staff of life was laced alongside garlic in addition to cooked perfectly in addition to the rice was... good the rice was only rice. The spice levels were nigh perfect for me, which meant they were in all probability a tad on the hot side for Cindy, but she yet enjoyed her repast immensely - especially the Baingan Bharta, which nosotros conduct keep to endeavour to brand ourselves i day. The saag paneer was pretty skillful likewise - rich in addition to tasty, alongside a fairly generous scattering of paneer bits in addition to the malai kofta, field a picayune on the saucy side, was non undelicious.
So, an unassuming local Indian identify alongside zero inward detail to recommend it, takes the Pb inward our bespeak for a skillful local curry shop. We'll yet give Spicy Junction a go, but it'll conduct keep to hold upward rattling skillful to overtake De Orchid.
Update 4/9/09: After existence 'temporarily' unopen for nigh on a year, De Orchid has late reopened. My kickoff impressions: things conduct keep gone downwards colina - but we'll in all probability give them about other run a endangerment in addition to write a proper review.
Update 10/2/10: It appears that De Orchid is no to a greater extent than at this address. There's an Indian eating seat alongside a unlike refer inward its place, in addition to we've non yet tried it. It's unclear whether the De Orchid has changed names, changed locations or disappeared entirely.
Address: 174 Rathdowne Street, Carlton
Ph: 9349 2626
BYO only (at to the lowest degree at the instant - I shout out back at that spot was a liquor licence application inward the window)
Price: Veg curries: $8-$9
Minggu, 18 Juli 2021
February 23, 2008: Aix Creperie
Flour Festival. Unfortunately for us the stalls were looking a lot fewer together with a lot meatier this year. Michael bought a java and, uninspired, nosotros plotted an option urban substance lunch. We batted to a greater extent than or less a twain of ideas earlier Michael suggested Aix creperie, together with I knew directly it was but what I wanted.
Aix (how does ane pronounce that?) is inward glamourously grungy Centre Place, but a few doors downwardly from the Jungle Juice Bar. This alleyway is a house to perch at an outdoor tabular array together with people-watch, or stick your olfactory organ inward a serious majority together with last watched equally you lot nonchalantly larn your caffeine together with nicotine fixes. While Michael had his 2nd shot of caffeine, together with I contented myself alongside watching the parade.
Serenity Later, Simon together with the Age accept all reviewed it) together with I tin come across why. It's charmingly cosy together with allows you lot to pretend you're inward Paris for but a few moments. There's a display illustration bursting alongside baguettes (most of them meaty) together with a hit of crepes (more veg-friendly) for less than $10 each. I want-want-wanted a sweetness ane but it was luncheon time, together with therefore I ordered a filling of champaign mushrooms, taleggio cheese together with spinach ($7.50). I was real pleased alongside how nighttime together with flavoursome the mushies were.
Michael went for a filling of goats cheese, ruddy peppers, spinach together with thyme (also $7.50). The sweetness roasted peppers smelled lovely, but I had no peril of a seize alongside teeth earlier Michael polished it all off.
Aix good together with genuinely salvaged what would otherwise accept been a disappointing outing. I'm corking to supply for a sweetness crepe or three, but it's a chip out of the means of our commons activities. If null else, our irregular patronage volition hand you lot a meliorate peril of snagging a vacant spot - at that spot aren't that many to larn around!Address: 24 Centre Place, Melbourne CBD
Ph: 9662 2667
Allegedly BYO
Price: veg crepes $4.50-$7.50
Sabtu, 17 Juli 2021
February 23, 2008: Caramelised Tofu
Shakahari worthy thing (although nosotros didn't arrive quite every bit photogenic every bit they would have), for surprisingly piffling effort. This belike exclusively took 30 minutes about to set together, too would easily tally into a school-night schedule. Throw inward the super nutritional value (tofu, greens too quinoa!), too you've got yourself a pretty especial recipe. It's fifty-fifty vegan!
Jumat, 16 Juli 2021
February 24, 2008: Rocky-Ish Road
chocolate clusters went foursquare this calendar week - instead of dropping my fruit, nut in addition to chocolate mixture into petty mounds, I pressed it into the bottom of a foil-lined loaf pan. In designing this season combination, I took inspiration from rocky route - dried cherries, Turkish delight, roasted hazelnuts, kokosnoot in addition to rice bubbles. Marshmallows are noticeably absent, I know - I'm actually non into them.
These were good, but non every bit bully every bit I'd hoped. The cherries were deliciously sour, but they overwhelmed the Turkish please in addition to smoky hazelnuts. Still, it'll survive no business finishing off the block!
Kamis, 15 Juli 2021
February 25, 2008: Soy Bombs
My mind's been ticking over always since Elly announced the Eat to the Beat! weblog event. I dear a theme, in addition to I knew I could meld meals in addition to music since I count Fiona Apple, Cake in addition to Custard alongside my favourite music-makers. There are lots of songs out at that spot likening loves to sugariness treats, but Warrant's melody Sweet Cherry Pie truly isn't to my taste. Ben Lee is to a greater extent than my style, but listening to the lyrics of Cigarettes Will Kill You, I couldn't fathom what he was suggesting I make! (Though clearly it was non to hold upwards served upwards with cake... hear for yourself using the actor at the cease of this transportation service in addition to tell me what you lot mean value is cooking.) Perhaps, similar Talking Heads, I was destined to Stay Hungry.Then, channelling the Eels, Michael chipped inwards with "Whatever happened to soy bomb?" The lyrics of this vocal are rather bleak in addition to non at all related to food, but I liked the sentiment of soy bombs for dinner. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 google search for tofu balls turned upwards a pleasant-looking recipe from Post-Punk Kitchen in addition to I figured I'd laissez passer it a go. I wasn't that wrapped with the meatballs-and-spaghetti-style serving suggestion, but latched onto a commenter's purpose of sugariness chilli sauce for dipping. We'd hold upwards having our soy bombs with sugariness chilli in addition to salad.
I was impressed with how easily the mixture came together into balls (I accept a checkered history when it comes to vege burgers, balls in addition to the like) in addition to they smelled pretty expert too. As I fried upwards the minute pan-full, I idly picked upwards i from the kickoff batch in addition to took a bite. Holy mother of tofu! These are incredible! I couldn't instruct over the fact that they practise truly sort of sense of savour similar pork-mince meatballs. The season was then much to a greater extent than than the ingredients that went in. I madly posed in addition to photographed them, frying upwards a tertiary pan-full earlier Michael arrived home. Exhausted from his netball game, I barely allow him sit down downwardly earlier stuffing i into his mouth. "Don't await at the recipe - exactly sense of savour it! Aren't these great? Guess what went into them!"
He was moderately impressed at that time, but over the course of report of the eventide equally nosotros worked our agency through to a greater extent than (now with salad), neither of us could halt with our exclamations. "Mmmm! So good! And such unproblematic ingredients! I'd definitely brand these for guests." The entirely matter I noticed afterward eating copious numbers of these is that they were a flake salty, in all likelihood because the peanut butter I used had added salt. So if your peanut butter also includes salt, visit reducing the sum of soy sauce past times a bit.
So endeavor 'em. And endeavor this pocket-size collection of foodie rock'n'roll equally you lot mix, curl in addition to fry.
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Three other tasty tunes I wishing I'd been able to add:
- How To Make Gravy past times Paul Kelly
- Milk past times Garbage
- Pumpkin Soup past times Kate Nash (you tin hear to this i on her myspace page!)
Finally, earlier I laissez passer this fantastically unproblematic in addition to only fantastic recipe, I've got a riddle for you:
What practise you lot instruct afterward dropping a soy bomb?
The respond is the cite of to a greater extent than or less other foodie vocal inwards my CD collection, in addition to volition hold upwards revealed inwards the side past times side post.
Soy bombs
500g extra work solid tofu
1 pocket-size onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons soy sauce (less if your peanut butter includes salt)
3 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 loving cup breadcrumbs
fresh basil, roughly chopped/ripped (or to a greater extent than or less other herb of your choice)
1/2 loving cup apparently flour
1/3 loving cup vegetable oil
Crumble the tofu into a large bowl. Add the onion, soy sauce, peanut butter, breadcrumbs in addition to basil; combine thoroughly. Roll the mixture into balls close 3cm inwards diameter in addition to lightly coat them inwards flour.
Pour vege crude into a non-stick frypan then that it's close 2mm deep. Heat the crude until non quite smoking in addition to add together a tofu ball - it should sizzle inwards the oil. Once it does laid about to sizzle, add together to a greater extent than balls to the pan, turning them afterward a infinitesimal or 2 to prepare an fifty-fifty crust. When they're done, transfer to absorbent newspaper in addition to move on with the remaining balls.
Eat correct out of the pan, or dipped inwards sugariness chilli sauce, or with spaghetti in addition to Lycopersicon esculentum sauce, or on a sandwich. I bet you lot tin honor other ways to savor these too!
Soy bombs
500g extra work solid tofu
1 pocket-size onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons soy sauce (less if your peanut butter includes salt)
3 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 loving cup breadcrumbs
fresh basil, roughly chopped/ripped (or to a greater extent than or less other herb of your choice)
1/2 loving cup apparently flour
1/3 loving cup vegetable oil
Crumble the tofu into a large bowl. Add the onion, soy sauce, peanut butter, breadcrumbs in addition to basil; combine thoroughly. Roll the mixture into balls close 3cm inwards diameter in addition to lightly coat them inwards flour.
Pour vege crude into a non-stick frypan then that it's close 2mm deep. Heat the crude until non quite smoking in addition to add together a tofu ball - it should sizzle inwards the oil. Once it does laid about to sizzle, add together to a greater extent than balls to the pan, turning them afterward a infinitesimal or 2 to prepare an fifty-fifty crust. When they're done, transfer to absorbent newspaper in addition to move on with the remaining balls.
Eat correct out of the pan, or dipped inwards sugariness chilli sauce, or with spaghetti in addition to Lycopersicon esculentum sauce, or on a sandwich. I bet you lot tin honor other ways to savor these too!
Rabu, 14 Juli 2021
February 27, 2008: Mushroom Souffle
A: A mushroom cloud!
And hither it is inwards song...
If you're afterwards something edible, I don't intend there's anything that says 'cloud' quite in addition to then much every bit whipped egg whites. So how close a mushroom souffle? This is about other dish that I didn't truly accept a recipe for, in addition to then I relied on Google over again in addition to chose this one from "That's My Home" Recipes. It's a picayune lean on the details, in addition to then I'll rewrite the recipe below every bit I cooked it.Souffles accept a reputation for beingness difficult, in addition to past times the fourth dimension I'd sauteed my veges, whipped the egg whites in addition to washed a muddied baking tray, I must acknowledge I was feeling a picayune 'difficult' myself. But I got them into the oven, where they dutifully rose to the occasion. After close 10 minutes out of the oven they'd sunk again, but fifty-fifty these withdrawn souffles retained an airy, cloud-like texture beneath the cheesy crust. Michael loved them, in addition to I liked them good enough. I dug the mushrooms in addition to cheese, but the dominant egg flavor simply doesn't live for me.
This in all probability isn't something I'll endeavor over again - I simply couldn't resist sharing alongside y'all the punchline to my picayune joke!
Mushroom souffle
1/2 a large onion, finely diced
2 cups mushrooms, chopped
a splash of oil
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2/3 loving cup milk
4 eggs, separated
1/4 loving cup parmesan cheese, grated
Saute the onion in addition to mushrooms inwards a splash of crude until softened. (I similar mine truly good done, but become for what y'all ordinarily like.) Turn off the oestrus in addition to ready aside.
In a modest saucepan over depression heat, melt the butter in addition to stir inwards the flour. Add the milk in addition to increase the oestrus a little, stirring until thickened. Stir inwards the mushrooms in addition to onions. When the mixture has cooled a bit, stir inwards the egg yolks.
In a split upward bowl, vanquish the egg whites until stiff. Fold them gently into the residue of the mixture. Grease a large baking dish or 6-8 ramekins in addition to gently pour inwards the souffle mixture to 3/4 full. Sprinkle over the cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 190 degrees C.
February 29, 2008: Oyster Trivial Bourke
Update 31/12/2014: Oyster Little Bourke was rejigged into a novel eating seat Mezzo Bar & Grill inwards 2010.
Thanks to Jo-Lyn's enthusiasm, this twelvemonth nosotros took wages of the earlier inwards the week so nosotros entered alongside around anticipation.
Thanks to Jo-Lyn's enthusiasm, this twelvemonth nosotros took wages of the earlier inwards the week so nosotros entered alongside around anticipation.
When Michael, Jo-Lyn, Mike as well as I arrived at our tabular array the day's tiffin particular options were already printed as well as laid out for our perusal. All of the entrees as well as mains involved meat but, every bit he placed our napkins on our laps alongside a flourish, the front-of-house director assured us that at that spot was a vegetarian risotto available to us, incorporating gorgonzola as well as caramelised almonds - yummo! I had seen the "gorgonzola dolce risotto, caramelized almonds, grape vincotto" on their online a la carte menu as well as was looking forrad to it.
However, the waiter who took our gild was less confident. When Michael requested the vegetarian choice he responded, "So that's the fish, then?" Uh, no. Michael wanted the vegetarian risotto, as well as so did I. And this is what nosotros got...
It was filling, as well as it was quite tasty. But at that spot was no gorgonzola or caramelised almond near it, so nosotros were both a chip disappointed. On the other side of the table, Jo-Lyn was relishing her gnocchi alongside around form of meat ragout as well as fish-skeptic Mike was impressed yesteryear the piscean option. Next upwards was dessert for Mike, Michael as well as I. However, Jo-Lyn had ordered an entree as well as a principal for her 2 courses as well as it was foreign to encounter her earthworks into an enormous pork chop field the 2 Michaels were presented alongside their cute niggling copper pots of tiramisu. This dessert was the highlight of the meal, 1 of the best renditions I've tasted.
I had the trio of sorbets - chocolate, vanilla as well as raspberry. They were... merely good, y'know? On a par alongside what I'd purchase from a gelateria on Lygon St.
It was corking to sense 1 of Melbourne's swankier restaurants at a budget price, but it should come upwards every bit niggling surprise that a eating seat named Oyster has an inconsistent mightiness to cater to vegetarians. While the tiramisu was memorable, I don't mean value I'll survive pulling my wallet out for the amount a la carte handling whatever fourth dimension soon.
Address: 35 Little Bourke St, Melbourne CBDPh: 9650 0988
Fully licensed
Price: lunchtime festival particular $30
Website: www.oysterlittlebourke.com.au
Selasa, 13 Juli 2021
February 29, 2008: Chili
cornbread muffins. I recollect the principal reasons nosotros got a fighting excited past times Nigella's chili were the preponderance of spices together with the add-on of cocoa to the mix. We were expecting something a fighting to a greater extent than exciting than our previous efforts, amongst a to a greater extent than complex ready of flavours. Unfortunately, the cocoa was barely discernible together with the combo of spices actually didn't add together much to our simpler Moosewood recipe. It wasn't bad past times whatever means, but it didn't actually ameliorate on our previous efforts together with was therefore a footling on the disappointing side. Having said that, when Matt in conclusion arrived at 10ish he wasted no fourth dimension inward wolfing downward a spicy bowl of tomato-y mush. And he looked pretty happy amongst it.
Our recipe actually did halt upward quite dissimilar from Nigella's, so I'll reproduce it here.
Chili
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 finely chopped onions
5 dried chillies, crushed
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon solid soil coriander
1 teaspoon solid soil cumin
10 cardamom pods, bruised
2 reddish capsicums, finely chopped
2 cups tvp, rehydrated amongst two cups of hot water
800 grams canned, crushed tomatoes
1/2 loving cup tomato plant paste
1 tablespoon cocoa
400g canned kidney beans
Heat the stone oil inward a large saucepan together with fry the onion together with garlic for virtually 5 minutes, until it softens.
Add all the spices together with stir everything together thoroughly.
Add the capsicum together with the TVP together with fry for a few minutes.
Add the crushed tomatoes, the tomato plant glue together with stir everything together. If the mix doesn't aspect saucy enough, sparse it out amongst a footling water.
Bring the pot to the boil, together with sprinkle inward the cocoa. Add the beans, stir everything together together with so simmer for every bit long y'all ask to brand the cornbread.
Senin, 12 Juli 2021
February 29, 2008: Tokyo Treats
After some nutrient in addition to chatter, Matt revealed the gifts he'd been carrying closed to for us over the yesteryear few days. There was an enormous graphic novel for Michael in addition to pretty decorated origami newspaper for me. Then, to my surprise, in that place was more! One yesteryear one, Matt revealed shiny bundle afterwards shiny bundle - samples of all kinds of junk food.He explained that he wanted to exhibit us something from his everyday life that was different, in addition to I knew what he meant. When I spent a semester studying inward upstate New York I loved piece of cake browsing the supermarket on my own, marvelling at the brilliant in addition to unfamiliar convenience foods. (There were ix brands of breakfast cereal that included marshmallows! Nine!) This gift was perfect, particularly given the high ratio of chocolate to other stuff.
I won't larn through them all inward particular straightaway - they'll larn a post each equally nosotros gradually swallow them, in addition to I yell upwards they deserve a tag of their own!
Minggu, 11 Juli 2021
March 1, 2008: Ceres Cafe
We decided to plough over Matt a interruption from the super-urban vibe of Tokyo amongst a bike ride through only about of Melbourne's inner-city greenery. Of bird it wouldn't endure a trip worth taking if at that topographic point wasn't a fine breakfast at the halt of it - luckily rediscovered cafe) connect nicely amongst the here.
Sabtu, 10 Juli 2021
March 2, 2008: Chicken Parma
the East Brunswick Club's hope of vegan parmas too Sarah's recommendation of Fry's simulated schnitzels, I developed a hankering for to a greater extent than or less crumbed simulated meat. CERES, roasted inward olive oil, common salt too pepper. The niggling fronds on the cease of the asparagus blackened a niggling too had the virtually delicious charred flavour. Mmmm!
Jumat, 09 Juli 2021
March 3, 2008: Tofutti Cuties
Allergy Block. Better than Cream Cheese, as well as then I had high hopes for their soy icecream sandwiches.
These convey in all probability travelled a long agency to larn to my mouth, as well as then I was a piddling disappointed however non at all surprised to meet quite to a greater extent than or less freezer sack going on. The mint choc-chip icecream was of the lineament I'd aspect to abide by inwards an average commercial icecream similar a Choc Wedge: non actually creamy but alongside a squeamish soft texture. The mint flavor was pleasantly subtle as well as happily at that spot was no gaudy dark-green nutrient colouring to live on seen. I was initially a fleck disappointed past times the sandwiching chocolate biscuits but before long industrial plant life them to live on quite addictive. The individually-wrapped portions are quite modest as well as then there's chance for self-restraint. However, I'm finding that I can't assistance going to the freezer daily for to a greater extent than or less other one...March 3-4, 2008: 2 Buttery Biscuits
buckwheat butter cookies alongside cocoa nibs, originally posted in addition to raved nearly past times Molly of peanut butter cookies from Smell & Taste Are My Memory. I establish my dough to survive likewise gooey to practice the pretty cross-hatches on Lao Cha's cookies, but I otherwise followed the recipe to the letter. Initially I was disappointed that these were to a greater extent than crunchy than chewy in addition to I establish them a chip tiresome without extra chocolate chips or nuts. However, they actually did grow on me, until I was eating far to a greater extent than inwards a sitting than I'd help to acknowledge to!
Everyone was grateful for my efforts, in addition to in that place were abundant leftovers for the biscuit jars both at function in addition to at home. With a few neat cooks inwards the group, there's fifty-fifty verbalize of getting a baking roster together for hereafter seminars. With this degree of appreciation in addition to support, this novel chore could survive a breeze!
Kamis, 08 Juli 2021
March 4, 2008: Spicy Junction
Even though nosotros hitting the jackpot lastly fourth dimension amongst De Orchid, Cindy together with I idea nosotros should essay out out Spicy Junction (which was shut for renovations at our lastly attempt). The card promised a arrive at of vego curries for the same form of prices that most of the local Indian shops offer.
I decided to sample 3 (enough to ensure that we'd both larn tiffin the side yesteryear side day): the vegetable vindaloo, the navratan korma together with the malai kofta. They were all... orange. I was surprised yesteryear the orangeness of it all, together with Cindy was surprised yesteryear the boot inward the vindaloo (which was supposed to live mild). The vindaloo together with the korma were both amount of the form of modest vegie cubes that straightaway remind me of McCains frozen vegetables, fifty-fifty if they've been freshy chopped. The tiny chunks likewise tend to take whatever ambit for differentiation, together with thus that each mouthful is only orangish 'vegetable'. I much prefer chunks of manifestly identifiable white patato or cauliflower. The kofta fared a lilliputian ameliorate - creamy together with delicious, but at that spot was something disappointingly doughy close the actual vegie ball. I've got no complaints close the bread, together with the staff were actually really friendly, but the curries hither only don't mensurate upward to what nosotros scored from De Orchid lastly time. I intend the bespeak for a swell local Indian house may finally live over.Address: xv Johnston Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 9417 7110
Price: Veg curries $8-$10
Rabu, 07 Juli 2021
March 8-10, 2008: Golden Plains
Summer is on its agency out, but in that place was withal fourth dimension for a slowly bout of sun, music together with grubby tent-living at Golden Plains music festival. With a sum burn ban inward force, nosotros only packed muesli bars, rice crackers together with a LOT of H2O for sustenance. The stalls provided the rest...
For our commencement meal, I made a beeline for the Hare Krishna tent, ordering a feast plate ($9) together with extra koftas ($4). These folks are thus consistent inward their offerings!
Here's the late-night, overexposed vegie burger ($8) Michael topped upwards on later.
On Lord's Day morn around people's commencement priority was coffee. We were upwards relatively early, thus Michael alone had to aspect 20 minutes (!) for his.
Then it was unopen to other 20 infinitesimal aspect for vegie brekky wraps ($8 each) together with juice. These roti wraps were pipage hot together with filled amongst egg, pesto, caramelised onions, tomato plant together with cheese. Best morning-after breakfast. EVER.
For a slowly luncheon I scouted out wood-fired pizzas ($8 each). They were hot, doughy together with delicious inward the shade, but I actually felt for the stall staff, working past times the woods burn on a scorching twenty-four hours similar this.
Obviously an afternoon ice-cream was necessary. Irrewarra's All Natural gourmet ice-creams were lovely, though their richness was wasted inward the heat. My blackberry ($4) together with Michael's double-scoop amongst huckleberry ($5) were flecked amongst lots of existent seeds.
Michael had a roasted vege panini for dinner (not pictured), together with thus got a hankering for chips ($5.50) when it was my dinner time.
After assisting Michael amongst his chips, I tucked into a waffle amongst berries ($8). It was surprisingly expert character nether the circumstances!This was typical festival nutrient - expensive together with non peculiarly nutritious. However nosotros were impressed past times the abundance of vegetarian choices. We didn't fifty-fifty larn a endangerment to sample the nachos, falafel wraps, pasta or slurpees!
Selasa, 06 Juli 2021
Bloggers' Banquet: The Sequel
One nighttime inwards November concluding year, I took a tram to St Kilda amongst a Coles green-bag nether my arm in addition to butterflies inwards my stomach. Within ii hours I had pose faces in addition to gestures to over a dozen of Melbourne's nutrient bloggers, in addition to eaten virtually every bit many delicious dishes. Though many of us entered amongst or then trepidation, the showtime The feeling of community endured, first with a flurry of and met up for subsequent edible outings, in addition to a duo of Several up and what resulted was intensely frustrating, occasionally illuminating, in addition to most definitely controversial. It's inspired me (and other bloggers) to contemplate the merits in addition to pitfalls of blogging.
It seems to me that this is the perfect fourth dimension for Melbourne's nutrient bloggers to regroup in addition to rediscover the fun, nutrient in addition to new-found friendship of the concluding banquet. In less than a month, the Bloggers' Banquet #2 at her vacation domicile ('Chez Fur') inwards Dromana. She has documented many SOLEful experiences there in addition to the backyard wood-fired oven is the envy of many a nutrient blogger. Bring conversation, humour, opinions, your spouse, kids or pets, but most importantly, convey FOOD.
If you're a nutrient blogger in addition to tin become to Dromana for luncheon on Apr 5, driblet PG a business at minor_deity1[at]hotmail[dot]com. The details are on her weblog here.
If you're planning to attend in addition to driving from Melbourne, fancy or then machine pooling? Michael in addition to I alive inwards the inner northward in addition to for a lift, we'll offering you lot petrol coin in addition to a free! surprise! gift! (Not cosmetics.) Leave a comment or contact us at wheresthebeef_blog[at]yahoo[dot]com.
Senin, 05 Juli 2021
Where's The Beef? Profiled On I Consume Ane Gulp Ane Work
dashing macaron hero as well as blogger Duncan Markham. It'll hold upward interesting to encounter how what number (if any) this company volition convey on the volatile relationships betwixt nutrient bloggers, the manufacture as well as the "dead tree media".
Minggu, 04 Juli 2021
March 10, 2008: Vina Bar
Golden Plains, pregnant that dinner fourth dimension came simply about together with nosotros had an empty fridge. We were both lacking the liberate energy for whatsoever major nutrient excursion, together with so it was lucky that Johanna had latterly gushed virtually the Vina Bar on Lygon St. Cindy together with I accept almost alone given upwardly on the Carlton stretch of Lygon, with only the occasional take in to Trotters inwards a strip of dozens of tacky-looking Italian places. It was proficient of Johanna to remind us that at that spot are nonetheless treasures to hold out institute alongside all the dross together with the speedy, inexpensive Vina Bar lived upwardly to her enthusiastic recommendation.
We parked ourselves inwards the pocket-size together with slightly crowded indoor area, escaping both the rut together with the cigarette smoke outside. The card provided a fairly decent seat out of vegetarian options, together with I was tempted past times the sentiment of curry, but inwards the terminate I had to follow Johanna's Pb together with fellowship the vermicelli noodles with jump rolls ($10). I told myself that it was mainly virtually the crisp fresh vegies together with slivers of tofu, but genuinely the fundamental to the repast was the deep-fried jump curl pieces. These are some fine morsels of flavor - filled with a much to a greater extent than interesting mix of vegies than the common cabbagey mush together with without a hint of the oily sogginess that blights jump rolls elsewhere. The only disappointment was that I ate them all besides speedily together with was left with to a greater extent than than one-half a bowl sum of well for y'all bits. Still, fifty-fifty the noodles together with vegies were thoroughly enjoyable - peculiarly when the chilli/soy sauce was poured through them.
Cindy went for the vegetarian crepe - which was genuinely to a greater extent than similar an omelette than a crepe, a really eggy batter sum of onion together with mushroom bits wrapped simply about a gigantic pile of edible bean sprouts. It belike didn't quite fulfill the well for y'all purpose that Cindy was originally looking for to brand upwardly for iii days of deep-fried festival food, but it sure as shooting striking the spot. And at that spot were some overnice fresh salady bits on the side, together with so nosotros could pretend.
Edit 04/05/09: We're distressing to study that Vina Bar unopen terminal month. I want I'd had ane to a greater extent than run a peril to taste their terrific jump rolls!
Address: 253 Lygon Street, Carlton
Ph: 9347 2510
BYO only
Price: $8-$11
We parked ourselves inwards the pocket-size together with slightly crowded indoor area, escaping both the rut together with the cigarette smoke outside. The card provided a fairly decent seat out of vegetarian options, together with I was tempted past times the sentiment of curry, but inwards the terminate I had to follow Johanna's Pb together with fellowship the vermicelli noodles with jump rolls ($10). I told myself that it was mainly virtually the crisp fresh vegies together with slivers of tofu, but genuinely the fundamental to the repast was the deep-fried jump curl pieces. These are some fine morsels of flavor - filled with a much to a greater extent than interesting mix of vegies than the common cabbagey mush together with without a hint of the oily sogginess that blights jump rolls elsewhere. The only disappointment was that I ate them all besides speedily together with was left with to a greater extent than than one-half a bowl sum of well for y'all bits. Still, fifty-fifty the noodles together with vegies were thoroughly enjoyable - peculiarly when the chilli/soy sauce was poured through them.
Cindy went for the vegetarian crepe - which was genuinely to a greater extent than similar an omelette than a crepe, a really eggy batter sum of onion together with mushroom bits wrapped simply about a gigantic pile of edible bean sprouts. It belike didn't quite fulfill the well for y'all purpose that Cindy was originally looking for to brand upwardly for iii days of deep-fried festival food, but it sure as shooting striking the spot. And at that spot were some overnice fresh salady bits on the side, together with so nosotros could pretend.Edit 04/05/09: We're distressing to study that Vina Bar unopen terminal month. I want I'd had ane to a greater extent than run a peril to taste their terrific jump rolls!
Address: 253 Lygon Street, Carlton
Ph: 9347 2510
BYO only
Price: $8-$11
March 11, 2008: The Gift
Once a week, on Tuesdays, I portion my purpose infinite alongside L. We're involved inwards dissimilar projects together with pass most of our fourth dimension quietly getting them done, but we've also established or together with then mutual ground. She's ever knitting cute socks together with is plainly a rattling adept lensman (I don't incertitude it, though I've non yet seen whatever of her work). L has enthusiastically discussed the pictures I've hung on my side of the room together with has a huge appreciation for fine nutrient - at concluding year's Christmas party, nosotros spent twenty exquisite minutes devouring roughly one-half a wilted (but withal excellent) Bûche de Noël.
This calendar week L gave me something rattling special.
This is the KitchenAid mixer that she has owned for xxx years. When she start had it she had been married well-nigh 2 years together with was living inwards Boulder, Colorado. It was the launching signal for a lot of baking. "Oh, the butter I've creamed, the cream together with the egg whites I've whipped alongside this!", she marvelled. In the next years she had 2 sons together with their start experiences of cooking were alongside this mixer.
By the fourth dimension i of them was inwards kindergarten, she had moved to Commonwealth of Australia together with needed this transformer to convert the KitchenAid's voltage to adjust Australian ability points. (It's far heavier than the mixer!) Similarly, she embarked on the procedure of transforming her North American recipes to adjust what was available inwards Australia, similar the sugary chocolate instead of the unsweetened together with bittersweet varieties she was accustomed to. For birthdays together with fetes she baked brownies together with cupcakes inwards lilliputian newspaper cases - at that phase unknown together with most impressive to the Aussie mothers. For her part, L was bamboozled yesteryear fairy breadstuff together with lamingtons.L's sons are directly both inwards their twenties, together with she doesn't accept the dorsum describe to heft the KitchenAid onto the kitchen bench. Instead she relies on a hand-held mixer she bought x or 15 years ago. So she offered it to me, bully to run into it inherited yesteryear individual who'd exercise together with value it equally much equally she did. As she took me to her car together with dropped me together with my novel mixer at my house, she told me these stories well-nigh her mixer that had returned equally she packed it up.
I couldn't intend of much to a greater extent than to create than to give thank you lot her, together with hope that I'd whip upwardly or together with then to a greater extent than memories alongside it. "I know you lot will," she replied. "That's why I'm together with then excited for you lot to accept this!"
So, what was the start recipe I mixed upwardly alongside my new-old KitchenAid? You'll accept to expect a few days to notice out...Sabtu, 03 Juli 2021
March 11, 2008: Satay Sauce
soy bombs are back. This fourth dimension nosotros ate them amongst salad as well as satay sauce. Since the tofu balls are quite rich, I elected to toss the salad lightly amongst the sauce as well as larn out the balls dry.
We took this sauce recipe from the weekend Australian magazine quite a few years agone (the engagement has since disappeared from the cutting). In our get-go twelvemonth every bit vegetarians nosotros often teamed it amongst stir-fried veges, diced faux-chicken from the Asian supermarket, as well as rice. I mean value it afterwards savage out of favour after ane peculiarly watery as well as bland rendition. But every bit long every bit you lot continue the H2O levels inwards cheque (veges often contribute wet if they produce inwards the sauce), it's genuinely quite tasty. Perhaps a few trials are inwards lodge to accommodate the season residue to your personal taste, but all the of import ingredients should hold out there.
Satay Sauce
2 tablespoons vege oil
half an onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
1-2 blood-red chillies, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chocolate-brown sugar
1/2 loving cup crunchy peanut butter
juice of 1 lime
2 tablespoons soy sauce
water
salt as well as pepper
Heat the fossil oil inwards a saucepan, as well as then add together the onion, garlic, ginger as well as chilli. Cook until the onion softens, close five minutes. Stir inwards the sugar, peanut butter, lime juice, soy sauce as well as 2-3 tablespoons of water. Simmer for five minutes as well as add together to a greater extent than water, if needed. Season to taste.
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