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.
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