Melbourne’s hottest new bright shiny coffee house in Carlton didn’t push any happy buttons for me today unfortunately. I was a bit excited by the buzz, and Melbourne Gastronome’s blogand the fact it was a sibling to Brother Baba Budan, but still I was a bit underwhelmed. I found the space a bit difficult I […]
We’ve just started feeling the chill of winter, and the need for some heavier food. The Court House isn’t far away from us, and generally a tasty, easy-to-like, meal. I rarely feel like boring, pedestrian food (who does really?), but sometimes I do just want life to be a bit easier to deal with than […]
“Whattya call this love?” – “Stew” Feels like Lamb Shank night, and it was. Some lovely (but my aren’t they expensive now!) lamb shanks, two onions, half a bottle of decent cab and water to simmer with a muslin bag including tangerine peel, peppercorns, juniper berries, a cinnamon stick and three bay leaves. After an […]
A lovely Saturday night had been planned, a laid back dinner with some new friends at Black Ruby and on to Geralds for scotch and dessert (not necessarily in that order). It was a pretty frosty when we headed out, and arrived in Rathdowne street to see our dinner guests standing out on the street…ah […]
A lazy Saturday morning beckoned, and a trip to The Commoner seemed to be the order of the day, but alas, when we arrived the door was firmly shut. A quick scan through the mental rolodex of places I’ve always meant to get to, but haven’t – Birdman Eating. It’s not far away, the parking gods are on our […]
One of the things I really like about being fully employed again, is that I can be a bit less strict at the Farmers’ Markets. This morning really felt Autumnal, a chilly bite to the air, which made me anticipate harvest weather and fabulous, overlfowing Farmers’ Markets. Many people know of my love for the […]
We drank this with a 1998 D’Arenberg The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvingnon which was bought when I first started collecting wine with a view to drinking it later. It was pretty scrummy. Serves 2 4 Lamb Fillets or Backstraps 1 large (or two small) lemons Coucous Tablespoon Pine Nuts Dried Mint, fresh mint Cinnamon Sweet […]
JB called and said – I’ve got chicken and bread and stuff .. lets eat somewhere in the sunshine. Good Idea I thought. Off to Carlton Gardens to take advantage of the perfect picnicking weather. Blue Skies, not too hot to sit in the sun, not too hot for sensible clothing. Nice 🙂 I got […]
I woke fairly early and let the beasties out into the un-seasonal cool and went back to bed. I was happily reading when Sundance popped in with a gleeful jump and pounce and roll and jump. I saw one of his long tailed toys on the floor and in the gloom thought it was that […]