11
Sep
Melbourne Food Review: Spicy Fish Restaurant, Chinatown
Wow, I’m doing really well at this whole writing up blogs about recent event thing! I was having a depressing day at work on Monday and desperately needed a pick-me-up lunch. I decided that I needed something extremely spicy – this usually makes me sweat a bit and feel better. Kind of like the feeling...
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10
Sep
Melbourne Food Review: Grossi Florentino: The Grill (Pre-theatre Dinner)
I have made a resolution to blog using the materials at are, shall we say a bit, more current. A blogger commented that there’s no fun writing about restaurant visits that were months old as you barely remember what happened. I agree. So here we are: last Tuesday with Chicago the Musical tickets clutched excitedly...
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09
Sep
Twice-cooked Pork with Noodles
What my esteemed Chinese cookbook told me was that twice-cooked pork is a popular dish where pork is boiled and then stir-fried in chilli bean sauce. I rather thought that that would be a good way to use up the leftover roast pork What we would need for two hungry people: 150 g. of roast...
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07
Sep
Melbourne Food Review: Gaylord Indian Restaurant, Chinatown
I have always wanted to go for a meal at Gaylord’s. It happens to be right opposite to Shanghai Noodle House which is one of our eternal favourite places for dumplings and every time I walked past Gaylord, the kitschy decorations have always drawn me in. (Japanese slippers – $9?) Tara and Nat have been...
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06
Sep
Roast Pork, Roast Veggies, Real Gravy and Apple Sauce
Right. So I have so far done roast chicken, roast lamb #1, roast lamb #2, so now we’re onto roast pork. I suspect one of these days I’m going to make roast beef and yorkshire pudding to complete the set. So as usual, we start with our roasting base which are off cuts of vegetables...
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