A couple of weeks ago my sister and I decided to get away for the weekend for a bit of R and R before the silly season. We had just purchased MyFun annual passes so we thought we would head to the Gold Coast, visit Seaworld and stay a few nights. So after days of […]
Mum and Liz aren’t huge mussel fans, they don’t mind them as part of a meal, but a meal of just mussels isn’t really their cup of tea. So whenever they are out for the evening, dad and I always seize the opportunity for a feast of mussels and beer. Moules (mussels) Frites (fries) is […]
Friday nights are usually something Asian. A Kylie Kwong Chinese banquet, an Indian buffet or a modern Spirit House Thai extravaganza, but this Friday I felt like something different. Something light and summery with some not so common flavours to refresh the palate from the last 4 days of ‘midweek’ meals. Hawaiian, Brazilian, ah Jamaican. […]
I love a salad for dinner. It’s filling, satisfying and you feel good afterwards. More often than not, salad are a waste of space, an after thought that is flicked around the plate and not really eaten. That is not my kind of salad. I like salads that you go back for seconds for! This […]
Last weekend I attended a Summer Entertaining and Plates for Mates event at Emporium Hotel in Fortitude Valley. We dined with Alastair McLeod and George Calombaris over a 4 course menu with matching wines created by Emporium Hotel’s head chef Scott Andrews. The night was all about Summer entertaining, and using local and seasonal produce […]
Swampdog Fish and Chips in South Brisbane is a new favourite cheap and cheerful dining spot. It’s fresh, it’s sustainable and not your average greasy fish joint. It’s eclectic decor of tables made out of old doors, handles still attached, old crates for seats and wooden cutlery, Swampdog is a funky, inner city, BYO fish […]
Last year a couple of friends and I decided to take advantage of some cheap flights into Wellington, New Zealand and have a mini break. My parents are from New Zealand and although I was born and raised here in Australia we do fly over fairly regularly. While I have been to New Zealand many […]
New Summer cocktail Botanical Garden – Delish! Last night I attended the launch of the new summer cocktail and canapé menu at Emporium Hotel Cocktail Bar. The theme of the menu and of the night was a throwback to the 70’s. With old vinyl records hanging from the ceiling, pink flamingos, a grass carpet and […]
I think blogs are great for inspiration. I have a few food and lifestyle blogs that I follow religiously and while not everything ‘wows’ me, as not all my recipes will ‘wow’ you, I do often get inspired to think outside the box, and consider making something at home you would usually dismiss to only […]
Last night I attended the first Vegan Dinner held at Urbane in Brisbane. Being fairly health conscious, with a vegetarian sister and just curious to see what amazing things Alejandro could do with essentially only fruits and vegetables, the second I saw this special event I knew I had to be there… and boy am […]
In the United States, chowder is a very serious business. Now Clam Chowder is a very simple dish of clams, onions and potatoes in a milk or cream based broth served with oyster crackers for thickening. Sounds harmless enough but no, New Englanders are so passionate about this soup that in 1939 a bill was […]
Where I am currently living is most certainly not the epicentre of the food scene in Brisbane. In fact, that sentence is actually a huge understatement. But, now that I have set the scene you will understand why I tend to go a little crazy when I am out and about and spot something slightly […]