It has been an utterly hectic few weeks for me with five back to back clinical weeks (way too much work!) and not enough time to relax or to eat.
It was such a nice mid-winter escape to Darwin. Though I had to work, I was really happy to catch up with friends and enjoy the warm weather.
I brought some of Barney up and made several loaves in the week. A nice one pound loaf of sourdough is just the perfect size for post handover sharing with the team. There is nothing like warm bread fresh out of the oven with good quality butter.
I also left several children of Barney in Darwin - I've lost count of how many children he has now, probably around 15!
My friend made this excellent bread & butter pudding with some brioche along the perfect wobble of custard.
It was also wonderful to just catch the beginning of the mango season in Darwin. Most of the mangoes were small and green (and very pricey too!) but I really delighted in having the first taste. What a novelty it was to eat a mango in freezing Orange right after I left Darwin!
I delighted in looking for eggs by my friend's chickens Suppehuhn and Fliegehun (Soup chicken and flying chicken). They had amazing flavour with almost the entire egg filled with yolk and very little white.
I really love the Fresh Fodder brand which is made in Orange. The last time I had their smoky taramasalata, I was blown away! This variety was also quite good, here pictured with some whole wheat sourdough from the lovely Racine bakery.
Our string quartet enjoyed another roasted cauliflower which I decorated with glee at the last minute. Even if one is not young in age, being young at heart is still fun!
Pengy also made his way to his 6th country, accompanying me to visit my grandma in Shanghai. Here he is enjoying a traditional Shanghainese snack, lotus root slices filled with gingery pork and lightly panfried - utterly crunchy and moreish!
Traditional breakfast tofu (with shallot, dried prawns, seaweed and and pickles) and deep fried rice cakes.
Another traditional Shanghainese breakfast featuring the four stars - deep fried dough sticks, sesame sweet pancakes, sticky rice stuffed with dough sticks, and curdled salty soy milk. I know it all sounds strange but it is delicious! I really enjoy the breakfast with Pengy series.
I'm sending this to Sherry who hosts the In My Kitchen series.
It was such a nice mid-winter escape to Darwin. Though I had to work, I was really happy to catch up with friends and enjoy the warm weather.
I brought some of Barney up and made several loaves in the week. A nice one pound loaf of sourdough is just the perfect size for post handover sharing with the team. There is nothing like warm bread fresh out of the oven with good quality butter.
I also left several children of Barney in Darwin - I've lost count of how many children he has now, probably around 15!
My friend made this excellent bread & butter pudding with some brioche along the perfect wobble of custard.
It was also wonderful to just catch the beginning of the mango season in Darwin. Most of the mangoes were small and green (and very pricey too!) but I really delighted in having the first taste. What a novelty it was to eat a mango in freezing Orange right after I left Darwin!
I delighted in looking for eggs by my friend's chickens Suppehuhn and Fliegehun (Soup chicken and flying chicken). They had amazing flavour with almost the entire egg filled with yolk and very little white.
I really love the Fresh Fodder brand which is made in Orange. The last time I had their smoky taramasalata, I was blown away! This variety was also quite good, here pictured with some whole wheat sourdough from the lovely Racine bakery.
Our string quartet enjoyed another roasted cauliflower which I decorated with glee at the last minute. Even if one is not young in age, being young at heart is still fun!
Pengy also made his way to his 6th country, accompanying me to visit my grandma in Shanghai. Here he is enjoying a traditional Shanghainese snack, lotus root slices filled with gingery pork and lightly panfried - utterly crunchy and moreish!
Traditional breakfast tofu (with shallot, dried prawns, seaweed and and pickles) and deep fried rice cakes.
Another traditional Shanghainese breakfast featuring the four stars - deep fried dough sticks, sesame sweet pancakes, sticky rice stuffed with dough sticks, and curdled salty soy milk. I know it all sounds strange but it is delicious! I really enjoy the breakfast with Pengy series.
I'm sending this to Sherry who hosts the In My Kitchen series.
Such lovely and exotic foods! I like that despite the title “Vegetarian dreams” you have a few items with pork. I admire being flexitarian.
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Hi Mae great pickup that I am flexitarian - I am only veg at home but will eat meat if someone else makes it or if I'm out and it looks good :)
DeleteFresh mangoes and bread and hunting for eggs....I'm envious.
ReplyDeleteHi Debra we appreciate the small things in life right?
DeleteI love your Shanghainese breakfasts and that delicious sounding tofu dish- breakfast of my dreams. Barny is doing a good job along the way. Love fresh Fodder brand- their white Taramasalada is the best.
ReplyDeleteHi Francesca, I do love the fresh fodder dips, wish they were available in Sydney! I am enjoying taking Barney and Pengy around with me in my international travels.... never mind the strange looks from customs when they see a grownup woman with a stuffed penguin and a blob of goo in a container!
DeleteWhen we lived in Queensland years ago I really wanted a house with a mango tree. Sadly it wasn't to be but it was such a welcome sight and smell and taste when the first mangoes of the season ripened. Pengy is so cute!
ReplyDeleteI love Pengy. So cute. I take my little white bunny with me when I travel. That curdled soy milk makes me gulp. Is it delicious? The breakfast looks interesting. Thanks for joining in this month. Cheers sherry
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited that mango season is here! It seems to have started earlier this year.
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