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A Food Weekend

2 years ago
Choc Orange Cake

I wonder if it’s more than coincidence that every photo I was prepping to post featured food.

This weekend kicked off with a bit of a cooking session as I made some potato and leek soup, and tried a Chocolate Orange cake recipe from Iron Chef Shellie, a local Melbourne food blogger. I’d been craving a jaffa-flavoured cake like the ones I used to get from a bakery in Balgownie, Wollongong. This one wasn’t quite like those I were trying to reproduce, but it was delicious and I’ll definitely make it again in the future. I was pretty happy with my cooking, particularly after some recent bad experiences in the kitchen.

Whilst browsing Iron Chef Shellie’s blog, I came across a review of Dahon Tea Lounge, a South Melbourne-based Filipino restaurant. Nico often laments the fact that you can’t buy Filipino food around, so we decided to head down there on Saturday for lunch.

Dahon focuses more on teas (ice and hot) and lunch repertoire rather than more elaborate Filipino foods. I had a crumbed chicken baguette (unlike Nico, I’d had breakfast and wasn’t as hungry), Nico had Java rice with Chicken Inasal and we shared Pancit Bihon (Filipino noodles). We also sampled the ice teas. Everything was delicious and I think we’ll be back soon so I can try the various pork dishes they serve.

Nico and I had decided to have a night in at the movies on Saturday, even going to the extent of making homemade (and somewhat dodgy) choc tops and popcorn. After all the food of Saturday (including a reprise of the potato and leek soup for dinner), I could barely stomach it all, so our freezer is still full of choc tops.

We watched the classic 9 to 5, then an episode of The West Wing before I crashed out at around 1am.

Repertwa Cake

2 years ago

Before I got so heavily involved in work travel, twelve-plus hour days and building Repertwa, I used to enjoy cooking. Mostly cakes, biscuits, brownies, just to satisfy my need for dessert.

I decided that I would make a cake to celebrate the launch of Repertwa. Let’s just say my skills were a little rusty.

Don’t forget to check out Repertwa for your Musical Theatre Sheet Music needs (we all have them).

Things I Miss #1: Today is for Tea

3 years ago

In 2 weeks I’ll be taking off on my flight back to Darwin, and eventually Sydney, ending my stay current eight week stay in Singapore. The two stays combined will be 13 weeks in Singapore out of the past 4 months of almost constant travelling.

I’m rather excited to be going home, so I thought I’d document one thing that I miss about home each day, and today is “Tea”.

I don’t drink coffee of any description, and I find the whole wankery around coffee of late quite dull1. However, I do love my tea. Everything from Bushell’s Australian Breakfast (my favourite standard black) to T2 and herbals. Just not anything that tastes flowery, or worse, has flowers still in it.

I have quite the collection of teas at my apartment, and some fairly glorious mugs that hold half a litre. Perfect for winter when you want to fill your belly with that lovely scruffy warmth.

While I’ve been abroad I’ve been struggling with Yellow Label and some of the dinkiest teacups you’ve ever seen, and for that, I’m looking forward to getting home.

1. Larry David gets it right here.