seedy bread from bakers delight

I don't often eat brekkie outside so when i do, its a massive novelty. When i was young, my mum would encourage me to get out of bed by saying she's got hotcakes from maccas. Now id get something more wholesome - a cape seed bun and cape seed fruit and nut bun from bakers delight. Fresh, doughy and i didnt even need margarine. Love that there's bread that is wholemeal and fruity at the same time.

what?! decent japanese food in canb?

I usually go to Sydney for my drug-like fix for japanese food. I love the sweetness, quality servings (as opposed to quantity) and the healthiness (though this is an illusion with tempura stuff).

I caught up with a friend over lunch at the Kagawa Japanese Cuisine restaurant in Dickson. I was really sniffly and blowing my nose - apparently doing the latter in public in japan is rude. I got a bowl of pork ramen, which was heaps comforting and more than sufficient. The bowl must've been larger than my face. There are plentiful menu choices and the tea was beautiful.

Kagawa Japanese Cuisine
55 Woolley St
Dickson

Barramundi in the middle of the dessert (alice springs)

I stayed at home today, sick. It started with a sore throat... when I thought I was recovering, BAM, I developed a harsh dry cough, blocked nose and ears, slightly runny nose. I currently feel gross and want to get better for the long weekend. I got this bloody cold right after coming back from Alice Springs for work.

Alice Springs was amazing - gorgeous landscape, refreshing demographics. One evening, we had dinner at the 'Barra on Todd Restaurant' in the Chifley Hotel Resort. I was quite sceptical of the quality of fish served at the restaurant as Alice Springs is very inland. The seafood in Canberra is a polarised hit and miss, so I was reluctant to try put my bet on Alice Springs.

However, I was pleasantly surprised - the menu had a variety of barramundi, such as one with a mustard and Parmesan crust, macadamian crust on Mediterranean veges. I got the barra with a almond crust on kipfler potatoes. The fish was thick, fresh, not too dry and the almond crust was done well. It was not pretentious and generous.

Barra on Todd Restaurant and Bar
34 Scott Terrace
Alice Springs
http://www.voyages.com.au/nt/barra-on-todd/

red bean and green tea tawainese icecream

Individual servings of ice cream purchased from the larger asian grocery in Dickson (canberra) - green tea ice cream with a layer of red bean enclosed in a soft biscuit. It wasnt overly sweet and would be favoured by those who are familiar with asian desserts.

hearty work lunch in Woden

Other than a warm hug (awww... vomit) there's notjing better on a winter's day than soup which tastes home made. Check out the Edelweiss Deli in Woden for their daily soup specials. Here the soup's got beef, veges and rice. Free bread too!

lunch at Gus' cafe

I have a friend who doesn't like Gus for its customer service and other reasons... but ive never had a bad experience there. I like the food cos its vegetarian friendly. This time i got a roast pumpkin wrap served with tortilla chips. More than enough for my lunch. Loved the tortilla chips for the novelty and crunchiness

eww, pixelated image - I expect more of you smartphone

delicious salad at 3seeds cafe in fishwyck

Hey all - I'm becoming increasingly busy and less willing to sit on my arse at home after work to post things up on this blog so I'll have to make my posts short and sweet. I'm also going to try to post things from my new Android phone.

This salad I got at the 3seeds cafe in the Fyshwick Fresh Food markets. Although it was overpriced, it was amazing. My favourite part were the walnuts covered in maple syrup. The salad had the right amount of green salad leaves, protein, colour and crunch.

3seeds - School, Store, Canteen & Catering

Fyshwick Markets (2nd level above the larger seafood store)

http://3seeds.com.au/

'floating island' or œufs à la neige

A French dessert named 'floating island' or œufs à la neige. This dessert lets you to use the whole egg - the white for the meringue and yolk for the creme anglaise. The meringue is made like any other meringue but poached in water. Be warned that the meringue expands. This 'cloud' floats on top of vanilla custard and caramel is drizzled on it. It makes a sweet yet light dessert, and looks a bit odd.

basil ricotta filo rolls

Home-made basil, ricotta and tasty cheese enclosed in crispy oven-baked filo pasty. Delicate, light and scrumptious.

green palace, vegetarian thai in newtown

I was in Sydney in between having breakfast at a friend's and seeing the art gallery in the afternoon with another friend. Typically, by myself, I resort to a stand up lunch - either a wrap, sushi or whatever. However, since I'm not often in Sydney, I wanted to treat myself - what better way to do this than eat vegetarian Thai food.

Green Palace in Newtown has a take-away shop front but there are casual tables/chairs inside. I got a $10 lunch meal deal with lemon grass pork and brown rice. Delicious. It did just the trick. Eating something nice by myself reminded me of my happy travel days.

Green Palace
182 King Street
Newtown