tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:32:22 +0000Come on in. Make yaself comfy. Find out what's on my plate and on my mind :)http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anna)Blogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-7109433031498644080Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:24:00 +00002009-12-28T07:34:02.368+11:00eating inThis Christmas was unlike any other in my life. There is, however, always one constant: lots and LOTS of leftover roast meat. We're always trying to come up with ways of using it up. Mum and I weren't sure about this one, but it ended up working a treat.You usually talk about leftover pizza being the pizza you didn't finish last night. This pizza wasn't pizza to begin with.This morning I made http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/12/leftover-pizza-but-not-as-you-know-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-7283462756624943885Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:11:00 +00002009-12-25T07:15:23.167+11:00random stuffWell everyone, it's Christmas again. A lot has changed in the past 12 months, and there'll be one helluva lot more changes coming in the next 12 months.I hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas and New Year holiday season. Take care, see you in 2010.annahttp://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmass-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-826594682715513030Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:49:00 +00002009-12-08T11:53:50.403+11:00random stuffOh. Oh oh oh oh oh.It's truly pathetic how excited I am by it, but I have a new vacuum cleaner.It's a Dyson.It's awesome.In fact, it's awesomely awesome. Its awesomeness is almost blinding. It is so awesome, I can't stop saying the word "awesome", and I haven't said it this much in at least a decade. And it's starting to look like I'm spelling it wrong. Anyway. This thing is just... well, yeah, http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-cant-think-of-title.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-2225214003893162071Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:11:00 +00002009-12-02T20:17:48.914+11:00eating outSydney1 Macquarie Street, East Circular Quay, Sydney 2000P: 02 6252 2555My trip to Sydney finished with a dinner at Aria in Sydney. We had high hopes for the meal, knowing Matt Moran's reputation. Things started REALLY well.J ordered the pork belly for entree. He reported that it was simply divine. The pork was tender and succulent, and the croquette delicious.I ordered the special of the night, ocean http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/12/aria-sydney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-1948449833672548908Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:00 +00002009-11-21T08:06:32.334+11:00eating outSydney433 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst 2010 P: 02 9360 9631Somewhere I've wanted to go for breakfast for, wow, as long as I can remember, is Bills. Any Bills. So long as I get me some famous hotcakes. My trip to Sydney (damn, a month ago now, I really need to blog more regularly) gave me the perfect opportunity. Although I've heard mixed reviews, I wasn't disappointed!I was staying with R & M, and http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/11/bills-darlinghurst.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-2631680961053304625Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:41:00 +00002009-11-13T08:44:32.243+11:00random stuffrantingBelow is a copy of the complaint I sent to Connex this morning after yesterday afternoon's trip home.I'm interested in hearing people's thoughts.=====This complaint refers to the 4.26pm train to Werribee from Flinders St yesterday.Passengers on the train were rudely informed by the driver that someone was forcing the doors open on a carriage. He continued rudely, saying that he could see the http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/11/break-in-scheduled-programming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-3583506718246476981Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:46:00 +00002009-11-17T07:37:54.007+11:00eating outSydney529 Kent Street, Sydney P: 02 9267 2900I'd been looking forward to this since mid-June... yes folks, I "did" Tetsuya's! I'm going to try REALLY hard not to gush during this post, but please excuse me if I do get a little carried away. This was an amazing meal, and a fabulous experience.When R and M came down to Melbourne in June for my birthday we decided to go to Tetsuya's for dinner. When R http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/11/tetsuyas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-3323751715311790088Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:09:00 +00002009-10-27T09:07:10.785+11:00eating outSydney161 King Street, SydneyP: 02 9223 7000I have long had a yen to try Jacqui Gowan's food. I've seen her quite a few times on Ready Steady Cook and always liked what she's done with the ingredients people present to her. When she left Garfish I hunted around and found out that she'd moved on to Subsolo, so I decided to make a trip up to Sydney, some time, to eat there.The Sydney trip happened last http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/subsolo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-3576731800233586694Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:30:00 +00002009-10-25T18:07:11.664+11:00BangkokThe final stop on our trip was Bangkok. I had one day to see as much as I could see, and I think I made damn fine work of it. I've always been interested in the Thai culture, and I absolutely LOVE Thai food, so for me this was a great way to end the holiday.We were accosted at the airport by a gentleman from the Great Bangkok Travel Co. For a nominal fee he arranged a car to take us to our hotel,http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/bangkok.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-1418430383947233287Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:47:00 +00002009-10-25T17:24:43.362+11:00Hong KongI can't really say much about Hong Kong... mainly because I didn't take many pictures!What I can say is this:1. If you're there on the weekend, make your way out to the Stanley Market. It's not as big as I thought it might be, but that doesn't mean that it's not great. It's a fair hike out of the centre of Hong Kong - we took a taxi, but there are also busses. Take a hat, sunglasses, cool loose http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/hong-kong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-9135195708287329621Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:02:00 +00002009-10-21T21:16:12.022+11:00GuangzhouAfter Shanghai we flew down to Guǎngzhōu. Once again I had a babysitter to show me around. She booked us on a bus tour of Guǎngzhōu that covered one hell of a lot of kilometres. It was a lot to cram into one day!Being on a tour definitely has its plus sides - one being the ease of getting around (no fears of getting lost), and you get to hear a lot about what you're looking at. One down side is http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/guangzhou.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-7921688897272880591Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:55:00 +00002009-10-07T07:45:54.353+11:00ShanghaiThis pic pretty much sums up the weather the whole time I was in Shanghai!! That being said, something about the place just appealed to me. I only really had a day and a bit to explore, and probably would have ended up wasting it somehow, but I was lucky enough to have someone to show me around... and make sure none of the crazy, death-wish traffic got me!We started at the Oriental Pearl Tower, http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/shanghai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-1629255548275570594Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:02:00 +00002009-09-20T10:03:02.821+10:00Here's just another reason why I shouldn't breed.... hehe....http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/slingshots-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-404534778967968582Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:45:00 +00002009-09-20T09:02:28.060+10:00random stuffOne of my favourite things to while away time on the net is to catch up with Girls With Slingshots. Recently I decided to go back to the beginning and read from the start.Not sure how many of you know, but when I was not even 1 year old I was given a teddy bear, whom I named Fred. I still have Fred.What do these two pieces of information have in common? The other day I came across this instalmenthttp://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/sharing-girls-with-slingshots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-8519038722393178740Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:24:00 +00002009-09-12T20:51:48.282+10:00eating outBrisbaneShp30/ 115 Cathedral St, Fortitude Valley 4006P: 07 3257 0738When Vicki suggested Oyama for dinner we were more than happy to go along with that - especially since I'd never had the teppanyaki experience before! I'm not sure if I was disappointed or relieved when there was a minimum amount of food-flinging... either way it was a tasty experience.First course: salad. Cucumber, tomato, nori, http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/oyama-japanese-restaurant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-1851149765845348291Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:44:00 +00002009-09-12T20:07:58.591+10:00bakingDo y'all remember the banana cake I made a little while ago?Making it again tonight, but substituting honey for the sugar. I wish you could smell my house right now... Anyway it's quite yummy. To make the substitution, leave out the sugar and throw in about 85g of honey instead. Then reduce the amount of milk by a smidge... and if all else fails, before you spoon it into the pan make sure it's http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/banana-cake-revisited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-9222570082481280960Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:26:00 +00002009-09-12T19:44:02.335+10:00eating outShop 2/102 Watton Street, Werribee 3030 P: 03 9742 3977Well, I've been to the places on either side of Santini, so it wouldn't really be fair to not mention the place. Then again, maybe it would be fairer if I didn't...I mean, when the restaurant each side of somewhere is rather full, but that particular place is rather... empty... well, that's a sign, right?Things started out quite well, with a http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/santini-family-restaurant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-8750987927727347364Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:54:00 +00002009-09-05T07:12:37.084+10:00eating out43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne 3000 P: 03 9670 1110On the spur of the moment we had decided to meet up for lunch. I thought, as we'd be in the area, it would be a great opportunity to try +39. Turns out we had a little trouble finding it (or were too hungry to try very hard), so wandered up into Ciao Pizza Napoli instead. It seems that was a pretty good thing. But you know, even though they've been http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/ciao-pizza-napoli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-99925829326436621Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:57:00 +00002009-09-05T06:53:36.861+10:00egg-freebakingdairy-freegluten-freeSo, what do you do when you are going to visit friends, you want to bake some of your mum's chocolate slice to give them, but one is gluten- and dairy- (and possibly egg) intolerant? Why, you modify, of course!I made a trial batch of this and took it into work today to foist on my colleagues. 100% of the feedback I got was positive, with one person also asking for the recipe. Ahh, the power of myhttp://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/mums-famous-chocolate-slice-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-2937380746293071061Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-08-31T20:10:29.826+10:00eating out60 Hampden Road, Battery Point, TASP: 03 6224 7124Another Tassy trip for work. I can admit that I look forward to the food as much as the chance to get out of the office. We were after somewhere new to try in Hobart, so a colleague in the office there suggested Spanish food at Francisco's. We enjoyed it so much our first night in town, we went back again on the second! Both times we ordered a http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/franciscos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-2242564672207788329Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:02:00 +00002009-08-18T18:15:10.051+10:00random stuffeating inI'm going to share a secret with you.I know it's not right. I know it's even maybe a little bit disgusting. I hope you won't think too badly of me once you know what it is.It's...... Easy Mac.This stuff might tout that it has no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. It might say that it's a source of calcium. It might claim that you can have it ready in 3-4 minutes. It might even be http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/guilty-little-secret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-3007679471534668461Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:29:00 +00002009-08-12T12:41:44.791+10:00eating outThink again.Yes, it's Wednesday, and Babbo didn't disappoint.This week showcased "Ciabatta con Salsiccia" or, in Dino's words, "sausage on a roll". Well yes, technically, that is correct. But this isn't some slapped up snag 'n' onions on a somewhat-stale hot dog roll you get from Bunnings. Oh no, when Enis is in charge, things are a little different.Start with a lovely ciabatta roll. Spread on http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/think-youve-had-tasty-sausage-in-roll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-5371690777406997775Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:06:00 +00002009-08-10T19:24:09.833+10:00eating out430 Little Collins Street, MelbourneP: 03 9691 3888I am a bad, bad blogger. Yes, it's taken me THIS LONG to blog my birthday cocktails. We had those on June 19 (you can see the July offerings here).You'll have to forgive me... I'd already had several wines by the time the cocktails started coming, and I was finishing off a fair portion of Sarah's cocktails too, so the pictures are of varying http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/cafe-vue-june-cocktails-only-little.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-1687610143853273755Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:35:00 +00002009-08-09T20:52:43.573+10:00bakingI was a little rushed this morning, so didn't get around to taking a picture of this cake. And sadly, I have none left to take one now! I get a real buzz when people enjoy the food I make although, frankly, I thought this offering had a little room for improvement... however people's stomachs don't often lie!With some suitably squidgy bananas sitting on the cupboard I had decided last night to http://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/banana-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33835885.post-1987408630944333072Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:22:00 +00002009-08-09T20:33:49.661+10:00bakingI think I've mentioned previously, last christmas my brother and his partner got me a "Cookie a Day" desk calendar. Sometimes the recipes aren't exactly "cookies".July 30th showcased "Berry Oat Bars", with the next day offering a variation using dried pears and ginger instead of mixed berries. I thought of my mum straight away, but figured I should make it first, to make sure it was worth postinghttp://annasfoodnstuff.blogspot.com/2009/08/pear-and-ginger-oat-slice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anna)0