Monthly Archives for November 2009
Thanksgiving feast – the tail end.
This year I was lucky enough to be invited to a friend’s house for an awesome Thanksgiving dinner. The spread was pretty amazing; turkey, candied sweet potato, cornbread, chili sans carne (large vegetarian contingent) and roast vegies. Om nom nom … Continue reading
Cheese kransky at Birdman Eating
A waitress mistake (I think) left us waiting quite a while for our food, watching others who had arrived after us receive their food first. Which is always irritating. But once my breakfast came, I forgot abot the wait. The … Continue reading
Chow Mein?
Now, being a second generation Asian migrant, who spent his childhood in the kitchen of his family’s Chinese restaurant in rural Victoria, I will admit to a certain level of insider knowledge, and accompanying this knowledge, a difference of experience … Continue reading
Onigiri at Wood Spoon Kitchen
Onigiri would be high up on the list of my favourite snack foods, if I lived in Japan, or anywhere they were readily available. So when I found out there is a restaurant in my neighbourhood which specialises in onigiri, … Continue reading
Banh xeo – made by me!
OK, so this hasn’t actually been half-eaten. But I had to post something. I finally got around to making banh xeo – crispy Vietnamese crepes – my favourite Vietnamese dish. The first few were a bit disappointing, being a bit … Continue reading