This past week of food adventures - home made + out & about

Here's to another week of delicious food adventures - both home made as well as from restaurants in Melbourne.

Warning: the following images may induce hunger and cravings. Viewer discretion is advised, especially if viewing late at night.

Starting with dessert at the Laurent cafe at the Chaddy branch. Chololate ganache, mini macarons, coconut and raspberry and cake filling. 

Then jumping to the morning after hangover food at the Pancake Parlour. Pancakes, whipped butter, eggs and bacon. Need I say more?

Jumping over to the Japanese side of things. Unagi don at Uzu in Caulfield. The unagi was delicious, but I still cannot believe the rice was soggy. Hmph. Don't skimp on the rice!! :(

This baby still saved the day. Otherwise, I would have been very unhappy. 

Now for fruity chocolates that look like Drawing/Colouring Chalks from HappyLab! Love the presentation of this little box! Plus, they were yummy too. My favourite one was the lychee flavour (far right, baby pink color).

My home made spicy fish stew with caramelised leeks and cucumber.

And lastly, last night's late night dinner: A warm salad of tuna, tomatoes and green beans in a brown butter and balsamic reduction. Crackers on the side. Yum!

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Random Food Pics Part 1- Homemade Edition

I finished all of my exams!! yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy so now onto some food porn.

I did a tiny bit of shopping today, but have this funny feeling that I'll go again tmr hahaha that's not a very good sign! I want particular things though - sheer shirts that can be dressed up or down, an A-line skirt, okay and maybe one or two cardigans? hehe

Four posts to come soon - a day at the Races - Caulfield Cup, Shopping Trip, Food Porn (Dining Out Version) and another visit to Shyun in Carnegie.

Beef Bibimbab

Apple, Grape and Spinach Smoothie

Melon and Banana Yoghurt Smoothie

Jjajang Myun

Grilled Chicken Salad and Brown Rice

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Food Randoms!

Back with some food randoms!

Jjajang Pasta with beef and potatoes + fried egg + salad

Chicken and Veggies stir fry + Avocado + egg + toast

Beef Stroganoff + creamy mashed potatoes

Miso Soup w/ Tomatoes, Spinach, Bacon and Eggs

Long Macchiato + Lemon Merigue Tart

During Interpreting Mock Conference Breaks...

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- Hearty Chicken Tomato Sauce Bake -

It was near Christmas time, and outside the snow and cold winds were raging. In such times, what you want for dinner is comfort food. Now usually, my comfort food would be something along the lines of chicken soup with rice - Asian style. But I wanted to do something different this time, just for the heck of it, and so I came up with this dish :) It's something easy, yet hearty and satisfying. If I remember correctly, I think both my bf and I thoroughly enjoyed this!

~ Hearty Chicken Tomato Sauce Bake ~

I took some pictures of the steps as well, although I don't have any recipe. In fact, unless I'm baking (in which case exact measurements are crucial to the end result), I don't usually use recipes. I just look around in my kitchen, think in my head what kinds of flavours I want to achieve, add a bit of this and that - taste it - and VOILÀ! 

Step 1 - Marinade/Prep Chicken

Step 2 - Pan Sear

Step 3 - Make the sauce

Step 4 - Smother sauce over chicken and bake in oven.
Add cheese to broil a few mins before serving.

~ Yatta! ~