Category Archives for Not just a pretty face
Stuff what I’ll try and cook in 2012
Chocolate and Nutella cupcakes Hainanese chicken rice Macarons (eek) Chicken briyani Laksa lemak Corn fritters Coconut and kaya sponge cake (storebought kaya, I’m not that crazy) Almond milk (not technically cooking but w/e) Rendang using my turmeric leaves Ricotta cheesecake
Efendy, Balmain
It’s my good friend Pimento‘s birthday today! To celebrate him not looking a day over 27, 7 of us went to Efendy for brunch. None of us have actually been there before but we were all pleasantly surprised. Efendy is … Continue reading
Awww Yeah
I’m back, darlings. Life got in the way, then WPMU shat itself and it took me 3 minutes to load each backend pages. Pimento has generously helped me to move all my stuff to a new space with brand spanking … Continue reading
(Part of) Tonight’s Dinner
Look at these goddamn deep fried zucchini flowers. They’re stuffed with ricotta and goat’s cheese and chives and fancy shit your B-grade celebrity chefs get their pants wet over. You know you want to eat the shit out of these … Continue reading
Pistachio and Rosewater Cupcake
Food porn post coming, but just needed to post this first: Pistachio and rosewater cupcake, recipe from 500 Cupcakes. I’ve only started learning to bake so I was well chuffed when this turned out OK. The cake bit is delicious … Continue reading
Bits and Pieces
If you’ve been paying attention, you’d know that I bought a red capsicum chilli relish from the Newtown Festival. It’s by a company called relish this. I fell in love immediately with the packaging, because I’m a sucker for well-designed … Continue reading
Sexual Innuendo Dinner Party
This dinner party was inspired by a wine company called Barwang. Look, I never claimed to be very mature. My idea was this: the Sexual Innuendo Dinner Party is a potluck dinner where the dishes present some sort of sexual … Continue reading
Today’s Dinner
Just to prove that I don’t just post backlogs of pics, here are some pictures of tonight’s dinner. My partner is home now after two weeks of being in Europe and he requested Asian food. I am of course awesome … Continue reading