Grated Expectations

Crazy Weekend/Lazy Weekend

September 11, 2017 by Katrina·3 Comments

Last weekend was crazy.

Friday after work I met up with Scott and his work people in the city to play hipster mini golf. They had organized a 2 hour unlimited drinks and food package, with a caddy waiter, so you can probably imagine what that was like. (A: FUN).

Saturday we went to the hospital to meet our newest nephew, Myles. He’s p cute. Then later we went to Simon’s 40th birthday party at a pub near our house. That was also lots of fun. Simon (cousin) and Brett (older bro) and Scott are all very close in age, and grew up together, so there was lots of old pictures of them in the slideshow, which I enjoyed.

Sunday I went to Penny’s house for Stitch n Bitch. We hadn’t managed to have one for a while so it was nice to catch up. We had a lovely lunch and some wine, and I worked on a secret non-traditional cross stitch project. :D Then Scott picked me up and we went to the usual Sunday night family dinner with 8 adults and now 5 children. O_O

Yeah that’s like 5 times as much activity as I usually do, so this weekend we purposely planned nothing and slept in until 9:30am and bummed around. Was also great.

We did go out for brunch, but it was only about 250 metres away from our apartment hahaha. I’ll do a proper review of it soon because it was really yum.

We watched a couple of James Bond movies, and a heap of Curb Your Enthusiasm (preparing for the new season!!! CAN’T WAIT!!!). I cross stitched, and Scott finished a few more granny squares.

PS do you like my new shirt? I think it’s pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Above Average Amount Of Guacamole

August 28, 2017 by Katrina·0 Comments

Alternative post title: Scott’s Midlife Crisis? j/k

Scott’s work sends all their new staff to work half a day at Boost and Salsas. You might have seen pictures of him on Facebook making smoothies a while back. He finally did his burrito day and conveniently it was very close to our house and on my day off! Jemma came out to meet me for lunch/laugh at her brother.

He was easily double the age of everyone else working there hahahahaaa. Jemma said people might think he was an ex-con and that was the only job he could get. Heheheheeee. It was quite busy when we were there and he looked a bit stressed, but we still got to say hi.

I was going to do a Zomato spoonback for this post, but I think I may have gotten special-made tacos for me because that was A LOT of guacamole. :D They were all very tasty, and great value on Taco Tuesday!

PS I got to keep the hat

Mr Kitchen Russell Street

August 27, 2017 by Katrina·2 Comments

I found jian bing outside of China again! This time it was at Mr Kitchen, in Melbourne CBD. It was extremely authentic and brought me right back to the streets of Beijing (except for the price). Jian bing really make such a great breakfast.

How to make jian bing: make a very big thin mung bean pancake. Crack an egg over it and break the yolk and push it around so it cooks in a thin layer over the whole thing. Sprinkle with black sesame seeds, cilantro, and green onion. Flip it over. Paint on some sauces, including a nice spicy one. Place a crispy fried wonton wrapper type thing on top, then fold it all up. Done!

Delicious.

Mr Kitchen also has that donut option instead of the crispy option, which must be from another region of China. They also had that noodle, meat, cucumber dish that I used to eat all.da.time in Beijing, but we were just after a small snack on the way to the footy game.

Kutchi Deli Parwana

August 24, 2017 by Katrina·0 Comments

This was a couple months ago but it was so delicious I still want to share it.

Cassia took me to Ebeneezer Place, a cute little side street in the Adelaide CBD with a lot of little cafes. We checked out every option and then decided on Afghan for lunch.

Neither of us could decide anything because every single thing on the menu sounded nice, so with the help of the very patient waitress we both got mixed plates where you can choose three items. Cassia picked Morgh Degee (chicken marinated in yogurt and Afghan spices), Banjan Borani (eggplant simmered in tomato, with yogurt sauce), and one of the dumpling options (sorry, can’t remember which).

I picked the eggplant, dumplings, and Lamb Qormah (lamb curry).

Both plates came with rice and a little side salad.

It was all so good!!! The eggplant was delicious, the chicken and dumplings were great, but the real highlight was the lamb curry. It was tender and meaty and super yum. I also liked the casual relaxed vibe of the place and how all the dishes were mismatched pieces. Very cute.