I take it very personally when someone in the restaurant industry moves on without my consent. With the closure of Pawan, a Thai joint in Springvale, I was forced to seek therapy. There was no warning, no notice; just newspaper up in the darkened windows on a routine Saturday afternoon visit. Goong, the owner/chef, just [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Coda
Posted in Mod Oz, Restaurants on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Costco
Posted in Shopping on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my larder, there is a litre of hummus; two kilograms of cherry tomatoes and 602 Gummi Bears. A packet of corn chips won’t fit onto the dry goods shelf. I have enough washing detergent to clean the shorts of the Essendon midfield for a year. I’ve just been to Costco. I first visited this [...]
One of the best things about roasting a big hunk of meat for two people is how cheaply you can eat for the following couple of days. Leftover roast beef makes for good fajitas. Here is what I used: To make the fajitas I used half a red and half a green capsicum along with [...]
Gravy
Posted in Beef, Cooking on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A good roast depends on good gravy. Beef, chicken, lamb, it doesn’t matter. What matters is gravy that you’ve made from scratch, the best kind. And it’s almost as easy as instant. Gravy depends on fat. Chickens and lamb legs generally have enough for gravy, but when selecting beef be sure to pick a cut [...]
Yim Yam, Yarraville
Posted in Restaurants, Thai on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yim Yam offers an interesting combination of dishes from Thailand and Laos. We arrived on a Friday night at 7:45pm with no booking. There was no table space available, so we agreed to a 30 minute wait and went to the pub on the corner for a beer. This is definitely how to approch this place. [...]
