Esacpee flaps.

I spent this afternoon on (a semi-successful) mission 'bridesmaid frock' with my two very obliging lady besties. Being immersed in the subjective Chapel Street fashion i.e. slutty/ill-fitting/inappropriate/nauseatingly coloured dresses, and being surrounded by way too many whorebag pedestrians wearing shorts so teeny that their flaps were either hanging out the bottom or practically embossed into the fabric, I decided tonight would be for chilling out. I whipped up some calamari tacos with chilli sauce for dinner (March 2011 Gourmet Traveller p.118). It was amazing! I am going to make such a good wifey.

Weekend therapy.

Dirty duck neck?

We had a go at roasting a Costco duck last week. Duck l'orange to be precise. Very tasty but barely enough meat to satisfy three grown-ups. I did a little photo shoot with the naked duck. This was the only pic that wouldn't get me in trouble with animal rights folk. Have a close look at his neck. Well, not even a close look. His neck looks like a man bit. I shit you not! It felt kind of like one too. Ew.

Blame it on the pickles.

I've been eying off this big can of pickles for years now and finally took the plunge yesterday. I figure i have 72 rolls of toilet paper stored in my boot (god i love Costco), 24 cans of chickpeas in the study and about 400 panty-liners in my wardrobe, why not have 3kg of back-up pickles in the fridge?  I did pull a muscle in my back schlepping it from the car, but I think it's worth it.

Double 'Bang Bang'.

Saturday is a scheduled 'bang bang' day at our place. It's kind of a religious thing. Last Saturday we also got up to some less conventional, chicken 'bang bang' action, with a side order of Hakka-Style Eggplant. The chicken was AMAZING. The eggplant was stuffed with prawns and was yum, but probably not worth the deep-fried calories and prep time.

 

Hakka-Style Eggplant

 

Bang Bang Chicken

God I love prawns.

Costco's oranges. Delicious.

The new Saturday Age.

A project we've been working on with the cool dudes at Qube Konstrukt.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Cupcakes 101.

Gab learnt how to bake Ottolenghi's Chocolate Cupcakes and i learnt that you're allowed to try a puff of a cigarette and a beer when you're 18 (but if you drink too much you may become unconscious and die), most kids have fish rather than dogs, and Guy Sebastian's 'Who's that girl?' is hot right now. 

Poor fish.

 

Went to dumpling place but they had no dumplings.Just fish crammed into a little tank. I'm not really in a position to complain, given i buy cage eggs, but they do look kind of sad.

Another Saturday night in, this time with James Bond and Ben O'Donoghue.

ABC Delicious, February 2011 (p.43)

I ♥ Etsy but don't fancy yellow shit on my feet.

I finally muster up the courage to wear my vintage wedges and I'm rewarded with a PMS 116 foot fungus. Thank-you Retrothreadz.

Kissing chickens.