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IKEA Magnetic Spice Rack
The first “home improvement” item that I wanted to build was a proper spice rack. It was an idea from – who else – Alton Brown, who had attached rows of velcro to the inside of his kitchen cabinet...
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New Wave Portable Induction Cooker My second video up on Youtube! Well, my third really, but I didn’t advertise the other one on my blog since it’s not really to do with cooking. But if you’re...
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Homemade (Greek) Yoghurt
It’s a new year, and once again, most people are probably going to try to “eat healthier” this time. My healthiest start to the day is a fruit-filled smoothie. Problem is, good yoghurt is a really...
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Kimchi Hut, Glen Waverley
A couple of years ago, I tried to learn how to play Starcraft 2. It didn’t take long for me to realise that I’d never tried Korean food before. So I consulted Urbanspoon, grabbed some friends, and...
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Blueberry Citrusade Popsicles
I first heard of the Sweet Adventures Blog Hop from my Eat.Drink.Blog buddies Anna (Adobo Down Under) and J (84th and 3rd), but never really got around to doing any of the challenges. But when I made...
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On Top of the World – Mount Hotham
On the Australia Day long weekend, the Doctor and I took a trip up to Mount Hotham to stay with a few friends. Since I’m still in holiday mode, here’s some of my snapshots from the trip! Milawa Mt...
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My Adobo Method (with bonus Sinagag)
Adobo is so close to my heart that I actually started this blog to write about it. This is not a recipe, it’s honestly a method. It must be cooked by feel, rather than by instructions. All following...
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Cavallini, Clifton Hill
I motivate myself to exercise by treating myself with baked goods. Apparently I don’t know the meaning of the word “counter-productive”! When we have a day of aikido training at the Clifton Hill...
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Bibingka
Recently, I gave in to a guilt trip from my co-workers, and said I’d bake something for them. I was asked for bibingka, a Filipino sweet-savoury cake that is normally eaten around Christmas. I was...
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Mocha Jo’s, Glen Waverley
Another steadfast favourite, Mocha Jo’s is where we go when we don’t feel like Asian food, but want to go to Kingsway. They changed their menu for summer, shockingly cutting out a lot of our...
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Saigon Light, Glen Waverley
Saigon Light ranks pretty highly in our regular rotation. Being Asian, noodle soup is very much a comfort food to me, and since I work nearby, any source of comfort is extremely welcome. It’s not my...
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Paradise Road, Glen Waverley
Paradise Road is a new kid on the Kingsway block – to me, anyway. Ever since it opened, it’s always been That Place That We Really Should Check Out… said while we’re on our way out of Kimchi Hut. I...
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Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
This year, I didn’t ask the Doctor what he wanted for his birthday cake. I wanted brownies, and I hadn’t blogged about them yet. Guess what he got :) This is my go-to recipe for brownies because: It...
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Innocent Bystander, Healesville
On the Labour Day long weekend, we spent a morning at Blue Lotus Water Gardens, then headed to Innocent Bystander for lunch. Healesville is a favourite lunch destination of ours (Beechworth Bakery...
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Natural Mathematics – Blue Lotus Water Gardens, Yarra Junction
I tempted our little blogging group (Celina, Violet, Tobias and Jimmy – with the Doctor as bag boy) to come out to Innocent Bystander by promising them a photography trip to the Blue Lotus Water...
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Burnham Bakery and Piggery Café Opening Weekend – Sassafras
It was a slow Friday at work so when I saw this update on Shannon Bennett’s work at Burnham Beeches, I was interested but not too optimistic. It’s very damp in the Ranges during winter, so their...
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Mixed Mushroom Pasta
One of my resolutions with this blog was that I shouldn’t apologise for any of my posts – after all, I’m writing it for me. But, since I only intended to post these pictures as an Instagram collage,...
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2015 – Let’s Try This Thing Again
I knew that 2014 was going to be a difficult year for me to keep up with blogging. With both myself and the Doctor striving to achieve our shodan (he got his in July, I’ll be going for mine in … 19...
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Shakahari, Carlton
I’ve wanted to go to Shakahari for years, but since it’s juuuuust on the other side of the city, it’s too close to make a special trip, but too far to just randomly drop in. So when the Doctor and I...
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Chana Masala (Coconut Chickpea Curry)
Chana masala (or as the Doctor calls it, “chickpea stuff”) is an absolute staple at Redfort that gets requested at least once a month. Not bad for a recipe that I randomly found on Reddit! It’s rich...
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