Calamari rings

Belconnen Soccer Club McKellar

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Belconnen Soccer Club has never featured on Master Chef

Bron and I watch food TV like a lot of Australians. We’re currently enjoying Heston Blumenthal week on the Australian version of Master Chef. As you’d expect there are numerous mentions of Chef Blumenthal’s prime restaurant, The Fat Duck (which is coming to Australia soon). Having heard and read stories about The Fat Duck, we figure when it comes to Australia it’ll be out of our price range. On Friday Bron invited me to dinner with her, and her son Max, to the Belconnen Soccer Club for a ‘consolation’ dinner 🙂 

This isn’t the first time I’ve dined at the Belconnen Soccer Club with Bron and Max. The first time I had a steak and prawns (surf and turf) which wasn’t too bad but I eyed off someone else’s seafood basket and thought that would be what I’d have the next time. 

Bluesky Bistro
Bluesky Bistro

Bron wanted an Asian dish and chose honey chicken while Max chose his favourite, viz., calamari rings and chips. 

Calamari rings. Image courtesy of Max.
Calamari rings. Image courtesy of Max.

Max said the chips were better than the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison but the Calamari rings at the CSCC were better.

Honey chicken. Image courtesy of Bron.
Honey chicken. Image courtesy of Bron.

Bron said her meal was fine and on a par with a Chinese takeaway meal. 

TGIF seafood basket for dinner.
TGIF seafood basket for dinner.
TGIF seafood basket for dinner.
TGIF seafood basket for dinner.

The seafood basket had prawn twisters, prawn cutlets, calamari rings, crumbed fish and some chips. It was okay. Not the worst I’ve had but no where near the best.

For dessert Max and I had fried ice cream. Max chose strawberry topping and I chose caramel.

Fried ice cream with strawberry topping. Image courtesy of Max.
Fried ice cream with strawberry topping. Image courtesy of Max.
Fried ice cream with strawberry topping. Image courtesy of Max.
Fried ice cream with strawberry topping. Image courtesy of Max.
TGIF dessert. Fried ice cream and caramel topping.
TGIF dessert. Fried ice cream and caramel topping.
TGIF dessert. Fried ice cream and caramel topping.
TGIF dessert. Fried ice cream and caramel topping.

I didn’t finish mine. It wasn’t very good. The batter was too thick and hadn’t cooked long enough. I wouldn’t eat fried ice cream here again. Max didn’t finish his either.

Vanilla slice from Hoz cafe
Vanilla slice from Hoz cafe

My preferred dessert 🙂 

Belconnen Soccer Club – McKellar

 

 
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Footy food by Yummy Lummy #StateofOrigin #Origin #Queensland

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Footy food for State of Origin game two

Tonight is game two in this year’s state of origin series. On the old blog you can find many posts about state of origin and where my allegiances lie. Needless to say the photograph of me on my about page has the Queensland flag as a background. The Maroon jumper I wear in my twitter and instagram avatars says it all QUEENSLANDER!!!

On the way home tonight I stopped at Jamison Takeaway in the Jamison Plaza and bought some potato scallops and calamari rings to snack on while I cooked my dinner.

Footy food from Jamison Takeaway. Potato scallops and calamari rings. I hope Queensland defeats New South Wales tonight in the State of Origin game.
Footy food from Jamison Takeaway. Potato scallops and calamari rings. I hope Queensland defeats New South Wales tonight in the State of Origin game.

 

 

Sorry it’s a little blurry. I was so excited about eating them 🙂  

A need to do a shout out to the lovely ladies at the Jamison Takeaway. They always give me an extra potato scallop. They are the best. 

For dinner I made honey soy chicken wings. They make great footy food. Click on the image if you want to see a bigger version.

Happy hump day honey soy chicken wings while waiting for the State of Origin game #QUEENSLANDER
Happy hump day honey soy chicken wings while waiting for the State of Origin game #QUEENSLANDER
Honey soy chicken wings | Footy food by Yummy Lummy
 
Recipe Type: Footy food
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Rugby league is the greatest game of all. State of origin is the greatest example of rugby league. Queensland is the greatest state in Australia and in the world, even the universe. Footy and food go hand in hand.
Ingredients
  • Chicken wings
  • Honey
  • Soy sauce
  • Olive oil
  • Sherry
  • Dessicated coconut
  • Sesame seeds
  • Chilli flakes
  • Pepper
Instructions
  1. In a bowl add the chicken and everything else
  2. Mix well and allow to rest for ten minutes
  3. Put into a preheated oven (150 Â°C) for one hour
  4. Plate up
  5. Capture an image with a Nikon D5300 and a Tamron 90 mm Macro lens at 1/25 seconds, f/8 and ISO 100
  6. Eat the food while watching the pregame highlights
  7. Wash the dishes
  8. Write the blog post
  9. Enjoy the game
  10. Hope Queensland defeats New South Wales
 
Notes
Just to repeat, rugby league is the greatest game of all. State of origin is what sport is all about. Queenslanders are the best FULL STOP

 
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