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Food experimentation | #ManFlu | #bestblogs13

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The last weekend in Sydney was amazing My Easter | #ManFlu | #bestblogs13  We ate so well. This week albeit a short one I was back to the run of the mill. On Monday evening I considered a Meatless Monday but reconsidered and cooked a chicken schnitzel.

Meatless Monday

#dinner I thought about #MeatlessMonday

A nice green salad

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Chicken Schnitzel

#dinner Chicken schnitzel and salad #yummy

I love chicken thigh schnitzel

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Of course after dinner I needed to try a couple of Zumbarons®

Zumbarons®

Zumbarons for #supper #yummy

I have no idea of the flavours. They were delicious.

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Breakfast Smoothie

#breakfast Back to the routine. Iced coffee banana smoothie with spinach #yummy

Back to the routine. Iced coffee banana smoothie with spinach.

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Morning office coffee and Zumbarons®

#lunch Coffee and Zumbarons #yummy

It’s so nice to enjoy a morning coffee with macarons

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On Tuesday evening I was going to make chicken schnitzel and salad again. For some reason I wanted to try something different. I thought about chicken and potato gems but after a weekend of really rich food I wanted salad but I also didn’t want salad. I think I’ve been watching too many cooking competitions on television, I thought about a salad in a different form. I love my blender so why not liquefy my salad. It contained the usual elements, viz., salad leaves, spring onions, red onion, tomato, coriander, plus some lemon juice and zest and olive oil. I added some chilli flakes and coarsely ground black pepper. I then liquefied it in my blender.

Experimental food

#dinner Chicken schnitty and my liquid salad. #yummy The salad had leaves, spring onion, coriander, red onion, tomatoes, lemon juice and zest, olive oil, sherry, Chilli flakes and black pepper.

Honestly it looks like I vomited my salad. It tasted good though.

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Zumbarons®

The last of the Zumbarons #yummy

My last Zumbarons®

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My morning office coffee felt empty just like the box without Zumbarons®

Adriano Zumbo Zumbarons® Box

I wish this box wasn't empty 😞 Office #coffee

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There were still Easter eggs at work. I was told I needed to help out and eat chocolate.

Chocolate

I've been told I must take the biggest piece 😃

Who am I to object

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Wednesday night Bron came over to help put together my Ikea bookcase from the weekend.

Laying out the fasteners

Yes I've been to Ikea

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We took a break for dinner

Lamb Cutlets

#dinner lamb cutlets and green salad #yummy

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Bron made homemade non-church ice cream. There was violet crumble and Queensland nut ice cream.

Ice Cream

#dessert Bron made these ice creams. Violet crumble and macadamia both in caramel #yummy

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The finished product

Bookshelf

With Bron's help I have #Ikea shelving

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Thursday morning office coffee

Bertie Beetle

Hello Bertie Beetle 😃 Morning office #coffee

Bertie Beetle is having its fiftieth anniversary this year. Check out the wikipedia entry.

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Lunch was a veal stroganoff pie

Veal Stroganoff Meat Pie

#lunch veal strog pie #yummy

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After lunch I had a passionfruit whoopie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopie_pie

Passionfruit whoopie

Passionfruit whoopie

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Thursday was a pretty long day, we’re ramping up at work to monitor the situation with Influenzavirus A H7N9 so when I left work I felt like takeaway

Fish and chips

#dinner #cholesterolcrisis fish, chips and potato scallops. No I didn't finish it all #yummy

Nothing better than freshly cooked battered fish, potato scallops and chips. I love potato scallops. I have friends from Victoria who call them potato cakes which cracks me up. A good potato scallop is hand cut, not too thick and not to thin. The best I’ve ever had came from a cafe in Brookside Shopping Centre in Brisbane.

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After the fish and chips I ate the rest of Bron’s ice cream straight from the plastic container

Ice Cream

Bron's homemade Queensland nut and caramel ice cream #yummy

This was Queensland nut caramel. It was delicious. 

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Breakfast on Friday was a Mavi Breakfast Wrap

Breakfast wrap

A Mavi breakfast wrap isn't as good without Bron

These are so good. Sadly I ate this without Bron. I had an early start and needed to work through.

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Coffee

Office #coffee

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On Friday evening after work I went to the local club with Bron to have dinner

Reef and beef

#dinner Reef and beef #yummy

This is a scotch fillet and prawn cutlets with chips.

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So how is my ManFlu? It’s okay. I’m still coughing and spluttering. I should be fine by the end of this weekend.

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I’m still hoping friends will vote for me :-)

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Kedron-Wavell Services Club in Brisbane

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It’s been a lovely day in Brisbane. We’ve been shopping and gymnastics training and other stuff as well. My parents have been in Yamba this last week and were not in the mood to cook dinner. We went to the HQ Café at the Kedron-Wavell Services Club.

We were all pretty hungry after a day of mild physical activity.

Fish, calamari, prawns and chips (iPhone) My dinner

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HQ Café beef burger (iPhone) Miss 15′s meal

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Vanilla slice with ice cream and caramel topping (iPhone) My dessert

White chocolate and berry cheesecake (iPhone) Miss15 had this for dessert

Caramel sundae (iPhone) Miss11 had this for dessert

The Kedron-Wavell Services Club has three restaurants all of which are good for club food. I am always happy to eat there. They also cater for my Mum’s food allergies which is a big plus. The meals are not too expensive. They are always a good size. Like most clubs membership is required and very reasonable. At 1900 every evening everyone is expected to stand in silence while we remember those who have sacrificed their lives for our safety and security in Australia. This is something good for a family venue.

My happy place

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Today I spent most of the day in work related meetings. I also spent some of the day out doors with work mates looking at things. That meant I was exposed to the best parts of Darwin. Warm but not hot. Moist, and by moist I mean soaking warm rain going in all directions including horizontal and wind gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour.

After work this afternoon I ambled up to Stokes Hill Wharf for dinner. Ever since learning I was coming to Darwin for these meetings I have been craving a solo walk to the wharf and sitting down to a plate of battered barramundi and chips. For those not familiar with the barramundi, it is a premier fighting fish which also happens to be a very fine eating fish. Firm white flaky flesh. It is only better when you catch it, kill it, fillet it and cook it in a pan with butter and some lemon. You can then throw the skins in the air for the eagles or into the water for the crocodiles.

On the Stokes Hill Wharf there is an eatery and an open seating area with tables and chairs. Tonight Darwin was in a post Tropical Cyclone waring phase and with a tropical low we had heavy rain and wind gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour. I didn’t want to get my iPhone wet so the images are fairly timid.

Tonight’s chips were so crispy and the barramundi so good. I was in a very happy place. My skin was warm and moist. My tongue, mouth and belly were happy. I’d had a great day and I was happy. I wish Bron had been here too.

I love the sound of heavy rain on a metal roof. Most houses in Darwin do not have roof gutters. There is no point. Listen to the power.

Normally you can see the land across the harbour. This isn’t even heavy. Later in the evening it got stronger in terms of wind and rain.

It looked ominous across the harbour.

An ominous looking scene across the water

Battered barramundi and chips

After finishing the fish and chips I sat around and tweeted and watched the weather. I knew I had to come back and do some work so I decided to walk briskly back to the hotel. It’s just under a one kilometre walk so I knew it wouldn’t be too bad. The wind was strong and the rain heavy. It. Was. So. Much. FUN.

Before I forget, did you see those chips? They were so crispy. They were the best. THE BEST!!!

When I got back to the hotel I knew I wanted dessert. I rang room service and asked for Coconut panna cotta with kaffir lime fruit salad.

Coconut panna cotta with kaffir lime fruit salad

And before I forget we had lunch at one of the best restaurants in Darwin. The Hanuman Thai.

Fish and lamb curries at The Hanuman Thai

All in all it’s been a happy day.

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Fish and chips

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Last night I went to bed at 2100 and fell asleep around midnight. I woke at 0430. I think I had too much strong coffee yesterday, I was well and truly wired during the day and didn’t feel tired until late.

Today I felt like a zombie and didn’t feel like cooking anything fancy. I had frozen chips in the freezer and a piece of salmon from the package I bought on the weekend. What could be simpler but fish and chips. To make it a little fancy I had some asparagus too.

Fish and chips