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My weekend in food

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Okay it’s a bit more than the weekend. On returning to Canberra I caught up with Bron and we had dinner at the Canberra Southern Cross Club (Jamison) on Wednesday night. I had my usual scotch fillet steak with calamari and prawns. You’ll notice a jug of pepper sauce as well as a jug of Béarnaise (because that’s how I roll).

Scotch rib fillet reef and beef from the Canberra Southern Cross Club (Jamison) (iPhone)

On Thursday morning Bron made Cinnabon for her work mates. I got to have two for breakfast (lucky me).

A tray of Cinnabon on cooling racks (iPad)

This tasted amazingly good (iPhone)

On Thursday evening Bron made an aubergine curry. It was delicious.

Aubergine curry (iPhone)

On Friday morning we had a Mavi breakfast wrap. I love these. They are bacon, egg, hash brown, mushrooms and barbecue sauce rolled up in a flat bread and served with a medium coffee. Two of these cost $19 at Mavi in Phillip.

Mavi breakfast wrap (iPhone)

That evening we went to Kingsleys Steak and Crabhouse in Civic. I had a steak with WA marron which was delicious. The steak was extraordinarily tender even if it was a little medium rare rather than rare. The potato bake and beetroot salad were nice accompaniments.

Steak and WA Marron (iPhone)

Potato bake (iPhone)

Beetroot salad (iPhone)

Nothing left. It was good (iPhone).

For dessert we had caramel cheese cake with peanut brittle.

Caramel cheesecake with peanut brittle (iPhone)

After dinner we went to Koko Black and I had hot chocolate.It was the nicest hot chocolate I’ve ever had.

Hot chocolate from Koko Black (iPhone)

Saturday morning came and I felt full from Friday night. I’m so grateful Bron was happy with making me a poached egg and avocado.

Poached egg and avocado (iPhone)

That afternoon we went to a birthday high tea at Adore Tea for a dear friend, viz., Nat.

Cucumber sandwich Adore High Tea (iPhone)

Adore High Tea (iPhone)

Adore High Tea (iPhone)

Adore High Tea (iPhone)

Adore High Tea (iPhone)

Adore High Tea (iPhone)

But I adore coffee (iPhone)

Last night Bron made a beef stew on mash with cabbage.

Beef stew on mash with cabbage (iPhone)

This morning we went to Urban Pantry for Brunch. I had the big breakfast which was nice but the poached eggs weren’t very good. The yolks were firm and not runny. This is a deal breaker. We won’t return.

Big breakfast with a side of Hollandaise (iPhone)

Finally tonight I made myself some chicken with avocado, cabbage and onion.

Chicken dinner (iPhone)

So that’s my extended weekend in food. Good night. I’ll catch you all through the week.

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Scotch fillet steak take two

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Last night I cooked a nice piece of Scotch fillet steak. In last night’s post I mentioned I’d bought two pieces and I’d try something different tonight. Well tonight I didn’t really use anything different but I did do a few different things with the same ingredients.

Tonight I sliced the sweet potato and sliced some cheese and put in an oven with some white wine to get some steam action. The onions were the same as last night. The steak was simply touched to the hot fry pan and then put in the oven for a few minutes. I like my steak rare. Some friendly tweeps have made cow noises when I posted an image to instagram.

Let me know what you think.

Scotch Fillet steak Click on image for more detail (Nikon D90)

Scotch Fillet steak Click on image for more detail (Nikon D90)

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Toronto to Los Angeles to Sydney to Canberra (YYZ to LAX to SYD to CBR)

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I’m grateful that my flight out of Toronto and beyond went relatively well. The journey up to Toronto was a little out there. Toronto is the largest city in Ontario (and Canada) and is the provincial capital. The Toronto Pearson (YYZ) airport is a lot larger than the Ottawa airport (YOW). I spent an hour or so in the Air Canada Maple Leaf lounge and enjoyed a couple of glasses of diet coke. My flight from Toronto to Los Angeles was really good. I sat next to a friendly passenger and the entertainment system in the Air Canada aircraft is very good. They have a USB port for recharging and connecting your smartphone and all the programs are on-demand. During my five hour flight I watched quite a few situation comedies that are not yet screened in Australia. I really enjoyed a compilation from the latest Winnipeg comedy festival.

I got into Los Angeles with a reasonable amount of time to spare (two hours) and managed to get into the United Lounge in terminal seven. It looked like United Airlines was continuing to have problems with its flights from that day. There were large lines of unhappy passengers asking to be put onto other flights, some of them were being sent to other airlines while others were being told to spend a night in LA.

When I got on board flight UA839 I thought we were going to have a trouble free flight except we didn’t move for more than an hour. At first we were waiting for domestic connections, then we were waiting for passengers from the last evening’s cancelled flight to turn up and collect their duty free, and then there was an on-board computer failure and the engineers were called. None of this really mattered given the prevailing tail winds and after an hour or so of delays we ended up being in Sydney about 15 minutes late. For me the flight was great. I was really tired and after watching Star Trek XI (2009) and eating dinner I fell asleep and didn’t wake until about 0300 AEST. The last 90 minutes of the flight was a little bumpy but not really bad.

Creamy garlic salad (iPhone)

Prawns and lime (iPhone)

Garlic bread (iPhone)

Tenderloin and gnocchi (iPhone)

Cheese (iPhone)

Sundae (iPhone)

Sundae (iPhone)

Fruit and yoghurt (iPhone)

Egg and sausage (iPhone)

Egg and sausage (iPhone)

I’m glad I’m back in Canberra. I’m tired and will sleep well tonight I hope.

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I really work with the best people

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I love the people I work with. For readers who follow me on instagram you’ll know that I often post images of treats given to me by my work mates. I have been blessed with macarons, cakes, biscuits, fruit and vegetables from work mates.

Today I received fresh eggs from free range chooks from a work mate’s parents’ backyard. There is not much better than fresh eggs from chooks that are lovingly cared for and fed stuff from your own kitchen as well as the insects and grubs in the garden.

I already had a piece of Scotch fillet in the refrigerator so I thought steak and eggs.

Steak done rare with fried eggs and avocado

The steak was simply dressed on the board with salt and pepper and then cooked for a couple of minutes on both sides. You can see I like it rare. I cooked the eggs in the butter and fat from the steak fry pan. The eggs tasted divine.

I’m so grateful for the generosity of my work mates as well as their brilliance and doing their job.

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Wonderful Wagyu rib eye (scotch) fillet

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I had intended this meal for tomorrow night but I will be away for most of tomorrow and won’t be back until late. It seems so indulgent, decadent to have a Wagyu steak two nights in a row.

I had some left over vegetables in the refrigerator I didn’t want to waste. I made it look a little nicer by crumbing some bread and cheese and putting it in the oven to heat through and brown on the top.

Last night I followed a recipe, tonight I tried a variation. I heated the oven to 100 °C and put the vegetables in. After 30 minutes I heated up the stove to high and got my my saucepan and oil hazing. I had already dried the meat surfaces with paper towel and seasoned with salt and pepper. I seared one side for sixty seconds (that is, I counted to 60 slowly) and then turned and put straight into the oven. I left it there for 30 minutes and pulled it out. I put the meat on a warmed plate and covered with aluminium foil to rest for 10 minutes. I turned the grill to high and browned the top of the vegetables. The rest is history.

Rather than a long page of images, here is a slideshow to enjoy.

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Two nights in a row. There’s nothing wrong with that.

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Another one of those days, using a distraction to help me cope

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It’s been a long couple of days at work with a few issues taking all my attention. They were sufficiently different to make focus and concentration difficult. To help me focus better, I used a technique that I learnt many years ago. Whenever I felt a bit stressed I thought of something I wanted to do and built up a picture to appreciate. I knew I had a piece of steak in the refrigerator. By the end of the day I had a meal composed and cooked in my head. The problem was I had little time. I left the office at a reasonable time however, my bag was full of work and my e-mail inbox replete with unread messages. On top of that I had a week’s worth of ironing I had to do tonight.

The best time saver in the kitchen is the pressure cooker. I’ve blogged about my pressure cooking before when I made jook (congee) and pork belly.

In my mind this morning I started with a piece of steak that I diced. In the pressure cooker I put some roughly cut onion, ginger, potato and the steak. I also added a little red curry paste and water. I cooked this for 30 minutes. In a wok I sauteed onions and ginger in olive oil. When the onion had softened I added some diced tomatoes and then the rest of the red curry paste I had. While that was simmering I added peas, beans and carrots. When the meat was finished I added it to the wok and combined everything through. I added some coconut milk and while that was coming to a simmer I prepared some noodles. I added a little lime juice and coriander as I served the curry on the bed of noodles.

These thoughts kept me sane today. The meal turned out well and I’ve now finished the ironing and completed a good portion of my homework.

My dinner tonight was a red beef curry

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Steak anyone

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On the weekend we went to Costco and amongst other things bought steak. We bought New York strip steak. This cut is becoming more popular in Australia.

On Sunday night Bron cooked. Last night I did. I love steak.

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Belluci’s in Woden and their Tournedos

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Over the last couple of months I’ve been able to enjoy lunch at Belluci’s in Woden. Both times I pre-ordered the Tournedos. The menu description is grain fed fillet of beef with sweet pea puree, crisp prosciutto, baby carrots and chianti reduction for $36. Each time I have asked for it to be cooked rare. It’s the way I like it.

Each time the steak has been perfectly cooked and the meal tasted very nice. I would recommend Belluci’s in Woden to anyone who wants a nice steak.

The other meals on the menu also look very good and by all accounts from my work mates, their meals have equally been as good as the steak I have enjoyed.

Belluci's Tournedos

Belluci's Tournedos cooked rare

 

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Steak again

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Today I went out for a work lunch. Of course I ordered steak. It was lovely and rare.

We went to Belluci’s in Woden. I’ve been there before and enjoyed the food. I would recommend it as a place for a work lunch.

Steak

Rare steak

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