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What’s happened this week food wise? | Spam spam and more spam | Chairman and Yip

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Since my last post about the crust-free meat mince pizza I’ve been pretty occupied at work and then this weekend has been a combination of going out and eating and today being at work again.

On Wednesday morning I made green eggs and ham

#lunch Green eggs and "ham". I mixed my eggs in my Magic Bullet™ with some feta and parsley. I filled the omelet with a little grated Gruyère cheese and fried pieces of Strasbourg. #yummy

The green came from some parsley I added to the egg before whisking it.

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On Wednesday night Bron came over and shared some of your super yummy salted caramel macarons with me

Bron brought over one of her delicious salted caramel macarons #yummy

This was about the best salted caramel macaroni I’ve ever tasted

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Bron also brought over some beef pie she’d made

#dinner Beef pie with magnificent pastry and vegetables. #yummy

This was a fantastic meal

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On Thursday morning I had spam and egg

#breakfast I feel better today. Fried egg and spam #yummy

A nice light but filling breakfast

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Thursday night it was my turn to cook for Bron

#dinner with Bron. Simple and light. Salmon and vegetables. #yummy

Salmon and vegetables

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Bron was given a box of Champagne truffles as a gift by a work mate after she did a spectacular job on a project

#sweet #treat from Bron #yummy

These were pretty delicious

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Friday morning was another egg and spam meal. Omelet :-)

#breakfast cheese and spam omelet #yummy

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Friday was spent at The Canberra Hospital, so I bought lunch

#lunch Bacon and onion quiche with a caramel thick shake. The quiche is too salty.

Bacon and onion quiche with a caramel thick shake. The quiche was way too salty. I don’t think I’ll do that again.

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On Friday night Bron and I went to see Iron Man 3 in 3D. We enjoyed it.

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On Saturday morning we went to the Belconnen Fresh Food Markets to check out some groceries and other things.

#paleo #breakfast not too bad

I had a pale breakfast at Beppe’s Tuscan Kitchen. It was pretty good and filling too. The bacon was a little too salty for my liking and the egg was slightly over cooked. 

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While in Tom’s Superfruits I spied this jar of pickled onions

Bum hummers 1000 farts in a jar #funny

Hilarious | Bum Hummers | 1000 farts in a jar

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On Saturday night Bron and I went out with some friends to Chairman and Yip for dinner. This is one of the finest restaurants in Canberra and never fails to please. I’ve reviewed it here a few times. Search Chairman and Yip in Yummy Lummy

I started with stuffed mushrooms

#dinner mushrooms with pesto #yummy

These were stuffed with pesto. Always good.

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For a main I asked for pork chops honey gin seng red dates goji berries and then we shared

#dinner pork chops honey gin seng red dates goji berries

The lighting was pretty low in the restaurant. Sorry about the poor quality of the images.

The Chairman and Yip on Urbanspoon

Trip Advisor reviews

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Bron asked for sea perch and our friends asked for the beef and scallop hot pot plus the caramelised pumpkin and cucumber

#dinner sea perch pork chops and beef hot pot #yummy

It was a lovely plate of flavour

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Chairman and Yip is a must do for anyone serious about eating in Canberra. A very worthwhile restaurant to visit.

Dunny rating is 2½ out of 5. If it wasn’t for the Aēsop hand products it would rate 2 out of 5. The urinal plumbing had obvious corrosion. The hand basin was old. The hand dryer was weak and there were no paper towels.

The napkin rating was a pass. They were cloth. Cloth=classy.

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For dessert I had a takeaway Tiramisu from Gelato Joe’s

#dessert tiramisu takeaway

It was okay. They ran out of churros so I was disappointed.

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To make up for the poor egg experience at Beppe’s Tuscan Kitchen Bron made her fabulous poached eggs

#breakfast perfection with Bron #poached #egg on a #muffin #yummy

Nothing beats Bron’s eggs

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I spent today at work. After a weekend away with my kids last weekend and a day off this week because of illness I had a lot of catching up to do.

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Tonight I made some pumpkin soup

#dinner Preparing pumpkin soup #yummy

I used onion, ginger, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, Kent pumpkin, white wine, curry powder and coconut cream

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The finished product

#dinner Pumpkin soup with ginger, coconut cream, curry powder with a few other flavours. It was delicious. #superyummy #YummyLummy

I topped the soup with a little parsley, Gruyere cheese and coarsely ground black pepper

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I hope you have a great week ahead. I’m planning to. If you haven’t worked it out, I like spam :-)

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Cupcakes and @luke_nguyen Fat Noodle

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Last night I flew to Brisbane to have an extended weekend with my daughters and parents.

Thursday was a pretty big food day and I just didn’t think about my weight.

Sweet Macedonian treats from a work mate #sweet #treats #yummy

A work mate shared his Mum’s Macedonian sweet treats

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#lunch chips and gravy #dontjudgeme #yummy #coldanddry #coldcanberra

For lunch about eight of us in the branch had chips and gravy. One of us even had a pie, chips and gravy (not me).

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I got to the Qantas club with about 30 minutes to spare

Just got given this in the lounge #lucky #sorbet #treat #QANTAS

I was given the mango sorbet to try. It was pretty good.

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On board QF960. The 737-800 has been updated.

New screens #qantas

I watched a movie during the flight

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#dinner Hot pie and mash #yummy

I may not have had a pie with my chips and gravy but I did have one for dinner on the flight

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#dessert #dinner #yummy

Dessert cake

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When I got to my parents’ place they were eating dinner and Mum gave me a small plate

#dinner number 2 Mum's Shepherd pie

Shepherd’s pie

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Miss16 started making some cupcakes at about 9 pm because a friend of hers is having a birthday on Saturday so she wanted to make something to share with her on Friday.

Miss16's cupcakes for a school friend tomorrow.

Some friends on Facebook, twitter and IG suggested I may have applied a Daddy tax. I didn’t do anything to discourage that notion but truth is Miss16 didn’t make enough to fill the baking tray.

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Miss16's cupcakes iced and made pretty for her school friend's birthday

They look good don’t they? Vanilla cupcakes with passionfruit icing.

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We had an early start for the school run this morning

#breakfast peanut paste on toast #holiday #brisbane

Peanut paste on toast with coffee

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One of the annoying things about Canberra (and in fairness Darwin) is the ban on plastic bags.

Yay plastic shopping bags #likebrisbane #lovequeensland #canberrabringbackplasticbags

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Today I was taking my parents in town by bus so I had to buy a go card

I now have a go card

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I promised Mum for Mother’s day I’d take her to the refurbished City Hall. Mum used to work as a volunteer at the Citizens’ Advice Bureau and spent a lot of time at City Hall.

Refurbished city hall #likebrisbane #brisbane

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I remember winning school prizes at school speech nights and being down there

I remember being down there for school speech nights #brisbane #BGS #likebrisbane

Mum tells me she used to sing down there for her school choir

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City Hall now contains the Museum of Brisbane. It’s a really nice little museum. I’d happily go again and again. One of the features for now is the exhibit on World Expo 1988 Brisbane.

Remember World Expo 1988 #igersbrisbane #likebrisbane #brisbane

Do you remember what you were doing in 1988? I was in medical school and we’d catch a train from Bowen Hills to the Mater Hospital and walk through Expo.

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Fantastic that Doug Anthony usurped Malcolm Fraser and helped Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen get World Expo for #brisbane

I think it’s fantastic that Doug Anthony the deputy PM and leader of the National Party usurped Malcolm Fraser the PM of the day and supported Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen in the bid.

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The Light Fantastic

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After spending about an hour in the museum we walked over to the Treasury building to meet up with Miss18 and have lunch. Miss18 announced she’d got a job to help her get through her TAFE/QUT courses so we celebrated.

The casino

The Treasury building

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In the Treasury Casino building is Luke Nguyen’s restaurant Fat Noodle

Chef Luke Nguyen's #brisbane place

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We waited near some stand up tables and read through the menu and I noticed the cloth napkins

Cloth napkins are #classy

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We could see into the kitchen too

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After being seated at a large table near a window we received a pot of Chinese tea

Great Chinese tea pot #lunch

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Dad asked for the Fat Pho Noodles

Dad is having Fat Pho Noodles #lunch

His only concern was the large fillet of beef in the bowl which he would have preferred sliced.

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Miss18 had pork and prawn wonton

Miss18 is having prawn and pork wonton #lunch

Not as good as Mum’s wonton of course

If you want to read about Mum’s wonton click here and here

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Mum and I both asked for the Singapore noodles

Mum and I are both enjoying Singapore Laksa #lunch #yummy

This was spectacular

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The after lunch Belgian chocolate mint was delicious

After #lunch Belgian chocolate #menu

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Apparently this German sausage hut also serves big pork hocks on request

For @abefrellman #sausages

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All in all it’s been a good day.

Now to rate Luke’s restaurant. The meal was fantastic and I would recommend anyone visiting Brisbane to try it out.
The dunny was interesting. The pedestal was solid and sound. The urinal was an older stainless steel model with a sturdy grate. It was big enough for two well proportioned men to stand next to each other without inducing hesitancy. I like a good firm grate to stand on so there is less of a chance of urine spray on the floor. The hand basin was motion detector activated but a little shallow. The hand drying unit was a pseudo air blade. It was pretty pathetic. If you’re going to use an air dryer and try to imitate a Dyson Air Blade, just buy the Dyson. My dunny score is 3.5 out of 5.
The napkin score is pass. Cloth napkins always pass.

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My week in Instagram | Different foods | #bestblogs13

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So this week it’s back to a five day work week after two Easter associated short weeks. I’m currently nursing a sore ankle so I’m not walking around as much as I would like.

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Sunday’s breakfast was a salad wrap as opposed to a banana smoothie.

Breakfast wrap

#breakfast wrap salad and cheese #breakfastforwoojm Ping @mitchsquires

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For dinner I kept to the wrap theme and made a salmon and salad wrap

Salmon and salad wrap

#dinner salmon and salad wrap #yummy

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On Monday for morning tea I had coffee with Bron at a local coffee shop at work. Bron brought in one of her peanut paste salted caramel biscuits. It was delicious.

Peanut paste salted caramel biscuit

Bron made this @davidlebovitz inspired peanut butter salted caramel biscuit of deliciousness #yummy

This was made from a David Lebovitz (Follow @davidlebovitz on Twitter and Instagram) recipe

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I’ve started to capture images of coffee I’m making in the office with various reading material that is occupying my mind at the time

The Australian Immunisation Handbook 2013 coffee

#coffee time

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For Monday evening dinner I used the two remaining Elite Meats chicken rissoles and continued the wrap theme

Chicken rissole wrap

#dinner Elite meats chicken rissoles #yummy

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Lyme disease coffee

Good morning. Morning reading. Office #coffee

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On Tuesday morning Bron brought me another biscuit

Tuesday biscuit

Another amazing biscuit from Bron. #yummy

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For lunch on Tuesday rather than a meaty treat I went with a mango yoghurt

Mango yoghurt

#lunch #yoghurt #coffee

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On Tuesday night I prepared the Elite Meats scotch fillet steak

Scotch fillet steak

#raw Elite meats scotch fillet steak for #dinner

Raw goodness

#dinner Elite meats scotch fillet steak and salad #yummy

Cooked happiness with a salad

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Extreme weather coffee

Good morning. Office reading and #coffee #climate #weather

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After collecting my mail I thought I’d capture an image of the building I work in

Scarborough House

My #likeCanberra skyline

Scarborough House

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For lunch I had a mixed berry yoghurt. If you click on the image you’ll see the Instagram comments. They’re hilarious.

Mixed berry yoghurt

Diseases may not have borders but I'm glad this yoghurt is contained #lunch #yummy

“Blood” in a Petri dish disease themed lunch

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I went to Bron’s for dinner on Wednesday night and she made a delicious Toad in the Hole

Toad in the Hole

Bron made toad in the hole #dinner #yummy

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Bron also made a dessert with fresh free range eggs that we got from Elite Meats

Portuguese custard tarts

Portuguese custard tarts made by Bron. #dessert #yummy

These were amazing. So good.

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Thursday Style Manual coffee

The Style Manual. One of my most useful books. Office #coffee

So many good Instagram comments with this image

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Thursday was pay day so it was #paydaypieday. This is a curry lamb and potato pie from Urban Bean Espresso Bar.

Curry Lamb Hot Pie

C is for curry lamb hot pie for #paydaypieday #lunch #yummy

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In the afternoon Bron visited my office and brought over a sweet treat

Portuguese custard tart

Portuguese custard tart made by Bron. #yummy

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For Thursday dinner I cooked some of the Elite Meats sausages I got. I bought six Black Angus and Burgundy snags and put away three lots of two sausages.

Black Angus and Burgundy and salad wrap

More prize meat from Elite Meats as part of my @2CC prize. Black Angus and Burgundy snags in a salad wrap. #dinner #yummy

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Brisbane high rise and food glorious food

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The last few days have been fairly busy and on Thursday and Friday I had to be in Brisbane for an important meeting.

On Wednesday I forgot my lunch and after a frantic morning I was in a café and spied a Chiko roll. I haven’t had one in years. My maternal grandfather‘s brother told me many times when I was young that our family had somehow been involved in the invention of the Chiko roll. At the time they owned a Chinese café at a truck stop in Rocklea in Brisbane. They used to sell these super large spring rolls mostly composed of cabbage and chicken. They sold them as chicken rolls. Mum and her brother have confirmed this story for me. They claim someone got the idea for the Chiko roll from my grandparents chiekn rolls at the Golden Pagoda in Rocklea. The Golden Pagoda was destroyed in the great flood of 1974 and the loss destroyed my grandparents and immediate family. They never really recovered.

Later that afternoon a work mate said she was going out to get some chocolate and I asked her get me some. I love my work mates. They know me. Look at what came back :-)

Check out the size of the block.

That night I didn’t feel that hungry but had some chicken thigh meat thawing (and no I didn’t eat all that chocolate in one sitting).

The chicken burgers were tasty, you can see I used an English muffin for one and a hamburger roll for the other.

The next morning I woke up early for a 0620 AEST flight from Canberra to Brisbane. I like that the Qantas Club has breakfast.

On board the flight I had another breakfast.

I spent Thursday night in my hotel room working. The view of the Brisbane River from the twenty-fifth floor was pretty good.

I went and bought a couple of hot pies and an apple crumble to get me through the night.

In the morning the view was better. I left Brisbane in 1995 to live in Darwin until coming to Canberra in 2007. Brisbane city has certainly grown.

Look at the huge tree. they are amazing. I love them.

I indulged in a Starbucks breakfast of toast and a caramel mocha with cream.

So on the way back to Canberra I spent time chatting with a work mate and eating.

The pork buns here were crap. They are from the Sydney Qantas club and rubbish. You want to see a nice barbecue pork bun go to the Dumpling Inn. Check out the image here.

The soup was a spicy Mexican lentil dish.

On Saturday we went to Costco to buy some food. I hadn’t had lunch. I tried a Costco hot dog. It wasn’t that good.

For afternoon tea we went to Ricardo’s Cafe at Jamison and had a caramel praline mousse.

Last night Bron and I cooked dinner together. I cooked a steak with an onion dijon sauce and Bron cooked the cauliflower blue cheese gratin. The gratin was amazing. I ate two. I wanted more.

Bron cooked a caramel chocolate tart and a lemon tart for dessert. They were out of this world. Bron is amazing.

Caramel chocolate tart

Lemon tart

This morning we went light and had a poached egg before our big lunch.

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