Unlike the regular recipe posts on Yummy Lummy, this post is about what I ate while in Brisbane last week.
Serious eating is serious business for Canberra’s Eating Machine! I was visiting my parents and because their 54th wedding anniversary occurred during the week I wanted to do some serious eating with Mum and Dad.
I also used this week as an opportunity to write a few more Google Maps reviews so I’ve tried to embed them in this post so if you’re ever in Brisbane you can try these places out.
Saturday morning, 23 June 2018
Canberra airport coffee
Canberra airport coffee
Saturday dinner, 23 June 2018
Motto Motto, Chermside (Japanese)
Motto Motto Chermside Karaage chicken with soft shelled crabMotto Motto Chermside Karaage chicken with soft shelled crab
Monday dinner. Baked seeded salmon with stir-fried kale and prawn salad with horseradish cream. I baked the salmon for 15 minutes at 200 °C/400 °F. I 💚 lime flavours.
Tuesday breakfast, 26 June 2018
Tuesday Breakfast. Eggs and cheese.
Tuesday lunch, 26 June 2018
Alfie’s Mooo Char, Caloundra (Australian)
Me, with Mum and Dad at Alfie’s Mooo CharMum and Dad at Alfie’s Mooo CharHot seafood platter from Alfie’s Mooo CharQueensland nut (Macadamia) salad from Alfie’s Mooo CharMy first plate from the hot seafood platter from Alfie’s Mooo Char
Tuesday dinner. Roast chicken thigh. Yep, that’s it, that’s all I ate. The hot seafood platter was HUGE!!!
Wednesday breakfast, 27 June 2018
Wednesday Breakfast. Fried eggs.
Wednesday morning tea, 27 June 2018
Westfield ChermsideArcher Specialty Coffee at Westfield Chermside
Wednesday lunch, 27 June 2018
Aspley Oriental (Chinese)
Yum cha at Aspley OrientalChicken feet at Aspley OrientalYum cha at Aspley OrientalTripe at Aspley OrientalJoong sticky rice at Aspley OrientalYum cha at Aspley OrientalCustard tarts at Aspley OrientalChicken feet bones at Aspley OrientalPork ribs at Aspley OrientalMum and Dad at Aspley Oriental
Strasburg sausage with pistachio nuts, parsley, blue cheese, brie and Mersey Valley original cheese
Thursday breakfast, 28 June 2018
Fried eggs. What’s the big deal? It’s only soccer. It’s not like it’s important like rugby league. Sarcasm people sarcasm!
Thursday lunch, 28 June 2018
Potato gems (Australian)/Tater tots (American)
Thursday lunch. Potato gems and gravy. Tater tots for North Americans.Choc mint gelato from Gelatissimo ChermsideCoffee and choc mint gelato while at Archer Specialty Coffee
Thursday dinner, 28 June 2018
Hermosa, Chermside (Spanish)
Thursday dinner. Hermosa seafood platterHermosa shells from clams and mussels.Mum and Dad at Hermosa
Sandgate Fishmonger (Australian, that pineapple fritter is true blue)
This pineapple fritter made by deep frying it in doughnut batter with cinnamon and caster sugar was the best thing I ate all week!!!
Friday lunch. Sandgate Fishmonger hot chips, prawn cutlets, potato scallops and a pineapple fritter.Friday lunch. Sandgate Fishmonger hot chips, prawn cutlets, potato scallops and a pineapple fritter.Mum and Dad at the Sandgate FishmongerFriday lunch. Sandgate Fishmonger hot chips, prawn cutlets, potato scallops and a pineapple fritter.Mum and Dad at Sandgate
Happy Anniversary at Hog’s Breath Cafe, Aspley.Baloons at Hog’s Breath Cafe, Aspley.Avocado prime rib with sweet potato wedges and Caesar salad at Hog’s Breath Cafe, Aspley.Avocado prime rib with sweet potato wedges and Caesar salad at Hog’s Breath Cafe, Aspley.
Mum and Dad ready for cake.Happy anniversary cake from Cold Rock. Made from Ferrero Rocher, Milo and Queensland nut ice cream with freckles and white Tim Tams mixed in. This was made by Ms 21.Mum and Dad cutting cake.Ice cream cake from Cold Rock
Saturday breakfast, 30 June 2018
Brisbane airport
Brisbane Airport Coffee
Saturday lunch, 30 June 2018
Don’s Strasburg sausage (Gary’s cuisine)
I cheated on Spam with Don’s Strasburg sausage draped with Coon® cheese and decorated with Queensland nuts.
I cheated on Spam with Don’s Strasburg sausage covered in Coon® cheese and Queensland nuts.
Saturday dinner, 30 June 2018
Corned beef with vegetables (Gary’s cuisine)
Saturday dinner. Corned beef and vegetables. I combined tinned corned beef, broccoli, peas, corn, chilli flakes, cream and Coon® cheese. I cooked it all in the oven for 20 minutes at 250 °C/480 °F.
Blimey Gary – that was a week of very good food! Loved the story of your mum’s pregnancy too. The best food I had this week was battered fish and mushy peas eaten by the shores of Loch Fyne. I don’t like pineapple fritters, though maybe I’ve never had a good one and I don’t do Google map reviews but I do a lot of TripAdvisor ones.
Wow Gary! So many delicious eats in one post. Even though Canberra at the moment is FREEZING I could still smash a tub of that milo ice cream. I’d swap out the white Tim Tam for a choc one though.
Congratulations and Happy 54th Anniversary to your parents! Sounds like a real smorgasbord of foods.
I stick to fruit smoothies and gluten free products. With my food allergies fried foods dairy and fast food send me to the hospital. Spicy food is also out of the question .
Once I retire end of August 29th I will move more towards natural foods. I do drink bone broth but pretty much most foods irritate my stomach so it’s smoothies and soups for me.
A wonderful week of good food, Gaz. That deep fried pineapple thing sounds amazing. Must have been crunchy. Also wonderful cake by Ms 21 with the most amazing ingredients. It looked like an ice-cream cake? 😀
It was a three-layered ice cream cake Mabel and it was amazing.
I feel so full of food. You may hear me laughing when I weigh in tomorrow morning 😂😂😂
The pineapple fritter was out of this world 👍👍👍
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Your parents are lovely!!!! 🌹❤️🌺
Thank you JM. They are, and I owe so much of myself and who I am to them. Thanks for stopping by XO
I would say that you started the year off in real style…so much delicious food. Congratulations to your parents.
Hello Karen, for reasons only the WordPress wizards know, your comment got caught in my Spam folder.
Best wishes to your parents!
That soft shell crab plating? “Release the Kraken!”
And the chicken foot pic? Epic monster movie. Hee hee.
I love a soft shelled crab reaching out and ready to attack 😂
Chicken feet would be more palatable than zombies 🤪
Blimey Gary – that was a week of very good food! Loved the story of your mum’s pregnancy too. The best food I had this week was battered fish and mushy peas eaten by the shores of Loch Fyne. I don’t like pineapple fritters, though maybe I’ve never had a good one and I don’t do Google map reviews but I do a lot of TripAdvisor ones.
It’s hard to beat a good battered fish, Emma.
I’ve done some TripAdvisor reviews, but I find Google much easier.
I love that you made the most of every opportunity and I loved seeing it all set out like this! You’ve got gorgeous parents. Your mum is so beautiful!
Thank you very much Michele. It was a very special week 😃
Your parents are adorable!! 😀 And damnit I’m so hungry now. Should not have read this before breakfast…
Thank you very much Lorraine. I love them to bits. It was a good week in so many ways.
Pineapple in any format is evil, but I really feel like some Cold Rock right now!
So, that’s a no to pineapple on pizza? 😂
Absolutely no pineapple on pizza. Even if removed it leaves its horrid juice!
Mmm… pineapple juice is my favourite juice 😃
I’ll have all the pineapple you don’t eat 😃
Beautiful photos of your parents Gary.
Thanks very much Sue
Wow Gary! So many delicious eats in one post. Even though Canberra at the moment is FREEZING I could still smash a tub of that milo ice cream. I’d swap out the white Tim Tam for a choc one though.
I reckon double coat Tim Tams would be good too Kirsty 😃😃😃👌👌👌
It’s a toasty one here – that ice cream looks especially good!
I really liked all the ice cream I ate
Please tell your Mum and Dad that I said, Happy Anniversary. It is good to meet the parents of one of my favorite chefs!!
Thank you. I will let them know. You are very kind.
I think I, too, am classified as a serious eater. lol 😍
We are like people who take eating seriously rather than frivolously 😃
Congratulations and Happy 54th Anniversary to your parents! Sounds like a real smorgasbord of foods.
I stick to fruit smoothies and gluten free products. With my food allergies fried foods dairy and fast food send me to the hospital. Spicy food is also out of the question .
Once I retire end of August 29th I will move more towards natural foods. I do drink bone broth but pretty much most foods irritate my stomach so it’s smoothies and soups for me.
Sorry to read of your food allergies.
I had a marvelous time with my parents.
I’m now back in Canberra feeling cold.
I am amazed at how much deep fried stuff you eat Gary!
From what I understand I would be at home in Scotland 😳
A wonderful week of good food, Gaz. That deep fried pineapple thing sounds amazing. Must have been crunchy. Also wonderful cake by Ms 21 with the most amazing ingredients. It looked like an ice-cream cake? 😀
It was a three-layered ice cream cake Mabel and it was amazing.
I feel so full of food. You may hear me laughing when I weigh in tomorrow morning 😂😂😂
The pineapple fritter was out of this world 👍👍👍