quality food...

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:43 am

YEP otsumami is the shiznizzle. yay for northcote.

Gonna hit Joes shoe store again soon and grab some pizza miene liebe goodness and a beer.. can take doggies there too yay!!

sounds good direkt.. yuuuum

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:32 pm

the lady baked two perfect loaves of bread yesterday.
omm omm seed-y goodness and amazing stench through house.
lucky man imo.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:10 am

i made bread a couple of weeks ago and FAILED dismally dengel- post your recipe up

ballarat farmers market tomorrow. and l'espresso post for mad lunch. go the 'rat!

then gingerboy oh gingerboy i love you sooooo gimme gimme gimme

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:26 pm

gingerboy was as mad as always. seriously great restaurant- space, ambience, service and foodz zomg the foodz plus the best desserts i've ever had. ever.

cannot recommend this place enough- for a crew dinner or intimate stylez it totally wins

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:27 pm

cooked up an epic moroccan feast last night.
nom and half.
- carrot and orange salad will be getting a good run, so crisp and fresh and easy. carrots, fresh orange juice, orange blossom water and a little cinnamon. YUMMO!
- smashed the turkish delight doughnuts too. not bayd.
- winner of the night was the chicken and almond bastilla though me thinks. spring rollish kinda deal. deeeeelish.

was lovely spending an afternoon in the kitchen. been ages since i had a proper cook off.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:18 pm

nice w_p .. havent tried much moroccan stuff.. must do.

yep gingerboy is awesome gnat.. one of my all times faves

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:41 pm

we're going to bistrot d'orsay next week to sample the fine french fare of ex m beater badman chef aardvark racer

salivating at menu already..

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:46 pm

Quinnos working where Natsa?

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:55 pm

gnat wrote:i made bread a couple of weeks ago and FAILED dismally dengel- post your recipe up

ballarat farmers market tomorrow. and l'espresso post for mad lunch. go the 'rat!

then gingerboy oh gingerboy i love you sooooo gimme gimme gimme

Heya - we had weekend in the Rat too! 'Twas good times - farmers market, foto biennale then camping in lerderderg on way home. Madness.

The lady got the bread secrets from Gramps. Uses a "No-Knead" base method, which still definitely required kneading, but must be easier than normal. My role is in the eating.
Try http://www.snk.com.au

9 grain wholemeal goodness. Next up is olive bread. :drool:

Only been to Gingerboy once ages ago and didn't blow me away (all I remember was fantastic cocktails). Must revisit.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:35 am

haha- how funny- we were on the same paths on the weekend and didn't run into each other!

the Rat is awesome. i love it there

will try bread thanks for that. spelt flour ftw

gingerboy is goodness- give it another go for sure

D- q is at bistrot d'orsay. check 09 good food guide

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:29 pm

Hey all

Does anyone know of any good cook books that have recipes from scratch? In particular Indian otherwise Moroccan or Thai maybe. What I mean by scratch is making the pastes etc from grounding up the base spices etc before even making the actual meal. Hope that makes sense. Cheers

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:31 pm

Jinx wrote:Hey all

Does anyone know of any good cook books that have recipes from scratch? In particular Indian otherwise Moroccan or Thai maybe. What I mean by scratch is making the pastes etc from grounding up the base spices etc before even making the actual meal. Hope that makes sense. Cheers

Aren't most recipes cooked from scratch?

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:34 pm

No, I mean making the paste from scratch out of spices with Mortar and Pestle. Lots of recipes just call to add Vindaloo paste or Tom Yum Paste to the ingredients.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:52 am

arabesque is from scratch middle eastern

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:38 am

mmmm coda

melbourne owns sydney for mad little restaurants and bars

set and match

give them livinia nixon as salve to their wounds of defeat. we don't need her

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:00 am

fuck off we don't.

we'll keep livinia here thanks very much. in plain sight. wearing a summer dress.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:27 am

LMAO at your poster girl being weetbix wholesome livinia

dissapointing tbh

Post by **system** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:25 pm

Jinx wrote:Hey all

Does anyone know of any good cook books that have recipes from scratch? In particular Indian otherwise Moroccan or Thai maybe. What I mean by scratch is making the pastes etc from grounding up the base spices etc before even making the actual meal. Hope that makes sense. Cheers

start with charmaine solomon's recipe books and work your way up.

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:30 pm

Great thanks system

Post by **system** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:32 pm

no worries, the discovery of spice and herbs from the base up is amazing fun.

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:45 pm

It is isn't it. I actually bought some herbs off Herbies website and made a curry 'gravy' last night for making up different curries like madras. Got about 2L in the fridge, can't wait to try making a real curry like you get in a restaurant.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:47 pm

would love to get into some curry paste action. report back on your endeavours jinx!

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:17 pm

Hey witty I`ll put some pics up for you if you like

Edit: Pics

Crushing up all the spices, cummin, fennel, indian corriander, chilli, fenugreek seed, garam masala, +plus others i forget atm

Cooking down all the spice/vegies/oil in big stock-pot.

Final base product stored in fridge containers ready for making curries.

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:24 pm

is that all blended up or is it put through a collinder type ting.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:26 pm

YUM! i can almost smell it from here.
where'd you get the recipe from?

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:01 pm

Same'o cooked everything for 1hr then blended then reduced a further 30-40mins.

Witty my house still smells of all the spice 3 days later! I found a forum that is all about trying to clone restaurant curries (Mostly poms) - cr0.co.uk

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:31 am

thought so, looks good.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:58 pm

bistrot d'orsay on weekend

fuking fabulous- food, ambience, service. seriously- waiter was a total gun of epic proportion and also pretty hawt

one of the best nights out i've had all year.

GO

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:40 pm

http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertain ... 58298.html

now this is a list i'd like to work my way through.

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:58 pm

i'd prefer the 5 best restaurants in the world one which matt preston did. have wanted to go to fat duck and el bulli for soooooooo long and probably never will

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:32 am

same o wrote:i'd prefer the 5 best restaurants in the world one which matt preston did. have wanted to go to fat duck and el bulli for soooooooo long and probably never will

fat duck next year blud

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:03 pm

Made a mad Poached Chicken, Rocket, Parmesan, Walnut and Pear salad last night with a Balsamic Fig reduction.

Yum!

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:15 am

yummo james- pretty gawmet!

went to the grace darling last night. delish pan fried snapper with sweet potato and spinach salad

also v nice ambience. good prices. decent wine list. recommend

smith st is a mecca for food these days

Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:46 pm

rocked a potato salad w/ sour cream, chives, spring onions, parsley etc last night, with some trout cooked in cider. boh!

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:54 pm

fooishbar wrote:rocked a potato salad w/ sour cream, chives, spring onions, parsley etc last night, with some trout cooked in cider. boh!

Twitter told me that yesterday...

slow tbh

Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:02 pm

same o wrote:
fooishbar wrote:rocked a potato salad w/ sour cream, chives, spring onions, parsley etc last night, with some trout cooked in cider. boh!
Twitter told me that yesterday...

slow tbh

huhu. there's still a lickle bit in the frudge.

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:07 pm

no shut breu.

noodle kingdom ya get me bredda

Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:16 pm

isambard kingdom brunel approves.

(best name ever. and a rudebwoy engineer.)

Post by **huge** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:33 pm

gnat wrote:i made bread a couple of weeks ago and FAILED dismally dengel- post your recipe up

ballarat farmers market tomorrow. and l'espresso post for mad lunch. go the 'rat!

then gingerboy oh gingerboy i love you sooooo gimme gimme gimme

lolz i used to eat breakky at l'espresso every sunday when i lived in the rat. awesome.

gingerboy was a tad fail i thought. tasty food, a little too upity and hip for me tho. plus they tell you to order all this food to share but they cant fit it all onto the table. and i dont like the "two sittings" restaurants either. grumble grumble.

went to anada the other night and had banquet. pretty good. beef cheeks ftw.

also

mrj re livinia.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:35 pm

huge wrote: went to anada the other night and had banquet. pretty good. beef cheeks ftw.

oooh! i told my aunt I'd take her there. Didnt realise they had a banquet. Loved the food last time. Beef cheeks droool.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:36 pm

gnat wrote:smith st is a mecca for food these days

Speaking of, if you like Japanese food, Coroco often twitter special drink and food deals.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:06 pm

Good italian in the city anyone?

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:37 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:Good italian in the city anyone?

i love benitos witty. italy 1 also total win

huhu huge too cool for you cmarn. anada is way more sceney than gingerboy

PC i have cocoro on my list. intimate date night stylez. looks magic

mantis · Post by **mantis** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:49 am

hmm,

not Italian but love food at Fog on Greville st. Prahran.

Amazing cocktails! its fantastic restaurant with strong bar identity!

Tue-Thu till midnight some cocktails are for 10 $.

And Fri - Sat 5-7 happy cocktail hour.

great start for friday after work!!

Try Passionfruit Caprioska and French Martini!!!!

Espresso and Choc martinis yummmmmmm

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:02 am

bistro flor this week. been meaning to go for years

heard good things lately. cute little space and local as you like

looking forward to it

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:42 am

min lokal fucking smashes it, still

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:29 pm

gonna head to a new pace called The Deanery in the next week or so

http://www.thedeanery.com.au/

Degustation FTW!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 pm

Awesome. I love breakfast.

http://thebreakfastblog.blogspot.com/

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:54 pm

breaksRbest wrote:gonna head to a new pace called The Deanery in the next week or so

http://www.thedeanery.com.au/

Degustation FTW!

heard good tings bout that one, enjoy!

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:15 am

nihonbashi zen in city. anyone been? looks biz. also the italian looks good. have added to ever growing list

bistro flor was gorgeous. teeny tiny, great service and the best chevre and shallot tart zomg..

will see if we can get into min lokal this weekend foo- tres populare!