the best excursion ever…
[ well, ok, the best excursion since that time nellie and i stole the car and drove north, to ikea, for swedish meatballs and daim cake ]
…was on saturday. it started with a banh xeo and a dried longan drink, continued through the messy middle bit with the baby wiping every piece of food on the table before eating it, and ended with the unearthing of a selection of tasty treats in a vietnamese grocery along illawarra road. among them:
a tray of “gourmet mushrooms”
a just ripe pineapple
a bottle of rose cordial
a tin of jackfruit in syrup
the mushrooms were shiitake, enoki, oyster and shimeji (so pleased to meet you all!). this evening they were folded through olive oil and cream, with parsley and garlic, pepper and salt — and somehow i managed to resist eating them straight out of the mixing bowl at this stage — before being baked en papillote to be tossed through angel hair pasta and topped with shaved parmesan. this was slurped down so quickly that i felt i had to make dessert.
“would you like some pineapple?” i asked the boy.
“ummmmm… … … no,” he replied.
“but what if i fried it in butter and brown sugar, and put vanilla ice cream on top?”
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yes! what about! my answer is always yes to your kitchen, yes to the pineapple, and yes to the gnocchi. YES PLEASE, actually.
hi, my cc, i liked that car-stealing excursion, too.
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mmm brown sugar and instant heat. you are onto something me thinks!
Illawarra Road is a journey of joy for the wandering mass of tastebuds.
Caramelised pineapple is always good. The addition of coconut makes it even better. Just like a pina colada only crunchy!
I am so going shopping for all kinds of mushrooms and making Terz make mushroom pasta this week. Tankyu.
tym: aaahahaha. i like the part about making terz make the pasta. eh don’t be shy to invite urs to your house next time lah!
u no, that looks soo nummy. and then i read how you make it, and then it sounds so heart-attack inducing. =/
i would kill for an banh xeo about now… starving.
time to make some bfast… *yawn*