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1 August 2010

Favourite meals

Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially - romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.  Chris Bohjalian


2023
  • Chocolate pannacotta & flake
  • Banana and mango smoothy
  • Mushroom on toast in Orange with Tina and Dom
  • Take sushi with Tina, Dom, Shushann (x2)
  • Passion Fruit cheesecake (Bamboo Buddha)
  • Messina Icecream (Macedamia Nut Crunch, Lychee & Coconut)
  • Steak final night Buenos Airies
  • Roast chicken in Airfryer with Martin's seasoning
  • Almond nougat (Cape Town)
  • Duck, Pork Belly, Steak tapas as Silk (Cape Town)
  • Peanut butter smoothie (Nepal & Woodside)
  • Lassies in Kathmandu
  • Mango and yoghurt
  • Bowral hot donuts
  • Prawn dumplings at home


2022
  • Portuguese Charcoal chicken with Srini after hike
  • Messina icecream
  • Jo's coffee and rum & raisin icecream
  • Thick chocolate milkshake in Cape Town
  • Eat Greek prawn wrap after Coastal Track walk
  • Cape Town meat & fish: Cattlebaron steak, Ocean Basket, Ribs at market
  • Xmas feasts: Ruth: Duck, pork belly, chicken, amazing potato bake Xmas day at Shalow: Lemon curd trifle, turkey


2021
  • Lamb after Dune
  • Botanica breakfast bowl
  • Four Cheese Toastie at The Flying Bear
  • Love.Fish with Elna to celebrate new year


2019
  • Prawn soup  (The Botanica)
  • Ko Pla (Thai) with Brendan and Eva
  • Ginger drink   (The Botanica)
  • Oven roasted vegetables with smoked almonds (my speciality)
  • Hummus and Mushrooms  (Grumpy Baker)
  • Monkfish with Chris, Xenia, Christina, Shushan
  • Meal at Devil’s Pools
  • Jo’s rum and raisin ice-cream  


2016
  • Ape Crepe & Malaysian Toast
  • Botanica Quiche
  • Pizza in Wilderness: Fig, blue cheese, ham


2015
  • The Edge of the Bay. Seafood chowder, scollop liguine, choc mousse.
  • Lamb salad with Liza (Jagos on Miller)
  • Bondi Pizza (Parramatta lamb pizza and prawn and chorizo)
  • Liz meal. Cheese, salami, tomato and onion pastry, goulash, sticky date pud
  • Roast chicken, pumpkin, potato (made by Matt and Shamista)
  • MaryAnn meal (pap starter, feshwado, granadilla mousse.)
  • Cattle Baron (sirloin with bacon, avo, camembert), chocolate mousse
  • Woodside with mum (steak n chips, calamari)
  • Stormsriver ribs & Malva Pudding
  • Big braai at Geoergian House
  • Vetkoek
  • Hogsback pizza
  • Mutton pie and muffins (waiting for bus). Pancakes at Sani. 
  • Amphithetre:  Butternut soup, pork belly, apple crumble and custard. 
  • Best braai ever with Chrisel's family?  Ribs, steak, potato bake, carrot cake.  
  • Lamb potjie (Amphitheatre, Utopia)
  • Camps Bay Retreat:  Mushroom risotto, Kudu loin, chocolate mousse (with cereal?)
  • I cooked lamb in slow cooker with red wine for family.
  • Steak and chips at Brendan and Eva
  • Veal at Casa Ristorante
  • Indian food (Shamista)
  • Thai restaurant with Srini (Duck curry)
  • Chicken soup (I make for Chris, Jilly, Craig).
  • Chicken soup. Jagos lamb salad with Liza
  • Kirribili meals with Srini (lamb shanks, ribs)
  • Botanica with Yogi - Almighty, lamb skewers, ginger drink.
  • Botanica lamb skeers, All Mighty
  • Eggs and toast



2013

Meals
  • Salad at Brendan's
  • Mexican at Eva and Brendan (lamb)
  • Turkey Roast with Sue
  • Thai duck at Waverton
  • Dani's Belgian pancakes
  • Turkey dinners with Sue
  • My slow cooker meals (ossu buco , apricot chicken etc.)


Restaurants
  • Fancy restaurant for scollops
  • Mexican restaurant after Two Creeks
  • Nepalese restaurant
  • Spanish Tapas
  • Thai (Neutral Bay)
  • Radio Cairo
  • French restaurant (anniversary)
  • Nandos
  • Bavarian Beer caffee (Pork belly with Andreas)


2012

  • Mocha
  • Pad See Ew 
  • Dani's tiramisu
  • Belgian waffles


Restaurant
  • Thai Waverton
  • Blue Mountains (Italian, Chinese)
  • Mexican (after hike)



2006
  • Bull's testicles
  • Guineapig
  • Offal hotpot (Brazil)
  • Doug and Claudia's pepper-corn steak
  • Buffet by weight (Rio)
  • Torres del Paine fry up
  • Seafood with Doug & Claudia
  • Buenos Airies steak
  • Lamb chops (El Calafate)
  • Isla Grande self service icecream


2004 - 2005 

Food
  • Iced coffee and vanilla frappocino at Liverpool Street
  • Meal at web council
  • lamb rack in Gothenberg - best lamb ever
  • Volvo Thursday roasts
  • Steve Fuhrter's strawberry juice
  • Brooklands court sunday picnics in the lounge
  • Glue Vine (and Swedish Glug)
  • Meals at La Taska (Gothenberg)
  • Volvo caffeteria
  • Cambridge crepes
  • pork ribs @ John Barleycorn
  • North Carolina onion rings
  • Wilga and Normon's garden picnics


Restaurant
  • Codfather
  • John Barleycorn ribs
  • Smaka
  • Eating at Nandos (Cambridge)


2000 - 2003

London
  • Putney gourmet burgers
  • North Acton lamb and mint burgers
  • Biltong from The South African shop, London
  • Tescos Crème Caramel (London)
  • Roast beef & yorkshire pudding (touch rugby)


Travels
  • Thick shake & Blue Moon Pancake (Dahab)
  • Food after 2 weeks of dahl baht in Nepal
  • Yak steak (Nepal)
  • Camel steaks (Damascus)
  • Pistachio Icecream (Damascus)


Restaurant
  • The Grove rib-eye steak 
  • Scollops in Knightsbridge, London
  • Dessert wine at The Oxo Towers, London
  • Pocara steak (Nepal)


1990 - 2000

Food
  • Kendal Mint Cake (Granchester, Lake District)
  • Pint of prawns (Plett)
  • Rosemarie's chocolate gateau and risotto
  • Melissa's French Nougat
  • Ally's apple pie with ginger
  • Ally's lemon merengue pie
  • Mexican wrap and berry smoothy from Kuali
  • Woolies picnics
  • Crepes and thick-shakes at Dulces
  • Allies Jamie Oliver's sweet and sour chicken
  • South African Don Pedro
  • Ally's lamb & pavlova
  • The food in Istanbul
  • Hagendaaz Icecream (Kensington)
  • Sea food hot pot (Ko Bulan, Thailand)
  • Cream tea in Devon
  • Yoghurt and honey (Olympos, Turkey)
  • Squirrel
  • meals at George's Place (Butterfly Valley, Turkey)


Restaurants
  • Le Petite Fermet lunches
  • Lamb in pastry at The Wild Fig
  • Barrister's Madagascan Fillet
  • Nandos chicken, chips with perinase and olives
  • Desserts at The Village restaurant
  • Boschedahl buffet
  • Kushiri (Cairo)


1980 - 1988 

Food
  • Spring rolls from Dean Street Chineese
  • Frozen Yogurt Blizzard
  • Roast beef & veggies & kiersch (Gran)
  • South African braais with sizzling boerewors
  • Cassanova veal and cassata
  • Spur Hero Burger
  • Ribs at The Spur


Restaurant
  • Cassanova veal and cassata
  • Spur Hero Burger
  • Ribs at The Spur


1970 - 1980

Food
  • Granny Station's roast chicken & junket
  • mum's chocolate mousse, banana pudding & crème caramel
  • Leche sorbet at San Marcos (Sea Point)
  • Mum's chicken soup
  • Mum's Xmas cake
  • Jam donuts and custard slice at Silwood bakery
  • Mum's Xmas dinners, particularly xmas pudding and brandy butter
  • Granadilla lollies, St James
  • Caramel crisp icecreams as a kid
  • Mum's Sunday Roasts
  • Coffee and Top Deck wtching TV on Saturday nights
  • Mum's rice pudding
  • Welsh Rarebit
  • Appletizer on the beach with grandpa as a kid
  • Granny's chicken lunch


Restaurants
  • Mount Nelson lunches with the family as a kid
  • Birkenhead dinners with granny and grandpa as a kid
  • Spur Hot Rock & Pecan Nut Sunday
  • Pancake place


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