vickie.life

  • Coffee Log: July & August 2014

    A log of all the coffee shared between Richard and me in July and August 2014! The Ironman Geisha is so special, it has its own dedicated post! Santa Adelaida Farmer Marco Tulio Bendana Region Neuva Segovia Altitude 1200m Cup of Excellence Lot #23 Varietal Hibrido Processing Washed Santa Rosalia Farmer Jose Fernando Valdes Region…

  • The Hole

    Me: Why is there a hole in the middle of my sushi plate? Richard: For your invisible pickled ginger!

  • Moving is Annoying

  • Jean’s Chilli Chicken, Eastwood Hotel

    With Richard’s help (thanks a million! heart ), I spent all day packing and moving to my new place today. We were suitably starving after so as soon as we unloaded the last box, we went on a desperate hunt for food. We drove out to Eastwood Station and found lots of Chinese restaurants on…

  • Din Tai Fung, Central Park, Chippendale

    I love dumplings. If there were no health repercussions, I could quite possibly literally eat hundreds of steamed or boiled dumplings every day. During our July trip in Hong Kong, we went to a dumpling place, Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐), to discover that they had branches in Sydney. We decided that since I love dumplings…

  • He Cooks: Veal Schnitzel

    Veal schnitzel and a different salad with fresh homegrown rocket leaves. The veal was already very thinly sliced but apparently could still use some tenderising. Now to get a good meat mallet!

  • Dusk View from Cronulla

    So gorgeous. Makes the stresses and annoyances in life seem so trivial.

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