dinner 27-04

All organic, local, seasonal ingredients used when available

Entree:
  Fish cakes with Plum sauce -
        Wild Barramundi (normally only farmed Barra is found so glad the meal is kept sustainable)
        Plum sauce from 'Barmera home supplies'

  Prawn and Avocado on Corn cakes -
        Small aussie prawns at a bargain $10 a kilo
        Avocado, sour cream, parsley and chilli sauce
        Corn cakes made with coarse polenta and fresh corn

Main:
  Sourdough olive loaf
  Green salad -
        Baby spinach, rocket and parsley
        Fried capers and bread chunks
        Olive tapenade, Balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and olive oil dressing
  Sicilian Pasta -
        Bucatini pasta
        Fennel, canned tomato, red wine, raisins and sultanas, parsley sauce
        Aussie Parmesan

Dessert:
  Upside down sticky peach cake care of Monsieur Black
  Creamy Meredith Brie,  Goats cheese Blue and a tasmanian "bush dust" cheddar with garlic rub pita

trees

The latest tasty treats

Gluten Free Museli

cornflakes (GF)

rice flakes

organic sultanas & apricots

dried organic banana

shredded coconut

nuts & seeds

Pumpkin lasagne

pumpkin, spinach, pesto & pinenuts

cheese sauce & homemade fresh pasta

White Chocolate Mud

White chocolate mud cake

raspberry coulis to centre

dark chocolate & sour cream ganache

The results of Christmas...

 

dumpling mastering

Sewing days

How cool is this?
Saturday night we headed out to find some food after watching a fashion parade for an organisation a friend has been participating in - the Social Studio.
Seamstress was on our list of new places to try, though we didn't fancy our chances of a seat on a weekend during social season.  Alas, our wish was granted and we were seated.
After beginning our tasty meal with Tempura style green prawns (with rhubarb of all things), the waiter asked to move us to use the table.  We were sat down to the side next to one of the interesting items scattered around the restaurant, reflecting it's theme.

This was not just any Sewing Machine, it is a Pinnock.  The relevance you ask? Well, my dear grandfather was a Mechanical Engineer, and when he brought the family to South Australia, begun work with Pinnock Sewing Machines!  

The waiter was not very interested in this coincidence, I mean there are many people who have family links to sewing machine manufacturers, but I was chuffed.


Although this machine looks like it was designed somewhere between 1910 - 1940, sometime before my Grandfather worked at the company, I'm still in awe. These machines are fascinating, and my interest grows.


Oh, and what else did we eat?  Straw mushroom, truffle oil & bitter melon risotto (ok but flavours need longer to develop); gai larn with oyster sauce (average); braised duck with rice & preserved lemon (best duck ever?); and SB had the pork belly.


Several weeks ago when visiting Adelaide, at a the house of an acquaintance, I studied the antique sewing machine and overlooker that they had set up and used.    I could have studied these creatures all night...