Tag: food
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Chicken thighs with beans and asparagus ala Matty
My brother is staying with us at the moment. His name is Matt, so for the purpose of this story I shall call him Matt. Matt lives in Margret River on the west coast of Australia and we live near Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia, so as you may or may not…
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Golden Brown Vietnamese Pork Spring Rolls
Vietnamese spring rolls There was something different to the spring rolls in Vietnam, something I wasn’t used to. They weren’t the same quintessential spring roll wrapper that I was used to experiencing in Australia. They were bubbly and super crisp and filled with delightful things that made my face smile upon consumption and they were…
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Hangover breakfast… and lunch
It’s been a bit touch and go for the old Grazza McFilthy Mouth today. The precursor to this story if I may… Yesterday I was paid a visit by an old friend and fellow chef who, for the purpose of this anecdote, shall be known as Toodles (mostly because that is his name). We proceeded…
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Chicken, bacon, potato and sauerkraut soup… more easytastygood
This was both an ode to my German heritage and the only thing I could come up with using what I had on hand. In keeping with simplicity of my recent mussel recipe and in the true spirit of #easytastygood this is indeed an easy recipe that is both tasty and good for you. This…
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Mussels with chorizo, saffron and tomato… so very simple
Mussels can be simple as fuck and really impressive and sometimes, so can this ol’ blog. Watch this… Mussels are a light bulb moment. There is a picture of a bowl of mussels with a side of crusty bread in the dictionary right next to the definition of the phrase “light bulb moment” (please don’t…
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Still banging on about Vietnam… and a recipe for Pho
One thing that is very noticeable in Vietnam is the hawkers… every densely populated area (which is in fact every square meter of ground in this country) has it’s hawkers and those hawkers will hit the streets in force and advance on the populace, both local and foreign, and will all try and convince you…
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Getting to Vietnam
Getting to a place like Vietnam will oftentimes require some length of time in the modern miracle know as the airplane (or a ridiculously long amount of time in a boat, but we’re sticking with the flight for now), and is indeed where our journey begun. We were up at 3am to brush our teeth,…
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Za’atar, King of the Sprinkles
This is one of my favourite litte spice blends. Apparantly it’s pretty big in the middle east too. It’s exceptionally good at being that little something you have in the cupboard for all those times you just need to sprinkle some shit on something (not the stuff in the bedside cupboard, that’s just disgusting… and…
