Desperado Chilly Sauce
When making a Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe, I realized that without some sort of chili sauce, the Dish is just not the same. And since I live in an area where chilies are not native I had to make...
View ArticleOn the tasting of coffee
Ever wondered what raw or green coffee tastes like? Like the rest of the world, I’ve seen the display of the different levels of roast (between green, and burned) that a coffee bean can have. But...
View ArticleThe Harbour Public House
I’d mentioned this particular spot a few posts ago, as an alternative to Doc’s Marina Grill, a few doors over. Known by the locals simply as “the pub”, mostly because there is no other bar or pub on...
View ArticleOn the Perfect Burger, Part 1
A while back, I was spending time in a burger shop (no, not McDonalds, this one), my friend and I began to discuss what would be, the perfect burger. Admittedly, I’ve talked about good burgers before,...
View ArticleOn the danger of Eggs: Rubbish.
“Just as you were ready to tuck into a nice three-egg omelet again, comforted by the reassuring news that eggs are not so bad for you, here comes a study warning that for those over 40, the number of...
View ArticleBacon Jam, or a slice of all good things American, on a cracker
The office I now work in does a morning tea, which to the average American might seem quaint, as if pinkys are gracefully extended while raising tiny tea cups, small doilies are present and the...
View ArticleDeconstructed Lop Yuk with Rice Vermicelli
This is a reinterpretation of a lot of Asian flavors all in one dish. I can’t really call it authentic in any way shape or form. It starts with a lop yuk recipe I discovered in 2008 on egullet but…...
View ArticleThe Tucker and Miss Chu
In the search for good real food, we at Adephagia scour the earth to find the best. (OK, this we is really a ‘me’, and scour the earth means whatever catches my fancy, and the best is whatever I can…...
View ArticleDandelion, but not a weed in sight.
So, after the low-budget, urbane Miss Chu’s, what’s next? How about something more mixed, less urbane, and more sophisticated. Seems there have been good reviews of this place Dandelion, out in a...
View ArticleQuick Cuts
I am going to call this quick cuts because there are a lot of small places that each have something nice in Melbourne, but I am not quite ready to give a full review. All of these places were...
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