The weather has definitely turned. I needed to put on my winter coat this morning when I headed to the gym. The other tell tale sign is that I am hungry almost every single hour and all I like to do is to hide under the doona and watch Lifestyle food channel all day.
Many Thai soups and curries are perfect for the cold weather. It warms our tummy and the I love the warming aroma of the herbs that fills the kitchen and the house. I turned to a old Thai cookbook – Thai Cooking by Judy Bastyra & Becky Johnson. I can’t remember where I picked this up but it must have been on sale! I was a little suspicious if the recipe was going to work. It says curry but it seems more like a spicy soup to me. Anyway, I adapted the recipe and added my own take on it.
I missed out on last week challenge that I hope to make up for soon. I was pretty determine to cook up something for this week’s challenge. But after a night and early morning of eating, drinking and laughing with the girls, I almost changed my mind. The bed and not the kitchen was my best friend. I did eventually drag my sorry self into the kitchen.
The Silver Spoon cookbook was opened in front of me but nothing much was being absorbed. This simple recipe has only 4 fresh ingredients. Even that proved to be too difficult for me at that point of time. There is a lot of adaptation in this recipe. I just chopped and changed it as I went a long. It was also a timely challenge as I present to you the first lemon from the garden!
I am a little depressed that summer is over. Our cold winter months aren’t too far away. So I really cherish this week’s challenge. Most of the regular punters for this challenge will be introducing the lovely grilled meats and I hope options for vegetarians. And so I thought that I will prepare a lovely sauce to compliment the grilled varieties.
The book, Silver Spoon, mentioned that this sauce was suitable for grilled meat and fish. Instead, I used chicken wings. It was Hyundai grand final weekend and Melbourne Victory will be facing Sydney FC at home. It was a huge game but unfortunately we could not make it to Ethad Stadium. The chicken wings and sauce into the stadium to munch on while watching the game. But it was not meant to be.
Many of twitter friends has heard me moan and whinge about the Metro last week. The trains are late almost everyday for the last 3 weeks. It is such a failure and it’s frustrating during peak hours to travel in jam packed trains. The current transportation system is just not ’smart’ and ‘fit’ enough to handle the increased population. It gets worse when it gets hit with extreme weather conditions.
Some of you may not be aware of our recent flood and hail that happened in Melbourne. We were fortunate to be home. The hail stones were as big as golf balls! And have a look at one of the many videos that can be found on YouTube.
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