Enter theBreakfast Guild

“…decadent pancakes drizzled with boozed-up maple syrup and chocolate fudge, hazelnuts threatening to spill over, we were in ecstasy…”

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No Baking RequiredFind out how…

“…not only do you get out of baking with this recipe, it’s actually quite easy to follow and man were they delectable!…”

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A Foolproof Recipe& No Butter Required

“…in any case, I must have lost my mind as I’ve gotten into a baking frenzy and I don’t know how to stop! Yes! Me! The one that dislikes baking or baked goods to the extreme!…”

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Taste of Melbourne – Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton (Part II)

On August 31, 2009 By

This was a funny display right in front of Circa, The Prince. Not too sure why it was there. I really wanted to try the Qual Kieve horseradish spiced coleslaw from them, but there was no room in my tummy!

Can you spot Philippe Mouchel from The Brasserie?

I would have [...]

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Taste of Melbourne – Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton (Part I)

On August 30, 2009 By

It was a glorious day… it wasn’t cold.. which is a good thing in Melbourne. The Boy decided to take me to Taste of Melbourne. An event which has selections of the best restaurants, chefts and producers coming together.

Basically, a foodie’s dream!!

We got there a tad early… 1 hour early… got [...]

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Hutong Dumpling Bar – Melbourne

On August 29, 2009 By

Ms Tinymouse asked if we wanted to go to Hutong? To which I replied, “What or Where on earth is Hutong?”

“It’s right in front of Flower Drum.”

To which I replied, “Isn’t it that Korean place? Or that pub?”

Turns out Hutong, is a dumpling bar and apparently it’s famed [...]

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Fun House

On August 29, 2009 By

Ahh.. this was meant to be up last week .. but a bit of this and a bit of that.. this concert post ended up here…

This is my 2nd Pink Concert.. and I hope I get to go to many more… absolutely the best!!

Went a bit late and only caught Evermore midway through… [...]

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All The Small Things

On August 27, 2009 By

As I sit here and type with a migraine on this laptop (Thank God I’m dating a geek)…

I started out by wanting to whinge again about my suddenly crazy stressful work life.. I’m not ungrateful.. I just hate this place.. and I really miss being unemployed for the fact that I could [...]

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Bad Day

On August 26, 2009 By

I don’t know how, and I don’t know why. Somehow, I seem to be stuck in this loop.

I took on this role as it was a emergency temping position. Back in the job and it feels like the past one year has been a dream, that I never left and that I’m [...]

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The Wind and The Rain

On August 25, 2009 By

Yes, this is a song – Bruce Springstein….

Gale force winds, Hail storm… somehow I managed to miss the hail whilst being on the train!!

For a full 15 minutes, the world had ended.

And then the rain sort of stopped, and started sprinkling instead.. and the sun peeked out cheekily behind the [...]

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Nothing Else Matters

On August 24, 2009 By

Good Monday people of the world…. Hope you like this video from Ukraine’s Got Talent.

Now don’t whinge and enjoy =)

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Love Like Winter Part VI (Chocolate Trifle)

On August 23, 2009 By

Now to desserts…

We were just planning to have 1 dessert, but the Boy panicked and made me do an extra one for “Just in case“… in case his didn’t turn out… (BUT, if you look at the picture above… it did turn out!)

I got to make Chocolate Trifle!!

All you need [...]

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Love Like Winter Part V (Strawberry and Vanilla Pana Cotta)

On August 22, 2009 By

The Boy’s spectacular Strawberry and Vanilla Pana Cotta

Absolutely delicious, rich and not too sweet!

Heat up about 200 ml of thick cream

With this Vanilla Bean paste, you won’t need to spend ridiculous amounts of moolah on vanilla pods/beans… this works even better as it’s concentrated vanilla essence and beans…and [...]

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