Sup Dawg

Dagwood dogs, the answer to the ten minute meal.

From Takeaway to Tuna

We have been a bit flat out at work so we have had to resort to takeaways a bit. I did manage a nice Tuna steak mid week with some jeweled cous cous that was good.

honey sesame chicken

seafood nasi goreng

Damn fine wontons

steak works burger and chips

seared tuna and cous cous w/ orange and ginger sauce

The Butcher and the Chippy

I finally did it… I broke my slightly OCD habit of only eating one item from one menu. We have our favourite fish and chip shop but I had seen their burgers and they looked good, so I had to have one. Today I ordered one of their Steak Works Burgers and I was not disappointed. Not only was it a good burger but it had our butchers award winning bacon in it too. The burger had just the right balance of salad and the good stuff and I will be giving some of their other burgers a run too. Nice Job Siv’s

Happy Kid Food

Hotdogs on a stick.

My Favourite Chippy

While there are no fish in this order, this meal comes from the best fish and chip shop in town. We live on the coast at the marina and there is a fish and chip shop here that advertises that they are pretty good but I think they are a bit average. Our F&C shop is all the way over on the otherside of town at Mt Pleasant…from the ocean to the mountains we trek. Well it’s probably less than 10klms away but well worth the drive. It is called Siv’s Fish and Chips ( see them on facebook) and they have the best chips anywhere. I don’t get fish very often, not because there’s anything wrong with it, it’s just I really like their fish cakes and despite knowing that they are commercially made crumbed sausages that I see all over the place I just can’t help myself I like them. Paula always gets the “Rays” Kabana, kabana sliced thin before cooking so it comes out like crispy meat chips. I have had the battered fish here and enjoyed it but being a Masterbatterer… who cooks a lot of fish and makes the second best batter known to man (bows low to Mr Foo Man Choo, from Main nth road) I am hard to excite when it comes to batter. I would go here just for the chips. They are like Dr Who’s Tardis, they are bigger on the inside. By that I mean they are thinnish and crispy but light and fluffy inside. I would keep my supplier to myself (after they tell me) if I was them. Another factor that brings us back at least once and often more times a week is the cleanliness and quick friendly service. I may even have to break my ‘One item from one menu habit’ and try their burgers. I have seen the battered fish burger and what I reckon was the works burger and they looked pretty damn fine. Nice work guys.

Hot Diggity Dawg

Paula has a penchant for hot dogs from the Show or Dagwood dogs if you live in OZ. Of course the show is an infrequent event so I decided to make her some at home. They are dead easy to make and taste just as good as the show ones.

KFQ?

I couldn’t let my 200th post slip by unnoticed but I couldn’t decide what to do. I was thinking of picking a nationality and doing a feast or perhaps a certain protein like a seafood feast but just couldn’t make up my mind. Then I had occasion to have KFC for a meal and was blown away by how bad it has become. So I decided to do my own KFQ feast.KF Q?. Q for Quail. I decided to replicate a typical chicken takeaway but with whole ingredients.  Now I have pretty much got the seasoning covered and the hardest part to copy was the instant mash they use. I used Golden Cream potatoes and just boiled them and then ended up passing through a fine sieve for that perfect instant potato texture. The quails were semi boned so I just split them lengthways and dipped in egg white and seasoning mix then flash fried in sunflower oil. I used a nice little drumhead cabbage to make the coleslaw and more golden cream for the chips. The quail was super sweet and with the spicy seasoning this is definitely going to be on the menu again. KFC wish they could do it this fingerlicking! Paula helped celebrate the 200th post by making these excellent profiteroles for dessert. They were filled with vanilla cream custard and topped with dark chocolate and caramelised sugar.

 

The de-boned and split quail

Worlds smallest drumstick

Paulas 1st ever profiteroles with chocolate and caramel praline

 

Why Eat Cows Faces and Knees

This is the Combo Noodle Soup from Hot Wok, one of the few takeaway places we frequent. Why people would go to maccas and eat their rubbish when good fresh quality food is abundant is beyond me. This bowl full of lovely cost about $10 and is more than enough to fill the hungriest belly. Each day they have one menu item at $6.80…bargain. Its almost enough to make you stop shopping and just eat there. While Maccas and all the other chain stores may or may not use faces and knees I know I can identify every ingredient in this bowl and have no concerns about where it came from.

I do Like A Big Breakfast

While It won’t earn best meal of the trip this Breakfast from Raewood Fresh Cafe was pretty bloody good anyway. The poached eggs were close to being the star with the mushrooms not far behind. Add the oven roasted tomato and some nice kiwi bacon and it was a pretty good way to break the fast, despite it being eaten at 1.45pm. Paula went for the Buckwheat and Blueberry Pancakes and she enjoyed them too.

This is the slice of coconut blueberry slice that the owner of the cafe GAVE us for mum after he heard about her having the vapours, very cool gesture.

Takeaway Tiles

There are just some days when takeaway is the answer. We tend to eat mostly Asian takeaway. This is Seafood Supreme Noodles, Wontons and Spring Rolls, Sushi and Chicken and Cashew on Rice.