Last week's mango was amazing and I just about had a food-gasm biting into its succulent sweet flesh. I also made vegetarian stuffed mushrooms with potato and spring onions, which came out amazing! My first time making stuffed mushrooms too.

In the meantime, here's our Food Connect mini box this week. We also got to meet our city cousin's ( Read more... )

We've re-started our FoodConnect subscription of the mixed mini box for the next 4 weeks, so you get to see our weekly yum-yum surprise box!

So what have we got today?


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We went with friends to sample Mizu's lunch selection some weeks ago.

Our dining experience at Mizu on previous occassions were excellent, but I was left slightly disappointed when I found some of the leaves in the salad of my tonkatsu bento box were spoilt. I lost my appetite for it and left it three-quarters uneaten.


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As we drove down Brunswick Street, the SO went: "Let's have burgers for lunch at Pintxo."

I like their tapas, but burgers at a taperia? Erm, ok?

What I failed to realise is Pintxo is running a weekend lunch special: $15 gets you a burger, 2 croquettes and a beer or a glass of sangria. Pretty awesome deal, eh?


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We try to avoid Surfer's Paradise down the Gold Coast as much as possible, due to the tackiness of the area over the years, the sheer number of tourists flocking the beaches and the congestion from all the construction the strip is undergoing at the moment ( Read more... )

One of the conference speakers recommended I check out Saké Restaurant & Bar, so I dragged the SO there as part of his celebratory meal I owed him months ago for his work promotion.

Saké has gorgeous décor - dark woods matched with glass, their restaurant window overlooking the Story Bridge. We were seated at a table for 2, our seats positioned ( Read more... )

Brisbane's weather was erratic, but we made it safely to Tukka for the final speaker's dinner during the Brisbane leg.

When asked what Australian food is, many Australians might quip 'witchetty grub. Tukka, which draws its name from the Australian term 'Bush tucker' for the huge variety of native herbs, spices, mushrooms, fruits, flowers, ( Read more... )

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On the final night of the conference leg in Melbourne, I was offered the opportunity to join the speakers' dinner at the Butcher's Grill in Melbourne's Docklands ( Read more... )