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Due to personal reasons, I have decided to take an extended blogging break from food sponge. I hope to be back soon with more eating adventures & tasty treats. Until then, please wander through the blog archives for more restaurant recommendations & home made goodness. Thanks for visiting! P.S. Can anyone guess where this … Read more
Homemade Small Bites | Banana Bread Breakfast | Mushroom Risotto | Grilled Salmon
Banana Bread Breakfast A luxurious breakfast indeed! A large warm slab of toasted banana bread topped with assorted berry compote, my favourite crunchy Brookfarm muesli & a scoop of double cream. Loved how the bread just soaks up all the cream & berry juices like a giant, messy (tasty) sponge. Eat & enjoy. Mushroom … Read more
Homemade Small Bites | Beef Carpaccio | Broadbean Ravioli | Raspberry Tart
Some quick snaps of what food sponge has been eating at home lately: beef carpaccio with Japanese style onion dressing Thin slices of tender Ranger Valley sirloin from Mondo Butcher. Broadbean ravioli with goats curd Fresh organic broadbeans & Ringwould goats curd & cheese from Perth City Farm in East Perth. raspberry tart Best … Read more
food sponge year in review_2011
2011 was my first full year of blogging at food sponge. Whew! Thank you so much to my regular readers who have stuck with me so far & a big welcome to the new ones! Although I don’t have a huge readership, I’m still enjoying posting my food thoughts & experiences on line. There is still so … Read more
Christmas Dinner 2011
Although our family household doesn’t celebrate a traditional Christmas as such, we use the holiday season as an opportunity to spend more time with relatives & friends. So this year we hosted Christmas dinner at our place & cooked up an absolute feast! Due to the customary hot weather at this time of the year, … Read more
Home-cooked Sunday breakfast
Perhaps the passionate food-lovers out there will empathise with me. My husband & I – we hunt down food. We hear about a particular exciting product, or brand, & go searching for it. It’s not unusual for us to drive many many kilometres across town, or out of town, to source this special ingredient at … Read more
Small Bites | Sausages & mash | Mushroom Risotto | Terimayo Don
All these homemade dinners can be classified as genuine Winter Warmers – guaranteed to soothe the soul & fill up a hungry belly in the cold dark winter evenings. Sausages & mash Affectionately called bangers & mash in our household, this is one of my favourite Comfort Foods. Taken up a notch with good quality sausages … Read more
Must Winebar’s Duck, Braised Red Cabbage, Paris mash & Madeira Jus | Tarte Tatin
I have to admit – having my own professional personal chef who actually enjoys cooking at home after work, has made me a bit, shall we say, less than active in the domestic kitchen goddess department. I definitely help out with the preparation & cooking process, but rarely do I construct a whole meal by … Read more
Small Bites: Vans Café | Cottesloe, Corica’s Pastries | Northbridge & homemade blueberry friands
Van’s Cafe One of my favourite, go-to cafes in town. For breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert or just for a coffee. Despite being located on one of the most up-market streets in the affluent western suburbs, Van’s still has a welcoming, bustling atmosphere with the type of casual chic that other café’s can only try to … Read more
Small Bites: Koko Black | Claremont, homemade pumpkin soup & striploin steak
Koko Black Since discovering the delights of Koko Black in Melbourne a few years ago & learning about Koko Black’s impending Western Australian arrival from Bowl of Honey, I was looking forward to a little dose of chocolate goodness for an after-dinner treat. After navigating our way through Claremont’s revitalised shopping district (I don’t go … Read more
