Neglected

I have neglected the blog for ages now and I have a multitude of excuses to explain why – weddings, visitors, forgetting to bring my camera, detoxing and busy at work. As J likes to say – “Excuses as like a$$holes, everybody’s got one”. If the truth be known I just have not been thinking about the blog recently and so I have not been good at photographing the lovely food I have been enjoying.

It’s Good Food Month here at the moment and so far I have enjoyed three great events that are on for the month. First off the rank was a great lunch with a big crowd from work at Industrie-South of France for the Let’s Do Lunch. Then we headed to the Night Noodle Markets at Hyde Park. I was kicking myself that I didn’t have my camera that night as the lights in the trees were really beautiful when it got dark. We got there early and were very happy to get a table. Between all of us not a noodle was had because most of the food there is actually Thai. I am never that impressed with the food there but I do love the atmosphere. That probably explains why we stayed there for a few hours enjoying the wine from the Cargo Bar Stand.

Our most recent Good Food Month was a birthday treat I organised for J. It was a tour of the James Squire Brewery followed by a beer and food tasting. This was J’s idea of heaven. The whole event was very well organised and we enjoyed it all the more because of the free flowing beer that was provided.

We had some sushi with the Pilsener, ‘gourmet’ meat pies with the Amber Ale, Chilli chicken with the Golden Ale and then we finished off with some Chocolate cake with the Porter. It was a bit of an eye opener for me. To be honest I would never think of having beer with food. The one exception to the rule is a cold beer with an Indian meal. They were meant for each other.

I have a free weekend this weekend so I plan to get busy in the kitchen and I promise I will take some decent photos and tell you all about the results.

There – it’s in writing. Now I have to do it.