I admit that I approach this week every year with trepidation since high school; though these days there is “bierre festivus interruptus” that might offset anything negative and a general motto that “the secret to happiness is very low expectations” I’d say this year was particularly predictably… shit awful. Exceptions of course those that wished […]

I’ve a sushi book that makes very purple rice with red shiso furikake but I think in normal application I may have gone overboard… unlike homemade, commercial furikake tends to be salter and sweeter so small quantities would be fine as for decorative sushi in this concentration. A valuable lesson learned perhaps, but I did […]

“Hi, I’m Kit and I’m addicted to karaage.” *Hi Kit* Ok, it’s one thing for perfecting recipes but it’s another when it certain items keep repeating and this limits the menu selection.. On the good side, I think I have a fried chicken recipe/technique that I should be posting it as soon as I can […]

If it wasn’t for the near-vegetarian pasta this week I think I need another break from meat; it’s too easy to go for chicken as the ‘show stopper’ item in lunches. It’s a good thing that with the warmer weather we’re finding more interesting and delicious veg (read: they BBQ well) to make use of. […]

In retrospect from this week it doesn’t appear I struggled to recover from an amazing extended weekend at B^3; I definitely felt like an absolute asshole for not helping out with the take-down. Looks like my ‘holidays’ will be spent seeing a lot of those folk anyway in other similar events this year… In the […]

This is starting to be a common pattern – a shortened week due to something beery.. Knowing how “well” I generally feel after such a long haul event I set out to try and make a huge stash of things to encourage recovery. Unfortunately (as the story normally goes) this is normally in vain. I’ve […]

After much anticipation my workplace has moved.. a few meters on the same block. The new building was supposed to be finished late last year but naturally with construction it was delayed at times due to logistics and weather. Air conditioning! Space! The team was one of the first to be moved in due to […]

It was a week like this almost 10 years ago when I thought “what are these poms on about the weather being so bad here?”. Though after some years of education that this is an unusual phenomenon I still find it amusing that anything above 25°C is considered “too hot” (not that I like it […]

Yay, broad beans are back in season! I am one of those folk that don’t mind peeling each bean as I do like the taste better without the (much beneficially fibrous) skin. It’s also feeling noticeably warmer, so out come the zucchini and eggplant though it was disappointing that our BBQ plans were thwarted by […]