This week in brief
Happy Sunday! It’s a lovely day today, but I’d rather be on a plane to Barcelona, like Alastair is right now. Yes, he has gone to Barcelona WITHOUT ME. The outrage! Anyway, let’s be positive, it’s sunny today and… fuck it, I’d rather be going to Barcelona! Boohoohoo.
On Monday, I went to A Foodie Affair, organised by 360 Focus PR. Marion Grasby from Masterchef was there, doing a cooking demo of her products. Despite the fact that I don’t watch Masterchef, I still jumped on the Marion bandwagon. What can I say? She’s really lovely!
Also at A Foodie Affair, I was told I need to change my blog name to Off the Splayd. Haha. They are very cool utensils (so shiny!) but it doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it?
Oh! And one more thing from A Foodie Affair – I won a bamix! WEEEEEEEEE! I’ve used it several times already to smush onions into paste for marinades. IT IS SO COOL. I love it!
And now for something not quite so cool – I go to the dentist very regularly (every 4 months – ouch) and I went for my regular clean this week. It is SO EXPENSIVE. I would much, much rather spend that money on shoes. >:(
Moving on. On Friday night, Penny had her farewell drinks at The Aylesbury rooftop. She’s off to Sydney soon – good for them, but sad news for us. 🙁
When Alastair and I tried to go up to the rooftop, we were told, “Sorry, it’s full upstairs.” I said that we were meeting friends up there, to which we were allowed up, but she didn’t seem happy about it. When we got up there – you can guess can’t you? – it wasn’t anywhere near full. My guess is that she thought Alastair was dressed a bit too casually.
Continuing on this theme, Ed from Tomatom wrote an interesting post on The Aylesbury.
After a couple of drinks we left with Thanh and Kat for some dinner. We went to #secretthai aka Appetizer on Spring Street, where we ordered a freaking beer tower! It seemed like a good idea at the time?! I have no idea how much beer was in there, but it was actually quite expensive at $55.
And the food? Some of it was good, some of it was bad. One dish was so spicy Kat was in tears (and she’s supposed to be Thai… hmmmm). Separate post to come!
Yesterday the weather was SHIT. We dropped off several boxes of e-waste for recycling (how many wireless routers and old laptops can one house accumulate??) and then stopped for breakfast at The Premises.
I ordered the pulled pork… not a very breakfast item, but it was really good, though a bit hard to eat on that long plank.
I know when they first opened, I wasn’t a huge fan, but I think The Premises is getting better and better. Every time I’m there, I like it more. Read about my past visits here and here.
And now for some cooking. I saw some lamb ribs at the butcher this week and promptly snapped them up. I marinated them overnight and then steamed them in the pressure cooker. Holy cow (or lamb) they were incredibly fatty but also really, really delicious.
And inspired by the pulled pork from The Premises, I threw some pork into the slow cooker last night. When I got up this morning, it was so tender that I was easily able to pull it into shreds. Pulled pork for dinner tonight! (I may have also eaten some for breakfast…)
That’s my week. How about yours?
Vee @ Munching (in) Melbourne
October 23, 2011 @ 6:51 pm
Hahahaha I’d definitely rather be in Barcelona right now. And can’t believe The Aylesbury tried to go fashion police on you, that seems criminal!!
Agnes
October 23, 2011 @ 9:42 pm
It was a bit… douchey…! It’s not like he was in flip flops and shorts. Jeepers.
Fiona
October 23, 2011 @ 7:04 pm
I love the words spork and splayde
Agnes
October 23, 2011 @ 9:43 pm
But is splayde better than spork? The poll is open! 🙂
Hannah
October 23, 2011 @ 7:49 pm
Eep, you’ve reminded me that I’m overdue for my six monthly check-up! It’s far easier to “forget” now that my parents don’t pay for it anymore 😛
So Melbourne has multiple rooftop bars? I guess that makes sense, with all your, erm, rooftops. Yes.
I want to go to Barcelona too. And then not come back but travel travel travel.
My week? Incredible highs and very low lows, but shan’t rummage it all up on here 🙂
Agnes
October 23, 2011 @ 9:44 pm
I wish my parents paid for my dentist bills!
Umm yes Melbourne has multiple rooftop bars… we have more than one rooftop….
Care to share your week via a different medium? x
Kat (Spatula, Spoon and Saturday)
October 23, 2011 @ 9:02 pm
Beer was $65! In Thailand, they’d be $10 plus the waitress who brings it would be wearing skimpy outfit. And you know how I love waitress with skimpy outfit.
I think I prefer Thailand.
Agnes
October 23, 2011 @ 9:45 pm
What? Was it really $65? Man, we were seduced by the awesome looking tower… that’s quite expensive.
I think you need to take us to Thailand. It’s the only way forward.
Kat (Spatula, Spoon and Saturday)
October 24, 2011 @ 10:13 am
We did get a fair bit of beer out of it though. But you’re right, I wouldn’t order it again unless we have more people.
I think we need to go to Sydney together as a start!
Ashley Ng
October 24, 2011 @ 1:12 pm
I got my teeth checked two weeks ago and was supposed to go get x-rays done….but y’know…i’m busy.. >_> ANd I so agree. Shoes over dental health if I could!!
Although the beer tower was exxy, it does look pretty epic.
Agnes
October 26, 2011 @ 8:08 pm
The beer tower *was* pretty awesome… 😀
Hope you’ve gone to get your x-rays and that there’s no serious work needed!
Miss Adriennely
October 24, 2011 @ 3:25 pm
My week was filled with lots of packing and packing as I’m also leaving Melbourne for good soon ;(
Agnes
October 26, 2011 @ 8:08 pm
AWWWW. 🙁 Are you heading home?
Bianca @ The Cooking Capers
October 24, 2011 @ 6:38 pm
You totally measured out your (hedgehog?) slice, didn’t you? 😉 It’s way too neat to be cut by hand!
Sporks are way cooler than splayds! Cam’s parents own a set.. I think it may have been a wedding gift, even? They’ve been around for a long time! I think sporks are much more functional, however..! I vote no name change 😛
How much does a clean set you back?! I thought my dentist was expensive, but I wouldn’t say it was that bad for a clean. I’m wondering if you’re getting ripped off now? :S
Your pulled pork looks so yum 🙂 I am yet to try it!
My week was pretty boring, but I got a new phone! That was exciting 😀
Agnes
October 26, 2011 @ 8:11 pm
Hah, that wasn’t my slice! And if it was mine, I definitely wouldn’t measure it.
Yes I got the whole chat about splayds and how they are an Australian invention and rah rah rah… still not as cool as sporks though. 😉
And a clean sets me back – wait for it – $200 normally. This particular one cost more because I had more done ($240). Health insurance paid some, but I was still out of pocket $150. AHHH. That’s the price of a CBD dentist I guess? No, she’s a *really* good dentist and I’m very comfortable with her. It’s very expensive tho.
New phone! Super exciting – what did you get?
msihua
October 24, 2011 @ 11:32 pm
Ooh.. I recently had that beer tower in KL.. we had it at happy hour for RM75 and then it went up to RM219 ($1=RM3)… so.. we stopped… ahahha.. I love pulled pork!
Agnes
October 26, 2011 @ 8:12 pm
Whoa, it’s expensive when it’s not happy hour!
Annette
October 27, 2011 @ 9:53 pm
After that success with the lamb –which looks delicious, perhaps you should use splamb!
We’ll look after Alastair in Sussex this weekend for you…
Agnes
October 29, 2011 @ 12:28 pm
I’m sure he’ll have a good visit with you 🙂 Don’t feed him too much, he doesn’t need any more fattening up, haha!
Thanh
November 20, 2011 @ 10:30 am
Wow what a social butterfly. So many things.
I’ve been thinking of putting my Instagram pics on my blog too. I’ll take your lead and try it out.
#secretthai was overpriced and not that great I thought.
Agnes
November 20, 2011 @ 10:54 am
The best thing about #secretthai was the beer tower. 😀 You’re right, I Spicy is better.