The week in brief: 2 April – 8 April
This week: EASTER LONG WEEKEND, KIDS! Wahooooooooooo. Also, the husband cooked (!!!!!), dinner at Duchess of Spotswood, awesome Thai lunch, San Telmo and pork belly.
The sunsets were super duper gorgeous this week. The weather has been SO NICE. I’m still sad that summer is over but I must admit that the weather has been rather wonderful.
It’s a shame that the next door neighbour’s house got in the way of this sunset. Boo.
But back to food. Guess what else happened this week? My husband – who does not cook ever – cooked dinner! From scratch! And I didn’t help at all – I went off to exercise and when I came back, dinner was ready. He made chilli con carne from Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food and it was delicious. I was so, so proud. 😀
Unfortunately, this now means that I know he can cook and I’ll be expecting more dinners in the future. Mwahaha.
On Thursday I had a free day (extended long weekends FTW) and headed off to the market to stock up on food for the weekend. That night was going to be a relaxing evening doing nothing, but friends came over to drop off a present for Alastair and we ended up drinking wine until 2am. Well, I called it quits at 2am and went to bed, leaving Bro to entertain them. Hah. So sad.
So on Friday, after not enough sleep, I was feeling a bit meh. Despite my pleas for someone, anyone, to send breakfast, I had to get up to cook it myself. 🙁 Wah wah guitar.
Normally I don’t eat tomato sauce on my bacon, but I *needed* tomato sauce that morning.
A bit later that day we headed to see Adrian and Chris.
Alastair and Chris “played tennis” while Adrian and I sipped wine, ate hot cross buns, and laughed at their tennis playing. Let’s just say that several balls ended up over the fence and down the street. Heh heh heh.
Later that night Hazzie and Gazman joined us and we all had dinner at Duchess of Spotswood. This is Alastair’s entree of slow cooked egg with wafer thin crispy bacon.
And this is Hazzie’s entree of mushroom broth with vegetables and smoked eel.
Dinner was really, really good. I will get around to blogging it soon.
Oh hello cutie. How’d you sneak in here? 😉
For lunch on Saturday, we headed to Kat’s place where she cooked us a delicious Thai lunch. No photos because they looked terrible so you’ll just have to take my word for it. 🙂 Thanks Kat!
And in the evening, we met up with Hazzie and Gazman (again) for an impromptu dinner at San Telmo. Dinner was really good but unfortunately we had the darkest table in the ENTIRE RESTAURANT. Food bloggers’ nightmare. Oi. Oh well, the food was excellent.
And finally, today I roasted pork belly. I don’t think I need to say anything else. 😀
So happy that tomorrow is another day off. Easter weekend ROCKS. What have you eaten this week?
Ashley Ng
April 8, 2012 @ 10:29 pm
Such a cute kitty! And yay to boys cooking 😀
I have eaten everything this weekend but the kitchen sink. 😐 Hello gym!!
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 9:51 pm
Oh noes! I’m definitely cutting back on the eating this week. Yep, definitely. 😉
leaf (the indolent cook)
April 8, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
Oh, if only my boyfriend would have something delicious waiting for the next time I visit! Unlikely. Also, do want cutie cat and pork belly.
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
Well Alastair and I have been together for nearly ten years, and the times he has cooked – from scratch, by himself – can be counted on the fingers on one hand. Even after amputating a couple of fingers. 😉 However, he is very good at getting takeaway, so I’m not complaining!
msihua
April 9, 2012 @ 10:09 am
I want cute cat too! Haha.. at least you had 2 shots of San Telmo.. I didn’t bother at all, as it was all black.. *sigh*….
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:07 pm
So dark – wah wah wah guitar (yep it deserved three wahs).
Food is our religion
April 9, 2012 @ 11:11 am
That pork crackling looks so good! I love the IG theme of all the photos!
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:11 pm
Thanks – I love IG 😀
And the pork crackling was AWESOME
Hannah
April 9, 2012 @ 1:45 pm
I think you should become a full time Sky Photographer. Then you could bring joy to everyone.
xoxo
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:14 pm
Yes! Must find a way to be paid for photographing the sky. 😉 xx
Annette
April 9, 2012 @ 5:38 pm
Alastair cooked!!!!! Woohooo!! What are you making for us this weekend Ali??
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:15 pm
I KNOW. I’m sure he has a huge feast planned for you. 😉
Annette
April 11, 2012 @ 8:23 pm
Really looking forward to that! He is probably regrestting right now that he ever cooked!!! We are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday..:-)
Winston
April 9, 2012 @ 10:43 pm
No, you don’t need to say anything else about the pork belly. No. You. Don’t! Btw, yay to the hub for preparing a meal like that from scratch! Looks like the work of a pro it’s hard to believe he seldom cooks. I went to Duchess for the first time on Good Friday and was BLOWN away. It was a lunch and I HAVE to go back for the dinner cause it’s making me salivate! =O
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:16 pm
Well I *may* have helped him when it came to plating up… hehee.
You have to go back to dinner! It’s great. 🙂
CheezyK
April 10, 2012 @ 10:08 am
That chilli con carne looks really good! I think I would die of surprise if my hubby cooked something other than bbq …
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:18 pm
Haha I was ready to die from surprise when he offered to cook 😀
April
April 10, 2012 @ 1:45 pm
Love, love, LOVE your photos of the sunset! The colours of the sunset this week were so amazing. I just wish I had a view like yours!
Haha, poor Alistair. Tries to do something nice and now he has been roped into cooking more often! 😛
Agnes
April 10, 2012 @ 10:23 pm
Thanks Raz 😀
Haha, well I don’t think his cooking will be a very regular thing… but perhaps more often than once every 3 years. 😉