The weeks in brief: 17 June – 30 June
I have amassed a lot of photos from the last fortnight.
You are warned.
But before we get into that: catspam. Yay.
Okay, here we go. For dinner one night I made lamb shanks with quinces and chickpeas. Look, I blogged it already. 🙂 (Spoiler if you haven’t read that post – needs more work.)
There was Gong Cha.
And… a quick trip to Auckland. Bro and I traveled together, and before our flight we had breakfast at Cafe Vue.
A BLACK COFFEE WAS $4.60. And it was shit. Grump grump grump. Paying $4.60 for a crap coffee gave me the rage.
At least the croque monsieur was tasty. It kind of made up for the crap coffee. Kind of.
And then we were in Auckland.
Where we hung out with the parents and extended family. This is my Aunt’s dog, Bon Bon. He is ridiculous. (Dumbest dog ever, I swear to god.)
In Auckland we ate a lot of Chinese meals.
There was also yum cha.
On a couple of occasions. (Hah, these photos were taken several days apart. Apparently I really like this frame.)
This custard bun was so oozy. Yum.
Oh look at Auckland.
Look again at Auckland.
Now look at No Tree Hill.
Sunshine, ocean and beach deserves a fingerbomb.
We ate a lot of Chinese food, but we didn’t only eat Chinese food. There was one meal where I had gnocchi. Actually, I think that was the only non-Chinese meal…
Ice creams don’t count. Jelly Tip!
It was a brief visit, but good for what it was, I guess. Well, it was good to see the parents and the extended family.
And we stocked up on chocolate to bring home. 🙂
Okay, on to this weekend!
This weekend I baked a quince and apple browned butter tart. It was SO GOOD. I will be blogging the recipe soon.
I also went to The Langham for afternoon tea (disclosure: I was invited). It’s been a couple of years since I last went to the Chocolate Bar afternoon tea, and since that time there has been a change to the head pastry chef.
It was lovely, as always. And guess what? No sugar headache this time. Woot.
Also this weekend – friends Maztech and Dazzle gifted me a new spork. Watch out fellow diners, watch out.
This was dinner tonight – osso bucco braised with dark beer and vegemite.
It’s been a lovely weekend, but all good things come to an end. Happy Monday for tomorrow all…
Keren
July 1, 2013 @ 7:33 am
We had a shocking and expensive airport coffee a couple of weeks ago too … unforgivable. Auckland doesn’t look like it’s changed since I was there almost 17 years ago (wow, that makes me feel old!). Yay for catspam 🙂
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:48 pm
Airport coffee could almost be the worst coffee. Although I had one in Auckland airport which wasn’t that bad. And it didn’t cost $4.60!
Daisy@Nevertoosweet
July 1, 2013 @ 10:28 am
Haahhaa I think it’s definitely an Asian parent thing, where they only like eating Chinese food 😛 But it’s still nice to go back and spend time with family hehe
please blog about the quince and apple brown butter tart as soon as possible 😀
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
So much Chinese food, omg. I like it, but ahhhh jeez man.
leaf (the indolent cook)
July 1, 2013 @ 10:17 pm
The osso bucco looks excellent. Also, can we get that chocolate in Australia?, please say we can, PLEASE. And that tart looks seriously amazing.
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
Apparently you can get it in Woolies. Yay!
Hannah
July 2, 2013 @ 4:29 am
Brown butter is the best of all the butters.
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
I prefer blue butter myself. 😉
Amanda
July 4, 2013 @ 3:18 pm
I’m having trouble with the $13.50 for a cheese toasty! 🙂
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:19 pm
Hah you’re not the first person to also say that 🙂 Funnily enough, I didn’t think it was *that* expensive… I think my mind has been warped by expensive food. Eeep.
Iron Chef Shellie
July 6, 2013 @ 9:52 pm
No sugar headache for me either! wooot!
This jelly tip thing intrigues me though!
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:14 pm
Omg. Next time you’re in NZ, you must have a Jelly Tip or a scoop of Goody Goody Gumdrops.
msihua
July 6, 2013 @ 10:33 pm
GONG CHA! CATS! OMG.. gongcha cha cats..
Agnes
July 10, 2013 @ 9:12 pm
GONG CHA CAT CAFE. omg.