Eating one of these and thinking of you @amyhicks84 #vanillaslice #braidwood #food #foodie #foodblog #foodporn #dessert

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It might be raining outside but I am having an amazing morning. I hope you are too.
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Belated Thanksgiving

Having cherry pie out in the sticks. This is how they celebrate Thanksgiving out in the country.
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Dumpling Inn update

It has been a month or so since our last visit, but when my friend and I tried to go yesterday we were greeted by closed shutters and this sign.
I hope everything is okay for them.

Cooling down the only way I know how.
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Eightysix

It has come to TimmyC’s and my attention that have not been to Eightysix for a full meal, dessert yes, supper yes, but not for a three course dinner and we had to rectify that immediately.We were very impressed with all the timing, the Eightysix restaurant ran like a well oiled machine. Our reservation was for 6 pm, we ordered two courses by 6:08pm, received both entrees by 6:20pm with a nice break in between, mains arrived by 6:40 and we were out the door easily at 7:30pm despite my slow eating and also ordering two desserts.

We booked for the seats at the bar so we could watch the kitchen but towards the end of the night my bum was getting sore.

Entree~

Duck buns ($8.00 each). I love eating buns like this. The bun itself was steamed well but it wasn’t the fluffiest bun I’ve eaten. It had a little heat to it which really brought out the flavours of the duck and the cooling effects of the cucumber.

El Loco hot dogs ($12.00 each). So it turned out that we paid $24 for some hot dogs. They were okay, nothing spectacular but I loved how the delicately shaved cheese basically melted in your mouth like a snow flake.

Mains~

Bag salmon with house pickles ($36.00). I’ve never heard of ‘bag salmon’ but it was amazing and incredibly delicate. I’m used to salmon having a distinct taste but this tasted like a ‘white flesh fish’. We really enjoyed the pickled vegetables and the sweet orange segments but I am not a fan of radish.

Ghetto beef with salsa verde ($48.00). The texture of the sear was noticeable in my mouth but the beef was slightly dry having been cut into pieces. Rocket and parmesan always go well together but I feel that there wasn’t anything particularly special about this dish and I was a little disappointed.Those lemon slices were so ridiculously juicy, my mouth is watering right now.Drinks~

Coke ($4.50). Nothing exciting, I just liked how they added the cute straw. TimmyC always insists that coke in a glass bottle tastes better. Dessert~

Banoffee pie ($16.00). The caramel wasn’t overly sweet and almost over powered by the banana. I didn’t particularly like this dessert, I would have preferred one from Dobinsons.They probably intended for the salt to bring out the sweeter flavours but I didn’t really like the pretzels.Cheesecake ($15.00). It is a deconstructed cheesecake and I absolutely love the use of a crunchy granola as the cheesecake ‘base’. I thought the white chocolate snow was a choking hazard if you inhaled too closely. A very unique take on a common dessert.Nothing much to look at but it was a very delicious dessert.What is becoming the ‘norm’ prices in Braddon is becoming ridiculous, there was one time I came here for supper and my friend and I shared a few pieces of fried chicken which ended up being $30. Looking back at the hot dogs, I didn’t expect to be paying so much for 2 tiny hot dogs (I can’t wait for Akiba to open and what it promises to deliver).

The vibe is always cheery at Eightysix, it is amazing to watch the kitchen work and the staff were very friendly, quirky and attentive.

Venue: Eightysix

Address: Elouera St, Mode 3 BuildingBraddon, ACT 2612

Phone: 02 6161 8686

They sure grow em big out here

This is the biggest blueberry I’ve ever seen!
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The Forage

To keep me happy and distracted, TimmyC took me to The Forage out in Hangar #47 that was on today between 3 – 8pm . He is so sweet to me.Nothing perks me up more than a market and a variety of food. I haven’t been out to The Forage since they have moved out to the Hangar but now there is a lot more space to move around, 2000 car parks and access to ATMs. I think it is an improvement to being squished in the New Acton area.

Pop up barber shop, how cute!

 Mr. Papa

Chanchito Peruvian pork belly sandwich with sweet potato ($12.00). We added extra sauces to all that tasty pork belly which was all melty in our mouths. I thought it was funny when the gorgeous server looked at TimmyC and I when passing our food and said “Hey I was in your house!“, hahahaha. This never disappoints me.Chicken wings ‘Alitas’ ($10.00). These were really tender and the sauce complimented the lovely smokey flavour really well.Inca Kola. Carlos was sweet enough to treat us to a couple of Inca Kolas which washed everything down really nicely.

Nookie

Iced Chocolate ($7.00). It was a little bit of an extortion price (like everything else) for something that was mainly ice but it did the trick of being refreshing without being overly sweet which is what I really wanted.

Maple and Bacon glazed doughnut ($4.00). This sounds OTT and crazy but it was really nice. The maple sweetness was evident but not too sweet and the doughnut had a really nice texture without being oily.

Gelato Joe’s

Two scoops mango and strawberry ($7.50). I was hesitant to try their gelato as their store left me really disappointed before they shut down, they had really gritty textures to their product. This time the texture of the gelato was much smoother but the flavour themselves were slightly disappointing, I think Frugii has ruined me for life. I tasted mango, strawberry, salted caramel with macadamia and Cassata Siciliana.

Street Bites

This guy’s shirt made me giggle. I appreciated the display food because you then know what you’re expecting.

Fried calamari tempura calamari with shallots, chilli and Asian rock salt ($10.00). The calamari pieces were crispy and the thicker pieces weren’t too tough and chewy. It had good flavours of salt, shallots and chilli but eating the whole thing without sharing would have been too oily.

Strawberries ‘n’ cream vanilla soft serve combined with frozen strawberry yoghurt topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream, coulis and mint ($9.00). After being disappointed with Gelato Joe’s, TimmyC was hoping to finish on a high and was wanting a second dessert so he went back to Street Bites to get this. The flavours were the perfect marriage, I don’t recall tasting any mint in it though, maybe they forgot about it. The strawberries were very sweet and all of it was gobbled up before it melted.

They also had other indulgences sweets like chocolate sundae, sticky date pudding and banana split.

Honourable mentions

I wish I had a chance to try these other places, maybe next time but their stuff looked amazing,

There was also New York Minute, Dinner rush and a pork place that I didn’t take a photo of but I wanted to try.

I like their new location and I look forward to many more delicious adventures out at The Forage.

 

So this just happened

So this just happened.
Maple and bacon glazed doughnut from #nookie
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Chanchitos festival

I’m loving this place. What’s it called? The Chanchito festival? #theforage #pork #food #foodblog #foodporn #chanchito #peruvian #localscan #mrpapa #visitcanberra

Mixed feelings

Recently I have received both fantastic news and tragic news.

A few days ago I was told something that made me do a little dance on the spot and I couldn’t contain my excitement so much that I went to the bathroom to do another little dance with silent screams included but it hasn’t been fully confirmed so as soon as I know, I’ll tell you my little happy secret.

Today though, I was told that someone I love has not very long to live and will probably slip away from us before the weekend concludes. My face keeps leaking uncontrollably and I am reminded that everything that I wanted to tell him about our lives recently doesn’t matter any more and I just him to know that we love him. It does make me feel guilty though that I didn’t take the time to communicate more often or make more effort to see him, but instead of going down the path of ‘coulda woulda shoulda’, I’ll just concentrate on the memories that we have.

I hope you’re all having a fabulous weekend, getting everything you wanted done, have time to relax a little and cherish the people you hold dear in your life.

Hunni, do for me?

It is almost lunchtime and I wish someone would recreate my #NGA Pop up cafe meal that I had yesterday as I lay under a fan. I love all their fresh herbs.
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Summer Pop up cafe at the NGA

This is why we are all here
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Can’t gramgram… Eating

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Glitterati

So all the prestigious foodie crowd and glitterati are here… Then there’s me
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It’s hot outside but we’re cooling down with a refreshing lemonade in these gorgeous jars and straws.
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