Favourite meals

Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially - romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.  Chris Bohjalian

2024

• Raspberry tart @ Harrods, Doha
• Tender beef on Sylvia Earle
• Double thick peanut butter shake (Simons Town)
• Cattle Baron Fillet Madagascar (Cape Town)
• Frozen orange and mango at top of Devils's Peak (thanks Brandon!)
• Kirsten's Kick Ass Icecream: Cherry
• Kalk Bay ice cream: Cinnamon, ginger, cherry
• Salad at Third Rail during fast
• Kolfi with dried fruit (Grace of India)
• Roast chicken meal (Dom in Carcoar)
• Black cherries
• Balmoral grilled sea food (octopus, calamari, prawns)
• Frozen yoghurt with nuts and white chocolate
• Plougman's lunch in the Blue Mountains (Thank you Michelle and Petros)
• The Little Snail in Pyrmont: Kanagaroo steak
• Fish Bowl salmon
• Thai Beef Salad at the pub after tennis near St Peters station

2023

• Chocolate pannacotta & flake
• Banana and mango smoothy
• Mushroom on toast in Orange with Tina and Dom
• Take sushi with Tina, Dom, Shushann (x2)
• Passion Fruit cheesecake (Bamboo Buddha)
• Messina Icecream (Macedamia Nut Crunch, Lychee & Coconut)
• Steak final night Buenos Airies
• Roast chicken in Airfryer with Martin's seasoning
• Almond nougat (Cape Town)
• Duck, Pork Belly, Steak tapas as Silk (Cape Town)
• Peanut butter smoothie (Nepal & Woodside)
• Lassies in Kathmandu
• Mango and yoghurt
• Bowral hot donuts
• Prawn dumplings at home

2022

• Portuguese Charcoal chicken with Srini after hike
• Messina icecream
• Jo's coffee and rum & raisin icecream
• Thick chocolate milkshake in Cape Town
• Eat Greek prawn wrap after Coastal Track walk
• Cape Town meat & fish: Cattlebaron steak, Ocean Basket, Ribs at market
• Xmas feasts: Ruth: Duck, pork belly, chicken, amazing potato bake Xmas day at Shalow: Lemon curd trifle, turkey

2021

• Lamb after Dune
• Botanica breakfast bowl
• Four Cheese Toastie at The Flying Bear
• Love.Fish with Elna to celebrate new year

2019

• Prawn soup  (The Botanica)
• Ko Pla (Thai) with Brendan and Eva
• Ginger drink   (The Botanica)
• Oven roasted vegetables with smoked almonds (my speciality)
• Hummus and Mushrooms  (Grumpy Baker)
• Monkfish with Chris, Xenia, Christina, Shushan
• Meal at Devil’s Pools
• Jo’s rum and raisin ice-cream  

2016

• Ape Crepe & Malaysian Toast
• Botanica Quiche
• Pizza in Wilderness: Fig, blue cheese, ham

2015

• The Edge of the Bay. Seafood chowder, scollop liguine, choc mousse.
• Lamb salad with Liza (Jagos on Miller)
• Bondi Pizza (Parramatta lamb pizza and prawn and chorizo)
• Liz meal. Cheese, salami, tomato and onion pastry, goulash, sticky date pud
• Roast chicken, pumpkin, potato (made by Matt and Shamista)
• MaryAnn meal (pap starter, feshwado, granadilla mousse.)
• Cattle Baron (sirloin with bacon, avo, camembert), chocolate mousse
• Woodside with mum (steak n chips, calamari)
• Stormsriver ribs & Malva Pudding
• Big braai at Geoergian House
• Vetkoek
• Hogsback pizza
• Mutton pie and muffins (waiting for bus). Pancakes at Sani. 
• Amphithetre:  Butternut soup, pork belly, apple crumble and custard. 
• Best braai ever with Chrisel's family?  Ribs, steak, potato bake, carrot cake.  
• Lamb potjie (Amphitheatre, Utopia)
• Camps Bay Retreat:  Mushroom risotto, Kudu loin, chocolate mousse (with cereal?)
• I cooked lamb in slow cooker with red wine for family.
• Steak and chips at Brendan and Eva
• Veal at Casa Ristorante
• Indian food (Shamista)
• Thai restaurant with Srini (Duck curry)
• Chicken soup (I make for Chris, Jilly, Craig).
• Chicken soup. Jagos lamb salad with Liza
• Kirribili meals with Srini (lamb shanks, ribs)
• Botanica with Yogi - Almighty, lamb skewers, ginger drink.
• Botanica lamb skeers, All Mighty
• Eggs and toast

2013

Meals

• Salad at Brendan's
• Mexican at Eva and Brendan (lamb)
• Turkey Roast with Sue
• Thai duck at Waverton
• Dani's Belgian pancakes
• Turkey dinners with Sue
• My slow cooker meals (ossu buco , apricot chicken etc.)

Restaurants

• Fancy restaurant for scollops
• Mexican restaurant after Two Creeks
• Nepalese restaurant
• Spanish Tapas
• Thai (Neutral Bay)
• Radio Cairo
• French restaurant (anniversary)
• Nandos
• Bavarian Beer caffee (Pork belly with Andreas)

2012

• Mocha
• Pad See Ew 
• Dani's tiramisu
• Belgian waffles

Restaurant

• Thai Waverton
• Blue Mountains (Italian, Chinese)
• Mexican (after hike)

2006

• Bull's testicles
• Guineapig
• Offal hotpot (Brazil)
• Doug and Claudia's pepper-corn steak
• Buffet by weight (Rio)
• Torres del Paine fry up
• Seafood with Doug & Claudia
• Buenos Airies steak
• Lamb chops (El Calafate)
• Isla Grande self service icecream

2004 - 2005 

Food

• Iced coffee and vanilla frappocino at Liverpool Street
• Meal at web council
• lamb rack in Gothenberg - best lamb ever
• Volvo Thursday roasts
• Steve Fuhrter's strawberry juice
• Brooklands court sunday picnics in the lounge
• Glue Vine (and Swedish Glug)
• Meals at La Taska (Gothenberg)
• Volvo caffeteria
• Cambridge crepes
• pork ribs @ John Barleycorn
• North Carolina onion rings
• Wilga and Normon's garden picnics

Restaurant

• Codfather
• John Barleycorn ribs
• Smaka
• Eating at Nandos (Cambridge)

2000 - 2003

London

• Putney gourmet burgers
• North Acton lamb and mint burgers
• Biltong from The South African shop, London
• Tescos Crème Caramel (London)
• Roast beef & yorkshire pudding (touch rugby)

Travels

• Thick shake & Blue Moon Pancake (Dahab)
• Food after 2 weeks of dahl baht in Nepal
• Yak steak (Nepal)
• Camel steaks (Damascus)
• Pistachio Icecream (Damascus)

Restaurant

• The Grove rib-eye steak 
• Scollops in Knightsbridge, London
• Dessert wine at The Oxo Towers, London
• Pocara steak (Nepal)

1990 - 2000

Food

• Kendal Mint Cake (Granchester, Lake District)
• Pint of prawns (Plett)
• Rosemarie's chocolate gateau and risotto
• Melissa's French Nougat
• Ally's apple pie with ginger
• Ally's lemon merengue pie
• Mexican wrap and berry smoothy from Kuali
• Woolies picnics
• Crepes and thick-shakes at Dulces
• Allies Jamie Oliver's sweet and sour chicken
• South African Don Pedro
• Ally's lamb & pavlova
• The food in Istanbul
• Hagendaaz Icecream (Kensington)
• Sea food hot pot (Ko Bulan, Thailand)
• Cream tea in Devon
• Yoghurt and honey (Olympos, Turkey)
• Squirrel
• meals at George's Place (Butterfly Valley, Turkey)

Restaurants

• Le Petite Fermet lunches
• Lamb in pastry at The Wild Fig
• Barrister's Madagascan Fillet
• Nandos chicken, chips with perinase and olives
• Desserts at The Village restaurant
• Boschedahl buffet
• Kushiri (Cairo)

1980 - 1988 

Food

• Spring rolls from Dean Street Chineese
• Frozen Yogurt Blizzard
• Roast beef & veggies & kiersch (Gran)
• South African braais with sizzling boerewors
• Cassanova veal and cassata
• Spur Hero Burger
• Ribs at The Spur

Restaurant

• Cassanova veal and cassata
• Spur Hero Burger
• Ribs at The Spur

1970 - 1980

Food

• Granny Station's roast chicken & junket
• mum's chocolate mousse, banana pudding & crème caramel
• Leche sorbet at San Marcos (Sea Point)
• Mum's chicken soup
• Mum's Xmas cake
• Jam donuts and custard slice at Silwood bakery
• Mum's Xmas dinners, particularly xmas pudding and brandy butter
• Granadilla lollies, St James
• Caramel crisp icecreams as a kid
• Mum's Sunday Roasts
• Coffee and Top Deck wtching TV on Saturday nights
• Mum's rice pudding
• Welsh Rarebit
• Appletizer on the beach with grandpa as a kid
• Granny's chicken lunch

Restaurants

• Mount Nelson lunches with the family as a kid
• Birkenhead dinners with granny and grandpa as a kid
• Spur Hot Rock & Pecan Nut Sunday
• Pancake place

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