The Geordie Guy Special

Uncategorized
March 8, 2013 Today I’m going to share something special with you, my signature sandwich. My signature sandwich is s sandwich with cheese, pastrami, salad sprouts, hass avocado and Tabasco sauce and it is amazing.  Observe; Spread the avocado on one piece of bread like butter, and put a generous bunch of salad sprouts (alfalfa and bean sprouts {More...}

Laksa

Dinner
October 15, 2012 I always thought everyone got more excited about laksa than made sense.  Nearly ten years ago I worked in Sydney CBD near a place that was famous for it and a lot of my colleagues lunched there twice or more a week.  I made it for the first time the other night and I genuinely {Tags: , , } {More...}

Banana Bread

Dessert, Dinner, Recipes
May 4, 2012 Ingredients 1 3/4C of self-raising flour 1/4C of plain flour heaped teaspoon of cinnamon 2/3C brown sugar 1/2C milk 2 eggs whisked 60g butter 2 overripe bananas, mashed   Method Preheat oven to 180.  Brush an 11x21cm loaf pan with a little melted butter to grease it, lay a piece of baking paper not to cover the {Tags: , , , , } {More...}

Carne Guisida

Recipes, Wholesome
February 13, 2012 Carne guisida is Spanish for “stewed meat” which doesn’t sound particularly enticing, but while I’ve done some great taco lay-outs for dinner before (I make great roasted garlic guacamole IMNSHO) I was somewhat sick of the standard beef mince mixture, I wanted something a bit more substantial. Enter carne guisida, a Mexican-style beef stew that can {Tags: , , , , } {More...}

Ginger and Cinnamon Cordial

Adventures, Drink
January 1, 2012 A while ago at the Carriage Works markets I spoke to someone selling apple juice, I buy literally liters at a time from this stall and in that conversation the assistant to the person who runs it advised that her son had “special lids that makes things into alcohol”.  I’d googled at length trying to {Tags: , , } {More...}

Garam Masala Chicken

Dinner, Recipes
July 10, 2011 Tonight’s dinner was garam masala chicken, based on a Neil Perry recipe which is based on another Neil Perry recipe in which he cooks fish.  I’ve poached fish in garam masala and coconut milk before when my wife brought a friend from work home and I wanted to do something different, but the technique is {Tags: , , } {More...}

Grilled Tuna Steaks

Dinner, Wholesome
December 15, 2010 Tuna are sea water fish that are noted for how fast they can swim, in some cases up to 80km/h.  This doesn’t stop them being caught, and if it affects their taste it does so in a positive way. I love tuna steaks, and I think fresh tuna is something people don’t eat a lot {Tags: , , , } {More...}

Singapore Chilli Crab

Dinner, Recipes
December 2, 2010 I love chilli crab  It’s the national dish of Singapore and one of my favourite memories of travelling was spending hours at Clarke Quay in Singapore eating it with freezing cold beer. I was frightened to try and cook it, but it worked and I’m delighted.  This despite the fact that I am not great {Tags: , , , } {More...}

Schnitzel

Dinner, Recipes
October 30, 2010 I love Schnitzel.  It doesn’t really matter if it’s from a pub, from Una’s (a Sydney institution) or elsewhere, it’s delicious.  The other night on Masterchef Junior, the kids decided to make one and I decided to make it for dinner tonight – my wife grinning that I had drawn inspiration from a kids cooking {Tags: , , , } {More...}

This Chicken Thing I Make

Dinner, Recipes, Wholesome
October 19, 2010 I have no idea what this is.  I based it off something I read once that was spectacularly retro and used sherry instead of the red wine, but the way I do it today works and we have it quite regularly.  It’s a lot of ingredients, but it produces a lot of flavours and it’s {Tags: , , , } {More...}