Welcome to the dirty 30’s!!!

Today was a cause for celebration I guess… finally hit the big three-0

My lovely lady decided to take me to a fine steak establishment in the city called Chophouse - I must say, although we did order enough food for 4 people - we did well to polish it off!

chophouse-bday-dinner.jpg

Below is one of the best salads I’ve enjoyed in recent years (not badly priced too… you get change from $20!)

CRISP PORK BELLY & SEA SCALLOP

Chinese cabbage, coriander, pea shoots & soy vinaigrette

 

chophouse-bday-dinner.jpg

My slab of red meat for the year - I wanted medium but the serving was closer to medium well (got chewy near the bone)

GRAIN FED T-BONE with chutney & jus (600g)

Riverine District NSW Angus-Hereford cross 150 days grain-fed

 

chophouse-bday-dinner.jpg

Need to take some carnivore friends of mine in a future visit - it’s been a while since I’ve hosted a meat-fest.

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Election Party / SCG Farewells Roosy & Captain Kirk

So today Australia had to go to the polls and vote for a government who will do less damage than the other.

Election TV made for some rivetting television - NOT

So we made our way to a mate’s place across the road from the SCG and watched the “live telecast which is delayed by 30 mins” of the Sydney Swans vs Western Bulldogs AFL game - It’s the last AFL game that Captain Kirk and Coach Roosy will be at this ground so it was worth watching.

Turns out it was a cracker of a game (if you’re a swannies supporter that is) - Pretty stoked that they got a fitting farewell

In other news, we had the pleasure of another Zumbo experience - this time in the form of the V8 cake (there’s 8 different layers of Vanilla in this puppy). For those who didn’t watch Masterchef during last season - this was the dish that sent that lone asian dude packing (forgot his name now - all I remembered was his bald head and white frames)

zumbo-v8-cake.jpg

zumbo-v8-cake.jpg

If you like Vanilla - this cake truly is a slice of heaven

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

JDMST EOMM - May 2010

We had a special guest for the JDMST End of Month Meet - and he’s making his way all the way from Melbourne.

Here’s the summary of events today:

First stop, Bourke St Bakery in Alexandria in the wee hours of the morning (I was a little keen, was the first one to turn up at the meeting point)

p1010528.jpg

 

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Waikiki & North Island - Day 2 - USA Trip 2010

Day 2 of my Hawaii adventure was going to be pretty hectic as we were going to see if we could drive the circumference of the island today.

There was no time for the bacon/egg breakfast… instead I settled on one of these bad boys… If you like muesli bars and peanut butter… this is a handful of heaven!

p1010127.jpg

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Honolulu - Day 1 - USA Trip 2010

Day 1 of my trip to San Diego for a work conference… via a detour through Hawaii…

I’m a crap flyer… I can’t get a wink of sleep on a plane and I guess watching the clouds pass me by would be much more interesting than watching grass grow… Especially if the sun meets you on the other side…

p1010126.jpg

First things first.. once we hopped off the plane we needed to find a ride… Should we hire a cab? or should we…

p1010127.jpg

Yep… we took option 2 :)

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Gone West for a Wedding… Part 2

We were awake by 3:30am Sydney time and our body clock was still royally screwed for the trip to the west. We were greeted with a nice view of the river from our room at the Hyatt.

p1000775.jpg

First things first and breakfast in the town was a must… we strolled around the city after we struggled to find parking in Perth City (15 minute parking limit in the city on a WEEKEND… seriously Perth… what the hell?). We stumbled upon this nice cafe near the boutiques section (Tiffany’s was across the road from memory).

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Gone West for a Wedding… Part 1

Today we had to make a trip to the western suburbs yet again for a wedding… this time it was a bit further west than Fairfield/Cabramatta…

p1000745.jpg

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Forza 3 - My new addiction X(

So I picked up Forza 3 recently… bad move.

Naturally, like almost every other Forza owner out there… I set out to build my daily to see how that would handle around the track.

Driving a NA6 in peak hour just doesn’t cut the mustard… So I made a replica with all the goodies I’ve had on my wishlist (ITB’s, exhaust etc etc) and I end up with this thing :)

na6-tsukuba.jpg

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Melbourne Cup 2009

It’s time for the race that stops a nation and my work has run a sweeps… Once again I’ve got some dummy horses…

melbourne-cup-2009.jpg

Hopefully I didn’t select a horse that runs like it’s got 3 legs this time!

  • Share/Save/Bookmark

Sculptures by the Sea - 2009

It was a stunning day and I had to make the most of my only day off each week…

p1000676.jpg

Read More »

  • Share/Save/Bookmark