Whats on the menu for dinner these days??

[Bates]

Pie Face night.

Home made Pies, mushy peas, sauteed mushrooms, gravox traditional gravy.

[King Salvo]

Pie Face night.

Home made Pies, mushy peas, sauteed mushrooms, gravox traditional gravy.

Gravox traditional Gravy?

This is a real Gravy - Our Mother would make it the same way

Campaign for real gravy - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

[Bates]

Gravox traditional Gravy?

This is a real Gravy - Our Mother would make it the same way

Campaign for real gravy - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

Yep it's the best and I've eaten at some very nice restaurants. No matter how hard I try I just can't replicate it! Mind you I make a respectable Mushroom, Pepper, Stake Diane Sauce etc.

There are 3 thing that taste great with Gravox Traditional Gravy. 1 BBQ Chicken. 2 Hot Chips. 3 Pies with mash Potato and Peas.

BTW. I really dislike Gordon Ramsay. He's a Pig!

[King Salvo]

Had pies like this when we visited our relatives in London

Pie and Mash with Mushy peas and a sauce or liqueur as Steve Jones calls it on the video below - Vinegar and Salt as well - Never ate the Jellied Eels though

Steve Jones and Paul Cook (Sex Pistols)

Steve Jones and Paul Cook visit a Pie and mash shop

[horrie hastings]

Speaking of pies, this place called The Pie Father has opened on Gardners Rd Rosebery. Its by Micks pies who have a stall at the Royal Easter Show and their pies have always been very good, at the show last year i had a MickRueben and it was sublime, probably the best pie i had ever had, have had the Lasgana pie over the years at the show and they are good, i want to try the Mac & Cheese one, their range of pies are more than what are pictured, can't wait to get to this outlet to buy some as it close to home and will be able to have it more than a once year treat at The Royal Easter Show.

https://thepiefather.com.au/

[Crab]

Tuna bake with garlic spinach sauce, pasta ,cheese and peas doused in tomato and Tabasco sauce

[King Salvo]

Yep it's the best and I've eaten at some very nice restaurants. No matter how hard I try I just can't replicate it! Mind you I make a respectable Mushroom, Pepper, Stake Diane Sauce etc.

There are 3 thing that taste great with Gravox Traditional Gravy. 1 BBQ Chicken. 2 Hot Chips. 3 Pies with mash Potato and Peas.

BTW. I really dislike Gordon Ramsay. He's a Pig!

Still not real Gravy though and Gordon is great and we both like him - his critique of restaurants and hotels is spot on - for many it's too late to save them though - too many go into those businesses when they are not up to it and have debt they cannot address despite Gordon's valuable assistance.

[mightyrooster]

Last night was chicken kebabs, veg and rice.

[Bates]

Still not real Gravy though and Gordon is great and we both like him - his critique of restaurants and hotels is spot on - for many it's too late to save them though - too many go into those businesses when they are not up to it and have debt they cannot address despite Gordon's valuable assistance.

It takes all kinds.

It wouldn't surprise me if Ramsay was Donald Trumps love child

[horrie hastings]

Lazy night tonight, home made burgers, nice home made patties and pickled beetroot i did myself.

[mightyrooster]

Lazy night tonight, home made burgers, nice home made patties and pickled beetroot i did myself.

I am plannng burgers tonight as well.

[horrie hastings]

Lamb shanks, sweet potato mash and steamed beans tonight.

[ism22]

Lotsa Vietnamese food for the next couple of weeks.

There's some solid options but gotta be honest... you simply can't get the same quality of meat/fish over here (plus it spoils quickly). There are lotsa restaurants / street vendors that smell like a toilet bowl. I know lotsa hipsters who claim this is where they would gravitate towards as they love offal, chewy meat and lotsa ligaments/cartilage... I dunno... based on their inability to eat basic things like gluten, carbs and peanuts in Australia, I question such claims. Totally don't wanna hate on the cuisine but you can easily get stuck with an over-crowded bowl of soup that smells like a toilet bowl and can't be separated into components you like because it's a soup. The alternative might be a plate of chopped up intestines / bowels, spoiled meat and questionable river shellfish. There's a few very precious hipsters / 'foodies' in mind who I'd love to see tackle such situations. Noting... I've been in situations where I've literally forced it down while holding back a gag reflex in order to be respectful towards friends/family who are treating us. Hint... anything goes down well with a beer or 20. Noting, my wife and her sister won't eat this stuff.

Not hating on the cuisine but I tend to play it safe by default. To me that means lotsa rice noodles, veggies, tofu, pickles and preserved meats. What can I say? IMO eating over here is quite adventurous but I've been stacks of times and know what I'm gonna like so there's always some solid meals. Also my in-laws & wife look after me big time so there's never a shyte moment... the love's always there with any meal which is the big thing. It's also not difficult during lunar new year to say 'I'm pretty full thanks... it all looks beautiful though' while I eat a heap of rice / veg.

The fruit and veg are the highlight for me as stuff just grows here. Also I loooove tropic fruit. Durian and jackfruit (which have a bad rep for apparently smelling horrible) are particularly good. But like... soursop, custard apple, longan...etc. You name it. All great marathon foods too as they provide heaps of energy & it's all natural sugar rather than the processed gels/gummies that I tend to eat. Refreshing.

Heck even things like fresh coconuts are the bomb as you can get them everywhere for SFA. Love myself a good coconut.

Thus far my favourite meal was a bun bo hue I had the other day for brekky. It's basically a pho but with round noodles (sorta like udon) and a sour, spicy soup, processed meat balls (plus some chewy beef that's been softened by the boiling process) and lotsa fresh veg on the side. To me that's where Vietnamese food is at... love that mixture of heat, sourness, noodles and veg.

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What's for dinner tonight? NFI to be honest. It's my father in-law's birthday and I suspect (as much as he loves us) he's keen to spend it with his wife at a fancy restaurant rather than with kids running around...etc. I'm just gonna go with the flow

[Bates]

Lamb shanks, sweet potato mash and steamed beans tonight.

I also had Lamb Shanks with potato mash, peas and gravy.

The pressure cooker does a fantastic job of cooking the shanks!

[Crab]

Local butchers for the big T-bones, with crazy cow rub, garlic butter mushrooms, home made chips and,eggs with asparagus sides. Fried truss tomatoes to go with the steaks :-)