Growlingbelly

Oh Lord, am I dreaming? Have I died and gone to heaven?

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From way down under, Melbourne infact, our roving foodie, Heath Rudduck shares a delicious meal at Gattica. Personally, I love Carlisle St Melbourne, (even though it’s going the way of Brunswick St and Acland St), it has some amazing eating, and as is true of most of Melbourne the coffees are a conneseur’s dream!

“There are some things that were just meant to be. Like fresh home made vanilla ice cream and oozing, melting chocolate pudding. Look at it, sitting deliciously proud, amongst that smattering of berries like a veritable Nutters Knoll of indulgence. Gattica cafe in Melbourne.”

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Another beauty from Princess Lottie:

Another dinner party, another reason to try a new recipe. This is made with thanks to Mr D’Arcy who bought me the most fabulous book titled Decadence and it doesn’t disappoint.

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Looks like Princess Lottie and I are Sunday baking in synch this weekend. She, these stunning Ottolenghi orange and almond florentines, and I, well…. you’ll see as soon as they leave the oven! Read more…

This week it’s Princess Lottie’s uglier half giving you a taste of what it was like to grow up in Mama Hue’s kitchen.  Strong aromas (!), fresh ingredients, and flavours that packed a whole lot of punch: that was Mama’s trademark.  And the in-laws certainly approved on Saturday when we cooked up this Vietnamese inspired feast.  Credit also goes to Mr Ramsey’s Chinese five-spiced pork for leaving the in-laws thoroughly fed and ready to burst, but it was really Princess Lottie’s chocolate delight in a box that made us roll them out of here…
PS:  if you want to taste Mama’s home recipes, just give us a shout.  I’m sure she’ll be on the first plane over here!
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Which really was just a solid hunk of chocolate