Oz - Sunday Afternoon

Back in the hotel after a bit of an excursion North.

First glimpse of slightly worse weather today. Not bad, considering it's still winter.
After getting sorted here - making my own breakfast in my own kitchen! I headed out at about 11. A bit of rain in the air and for the first time since last Tuesday I had to stick a jacket on.
Up until now, to get around the city, I've been walking everywhere. I don't really mind walking - even when I've got a big rucksack on my back. However, what with the rain I decided to try out this bus service that they run in the city.

CAT - Central Area Transport. This is essentially three closed loops that operate in the city - the Red Cat, The Yellow Cat and The Blue Cat. Between them, the three circuits cover most of the central city. The roads that aren't covered are but a short walk from the nearest CAT stop. Also, the loops cross over, so you can jump from one to the other. At each stop, is a little display which tells you how long until the next bus. They just go round and round, no timetable. So basically, you just head to your nearest stop check the time and see whether it's worth waiting or walk a little. This morning as it was raining, I waited the 12 minutes for the next bus.
The best part about it? It's totally and utterly free! You just hop on and off as many times as you like.

So onto the train. As I mentioned in the last post, this is ridiculously easy too. Select your destination, punch in the number next to it. It then tells you the cost (in my case $3.40), look up the platform and away you go.
The stations and trains are incredibly clean too. I think it's a combination of the whole culture and the policing. There are a lot of "transit guards" about. They're not imposing though, they do seem as they're there to help.
I was heading towards the Aquarium. I followed the instructions on the brochure. When I got off the train, I checked the bus stop and realised that the service was reduced quite a lot on a Sunday. I asked one of the staff and they gave me full directions in the best way to get to the place without incurring any extra cost.

So onto the Aquarium. Now for some reason, I am drawn to these. I don't know what it is, I just am. But when I get there, they're all pretty much the same, aren't they? Just fish in big tanks. Today's was no exception. I think the possible highloght of the visit was lunch - red snapper in beer batter and chips, for less than a fiver. Really nice it was too.

Tomorrow's plan is to head to the zoo in South Perth. Let's see if the weather holds.

Oz - Sunday Morning

So, yesterday.

Well, I had a leisurely stroll up to the train station, pausing for a roll on the way. Even though I'm getting used to it, the quality and price of food here still makes me smile.

The train system from Perth is very simple. Basically, there are four lines out. These all meet at Perth, so it's just a case of catching the line that your stop is on.
My trip to Fremantle (end of the line) cost me the grand sum of £1.40.

Firstly, I had a bit of a wander. This took me down to the Roundhouse (an old Jail), then to the harbour and eventually back to the town centre where I discovered the markets.
Right outside the entrance to the markets is a large square where buskers take it in turns to perform...



The markets were great and you could sample all sorts of cooked foods mostly with an Asian influence.

I'm a bit of a sucker for buskers, so kept heading back to the square to see the different ones perform.

I took time out to visit the Motor Museum which had a fair selection. I'm sure that Brown snr will appreciate some of the pics that I took, but they'll save for later.

Here is a typical "hold the camera myself" shot, and also one of many bronze statues that are all over the place.

Oz - Saturday Morning

Right, quick catch up for you.

Thursday day time was spent having a leisurely wander into town and firstly grab something to eat. We then wandered around a bit. I did the tourist thing of just meandering around the streets looking at stuff. There was this guy...



I had offered to cook dinner so after much wandering, I headed off to Woolworths, which in Australia is a food store. Food again was relatively cheap compared to the UK. I also bagged a box of wine. I thought that £4 was pretty good for a 3 litre box. I got home and realised it was a 4 litre box!

So that was Thursday, a quiet one.

Yesterday I got up nice and early to have a walk down to the pier to catch a ferry to Rottnest Island. As the links shows, this is a lovely place. No cars allowed, you get round by bike or foot. I was determined to get round the whole island but managed it. To say it's winter here, it was bloody warm on that bike!

The main inhabitants of the island are quokkas..



I took loads of photos on the island, but these will all be on my Mac page when I get back.

Last night I transferred to a lovely hotel near the City centre. I was given the tip by a lovely lady that I met on the way back from the island.
So now I have a big room with an attached kitchen.
Today I will be heading to Freo (Freemantle) where the markets are said to be really good.
I seemed to have done loads already and I've still got 5 days to go! Bring it on!

Oz Thursday

Firstly - The Steak

The place was the called The Llama bar and is a slightly upmarket place in Subiaco, a couple of stops away from Perth centre.

I can normally take or leave steak. For me it really has to be a top quality cut, and cooked well.
Anna's friend arrived at the same time as us and we grabbed a seat at the only table that wasn't reserved. After a quick beer, Jontel went and ordered the steaks. Mine and hers were medium rare in a mushroom sauce, Anna chose rare in bearnaise.
Feast your eyes...




Oh my God, they were simply glorious. Served on creamy mash and the sauce was divine.
The best part? The price!
In the UK, I swear that this sort of thing would be the best part of £25, we paid $9 (£2.75). The same price as a pint!
I might have to go again next Wednesday before I leave.

Today brings shopping and possibly back to King's Park.

Oz Day 3

Well, I've certainly seen some of Perth today!
As mentioned, it was a little cloudy earlier. Fortunately the sun burnt the clouds off. I decided to go for a walking tour out of a book that the wonderful H bought me in preparation for this trip.

I started off from the flat and cut through some of the business area, up a hill and then into the famous King's Park.
I couldn't resist taking lots of shots of the skyline of Perth from the park, but I'll just put a few tasters here. I'll publish all of my pics to my Mac page when I'm done here. For now, feast your eyes on this view...



The park itself is absolutely beautiful. You're constantly looking up in the trees to see the birds that are making such a noise. A lot of these are wild parrots. Unfortunately, as they're against the sky, they only come out as silhouettes, but I will try and get some pics of them next time I go to the park.

I walked the whole length, popped into the university area and then walked back along Swan River.
This structure is called Swan Bells and is named as one of the largest musical instruments in the world.



I kept following the river and then popped onto Heirisson Island, on which there are supposed to be kangeroos. Unfortunately there weren't any there, but I grabbed this view...



If you look at the bottom photo and look at the horizon to the very far left, that is from about where that I took the first photo on here.

I headed back through town, although didn't do too much browsing as that's tomorrow's job!
All in all, I plotted it to be 11.55 miles, so a bit of a leg stretcher.

Food talk - a filled chicken roll near Swan Bells was absolutely huge and only $4.60 (£1.90). I grabbed a smoothie on the way back too. Bloomin' lovely. I have never had them at home, but may well do so from now on.
Ms Carter is taking me out for a steak somewhere tonight and to meet one of her friends from here, so that should be a nice evening.

See you tomorrow.

Oz Day 2

Here are the pics from Hong Kong airport. Like I said, A little dull, but at least you can see the mountains etc...






The journey from HK to Perth was pretty uneventful. This time I was sat next to a teenage Chinese boy. His English was only marginally better than my Cantonese, so the conversation was pretty much limited to "hello" and "goodbye" at the relevant times of the journey.
The food was nice again though. All things being relative, this flight lined up to be a short one, but at 7.5 hours, it wasn't really. I struggled to get to sleep again. Every single position that I attempted resulting in aches somewhere. In the end, I gave it up and watched a few films.

The sun was out as we flew in to Perth and it was good to see the city skyline. I seem to be pretty familiar with it having seen so many photos leading up to this trip.
Australia have really tightened up on quarantine inspections lately. This is a lot due to the recent foot and mouth outbreak in the UK. So arrivals took a while.

After about 30 mins. Anna turned up in a people carrier taxi. Fortunately, her recent part time job is manning the telephone for this tour place, so the trip back to the city was gratis.

We chilled for a lot of the day, but wandered around the city a little. I bought a compact sleeping bag and we headed back to her flat.
Later on we had another walk around. The sun was shining brightly, so it was pretty warm. Late afternoon saw us head to a sushi restaurant. We ordered a mixed dish of sushi, plus some (raw) tuna served on boiled rice.
I've never really sampled sushi before. It was ok, but I prefer standard Chinese fayre I think. At $17.50 (Just under £7.50) for two, it was an absolute bargain though.

An early night for me saw me getting my head down by 7pm and I pretty much slept through for 11 hours solid.

This morning it's little overcast, but it's hopefully going to brighten up. We will be heading off to King's Park for some good sightseeing and lots of snaps!

See you later.

Oz - Day 1

Breaking with the title rule for the duration to make it a bit easier.

So I started packing about an hour before we set off. Amazing how much you can get in a rucksack.
We decided to head off down to Heathrow in good time to be able to grab some food before we went off in different directions. Good job we did as the traffic actually getting into the place was horrendous. Still don't know why. Probably due to those do-gooder climate protesters!

Still manage some nice food we did. I then escorted H back to the car park and we split. Not a dry eye in the house. Well, it is the longest (and furthest) that we've been apart - ever!

I then had 2-3 hours to kill before my actual flight. H kept texting me. It took her well over an hour to get out of the car park. Her journey then went from bad to worse. She had the Satnav, but the power outlet in her car wasn't working so the battery was on it's last legs. Somehow she ended up going wrong. The last I managed to actually speak to her, she was heading towards the North Circular. She made it home safely, but instead of before 10, it was after midnight!

My journey began in earnest.
Got on the plane about 30 mins before take off. Quite a nice chap sat next to me. His wife and daughter were sat in front. We had a bit of a chat, but pretty much kept ourselves to ourselves.
My plan was to try and get to sleep nice and early. Failed!
I had a glass of wine, and then abdout 1.5 hours in, they dished up some food. Very nice it was too. Steak casserole with mash and veg. It was now about 1am and I thought I mush be able to drop off, but no such look. So for the next 7-8 hours, I tried every single position in my seat possible. Each one lasting about 10 minutes before I had to move.
I managed a bit of rest, but no sleep as such.

So here I am in Hong Kong airport. I think I've adjusted to times already as it does indeed feel like about 8.30pm. Here's hoping for sleep on the next leg. A comparatively short hop across to Perth in just under 8 hours.

Unfortunately, it was starting to get a bit dull when I got here, so although I have some pics, they aren't so good.

Right, I'm off for a bit more of a wander about.

Just Abuse Me

You know having what I'm listening to as the blog title sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't!

I could give a big old write up about H's trip to NY. Ideally she'd do it herself, but I haven't been persuasive enough to get her on here yet.

In short, she went as with a few others as a guest of British Airways / Trump Towers.
She did lots of stuff - all expenses paid. Stayed in a fantastic suite at Trump Towers and travelled there and back, business class.
In the process, she chose(?) to headbutt the door frame in hotel bathroom and needed four stitches to accompany a black eye.

A few pics...

I Believe

Right, hands up who can remember what they were doing exactly nine years ago today?

I can.

I was walking towards the church in Downham, having just paid a visit to the Livvy. I was in the company of several others. Four of us were wearing evening coats and fancy waistcoats.
Mrs B was having the final touches done to her general appearance... or should I say Miss S rather than Mrs B.

I'll add a few pics later, but here are some memories.

- The settling pints at the Livvy
- Nervously pacing around outside the church
- Going and saying hello to H's uni friends who I met on that day for the very first time
- The lovely, relaxed service
- Being married by my dad!
- Slipping a note to H when she walked up the aisle
- The photos (they always go on for ages)
- The few laps of Downham waving at everyone
- The very relaxed lunch
- Forgetting to thank H in my speech!
- Chilling for the rest of the day

and last but not least

- Being the happiest man in the world

Block Rockin' Beats

Monday. Back at work. Damn.
Heck, it's only for a fortnight. I'll cope.

The weekend disappeared rather quickly. Saturday, I took Nat & Fox back to Lincoln and then called in at Reg's to wish her Happy Birthday.
Good to pick Jack up on the way home.

Yesterday, H popped into Lynn with her sister, so I took Jack to Denver Sluice and back along the river bank. We had both worked up a thirst, so headed for the Livvy on the way home.
All in all a good day.

This week sees me being on duty at 10pm tomorrow. That should make the rest of the week somewhat tiring.
H is heading to New York early on Friday which should be great fun for her.

More to follow!

Hundred

Well nothing too adventurous going on since last post. We headed off the a large supermarket and stocked up on various stuff (alcohol included). Today we're doing the same. My poor car will be straining under the weight!

Yesterday morning, we paid a visit to mother's sister, who lives about 7 miles away. They only moved here about three weeks ago so are in a state of unpacking. Still quite a lot to do on their house too, but time is one thing that they have lots of!

The rest of the day was spent lounging in the sun interspersed with dips in the pool to cool down.

Sam's Town

So it got around till about 10.15 last night. Nat had been busy looking up riddles on t'interweb. She finished, put down the laptop and went to stroke Tessa, one of the dogs. Tessa had been asleep and was startled by Nat. She immediately snapped at what she thought was something maybe attacking her.
So Nat went down with her hands to her nose. We thought that Tessa has maybe just caught her. Then Natalie said that her nose was bleeding. G'ma became chief nurse and went for the nose with tissues. Whilst Natalie held these against her nose, G'ma shot off upstairs. On her return, she promptly stated that I wouldn't like what she was about to do. I asked what it was, "Aloe Vera" was the reply.
Now my mother has all good intentions at heart, but she does seem to latch on to any old "old wive's" remedy that someone might suggest to her. For the last five years or so it's been Witch Hazel. What Witch Hazel can't fix isn't worth fixing! Well it seems as though Witch Hazel has been knocked off it's pedestal by Aloe Vera.
After a liberal application, much to Nat's concern, she popped off into the kitchen to fetch something else. Enough was enough and I expressed my opinion on home-made remedies quite vocally.
I had a look at Nat's nose and what initially I though might have been a graze, turned out to be a rather nasty split on both sides of her nose. At least I can profess to have been professionally trained. Stitches needed. I asked Mr B senior where the nearest A & E was. His shrugged shoulders and my realisation that every single one of us had had a few glasses of wine put that idea to bed.
In the meantime Mme B happened to mention that she thought she had some steri-strips. Ah ha! At last something useful.
So Dr Tom went to work on the split nose. The bleeding had stopped, and after some careful cleaning and quite a bit of wincing from Nat, I managed to close the cut and hold it together on both sides of the nose.

So, pics!
Note how Natty was not so pleased at me taking the second one. I did say that she'd be glad of the photos later, even if she didn't appreciate them at the time. I think she swore at me!

Music Is Power

Right. Got to try and catch up here.
The weather forecast wasn't so good for yesterday, so we decided to head to FUTUROSCOPE.
Give it a look. A brief description though is that it's a visual based theme park. A lot of the attractions use film in one way or another. The park itself is visually stunning...






The first ride that we went on, for example, involved two IMax screens the first in the traditional place. The second though was beneath our feet. The seats were built upon a glass platform. This experience was pretty damn amazing, but quite difficult to describe."
The only ride, in normal sense that we went on was "Dance With Robots". It was situated in a large hall where there were ten large robot arms. Attached to the end of each were two seats. You get the picture. Yous sat in the seats and were flung all over the place for two minutes. I'm currently uploading the video to Facebook, then I'll link to it.
A lot of the rides were 3D and of course involved wearing the stupid goggles...




All in all, it was a good day and we could have quite easily stayed for a few more hours. Unfortunately time caught up with us.

Okay, more later. Most importantly, my exploits as a top surgeon!

Everyday People

Where did I get to?

Ah yes (that's me just looked rather than recall my memory). Yesterday lunchtime.
After a lovely lunch, we chilled again. Some nice sunbathing followed by a bit of a dip in the pool and more of the same.
Mme Brown did a slap up roast for dinner which went down a storm too.

Pics...




An hour or so after dinner, I really did feel the need to expend some energy. Veering off on a tangent for a minute though, I have been keeping the running up. On Saturday I did two runs, firstly round half of the village. This was not quite long enough. The second was to the next village and back. At about 3.4 miles, this was better. I did this again yesterday. Today, I've slacked and not done anything. I have been active in other ways though! I'm determined to not bang on any weight, but at the same time enjoy the food here.
Right, where was I? Yes, yesterday evening. Took a walk out and father chose to come too. Another venture with the camera...




Which brings us on to today. But this post is way too long, so more later, or even tomorrow...

Is It Any Wonder?

Meant to put this in yesterday's. A little bit about the language barrier.
Mon pere is pretty good at French. Mine is passable. Here's an example of how it can slip though.
At the meal yesterday, five of us wanted aperitifs. The restaurant does both alcoholic and none. Of course, we all wanted the boozy one.
So the waiter asks what we want. Dad says "cinq" and I say "cinq". I'll blame it on him, but "cinq" sounds somewhat like "sans" if you don't hit that "q" fairly hard. So what the waiter hears is "cinq sans". In other words "five without".
Curses!


On to today. Up at 9-ish. Breakfast and then hit the sun loungers. It's absolutely lovely today. The sun is very hot and we're all working hard on the tans.
Mon pere has just been very good in dishing out the chilled sauvignon. Top bloke.

More later.
That pool is going to be very welcome. The temperature is not going to peak until about 4pm.

In The Morning

Eeeek! That's a while since the last post.
Ne'er mind, who's counting.

Well, posting now en France.
I picked Nat and friend (Fox "don't call me Foxicles") up on Thursday afternoon. We all headed off for an early night (after some medicinal alcohol to help us sleep) ready for an early start.
Friday morning and my alarm went off at 4am. I had been beaten to the bathroom by the Fox (she's 18 and supposed to have lie ins! What's that all about?). Myself and H decided it might be a good time to start packing. On the road by 5.10.
Torrential rain in England yesterday, but we missed the most of it by arriving at the Chunnel by about 7.45. So that got us on an earlier shuttle at 8.23.
If you've never been on this crossing, it really is very good (says he, who's only done it twice). You barely know it's moving, it's that smooth. It's also very quick, we were hitting the French motorways by just after 9 (stick an hour on for the time difference).
Good old Tom Tom comes to the rescue at driving in a different country. Totally takes the stress out of driving leaving you to remember to drive on the right.
We were making good progress, but hit quite a bit of traffic on the outskirts of Paris. That cost us about 50 minutes, but it really wasn't that bad. In the UK, you can crack along nicely at 15 mph over the limit (not that I do of course). They do say that the French police are a little keen, so I didn't take so many chances, sitting not much more than 140 kph.
So we arrived at les parents at about 6pm local time.
For those who don't know, here's a link to where they are...

CLICK ME!

So that was yesterday.
Today, after a much needed early night, we got up and wished the old man Happy Birthday.
I the spent the next couple of hours sorting out Father's wi-fi connection. For the past 6 months, he's had a wireless router and still used his laptop wedged in the corner of the kitchen with an ethernet cable stretched across a table. Not anymore!
We then headed out to the Cheval Blanc, a really nice restaurant about 20 minutes away. What we had was a fixed five course meal. As I'm a food buff, and want to make you jealous, read on...

Aperitif to start was a juicy number with lots of fruit.
1st course, vegetable soup with warm bread rolls
2nd course, tomato cakes with jambon slices
3rd course, sliced steak with roast potato and stuffed tomato
4th course, cheese*
5th course, apricot with cream and pastry

* French cheese is just awesome. We're not talking a few lumps of cheddar and some Jacobs crackers. The cheese trolley had about 30 different cheeses on it. You have these as a separate course. No biscuits unless you specifically ask for them.

We got there at about 12.10 and left after about 3.5 hours.
Back home and the temperature had improved somewhat. Now hitting about 24, but feeling a lot warmer. The youngsters (only here, can I call myself a youngster!) hit the sunchairs and took in some rays. Nat and Fox braved the pool, but not for long.

So here we sit, out in the veranda at 8.25, blue skies, very warm, drinks in hand, typing a blog, 50m from the, now working, wireless router.
I've earned my keep already.
More tomorrow. Did I mention that it's going to hit 30+ degrees?

Photos...

Thou Shalt Always Kill

Right, back to Edinburgh.

Friday morning came and we set off after dropping Jack off at the kennels. TomTom was telling us about 6.5 hours. Normally, I can knock that time a bit though. However, that wasn't counting on the weather. We went from drizzle to sunshine to torrential downpours and then back to sunshine again!
This slowed us up a bit and then we grabbed something to eat near Scotch corner.
So the satnav ended up being spot on. A quick call to Gordon and he popped down to guide us up to their flat. Fifth floor, so a quick hike up the steps. It really is a lovely flat too, but Di insists that it's her influence.

After a coffee, we left our car at their place and all headed to our hotel in their car. Thanks to Tesco being generous with their Deal tokens, we chose to stay at the Hilton. The receptionist's face was a picture as I strolled in wearing scruffy shorts and a T-shirt!

We decamped to our room, had a quick change and then met up again with D & G at the bar next door. After a couple of beers (which went down well after the long drive), we walked to the restaurant, past the castle and some of the city's sights.

Good choice of restaurant, it was really lovely food.


After a couple of bottles of wine and more beer, it was time to head back to the hotel. Myself and Gordon were quite up for keeping the drinking going, but the girls chose the best route of calling time.

I went out in the morning at about 7.30 for a run through one of the parks. It was great at that time in the morning. Unfortunately, the weather didn't hold and after having a large breakfast, it had started to drizzle. Donning coats, we went out to check the shops. Unfortunately, the rain got heavier and heavier and within an hour or so was really pouring down. Back to the hotel.
At about lunchtime, G phoned and asked if we fancied the art galleries. This we did and they were pretty good. A coffee and snacks followed and the rain ceased.
Now was chosen to be a great time to head up Arthurs Seat, which is a a craggy hill that overlooks the city. Behold...




You can see how much the weather had improved. Look at the sweat!

After the swift climb and descent, we headed back to their flat for more refreshments.
The evening was spent quietly at the hotel.
G & D joined us for the huge breakfast in the morning, and then we headed for home. A much better journey back, knocking about 50 mins off the Tomtom time. I didn't speed once - honest!

All in all, it really was a nice weekend, despite the weather. Already looking forward to the next time that we get to meet up.

Victims

The weekend was spent in Edinburgh with some great friends of ours - Gordon & Di. More of that later, but for some reason yesterday, I felt like being creative in the kitchen, so this post is about that.

I e-mailed H during the day and asked what she fancied. Her response was "Moroccan".
Well, nothing like a challenge! So called off at Tesco on the way home.

So here is my take on Moroccan Chicken.

Coarsely chop a red pepper and a couple of onions. Thinly slice 2-3 cloves of garlic and a couple of red chillies (de-seed where you can)


Take some chicken portions (I used six thighs). Brown these well on all sides to seal. Fry the chopped peppers, onions etc. Add some smoked paprika.
Fry for a while.
Add about a pint and a half of chicken stock. Reduce to a simmer.
Add a tin of chick peas. Season (I also added a small sprinkle of curry powder). Add some brown rice (don't ask how much, I just judged it!).
Stir well. Remove from the heat. Place the chicken on top, bang on a lid and chuck it in the oven, 180 for about 90 mins.

Pre-oven...


Post-oven...


Plate the chicken, add some freshly torn corriander to the mix and stir well beofre plating up with the chicken.


It was very good. So much so that we're having the leftovers tonight. Gonna add some sour cream after heating it, to give it a bit of a different taste.

Shape Of My Heart

Well so much for my "creating". But the thing is, that I haven't actually done any since last Wednesday.

What news?

Firstly a spot of luck for H rather than me. As PA to two of the directors, she deals a lot with a travel company booking flights and the like.
Last week, they phoned her up and asked if she, along with another PA, would like to go out for dinner as their guest. That's nice, isn't it?
The venue? New York!
So, they're being flown Business Class, to New York. Being put up in Trump Towers and generally wined and dined for a couple of days.
This is well deserved though because she does work bloody hard.

Next. It was our friends Tim & Bobby christening for Zach on Sunday. We headed down there in the afternoon. Another new experience being a Greek Orthodox service. Very relaxed and informal. It was the same at their wedding. People just seem to get up and wander round taking photos and the like. As for the "bun fight" afterwards, it was divine! Fantastic food.

Another one of our jaunts this weekend. We're heading up to Edinburgh on Friday. We're spending time with some friends, Di & Gordon. Looking forward to that muchly and some good photo taking opportunities. I just hope that the rain holds off a bit. That's not very likely as it's Glastonbury weekend, so guaranteed to rain. Talking of which, a big wave at Mazz, Vicky and PN who are all braving the conditions to be there.

The Good Times Are Killing Me

Right, going to carry out something that I thought of a while back. I already incorporate music into here quite a bit (more recommendations coming up soon). But what I'm going to try and do is incorporate one of my other passions - cooking.

So when I make something new, I'll post it up here (with pics if I remember).
The lastest creation was risotto that I made on Sunday...

As usual with my cooking, all measures are approximate!

Soften some finely chopped garlic (two cloves) in olive oil
Make up about a pint and half of vegetable stock
Add a good glass of white wine
Add the arborio rice (you'll have to judge how much yourself)
Season
Simmer away so that the rice absorbs the stock
About 15 mins to go, add some crumbled up smoked haddock (two fillets)
Add some king prawns
5 mins to go, add some frozen peas and some rough chopped onion
Just before serving add some grated parmesan to absorb any remaining liquid

It was very, very nice :)


Tonight, I'm throwing something together as well. I've got some leftover fresh spaghetti from the weekend. We also had sausages last night, so I've got four of those. So...

Slice up the sausages
Cut some bacon into strips
Fry both in olive oil
Chop up some onion
Chop up a couple of cloves of garlic
Add these and keep frying
Add a tin of tomatoes
Reduce heat to simmer
Add a couple of sliced chillies
Add roughly chopped basil and coriander
Season a little
Serve over the cooked spaghetti
Add parmesan shavings

So, we'll wait and see on that ones. Like I said, photos if I remember!

I think I wont just publish new stuff. I might post fave stuff of mine that I make anyway.

Edit: So here are the before, during and after pics. It was absolutely delicious :)