Canberra – Page 18 – What I think, watch, listen to, and eat each week

2017-02-252017-02-25

What do you call this?

Rice, egg, aspargus, mushroom, and cheese slice Gary Lum

The Canberra Hospital staff tuck shop was offering this today for lunch. Normally I go for the seafood plate which is a piece of battered fish, a few crumbed prawns, a seafood stick and some other things that I’ve never really worked out but it’s all deep-fried and it tastes good.

For something different, I asked what was in the main tray and I couldn’t really understand what the server was saying. It was very noisy and my deafness doesn’t help.

It has asparagus, mushroom, rice, cheese and I think it was bound with eggs. It was stiff and kept its shape. It tasted okay. I don’t know what to call it, though.

Do you know what to call it?

2017-02-232017-02-23

Pay day joy

#payday S H I S H - P L A T E TIME Braised lamb, Greek pitta bread, Greek salad with a garlic tahini sauce on the lamb Gary Lum

It’s pay day, which is always a good day.

It’s an especially good day when there are no bills in the post office box 😃

For lunch, I had the SHISH special from Urban Bean Espresso Bar. The lamb was delicious.

I was meant to be in a few places at once today but I had a priority to attend to, unfortunately. It’s a good thing I love my job.

By the time I left work all I could think about eating was half a tin of hot and spicy spam on a bed of ramen noodles covered in Coon cheese and dressed with vegetables.

I hope you had a good day.

2017-02-202017-02-20

Salmon with avocado and beetroot coleslaw

Crispy skin pan-fried salmon with Hass avocado and beetroot coleslaw dressed with aioli #dinner #mealforone #yummylummy #foodporn #yummy #delicious #instafood #nikon #lightroom #canberra #cbr #australia Garnished with lots of lime zest because I love lime Aioli, Avocado, Beetroot, Beetroot coleslaw, Lime zest, Salmon Gary Lum

My thoughts and stuff

Salmon with avocado and beetroot coleslaw

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It’s Monday night so that means salmon. I’ve been mixing it up lately. For a long time, I’ve been baking my salmon in my bench top oven. It’s simple and only takes 12 minutes with minimal mess.

However, I do enjoy crispy skin pan-fried salmon though and now that I have a portable induction hob, getting a really hot pan is simple. I also coat the salmon in flour and this minimises oil splatter because it dries the surface of the salmon.

I didn’t eat dessert last night because I was feeling full after my leftover pork and beef meatloaf with extra bacon. Even my dessert stomach (also known as the œsophagus) didn’t feel like it could cope.

Vanilla ice cream with mint flake #dessert #mealforone #yummylummy #foodporn #yummy #delicious #instafood #nikon #lightroom #canberra #cbr #australia Did you know your œsophagus is your dessert stomach? Gary Lum — Vanilla ice cream with mint flake
#dessert #mealforone #yummylummy #foodporn #yummy #delicious #instafood #nikon #lightroom #canberra #cbr #australia
Did you know your œsophagus is your dessert stomach?

2017-02-19

Sunday night leftover pork and beef meatloaf with added bacon

Pork and beef meatloaf cheese pie with bacon and red chilli Gary Lum

Adding bacon to leftovers is always a good thing.

This is what was leftover from last night’s pork and beef meatloaf cheese pie.

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Hot and spicy Spam with melted smoked cheddar cheese

Today’s lunch was yummy

If you want to see a bigger better version of the cut sandwich click here.

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A lap around Lake Ginninderra

A vigorous walk around Lake Ginninderra

It was surprisingly cool in Canberra this morning. When I went out for a walk I should have worn a long sleeve shirt, it was quite nippy.

I had charged the batteries in my Sony α7ii and had my 24–240 mm f/3.5–f/6.3 lens attached.

High dynamic range

I like shooting brackets when I’m out so I can exploit Adobe Lightroom’s HDR capacity. Some people don’t like HDR especially if it’s too ‘crunchy’. I don’t mind it really.

Reflections

It was still this morning with a gentle breeze. The surface of the lake was smooth and offered a little reflection opportunity. Yesterday it was quite overcast and there was a moderate breeze.