I'd like to welcome a new regular to the emmabovarybeauty line-up - the monthly eats post! I see 2015 taking a lifestyle lean for my little slice of the internet, and I want to start incorporating all of the things that I love into my writing - when I originally began this blog in 2010 I wanted it to be about 'all of the things in life that make it beautiful' and I feel like I'm getting back on track with that now. A lot has changed for me personally since the blogs birth, and I feel its only right to pop up food posts and home posts as I see fit, since it's what make my life wonderful! Wordy ramble over, now onto some of the food I enjoyed in January!
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| Birthday ice-cream at Trampoline Birthday lunch at RMB - calamari w chips and salad Disappointing soy and ginger chicken New 'By George' range at Coles |
I celebrated my birthday at the beginning of January, and on the day spent a few hours shopping at Doncaster with my sister and my niece. I followed my lunch with a sweet treat from Trampoline Gelato - a scoop of Hazelnut Roche (nutella-like goodness, my fave!) and a scoop of Coconut!
Another beautiful birthday celebration, technically in late December but I threw it in this post anyway. My best friend Candi drove down for the day and took me out for lunch at RMB Westfield Plenty Valley. We both ordered Calamari with chips and salad, with Candi getting hers grilled as she needs GF and dairy-free options. I love that they were happy to accommodate, both versions of the calamari were beautifully cooked and the aioli was spot on for the crunchy flat chips.
I bought a premade stir-fry marinade that was soy and ginger based and cooked it with chicken for this home-cooked dish. It looked and smelt so good as it cooked and I had high hopes, but it was super bland and had almost no flavour whatsoever. Sure did look tasty, though!
Spotted a cute new brand at Coles - By George! George is my Dad's name so I snapped this picture to send him for a laugh!
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| Green Curry at Bay Thai Lunch at Hatch Lindt gift from my sister-in-law Betty Crocker Vanilla Cake on a coffee break |
Another surprise birthday lunch, well done January! My sister-in-law and brother-in-law took me out for a bit to eat, but not before they sung happy birthday to me with a candle stuck into a muffin! Was so nice to chill and check out the new Hatch restaurant in Preston, and the food was pretty tasty, but some of the dishes weren't as good as they could have been. I'll definitely head back here to try more of their menu though.
The next shot is of a nice little Lindt surprise from my other sister-in-law (I landed pretty lucky with my in-laws, didn't I?)
I am quite obsessed with baking at the moment and whipped up a quick and easy Betty Crocker vanilla cake with the intent of filling Mister's work lunches with it. I had a few slices myself and damn that's a good vanilla cake - added bonus is the premade frosting which was delicious. I had a nice little coffee break with Lolita and cake, what more could you want?
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| Dr Pepper at The Reject Shop Choc-coated Peanuts Coffee at Mumma Bovary's Moccona with a Hint of Caramel <3 |
Had to snap a picture of this Dr Pepper 12pack at The Reject Shop - it's the obsession I began when we hit up America last year!
I was inspired by Norlin to nab a pack of chocolate covered peanuts to take to the cinema with me - great idea, Norlin!
A nice relaxing coffee break at Mumma Bovary's, but I have to admit that I have stashed a jar of Moccona with a Hint of Caramel in her cupboards as her coffee is always woeful!
Moccona, have I told you lately that I love you? I really do - Hint of Hazelnut is my next purchase alongside you, but right now I'm sitting in front of a hot cup of you with a splash of milk and everything seems right in the world.
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So there you have it - my first monthly eats instalment! I hope you all enjoy the lifestyle related content that I'll be posting, the bulk of my passion lies in the beauty realm but I think writing about a wider range of things every now and again will really warm my soul and make me much happier overall!
-Emma
OOh, how fun! I'm always up for lifestyle posts about food and decorating and things like that! It is helpful and fun to see what everyone else does with their time and space!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that Larie, I love the idea of popping up different posts every once in a while :)
DeleteYummy! I do food post every other month or so and I love seeing what others are eating! I've love to snatch that plate of calamari and chips from you and some of those chocolate peanuts!
ReplyDeleteI love all of your food posts and mentions, always make me drool!
DeleteI'm food obsessed so food posts are just fine with me! Thanks for the mini review of Hatch - we've often wondered when we walk past so now I reckon I'll suggest it instead of the usual choice of Grill'd! :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that Vita! I only ate one of the half sized baguette things from there but it was tasty, as was the sauce for the chips (they do charge for that though) I will be taking Mister there soon to try it out :)
DeleteI hope you don't mind me borrowing this idea in the future, I love it!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to see a monthly food post from you - though you will probably put me to shame as I often drool over your meals, even just seeing them written in your planner!
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