The Stag, Rundle Street

Friday Late night shopping can really wear you out. We went looking for food on Rundle Street and decided to try The Stag I've had the cone of chips here before and loved the cone holder they bring to the table, It advertises itself as Adelaide's worst vegetarian restaurant, due to the quantity of meat on it's menu.

The boy went the Jucy Lucy ($20) at the recommendation of the girl behind the bar. The Jucy Lucy is a cheeseburger with the cheese inside the beef pattie.

I went the Chili Lime Chicken($26), Half a chicken marinated in Chili and Lime served with chips.

Unfortunately neither of us thought our food was great. The Jucy Lucy was really greasy, which I guess it to be expected but there was no salad or anything to cut the grease just bun-burger-bun. I was a little worried when I ordered the Chicken that it would be too big or too spicy, I asked the girl behind the bar if it was very spicy, her response of "I dunno" showed she couldn't care less. It arrived and was quite small and not spicy at all, it was a really sweet coating, and the flavour was only on the skin it hadn't made it into the meat at all, more like a glaze than a marinade.

I have to admit that the chicken was cooked well, nice, juicy and tender with a crispy skin. But very disappointing meal, afraid we won't be heading back.


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Kedgeree

When I first came to Adelaide I lived with the Boy and his parents., To say thank you for putting me up I decided to cook a Traditional Scottish tea, Kedgeree.

I love the Flavours, Colours and textures of Kedgeree, It’s a dish that when set on the table back home, you could promise we were wiping out the bowl at the end of the meal!

I headed up to the Fishmonger up in Blackwood and asked for Smoked Haddock, The Fishmonger looked at me as if I was insane and said “Ha-D-ock?” yes “Haddock!” “Ha-D-ock? No, Not heard of that one” I was flummoxed, I hadn’t been long in Australia and I hadn’t figured out, different hemisphere, different Fish! I bought some smoked cod that day and made not too bad a Kedgeree (nowhere near as good as Mum’s obviously) The boys Parents were delighted.


Could hardly believe my eyes when earlier last week I was passing Fish out of Water on King William Rd and saw Smoked Haddock, from the Harris Smokehouse, How could I resist?

The best Recipe I have seen for Kedgeree is in a Jamie Oliver book, but I don’t have that book and can’t remember the name. This time I used a Recipe from “The Breakfast Book” by Dianna Troy as a guideline.

240g cooked flaked smoked Haddock
240g cooked Rice
2 small onion (I used half an onion)
2tsp Turmeric (I used a small shake)
1 tsp Curry Powder
Juice of one Lemon (Skipped it, had none)
120g butter, (used a little bit to fry onion, not much and probably should have used less)
2 hard boiled Eggs (I used 3)


First I cooked my Fish, The only way I know how, Simmer it gently in milk.


Put the Eggs on to boil, and cook the rice.
Fry of the onion, gently over a low heat until translucent stir through the curry powder and Turmeric


Flake fish and stir through onion, stir through the same amount of Rice, Peal Egg Roughly chop and Add,


I add a good handful of Parsley and Coriander, The Coriander goes very well.


Finally serve with Lashings of Tomato Sauce on the side! The ultimate accompaniment.
This tastes of home and childhood, happy memories and family, what could be better.

Lamb Leftover

I needed a little pick me up happiness after a bad day at work.

I called the boy at his office and said we should go out for tea, he reminded me that our fridge is full of leftovers.

It’s amazing what you can do with leftovers when you actually try.


Leftover boiled potatoes roasted in hot olive oil seasoned with rosemary, thyme, dried basil and salt


Individual Cauliflower cheese – Cauliflower steamed in Microwave while I whisked up a cheese sauce with a big tablespoon of Dijon mustard, and a little parmesan.


Peas Steamed in Microwave


Leftover Lamb re-heated in Bisto and redwine sauce

This is one of the nicest meals we have had in ages (and we don’t eat bad)
It always helps when it’s joined with a nice bottle of bubbles.