Marrakech

We went to Marrakech for dinner for my Birthday back in September. (Yes this blog post has been sitting in draft form for a long time) but better late than never!

Marrakech is a moroccan resteraunt on King William road. We had a great review from a freind and thought we'd check it out.

We started with the Mezza Platter ($26.90)

The Mezza Platter is a chefs selection from five entrees (although I think we got 6!)
The Djaj Katban(Skewered Charmoula Chicken Fillet)
Kebab (Skewered Rass Elhanout Lamb Back Strap)
Kefta Katban (marinated beef mince)
and 3 Dips; Zaalouk (Eggplant Dip), Khizzou (Carrot Dip) and Bakkoula (Spinach Dip)

The Mezza Platter was a great way to start the meal, we got a little bit of everything, with just the right amount of bread to use up all the dip (I hate it when you run out of bread before you've scooped everything up!)

A nice atmosphere we dressed up as it was my birthday but would just as easily come with a bunch of girls for a casual dinner. We were advised to book even on a Tuesday, but the night we went they were pretty quiet.

Berber Tagine($24.00)

The Berber Tagine is Lamb cooked until tender with Rass Elhanout and vegetables. I had no idea what Rass Elhanout was (you can read what wikipedia has to say) we asked the waitress who explained it was a morrocan blend of herbs and spices including cinnamon and cumin. This was succulent and juicy dish. I really liked the way it was served in the Tagine, when the lid was removed the steam wafted out.

Djaj Maassel, Apricot Chicken ($24.00)

The Apricot Chicken was fantastic! I was a little hesitant ordering this one, described as chicken cooked with caramelised apricot, cinnamon, honey and roasted almonds. I thought it was going to be too sweet but the flavours worked really well together the sauce was morish.

We had one serve of rice between two which was maybe a little small but we had so much other food we were stuffed by the end.

A wonderful birthday meal,



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Marrakech
66 King William Road
Tel: 08 8299 9901

Coopers Ale House

There's no better way to finish a day in the sun than surrounded by many friends and proper pub food.

We met up with Friends at the Coopers Ale House on Pultney St. It's a nice simple pub with the HUGEST Schnitzels I have ever seen, (I've tried before and been defeated!)

The Steak Burger was on special for $20 for a Burger and bottle of Mountain Goat Beer

The Beef Burger ($16.50) was huge and came with three chutneys for dipping a really nice touch!

The Chicken Schnitzel ($17.50) with Mushroom sauce was a struggle, lucky I was there to help!

The Classic, Chicken Schnitzel with Lemon and Salt.

And for me SA Tommy Ruff Fillets in Coopers Beer Batter of course! I chose to go the 2 fillets ($12.50) not the 4($19.50) so that I could help out with the schnitzels! The 2 fillets were very small and I would recommend going for the 4 fillets.

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Coopers Ale House at the Earl of Aberdeen
316 Pultney Street
Adelaide 5000

Tel: 08 8223 6433
Fax: 08 8223 4648

e-mail: alehouse@earlofab.com.au

cheese fest 09

Saturday found me at cheese fest in Rymill park, I had a fantastic day tasing cheese and enjoying the sunshine, (perhaps a little too much, my arms are very pink!)






Woodside Cheese, the award winning Edith and a garlic pepper.


The pretiset Brie at the Show, So gooey and very tasty, this one is made by the cheese makers at TAFE where you can do short courses in cheese making, also one of my favorites the Red square from Tasmania.

What bad timing I'm up in Brisbane that weekend! SA food awards 5th November 2009

Udder delights took out Gold for the tasty goat curd, The Ashed Chevre is always delightful
Goat Brie, Adelaide Hills triple cream and Heysen Blue (3 for $20) very tasty, I'm not a big Blue fan but this blue was mild and scrumptous!

Montefiore Cheeses from Melbourne were definatly the Friendlist stall at the festival, The Ricotta was very Creamy and apparently very low in fat! avaliable from say cheese in the central markets!


King Island Brie proved a very popular stall


No festival is complete without goodie bags!