Breakfast of Champions.

I haven't been a cereal person since I was at school. I'm more of a vegemite on toast, eggs on toast, cheese on toast, tomato on toast kind of girl.
I like toast!
Lately, I decided I should try to be a bit healthier and have been trying to eat cereal for breakfast. I wasn't very successful until I found the best cereal ever.

This magical cereal I speak of is Special K Forest Berries. I can't believe how good it is. I really can't.

It doesn't taste like normal Special K at all( a good thing I think ) and I have managed to incorporate it, like a good health - concious person, into my diet very easily.

Now, I am as suprised as you are that I am posting about good cereal. However, it has clearly had such a big impact on my life - I thought I should do the right thing and enlighten others about such a wonderful breakfast option.

Now I'm off to get a life!

xx

I've been doing alot of eating.

Sd and I have been going to quite a few good restaurants lately. We live in Sydney, so they are all restaurants close to home. Eating ( at home and in restaurants) is one of our favourite things to do.

I thought I would give you some quick reviews. Here's the first one.

* Red Mint - 50 Murray St , Pyrmont.

I love Vietnamese food . Alot. Sd took me here for my birthday and we really enjoyed it. The food is fantastic. I asked Sd to choose the restaurant , so it would be a surprise. My only criteria was that it had to be somewhere we hadn't been before, and it couldn't be too expensive ( GFC and all...)

It seemed to be quite a modern menu , we had duck wrapped in betel leaves and crab spring rolls for entree and then soft shell crab and beef cooked with pepper and a lime dipping sauce.

All the dishes were really good, very fresh ingredients and there was more than enough chilli and coriander to keep me happy!!

The restaurant itself is a bit of a work in progress.

I'm not sure that it has been there long enough to have established exactly what it is yet. There is a cocktail bar and the lighting and the tiles on the floor are a little bit food-courtish. I don't want you to be thinking fluorescent lighting and plastic seats. It's definitely not like that. The decor and the atmosphere just don't really match the calibre of food and service. Maybe I'm too picky though. It just looked a bit...generic.

I hope though that as time passes, the restaurant will look more like the food. Simple, elegant and modern.

The service was very very good. That's something that is important to us. All the wait staff were really lovely and knew all about their menu and were keen to know how we found each dish. Very impressed.

I think the bill was about $100 - that was the food and 2 beers. Well worth it! It was lovely!

xx

Turkish Apple Tea.

I went to 'The Victoria Room' in Darlinghurst yesterday afternoon for high tea, to celebrate my friend Jo's impending marriage.

A very lady -like time was had by all. We had little sandwiches, scones and lots of little sweet things. There was some lovely pink champagne and then there was the tea.

I am a coffee girl, but I do like a cup of tea every couple of days. I like English Breakfast tea , Irish Breakfast tea, and Earl and Lady Grey tea. I'm sure there are many many more teas out there that I would like just as much - any suggestions would be appreciated.

Anyway, I like herbal teas too and yesterday on the tea menu ( yes, they had a whole page of teas to choose from !) there was a Turkish Apple Tea. So we all ordered it. It is described on the menu as ' not really tea' but to be honest I don't care what they call it - it was tremendous. If you like tea, apples, and a little bit of sugar - this is the beverage for you! It smells and tastes wonderful and as Jo said - 'It tastes as good as it smells!' . That's no mean feat.

I am now going to begin my quest to find out where I can buy it or how to make it . I'm telling you , it's to-die-for !!

When I make any Turkish apple tea discoveries, you'll be the first to know.

xx