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My mother queen's 50th! (Bring on the long weekend devoted to eating)

Last Friday was mother owl's 50th birthday!! (If you didn't figure it out from the photos! :P) So we had to do something for her!! But instead of the typical huge birthday party many people organise; decided to just spend it with the family;just how we like it! And conveniently fell on the Queen's birthday long weekend!!!!! Meaning devoting the whole weekend  :P It sure was manic in the kitchen; trying to prepare dinner before mum came back from a appointment. 1.5 hours to prepare dinner. GAH. Anyway long story short.... it all worked out in the end and my brother and I managed to surprise her (to some degree :P). All that effort sure paid off!

Minus the roast chicken (thank you dad for bringing home take away for the sake of mum not finding out about the dinner AND so I had some extra little time to cook!) :P  I cooked and prepared it all! :3 Being such a slow cook; I was proud of what I managed to get on the table in such a short time! :3

(Will post recipes soon! and photos of what else we got up to that weekend!)

...Happy Birthday Mum

 TOQ<3

Faluda and friends

Faluda/Falooda.. how ever you spell it/say it.. those you have had this drink know what it is! A perfect summer beverage; so refreshing and filling. And not to mention how pretty it is!!! :O There's something so pretty about those casa casa seeds (basil seeds) floating on top of a beautiful sea of pink and hints of glistening green from the jelly. It just cheers me up and takes me back to sunny Sri Lanka and the various drinks that were whipped up at family functions.

So about two weeks ago I got hold of the necessary ingredients needed for this drink; waiting for the perfect opportunity to make it. Then one Sunday I decided to invite my primary school best friend (such a sweetheart she is!!!) over for a yummy Sinhalese lunch (the original plan was to go out shopping but the scent of my mums cooking just tantalised her taste buds.. I definitely had to invite her to try our food instead! :D) And of course this drink came to mind; and she truly deserved

it! The funny part was that she too already knew about the drink (because in Mauritius they make it as well! And they call it 'alouda' :O

So whilst sipping this refreshing drink out in sunshine; we refreshed on good times and our plans for the future (and planning a possible trip to Mauritius in the near future!) :D

 (I love you so much sis!! Can't wait to taste the lovely dishes Mauritius has to offer! )

xo

TOQ<3

Better late than never...

Wow.. Another year has flashed past and almost a month into the new year already! I spent the last 15 minutes looking through my blog. And like a vlogger looking back at their past videos reliving moments;so did I.

Hating myself for abandoning this blog! .ANYWAYS... I guess its better late than never.. and with that.. start posting my creations and food related adventures again! :)

TOQ<3

Out n About (5)- Epic July (1) - Part 1

 
Emily's Place
Melbourne Central, 
211 La Trobe Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

After a crazy night on Friday (my good friend's 21st... yeah was one powerful night! :P) decided to got out for brunch. 'Emily's Place' was a lovely little cafe;with a relaxing atmosphere and decent food. This was my very first time eating a bagel! :D According to Mr Owl.. it was sub par. Oh go away buzz killer! :P It was most scrumptious! 

Yeah being a sucker for anything vintage, I sure was in heaven! Beautiful decor,calming music and JOHNNY DEPP ON THE SCREEN! (yeah I know..I didn't capture him properly)Yes .. it was heavenly in every way! :P 

TOQ<3

TGIF #3 - Friday wake up call..

Food P0rn -English muffin,Cos lettuce, bacon, fried egg, cheese and mayo. 

 I got so hungry seeing these photos so I quickly got some oats with some milk to eat while typing this. Yeah got up very late on Friday and I was quite cranky. Of course I love sleeping in but not until 12!!!  >.< Apparently my dad had tried to wake me up by knocking on  my door. Ahhahahaha yeah that obviously didn't work at all cause I didn't hear a thing just K.Oed!   
ANYWAY nuff of that.. I needed something scrumptious to get me back to my ol' self. So used what was in the fridge and pantry (and thank you Mother Owl for having bacon for breaky! Less work for me XP)and boom! Yeah just needed the tomatoes to be a BLT sandwich mini burger  or whatever you want to call this! But boy was I HUUNNGRY I just couldn't wait any longer! And I must add .. (IF YOU DISLIKE RUNNING EGG YOLKS  OR EGGS IN GENERAL AND YOU'RE NOT VEGAN.. SORRY WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS. Yes, cousin/s I know you all hate eggs cooked like this and you guys are not fit to be here!!! .. :P

 And yes I made a juice too! I used a blender so I had to use about have a cup of water. I am dying to get a juicer. And got some fresh mint from the garden and poured the juice on top!  Happy camper from then onwards! :D <3 (and yeah I need a fancy jar for my juice :P they'll do for the time being :P)

TOQ<3

whats been happening (and heres some juice for ya'll)

Some watermelon,1 red apple and mixed berries poured over a handful of garden fresh mint leaves! SO REFRESHING!! Perfect for spring and summer! Or in my case in the middle of winter XD 

I keep apologising..for  not posting then saying heey gonna be back on track

....but it just never happens (So much respect for those who can post consistently no matter how busy they are!!) But yeah ever since class started it has been chaos... (and in regards to personal matters) but the blog comes across my mind a lot especially when I take snaps of a delicious meal etc but I just never get around to posting anything and now I have so many photos to share with you  that are from months ago! Anyhoots took some photos this morning and from there will get back to posting regularly (now I have tons of foods and places to ramble about :P) in the mean time I'll post up this crappy quality snap I took of the juice I've been sipping on all day ;P

 TOQ<3