This post is really late. It’s early february and I’m only now managing to share our xmas dinner bonanza with you two months on.  Whoooops… better late than never tho right? Had to show this pic of “the chuffed chefs” haha, cracks me up…. “nice rack!!” So we conjured up the idea to have a good ole kiwi lamb on a spit for something a bit different for christmas dinner this last year....

happy new year! Ok I’m not really into the whole ‘new year resolution’ thing, probably because I forget what i’ve said within a week and well, if I’m going to do something this year, well then it will happen if it needs to. Maybe. So yep, this is my new little mantra for this year – ‘09 is mine! I hope it sticks and other people use it. Will make for one heck of a year for everyone then! Yes, it...

We had our 14 year anniversary dinner at garfish restaurant last week and it was just devine. I had no time to take photos as was far too busy devouring the food and guzzling back a bottle of good ole’ oyster bay (thanks anna!), but check out their fabulous food and what we pigged out on… starter. oysters! a mix of fresh w/ mignonnette and crisp fried w/soy & ginger dressing entree. crisp fried zucchini flowers filled...

Wahoo this is my first official blog entry! Thought it would be most appropriate to start things off at the beginning, which for me, really started back on the sandy beaches back home in NZ. As a kid I used to make chocolate sand-cakes by adding and mixing crushed up sea shells (eggs), wet sand (chocolate) and dry sand (flour & sugar), pat it all together as a big cake on the beach, then sprinkle with white choc sand flavoured...