It is now half way through my uni holidays & I've been very lazy to blog as I have been sick :( & since now I have a quite moment I thought I might just update on what I have been up to these past few weeks.
I recently went with a few friends of mine to the QVB tea room for high tea :) The food & tea was delicious of course. It was my first time going to high tea & everyone seemed so posh! Every thing was nice besides the passion fruit sandwich biscuit thing and the macron :(
I chose the vanilla tea because 1) I like vanilla & 2) I like sweet tea :) I heard high tea at the intercontinental is good too! Must try that some time! When I save up more $$, 'cus those finger sandwiches ain't cheap!
On a more budget conscious side. I made Jamie Oliver's "Crabmeat & Fennel Risotto" the other day. I used canned crab meat *ashamed* that's why it looks kinda fried rice -ish and why I added some peas to add some colour. Had that with some organic pumpkin soup I bought from the shop :) It was a nice warm & satisfying lunch & not to dear either.
"Crabmeat & Fennel Risotto" & Pumpkin 'n' ginger soupCrabmeat - $4
Fennel - $2
Vegetable stock - $4
Abrorio rice & frozen peas - had at home
Pumpkin & Ginger soup - $5
Total - $15 for 2 people :)
On the fun side of things the first "outing" I went to when I got better was Mish's farewell :) Her mum made dessert for all of us and it was really really yummy! Mish I hope you have an awesome time on exchange in Germany! :) heheheh Take heaps of photos & I can't wait to hear the stories when you come back! :D
Today was a special day! Row came over for lunch and we made "Gnocchi Carbonara" from this month's delicious magazine! & Yes we made the gnocchi from scratch! :D Quite an achievement for us I must say! with Tommy being our very own roller! (Seen above) 
Though the gnocchi didn't turn out as nicely shaped as we hope (it all started mushing together in the pan) Row saved the day by pan frying off all the ones that can be saved :D Next time we definitely have to try figure out what went wrong :P Though the slight downfall, the final dish ended tasting pretty good! Pretty good for a first go I must say! Go team! x)
"Gnocchi Carbonara"
Pancetta - $4.55
Potatoes - $5.40
Thickened Cream x 2 - $6
Nutmeg - $2.5
Flour, frozen peas - had at home
Total - $18.45 for 3 people (with lots of left over gnocchi) $6.15pp!
I would tell you to make gnocchi at home if you have time! :P or you can just by gnocchi from the store :P but it is fun to experiment and try x)
I'm kinda excited for uni actually, but I'm always like this, in a studious mode when I'm on holidays and it goes away when uni start! Geez why can't it just linger on throughout the semester so I get motivated to constantly study and bring my grades up :P
Though this semester Tommy & I made a pact of no gaming, no sidereel, no youtube for the semester haha I wonder how long that would last!
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