Upon entering the grocery store I spot a large yellow advertisement. Mushrooms, on sale! A sucker for a bargain I hastily bagged a couple dozen of the little fellas, nary a thought in mind for what would become of them. Fast forward to today. I remember my haul which has now well and truly made … Read more →

I intend to write a poker update within the next few days. That can wait. What can’t wait is the telling of my tantalising tale of the last 24 hours. Naturally it’s all about food. It actually began many months ago. My good friend Will and I had both watched the episode of Anthony Bourdain’s … Read more →

I’ve had an itch to write lately and as I work on a strategy article I thought I might throw in a few short reviews of places I’ve been to recently. Three is a good number. Crown Metropol The newest hotel addition to the already massive Crown Complex in Melbourne. My latest trip to Melbourne … Read more →

It’s been a while since I’ve posted pics of my cooking so last night I whipped out the ole’ iPhone and snapped some shots as I cooked. I call these mum’s lamb chops as the recipe comes straight from her and all I’ve done is to attempt my best recreation. They still don’t compare to the real … Read more →

I finished off SNE about a week before the end of the year, allowing for a pretty nice break from the tables. Unfortunately pretty much as soon as I finished I came down with the flu and have only just started to overcome it — so most of my break was bed ridden and medicine … Read more →

Let’s rewind time a few hours – specifically to 2pm this Saturday afternoon. My time is of course being spent productively. And by that I mean watching Seinfeld. Specifically the Kenny Rogers [it would be remiss of me to link to anything other than that song when mentioning KR in this blog] Chicken episode (any Seinfeld fan … Read more →

Ask anyone who knows anything about cooking steak what pan to use and the answer will be an almost unanimous “Cast Iron!”. Ever since I begun cooking and starting my journey to the perfect steak I’ve been looking to get my hands on one — you wouldn’t think they would be difficult to find but … Read more →

Saturdays are my day off. I’m not a huge fan of having strict “off days” and playing to a rigid schedule but without them I would play all day every day and both my life and poker game would suffer as a result. As such Saturdays are my days off. Yesterday was Saturday. Yesterday I … Read more →

Last night for dinner I made one of Puneet and my favourite dishes: Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni. We got the recipe from one of Jamie Oliver’s books and over time have tweaked it here and there to our own taste. Anyway, photos speak louder than words so I’ll post the steps in image form and … Read more →

I did it again. It was even better this time. I don’t know how that’s possible but it was. No really, it was. After the day of poker I just finished (see below) I really, really wanted a big steak. I got a call from Puneet saying she was meeting up with some friends after … Read more →