Creepy Irish Potatoes!

I had a TONNE of books when I was growing up as Mum worked for a publishing company and my Dad was a writer so they were big on literature.

All this talk on Bookie Wook of creepy potatoes reminded me of something in the deep recesses of my mind...it wasn't an altogether pleasant memories and all I could see were potatoes dancing with matchsticks for legs down a staircase, with piddly little eyes.....ugh, shivers just thinking about it!

So, I slept on it and it came to me in a dream! "Silver Pennies"! This is a gorgeous book of poems put together by a lady in 1925 and is all about faeries and elves and...creepy Irish potatoes!!

Yes, that is MOULD on my book...I own a book so old it is mouldy...it used to show shiny, silver pennies but I abused the care of this book :(

Anyway, I was religious about having my parent's read to me until I was really old, like ten or something, and I'd often get them to read me a poem from this book but we ALWAYS, ALWAYS skipped this one....I just couldn't with those creepy, creepy potatoes but the ending was also super sad and CALLOUS...man, read for yourself....

GODDAMN CREEPY POTATOES TO HAUNT YOUR DREAMS!!

Sunny adventures in Sydney Town!

Newly discovered Pirrama Park

I'm down with LPV (yeah you know me!)

Backwards Bridge view

There she is! The Coathanger herself :)

Pork 'soup' dumplings from DinTai Fung

Pork and Prawn Zhia lon dumplings

Mr Mae's Occy Salad

Popcorn Prawns

Zumbo Time!

These are 'Zonuts' which is his version of the cronut. Only one flavour per day and it was Rum 'n' Raisin so I passed on that....eurgh...

Zubarons/Macarons as far as the eye can see!

So...many....delicious...things!

This was a Malt-Teaser and was malt mousse with a crunchy malt cake inside, surrounded by a chocolate shell and dipped in shiny chocolate ganache...heaven!

No it's not a soda can it's a cake! The Mylo: Milk Choc mousse, mint and Milo cremeaux, cinnamon sable, Milo crunch and raspberry jam!

Before demolishing!!

A great day was had by all and now it time to collapse in a food coma on the couch, lol!

Close Encounters of the Bianca del Rio kind...

So Ru Paul's Drag Race Winner Bianca del Rio came to Sydney Town and went with a gaggle of gays (as you do!). At the end I got dragged (lol) up on stage to ask her a question and she snarked that my hair looked like a wig off the back of a truck, to which I said..."Yep, my hair is VERRRY thirsty!"

Anyway, not really any good pics of me up on stage but these are some that I got prior to getting up on stage.

Ok this pic is of ME (the short ass of the right) with the glamazon empress drag queens. I believe i am asking Bianca where her fave place is to drink in N'Awlins....(such a suck up lol)

BETTER PIC OF ME BELOW!! This is the 'official' ARQ photo...not the most flattering of angles...lol

Delish things I have eaten this last week (aka "Diet be DAMNED!)"

Motherflippin' CRONUTS! From Brewtown Newtown....crispy, flaky, buttery gorgeousness!

Then we went back to my fave place in the WHOLE world: Hartsyard

Poutine bitches.....

One of the best things I have ever eaten: whiting with Japanese toasted seeds and aerated Kewpie mayo....YUMMMM!

Beef tartare with charred onions, crispy leek skin and hash browns

Smoked river trout with herbed cream cheese and bagel crisps

Hartsyard Bacon Manhattans, YESSS! This drink is the shiz....

My obsession....Fauchon

I came to Paris once on a travel agent famil trip and our host was a BA rep who used to live here. It was great hanging out with him as he spoke the lingo and knew a lot of out of the way places to eat and drink.

It was he who introduced me to my obsession, Fauchon...

Fauchon is an old respected purveyor of baked goods and other delights. Mostly they are famous for their macarons but I also love their jams, mustards and tea (of course!).

It's not for the faint-hearted or the poor, but if you are lucky they will have a selection of goods that are discounted, which is what I hit first up. They also have lovely tins of chocolate and biccies that make for great keepsakes or presents for families esp yo mama!