Oh Why Hello Melbourne Town!

First may I say what a lazy blogger I have been! Now the guilt is over with here is the Blog! Earlier this month me and some dear friends ventured to Melbourne for a week of food, shopping, footy and taking all of Melbourne....well as much as possible! Let me say I had never been to Melbourne and I did love it big time. A lovely city full of history, vintage, gluten free food, art, lovely people and amazing little treasures hidden! I have a small collection of some food highlights and let me say if I had a good reason and was cool enough I'd move to Melbourne for the Gluten Free Choice they have really embraced the Coeliac diet! Such diverse options and everyone in hospitality knows what it is and can tell you and explain the things you can eat at their eatery. I really appreciated that because you don't get that type of range, knowledge and understanding in Perth.

This was my first breakfast in Melbourne! Oh and of course my first Earl Grey! Oh my was it the best thing I had eaten for a long time. We arrived in Melbourne just before 6 am, it was freezing and we couldn't check into our room until about 10am. We walked from Docklands to Bourke Street in search of somewhere open to eat. We stumbled across a lovely little French bakery that smelt amazing and looked so cute :-). It was warm and inviting ( but I think anything would be at that hour and in 2 degree weather). It was just what we needed and made me feel so warm and happy and set me in a super mood, like oh  I'm in Melbourne I'm so lucky- Imagine me with Snow Whites blue birds circling around my head hehe and I will neither admit or deny skipping away from the bakery.

This next place we went was AMAZING... well maybe not Joshua's meal -sorry Josh :-(
It was called Berth in Docklands it was situated on the water and it was so lovely inside, staff were friendly and knew all about gluten free! I choose the Lamb Shanks, best move ever! They just fell off the bone and oh just thinking about it I want more. So I would recommend Berth big time. We didn't book, it was a Sunday night, we waited maybe 5 minutes and meals came out pretty quick. This made us decide to splurge and get dessert, I choose the white chocolate brulee (gluten free) again best choice it was amazingly good!

 

The next day we decided to hit Flinders Lane and shop the city, but first we needed some energy. We choose Cafe Andiamo, the service wasn't very good but the chai tea was so good. I had been craving one all trip and finally after a long wait I received an extremely delicious Chai  oh my my. Josh had a wonderful looking Burger too, he said it was pretty good.

Please note just how good it was, I drank most then was like oh dear need to take a photo... then thought do I really need too haha.

On my way to Fitzroy and Jessie's ( Joshua's beautiful twin sister) house (Check out her lovely little blog Jessie's Blog) Jessie and I grabbed a delicious meal from a gluten free and vego eatery in Flinders Lane. I got a Pumpkin soup, now I love Pumpkin soup and this was the best, most mouth watering soup I have ever had. I didn't catch the name as I nearly fell over when I put the first scoop in my mouth!! Its so good, let me just say if I had to choose either this beautiful Pumpkin Soup lunch everyday or whenever I needed my fix or Kate Nash's Pumpkin Soup ( one of my fav songs)  I wouldn't be able to listen to it again. I would be very tempted to choose the Pumpkin soup, I know your laughing what really Adelle thats ridiculous but my logic is simple. I can sing Kate's Pumpkin Soup  every lyric is in my head BUT I will never be able to make Pumpkin Soup like that talented Lady down Flinders Lane!

I think you'll agree I may have a major crush on Pumpkin Soup and on Melbourne food. I will share a little more in a little while.

Adelphi x

Pan-cake addiction

So Josh and I have slowly become addicted/depended on eating Gluten free pancakes for Breakfast on weekends. And its hard to say but Josh usually does a better job on the pancakes than me. So I let him make the pancakes most of the time but this particular Saturday I thought you know lets just see how good I can make these pancakes. The pancakes Josh usually makes for scratch but sometimes when we are in a hurry or want them quickly (sometimes I get the urged for pancakes- who doesnt!) we use macros buttermilk pancakes. This saturday I used the pancake mix as I love the taste the buttermilk is to die for, now I don't have tickets on myself but I think the pancakes I made were just brilliant. They looked and tasted Amazing! I must confuse I had four on my plate but went back for two more haha, all I can say is I am thankful Joshua wasn't wanting them or I would of possibly had to fight to the death for those delicious pancakes. Speaking of pancakes I think I am feeling them right now, lucky I am on holidays as I can have them for lunch. This is a healthy lunch don't you think hehe.

I have two pictures to share- do yourself a gluten free favour and buy the mix :-)

Curry time

Rachelle and I decided to make dinner for our Fellas. Curry was the name of the night and we decided to make a mussaman curry and a lovely spicy chicken curry. Rachelle braved making a gluten free naan bread for us which was amazing. The house smelled like curry and was so good when the boys got home from the football. Their little faces smiled and you could see the excitement of what they were about to encounter. We got a few brownie points for our curry efforts, and Rachelle gets a few more for the amazing naan bread. I do have a pretty impressive, sweet best friend. I must say I am head over heels for Curry and this night was no exception. I get full but I don't/ can't stop eating it, and yes I might get fat but at least I have eaten some AMAZING curries.

Love Adelphi

Ruby moments

A short time ago I held my first Ruby Ellen Vintage Party. Its a collection of my vintage treasures I have collected, it combines my love of Vintage and people. It was a successful afternoon, and my best friend Rachelle came to support me with a lovely batch of Gluten Free white chocolate melting moments. They were to die for, she is pretty talented in the kitchen.

Rachelle is such a sweetie she always knows how to support me with yummy treats hehe!  They only took her 20 minutes to whip up which is great if your on the run to a tea catch up with a gal pal. I think they'd be the perfect match for a lovely high time party :-)

The pictures below are of the Ruby Ellen store I had a great time and can't wait for the next one!

I feel Ruby will be eating a lot of lovely things next time round.

Adelle x

Gluten free burgers

If your craving a gluten free burger do yourself a favour and go get a FAB burger in Hilarys. Best and biggest burgers, my dad and I decided on the Aussie burger which comes with pineapple, beetroot and egg. My gosh it was possibly the most amazing burger I have ever had, and me and my dad have eaten a lot of burgers on our daddy daughter dates. We like to try burgers from all different places, this gluten free burger was the best by far. Even if you don't need to eat gluten free you'll still enjoy this burger, and just before you think I'm a complete piggy I didn't or couldn't eat it all. But even thinking about it now I wish i had it was amazing. Please note I had to take it apart, as my mouth isn't that big hehe.

Scar..Boys don't cry

A chilly Saturday night Josh, Cam, Rachelle and I had a lovely evening full of yummy gluten free pasta, delightful sangria, expensive Cognac, great conversation and the Cure- the sound track to our night. We sat outside with our little outdoor heater and talked about our dreams our own business and all the wonderful things we'd bring to the market, we talked about our favourite Cure song and why it was so special to us. We laughed, danced, took photos, drunk, joked and requested songs when the Cure album ended. When I was sitting there and even now thinking about it thats whats life is about enjoying your time with your closest and dearest friends and family. Josh, Cam and Rachelle and I are extremely close and we have such a great time with each other, I have these special planteers to share this memory with. I take a step back during the night and think my god, I'm so lucky to have such amazing people in my life. They all make me laugh, smile and enjoy life more. Eventually we started to get a little giggly shall I say and James Brown was blasted from the record player and we all danced like kids at the Wiggles concert. 

 Note: Please stay away from the flame.

I couldn't help but feel so good after a really great night with my closest friends, and I think that its just another memory to add to a fountain of memories with those three special people. I think about when I'm older and I'm telling my kids about the crazy antics I got up to this will be one of those memories I think of smile and well one time long ago we had a date with the night and the Cure were invited..... and one of us may have a reminder of that night forever!

So a toast to my three closest and dearest friends- thank you for the countless memories just like this one and I know we'll make many many more. I thank you for support, care, love, giggles, sense of humours, cravings, Camelot, dancing, impeccable song choice, breakfast, lunch and dinner dates. You will forever be my dear, best friends.

Chocolate Clouds

I have as everyone from time to time the urgency for a slice of chocolate cake, I needed a quick fix and had purchased a Macro gluten free packet mix choc cake. I was curious to see how it would come out ( hopefully not the consistency of rubber) and most important how good it would tasted.... Let me say it was well worth the $ 6.00, the 10 minute preparation and 30 minute cooking time. It was so chocolatey, so fluffy like a chocolate cloud. It definitely fulfilled my chocolate cake needs, and the men in the house enjoyed it throughly. I had one piece and the rest was gone, very fast. So I believe it was pretty good :-) The only problem was that it wasn't easiest to photograph it and make it look darling, the chocolate cake doesn't have beautiful defined curves or sculpted abs or a strong jaw but it is full of chocolate and tasted amazing. 

I purchased this lovely little treat from woolworths in the Gluten free section. 
I hope you enjoy as much as I did.


Adelle x