We went up to Sydney on the weekend for a PJs themed party… Way too many things didn’t go to plan…
We stayed at the Diamant who mixed up out booking – so rather than a Suite with champagne on arrival we had a regular room… which would have been nice if that’s what I paid for. The bed WAS deliciously comfy! The hotel was fully booked with other party people, so they couldn’t move us.. All seems to have been resolved now, they were actually very good with the manager calling us today once she was back on deck for the week to sort something out :)
We’ll have the right room on them next time we’re up – for Halloween!
There were also ‘issues’ with the venue of the party… it seems that even if you’ve booked the room for a private function, they may just open it up to anyone. Sausagefest? ugh.
Plus Macca’s wireless HATED us in the morning…
But we had Yum Cha for ‘breakfast’ on Sunday! Yum Yum!
Proportions are a little whacked, as I don’t really measure these things:
6 or so chicken bits like the one above. You could probably do drumsticks also!
Marinade with:
about half a cup dry cooking sherry
2 tablespoons soy sauce
a tablespoon sesame oil
about the same again of honey (though I kinds just drizzled mine in!)
tablespoon “Chinese Five Spice” from a jar.
Cook in about a 180 degree Celsius over for 30 minutes covered, then another 30 minutes uncovered.
Serve with whatever veges you can find (like steamed broccolini with oyster sauce. Yums!)
On the quest to till be able to eat yummables without nasty things happening inside of me, I’ve been trawling the “health food” aisles… can’t do health food stores yet, aisles will be my starting point.
There is so much out there now for gluten free! A few years ago when I’d heard of such a thing as Coeliac’s Disease after having a friend and a relative diagnosed with it, and earning how to eat with them, it was all specialist stuff, now you’ll even find gluten free products alongside the ‘regular’ floured stuff…
My eyes were looking for anything that was dairy-free or vegan (because then i KNOW there’s nothing complicated hidden down the label).. and I managed to find a sugar-free chocolate bar :)
The Sweet William“I’m Sweet Enough” bar…
It does, however, have Maltitol in it which, according to Wikipedia is a “sugar alcohol”… which is large doses could unfortunately have a laxative effect. Not one side effect I need right now!
Anyway. I’ve eaten half the bar (25g) and so far so good on the stomach front… It also tasted reasonable. Not as yummy as anything from the Lindt Cafe but better than missing out on chockies altogether! :)
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