Spoiler T-shirt

I spotted this tee shirt on http://www.threadless.com/product/844/Spoilt#zoom. Its by Oliver Moss (http://www.ollymoss.com) who I think is awsome artist/graphic designer who does prints on appareal.
Imagine walking into a movie theatre that was playing one of those movie, with that shirt on.

More photos from America

So I thought I should put some more photos up from my trip to America. Even though lifestyles are similar to australia I was still surprised by afew things such as

A vending machine to borrow DVDs (these were new releases, such as twilight for only $1 when twilight was still at the cinemas in Aus, as well as I pay $7.50 for a overnight new release. rip off)


A vending machine with makeup (they must really like their vending machines)


A comical character on Hollywood Boulavard. (did you notice the chicken on his head?)


And spicy cheetos (in aus we only have cheesy cheetos and extra cheesy cheetos)



Me eating this large thing which is meant to be a cheeto.

Sweet and Spicy Mango Chicken

As you may have guessed I love spicy food. When I went to America I went to this pub in Ohio where I had this saucy and spicy Mango flavoured chicken that was finger licking good. When I got back to australia for some reason I craved this chicken soo much that I tried to find a recipe for it on the internet but all I got was mango chicken curry.
Then one day it hit me, I could just taste the flavour in my mouth this sweet spicy mango flavour, a flavour very similar to mango chutney you can buy in a jar from local grocers. Mango Chutney is different to typcal indian chutneys, Indian chutneys are usually made up with grinded coconut whereas mango chutney is somewhat like a jam with a tangy flavour but is still considered indian.
So I put my theory to the test and the result was pretty close. My family absolutely loved it and my brother even said it was his now favourite dish.

SWEET AND SPICY MANGO CHICKEN





2 Kgs chicken (drummets or wings)
1 Tbsp cooking oil
1 Tsp garlic
Jar of mango chutney (I used 354g jar of sharwoods green label)
1 Tsp Chillie powder
1/2 Cup water


1. Wash chicken pieces and let it dry.
2. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the chicken till slightly brown and fully cooked.
3. Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a plate covered in paper towl, so as to absorb the oil from the chicken.
4. There should be oil still in the pan where the chicken was frying, if not add a little bit to the pan and fry the garlic for about 1 min.
5. Add the mango chutney, chillie powder (add more or less according to taste) and water (add more or less depending on how thick the mango chutney is.
6. The sauce should now be watery. Let it cook on a low heat until the sauce starts to thicken.
7. Once the sauce is thick add the chicken andmix through.

When using chillie powder, taste the mango chutney first to see if it is spicy already, so it would not need any chillie powder. Some mango chutneys are just sweet and tangy wereas others are sweet, tangy and spicy, so depending on your taste then add chillie powder.

Also if you know a chutne yrecipe then just make you own mango chutney, it may produce a better taste.

No Baking You Say

Choc Ripple Cake



Yesterday I made this absolutely yummy choc ripple cake using of course choc ripple biscuits by arnotts. This is by far the easiest cake recipe ever, no baking needed. A good old australian favourite.
I was first introduced to this cake at a work party where my boss made it the other night. and I was very shocked when I found out all that this cake was made out of was choc ripple biscuits, vanilla essence and cream. To decorate the cake you can use whatever topping you like, I chose strawberries cause I think they go good with chocolate, and just for the adults you could also put abit of alcohol in the creme when whipping it, such as baileys or malibu.
Hope you do try this recipe out if you havent before and enjoy. you can get the recipe from here http://www.arnotts.com.au/recipes/ChocRippleCake.aspx

Spicy Prawn Curry

Being Anglo Indian I eat alot of curry, mainly because my folks cook it alot. Because curry is cooked soo often in my household my parents find no need to use a recipe to cook curry, they just put what ever ingredients into it (obviously basic curry ingredients, example chillie powder, cummin ect ect) because they know what spices would give of certain flavour. I have taken on this trait of theirs but I think I'm still learning. My mum till this day will tell me what my curry would be missing just from the taste.

So yesterday I cooked a spicy prawn curry. This recipe is very simple.



SPICY PRAWN CURRY

1 Kg Prawns in their shells (diced beef or chicken can be used instead)
1 Large Onion
1 Tsp Ginger
2 Tsp Garlic
2 Tsp Curry Powder
2 Tsp Turmeric
1 Tsp Chillie Powder (less or more depending on your taste)
1 Cup of water
200gr Canned tomato
1/2 Tsp Salt (or more according to taste)


1. Clean and devain Prawns (I prefer Prawns in their shells because they are more fresh then when buying them already cleaned).
2. Finely chop cleaned onion. Fry the onions in oil on a medium heat untill the onions become a golden colour.
3. Add ginger and Garlic to the onions and fry for about a minute or until the garlic starts popping in the oil.
4. Add curry powder, turmeric and chillie powder and fry for about a minute on a low heat, just so then the spices dont give of a raw taste. (also curry powder has most of the basic indian spices including turmeric, but I still added the turmeric for extra taste.)
5. Add the canned tomatoes and raise the heat to medium, and let it cook for about 5minutes.
6. Add the prawns, water, salt, stir and cover. Let it cook on a medium heat for 20minutes or untill the prawns are cooked (if using beef or chicken it will have to cook alot longer, maybe about 45minutes)


This dish can be served with either rice or bread garnished with corriander and if it is too spicy just eat it with some natural yoghart on the side.

Mickey D's

So I just got back from the US of A and I did have a wee bit of a wonderful time.
My trip consisted of mainly eating...(some good food and some very bad)
Spent most of my time in LA a tourist hot spot with plenty to do. A very multicultural place with little china town, little tokyo, armanian community as well as spanish.
The rest of my time was spent in what I would call typical American suburbia Ohio and Michigan, as well as stopping over in chicago where they have by far the best hot dogs..it looks gross but ohh soo good

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Tree's surround us,
dead to the world,
no leaves just leafless branches.
Instead of our bushes they have woods.
Dark tall leafless trees on either side of the roadway.

Looking into it I wonder,
what this dark kingdom may hold
For if I ever went into these woods,
I sure would be lost forever,
in this world different from ours,
a world stuck in time,
a place with its own secrets