Matcha Ice Cream

Another torturous two weeks of exams are over, and there's not much to report back from my months of absence, in terms of food anyway (as I haven't been venturing into the kitchen much). The most exciting thing that's happened is that I bought sheet gelatin for the first time (yay!)- something I've wanted to buy for a while but have never known where to get it from.

It turns out that if I'd been looking hard enough, it wasn't actually that hard to find as Harris Farms stocks it.....Not that I knew of it's existence near my uni (and it's literally a 5 minute walk) until my friend, who's only been in Sydney for a couple of months, notified me of it and the fact that they have gelatin leaves :) I really ought to explore my own city more!

Interestingly enough, the week after I bought them, Aldi started stocking gelatin leaves too.....

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Takumi, Haymarket

Salmon and Avocado Roll

I really hate having to choose somewhere to eat when I'm in the city...... there's just too many choices!!! 

Takumi, in Market City, is one I've only heard of recently (eventhough I've probably walked past it couuntless number of times) and though I'm not usually much of a fan of sushi trains, $2.50 for everything, including some of my favourite Japanese fried goodies sounded much too good to resist!!

Kingfish Gunkan

We're only here for a light meal, as we've had half a meal elsewhere, but there's so many tempting options- it sort of just turned into a bit more than that!

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Jap Chae

Whilst talking to a friend about things I like to cook, I've realised that I haven't been cooking much as of late. Actually, I haven't really cooked much this year at all!! My weekend lunch breaks have been rather boring, as I now prefer to microwave leftovers or cook something 'instant' rather than spending hours experimenting with funky foods as I used to. And when I do have the time, I'd much rather spend it baking than cooking.

Much of my prior experimenting with cooking is unblogged simply because it didn't quite turn out as I'd expected and it I was usually too lazy to photograph my creations after spending too much time in making it in the first place. The following recipe doesn't quite fit in this category however, as it turned out even more amazing than I'd expected, and I've actually photographed it many times........I've just never quite gotten around to blogging about it!

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