Curried Apple Quiche

Although I'm quite adventurous when it comes to food, my lunchboxes are always anything but. Infact, the only things that ever appear in my lunchbox nowadays are tuna or chicken sandwiches. Convenient, but so boring!

In an effort to spice things up, I went through my fridge and pantry, which although were quite well stocked, didn't give much inspiration for my lunchbox. I ended up making these curried apple quiches as they sounded quite interesting and seemed easy and quick enough to make for a lazy weekend.

I used an olive oil crust to make things a tad healthier, though I found that the crust tasted much better hot than cold (as it turned quite hard) and chucked a bit of leftovers into the quiches as well just to spice things up. They sure made a much more exciting lunch for a week though they're a little more effort that I'd expected!

And the curried apples?

I'd put apple in japanese curries before so I thought it's work well, but I can definitely say that curried apples aren't my thing! Although the sweetness of the apples works with curry powder, the sourness of the apples tastes really out of place. It might just be me though! :)

Recipe to come soon (I've been too lazy to type it out!)

Mango Ice-Cream

Not exactly an experienced fruit buyer, my sister picked up 3 overly ripe mangoes at the supermarket for an amazing price- a bargain that left me grinning though my parents were shaking their head wondering what on earth they'd do with mangoes so soft they obviously could not eaten.

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Highlights of a Hong Kong trip

How late is too late to blog about something?

I usually keep my posts up to 6 months before deleting them, but this post has been sitting in my drafts folder for almost a year, easily setting the record for the longest post in the draft folder. On various occasions I'd considered deleting it, reasoning that it's only about the food on my previous Hong Kong holiday- places that I'd no doubt visit again and could write about later.

Well, I'm almost off on another trip back, and I couldn't bear deleting these photos and text, so I thought it'd be good to get this posted before I have more holiday eats to write about!

Yue Kee Roasted Goose Restaurant, Sham Tseng

My mum has wanted to take us to Yue Kee for a while, after tasting the roasted goose there a couple of years ago which she describes as pretty amazing! It's located in Sham Tseng, an area well known for its roast goose/geese, and I'm told that almost every roast duck restaurant here does a great roast duck. My dad tells me of how he used to come to this restaurant after bush walking in the surrounding area...which goes to show how old this restaurant is!

I don't think I've ever had roasted goose in Sydney but to be honest, I can't really tell the difference between duck and goose. I've been told by roasted goose lovers that goose has more of a depth of flavour (or something along those lines), duck lovers tell me that duck has more tender and succulent meat, but the only difference I can really tell is that goose is usually bigger and meatier.

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