hello. don't mind me I'm just dying of heat stroke over here. The air con didn't work in my office for 4 days and got fixed on the Wednesday which was the only tolerable day. Let's get started because I hate life at the moment. warning will have copious complaints about everything being too hot.
Food coming on the blog sometime soon will be more spudbar action (FARKIN LOVE IT), we ate ourselves into oblivion at Shakaharis (they don't have aircon either it's fucking ridiculous), I had loads of cocktails and a few snacks at Cutler and Co and plan on going back for another meal sometime soon. I hit up Cafe Rosamond ridiculously hungover and had the Di Special sanger sans mayo and bacon it was PERFECT HANGOVER TREATMENT.
out.
rigor mortis @ the owl and cat
my review has gone missing... still chasing that up don't know why it wasn't posted but ANYWAY it's over now so you can't see it. Was fun, bloody schlock horror fun. The Owl and Cat (like pretty much everything in this city this week) was sweltering, especially with quite a few people in there.
the pineapple sorrows @ la mamma
my review on milkbar magazine. even with aircon was way too hot in there too.
autoluminescent - shadow electric @ the convent
easily now my favourite outdoor cinema in Melbourne. Loads of seats, great indoor space with free ping pong, no pretention. Freaking great. And fantastic curated season as well. The film about Roland was lovely. I was at his second last gig and it was obvious that he was very unwell. I hope he gets remembered as one of our most significant artists, it was a lot of food for thought on the eve of Australia Day.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
seven day juice fast
warning. some poop talk.
From the 27th of December to the 2nd of January I did a liquid fast. I felt like shit. It was a chaotic year for me, living in a terribly mouldy house and having to move out after only 1 year there really took a toll on my health. Taking on too much, a new job role, difficult school subjects, a few friendships falling apart, last year was rough on my health. So my eating habits fell by the wayside and come December I was feeling REALLY crumby.
I decided I would do a fast straight after Christmas, it just felt like the right decision for me. There are many reasons to fast, firstly the majority of us eat too much food. We need a crazy small amount of food to survive (have you actually added up what 1200 calories worth of food looks like per day?). And I realised that my stomach and digestion never gets a break, never has time to repair, is working non stop. I think the majority of disease and ailments is due to food (and the kinds of food you eat) and too much of it.
So going into the fast I did a lot of reading and decided I would do juices and protein smoothies the first few days and see how I went. For the 5 days leading up to the fast I ate strictly gluten free and only two meals a day (with a protein shake for breakfast). I still drank coffee and the occasional cup of tea. I noticed already that I was getting a gross coating on my tongue and my sweat was starting to smell (I don’t smell at all usually – I don’t even wear deodorant). I was feeling really good however, bright and energetic, my sister commented that I looked the most amazing she has ever seen me. On Christmas day I was feeling gross and weird so I decided to have a dose of epsom salts it worked a lot quicker than it usually does. I then sweated into the afternoon. On Boxing Day I had two small meals, I noticed that having an apple became almost unbearable sweet. The night of the 5th day I prepared a salt scrub and stood in the shower visualising and breathing for a few minutes the salt beaded loads of fluid off me. I was drinking loads and loads of water but barely passing anything. During the whole fast I experienced these symptoms exactly as written. It's also worth mentioning that I did as much as I could to assist the detoxifying process, got a massage, did a salt scrub everyday, did epsom salts twice, drank loads of purified water and subaked everyday to sweat it off. Here is my diary of the fast.
day one
I begin the fast weighing 85.5kgs. Woke up feeling hungry, it went away within an hour. Had a cup of black tea with a teaspoon of raw sugar. I scrubbed myself head to foot in the shower and then went to the shops to buy juicing supplies. My sweat and body stinks like meat. It’s crazy. Even after the small amount of food I've eaten in the past 5 days I am still using the bathroom a lot. At around 10am I make a mango smoothie with protein powder and filtered water.
recipe
1 cup of filtered water
2 organic mangos
1 tbsp LSA
1 tbsp wheatgerm
1 tbsp soy lechithin
1 x portion vanilla protein powder
1 x portion fibre powder
I had the smoothie around 10:30am and then rode to Collingwood at 11:30am, it was difficult ride into the wind but I feel normal. I swing from being hungry to not hungry at all. Bloated a little and gassy, I had juice at 2:30pm.
recipe
1/2 a large pineapple
1/2 lemon
thumb of fresh ginger
mint
I had to dilute it with a cup of water as it was too sweet.
5:30pm I am seriously bloated. The amount I'm going to the toilet is FREAKING ME OUT. I have also been taking a dairy free inner health plus per day plus calcium, 2 irons 1 multi vitamin.
6:20pm had large carrot juice with parsley and celery feeling a little woozy after sunbaking for half an hour by 7:20pm absolutely starving, had a chocolate protein shake and a tonne of water.
day two
Went to bed hungry but woke up feeling fine and not hungry. Had a 10 hour sleep. My tongues is coated white and my breath is bad, I feel like brushing my teeth and tongue all the time (which I do). I’ve taken this time to adopt a twice daily flossing routine during which I have discovered one of my molars is cracked. Must go to the dentist when he is back from holidays. I'm waking up everday with a lot of mucus on my chest and in my sinus. All the bloating has gone.
Had breakfast smoothie, same as above but with a punnet of organic blackberries.
Went out all day, feel great, feel extremely clear in the head. Tottered around Ikea feeling very calm, came out felt a bit hungry was surprised to see it was 3:30pm.
Got home at 4:30pm had a juice
recipe
1/2 large beet
1/2 lemon
1/2 cucumber
1 cup of pineapple
Go through periods of being bloated but I think that’s my actual period. Started today don’t have cramps for the first time. Lets see what happens tomorrow.
day three
Have started to think about food haven’t thought about it until this point, I would give my left arm for some avocado on rye crackers. I bought them at IKEA yesterday. I guess juice fasting is just a little bit boring though as well, food is my creativity and the end is a delicious reward. I've busied myself by cleaning out the house and doing some gardening. I feel good this morning hardly any mucus my heartbeat is slow and my stomach is making gurgling noises all the time, deep gurgling noises. I've taken some epsom salts because I’m still going to the bathroom ALL THE TIME and I just want it all out of there its really starting to freak me out. I have my period but I don’t have any period pain which is the first in a very very long time. My sweat still stinks like meat. I am currently disgusted with my own body.
Sweating twice as much as I usually do. Drenched from my bike ride to the city the awful meat smell has started to fade which is nice. Breath is still foul but getting better. Had beet juice with pineapple parsley cucumber for lunch, breakfast was usual smoothie with 2 handfuls mixed berries. 4.50pm had a chocolate protein shake. 9:30pm had a juice: carrot apple celery loads of ginger and wired me a little.
day four
Fucking bored of this already but the house looks and feels amazing I might go to the movies today to carve up the boredom a bit. The mucus doesnt end it's fucking disgusting.
Had a mango smoothie for breakky. It made me too full so I had the rest of it for lunch. Had a karmarama juice at the movies and that’s it, I forgot mostly about food today but still going to the bathroom. I understand why people do enemas now because seriously if that’s what stuck in my fucking colon I want to get it the fuck out of there, I smell like a rotting carcass.
Everything else has calmed down the sweating and the sweat smell has gone, feeling really clear and LOADS of energy. Did some good biking today same energy levels as normal might go for a walk around the park tomorrow.
day five
Had a 12 hour sleep awash with anxiety dreams about Daniel's family and adopting a dog. It's almost 11am and am feeling good, the black sludge is still coming out of me. Have some mouth ulcers and have jaw soreness from anxiety.
Had a watermelon, cucumber, lemon and apple juice at about 1:30pm. Have no desire to eat or drink today, getting anything down is a chore.
day six
I am 81.7kg. Still producing matter from everywhere. This is really amazingly disgusting.
Had a lime and grapefruit juice for breakfast and a tbsp of mixed nut butter.
The rest of the day I had chocolate protein shake and a glass of soy milk, no real desire for anything. Got really woozy today. Had a few moments when I got up too quickly and had to balance myself.
day seven
Cant believe its my last day. Really don't want food at all. Had a carrot, celery, ginger and apple juice for breakfast. A glass of soy milk and berrie protein smoothie. Can't stop thinking about food now though (even though I have no desire to eat), was sooo tempted to break the fast last night
day eight
Breakfast, one organic mango and some pineapple. Food has NEVER tasted so good. The mango made my stomach blow up like crazy, got super hungry an hour later and ate half a pineapple. I think my jaw tension over the past week was muscle memory from not having chewed for so long. I’m chewing my food slowly at this point want to make it easy on myself. Not sure I’ll have vegies today, I’ll see how I go, perhaps just fruit most of the day then a shake.
Lunch I had a protein shake with linseed oil, berries and LSA. Dinner I had broth with fresh vegies (cut very small) and black quinoa. This is what I ate for the three days following the fast. At the end of the fast I weighed 80.7kgs.
fast over
It took me 5 days of slowly introducing more food into my daily diet. I still basically eat only 2 meals a day. I'll have a soy coffee for breakfast with some fruit and then a small meal for lunch and dinner.
what it has taught me
How little food I need to survive. How great I feel when I eat less food, not more. It's broken my sugar addiction, I've had 2 soft drinks in the month since the fast. I only crave healthy foods now. My digestion is much much better and I've stuck to a wheat free diet. I've lost 4.5kgs and I'm losing a little bit of weight each week (I want to lose another 6kgs). I feel like I've kickstarted my metabolism. My skin is unbelievably clear and radiant. I also have much more strength and energy, even though I havent worked out as much as I usually do, when I do I have more power both lungs and physically. Quite remarkable.
My body is resilient and knows how to heal itself. I just need to give it a rest every now and then. I want to do this fast once a year (you should only do it in summer time). It's been a huge breakthrough for me.
It's that time of year, Lisa recently did a liquid fast as well.
From the 27th of December to the 2nd of January I did a liquid fast. I felt like shit. It was a chaotic year for me, living in a terribly mouldy house and having to move out after only 1 year there really took a toll on my health. Taking on too much, a new job role, difficult school subjects, a few friendships falling apart, last year was rough on my health. So my eating habits fell by the wayside and come December I was feeling REALLY crumby.
I decided I would do a fast straight after Christmas, it just felt like the right decision for me. There are many reasons to fast, firstly the majority of us eat too much food. We need a crazy small amount of food to survive (have you actually added up what 1200 calories worth of food looks like per day?). And I realised that my stomach and digestion never gets a break, never has time to repair, is working non stop. I think the majority of disease and ailments is due to food (and the kinds of food you eat) and too much of it.
So going into the fast I did a lot of reading and decided I would do juices and protein smoothies the first few days and see how I went. For the 5 days leading up to the fast I ate strictly gluten free and only two meals a day (with a protein shake for breakfast). I still drank coffee and the occasional cup of tea. I noticed already that I was getting a gross coating on my tongue and my sweat was starting to smell (I don’t smell at all usually – I don’t even wear deodorant). I was feeling really good however, bright and energetic, my sister commented that I looked the most amazing she has ever seen me. On Christmas day I was feeling gross and weird so I decided to have a dose of epsom salts it worked a lot quicker than it usually does. I then sweated into the afternoon. On Boxing Day I had two small meals, I noticed that having an apple became almost unbearable sweet. The night of the 5th day I prepared a salt scrub and stood in the shower visualising and breathing for a few minutes the salt beaded loads of fluid off me. I was drinking loads and loads of water but barely passing anything. During the whole fast I experienced these symptoms exactly as written. It's also worth mentioning that I did as much as I could to assist the detoxifying process, got a massage, did a salt scrub everyday, did epsom salts twice, drank loads of purified water and subaked everyday to sweat it off. Here is my diary of the fast.
day one
I begin the fast weighing 85.5kgs. Woke up feeling hungry, it went away within an hour. Had a cup of black tea with a teaspoon of raw sugar. I scrubbed myself head to foot in the shower and then went to the shops to buy juicing supplies. My sweat and body stinks like meat. It’s crazy. Even after the small amount of food I've eaten in the past 5 days I am still using the bathroom a lot. At around 10am I make a mango smoothie with protein powder and filtered water.
recipe
1 cup of filtered water
2 organic mangos
1 tbsp LSA
1 tbsp wheatgerm
1 tbsp soy lechithin
1 x portion vanilla protein powder
1 x portion fibre powder
I had the smoothie around 10:30am and then rode to Collingwood at 11:30am, it was difficult ride into the wind but I feel normal. I swing from being hungry to not hungry at all. Bloated a little and gassy, I had juice at 2:30pm.
recipe
1/2 a large pineapple
1/2 lemon
thumb of fresh ginger
mint
I had to dilute it with a cup of water as it was too sweet.
5:30pm I am seriously bloated. The amount I'm going to the toilet is FREAKING ME OUT. I have also been taking a dairy free inner health plus per day plus calcium, 2 irons 1 multi vitamin.
6:20pm had large carrot juice with parsley and celery feeling a little woozy after sunbaking for half an hour by 7:20pm absolutely starving, had a chocolate protein shake and a tonne of water.
day two
Went to bed hungry but woke up feeling fine and not hungry. Had a 10 hour sleep. My tongues is coated white and my breath is bad, I feel like brushing my teeth and tongue all the time (which I do). I’ve taken this time to adopt a twice daily flossing routine during which I have discovered one of my molars is cracked. Must go to the dentist when he is back from holidays. I'm waking up everday with a lot of mucus on my chest and in my sinus. All the bloating has gone.
Had breakfast smoothie, same as above but with a punnet of organic blackberries.
Went out all day, feel great, feel extremely clear in the head. Tottered around Ikea feeling very calm, came out felt a bit hungry was surprised to see it was 3:30pm.
Got home at 4:30pm had a juice
recipe
1/2 large beet
1/2 lemon
1/2 cucumber
1 cup of pineapple
Go through periods of being bloated but I think that’s my actual period. Started today don’t have cramps for the first time. Lets see what happens tomorrow.
day three
Have started to think about food haven’t thought about it until this point, I would give my left arm for some avocado on rye crackers. I bought them at IKEA yesterday. I guess juice fasting is just a little bit boring though as well, food is my creativity and the end is a delicious reward. I've busied myself by cleaning out the house and doing some gardening. I feel good this morning hardly any mucus my heartbeat is slow and my stomach is making gurgling noises all the time, deep gurgling noises. I've taken some epsom salts because I’m still going to the bathroom ALL THE TIME and I just want it all out of there its really starting to freak me out. I have my period but I don’t have any period pain which is the first in a very very long time. My sweat still stinks like meat. I am currently disgusted with my own body.
Sweating twice as much as I usually do. Drenched from my bike ride to the city the awful meat smell has started to fade which is nice. Breath is still foul but getting better. Had beet juice with pineapple parsley cucumber for lunch, breakfast was usual smoothie with 2 handfuls mixed berries. 4.50pm had a chocolate protein shake. 9:30pm had a juice: carrot apple celery loads of ginger and wired me a little.
day four
Fucking bored of this already but the house looks and feels amazing I might go to the movies today to carve up the boredom a bit. The mucus doesnt end it's fucking disgusting.
Had a mango smoothie for breakky. It made me too full so I had the rest of it for lunch. Had a karmarama juice at the movies and that’s it, I forgot mostly about food today but still going to the bathroom. I understand why people do enemas now because seriously if that’s what stuck in my fucking colon I want to get it the fuck out of there, I smell like a rotting carcass.
Everything else has calmed down the sweating and the sweat smell has gone, feeling really clear and LOADS of energy. Did some good biking today same energy levels as normal might go for a walk around the park tomorrow.
day five
Had a 12 hour sleep awash with anxiety dreams about Daniel's family and adopting a dog. It's almost 11am and am feeling good, the black sludge is still coming out of me. Have some mouth ulcers and have jaw soreness from anxiety.
Had a watermelon, cucumber, lemon and apple juice at about 1:30pm. Have no desire to eat or drink today, getting anything down is a chore.
day six
I am 81.7kg. Still producing matter from everywhere. This is really amazingly disgusting.
Had a lime and grapefruit juice for breakfast and a tbsp of mixed nut butter.
The rest of the day I had chocolate protein shake and a glass of soy milk, no real desire for anything. Got really woozy today. Had a few moments when I got up too quickly and had to balance myself.
day seven
Cant believe its my last day. Really don't want food at all. Had a carrot, celery, ginger and apple juice for breakfast. A glass of soy milk and berrie protein smoothie. Can't stop thinking about food now though (even though I have no desire to eat), was sooo tempted to break the fast last night
day eight
Breakfast, one organic mango and some pineapple. Food has NEVER tasted so good. The mango made my stomach blow up like crazy, got super hungry an hour later and ate half a pineapple. I think my jaw tension over the past week was muscle memory from not having chewed for so long. I’m chewing my food slowly at this point want to make it easy on myself. Not sure I’ll have vegies today, I’ll see how I go, perhaps just fruit most of the day then a shake.
Lunch I had a protein shake with linseed oil, berries and LSA. Dinner I had broth with fresh vegies (cut very small) and black quinoa. This is what I ate for the three days following the fast. At the end of the fast I weighed 80.7kgs.
fast over
It took me 5 days of slowly introducing more food into my daily diet. I still basically eat only 2 meals a day. I'll have a soy coffee for breakfast with some fruit and then a small meal for lunch and dinner.
what it has taught me
How little food I need to survive. How great I feel when I eat less food, not more. It's broken my sugar addiction, I've had 2 soft drinks in the month since the fast. I only crave healthy foods now. My digestion is much much better and I've stuck to a wheat free diet. I've lost 4.5kgs and I'm losing a little bit of weight each week (I want to lose another 6kgs). I feel like I've kickstarted my metabolism. My skin is unbelievably clear and radiant. I also have much more strength and energy, even though I havent worked out as much as I usually do, when I do I have more power both lungs and physically. Quite remarkable.
My body is resilient and knows how to heal itself. I just need to give it a rest every now and then. I want to do this fast once a year (you should only do it in summer time). It's been a huge breakthrough for me.
It's that time of year, Lisa recently did a liquid fast as well.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
pigeon hole - hobart
My first port of call in Hobart was the highly recommended Pigeon Hole. A gorgeous little bakery with a small but seasonal menu. There is only one vegetarian dish made vegan (if you omit the parmesan cheese) the breakfast beans. As mentioned before I'm now trying to do wheat free as much as possible so I had these beans sans bread which I was a bit sad over, thinking oh.. I'm just going to have a sad little pot of beans for breakfast. One mouthful in and I was stunned, the best beans I've ever had. Rich, full bodied, smokey I could taste cinnamon in them but couldn't place the other flavours that made it so dense. Absolutely spectacular. Excellent coffee, friendly staff and I thought it was sweet they didn't charge me for my coffee (considering I didn't have toast). A great start to Hobart!
deets: 93 Goulburn Street, West Hobart (closed Sunday)
$$: beans $9
other voices, other times:
jules at stone soup did almost the EXACT food tour of Hobart I did
Monday, January 23, 2012
monday melbourne roundup - the MONAFOMA edition
Two weeks ago I was just starting to eat at a decent amount of food after doing a 7 day fast. That is but a memory as the alcohol fuelled, dancing nom fest that happened last week has left me with a clapped out adrenaline gland, sunburned face and a mile wide smile.
My motto this year is "do what you can" not my usual "do everything and end up half dead from malnutrition and sleep deprivation". So in keeping with that I went to MONAFOMA only for the weekend. I wish I could have taken the whole week off but I've got a huge project I'm managing at the moment.. also my FOMOD would have been wistfully missing out on things for Midsumma so I feel I got the best of both worlds.
Wheat free in Hobart is challenging. I did end up eating a piece of bread with a vego antipasto platter at MONA because I felt like I was going to die of starvation (having only eaten a small bowl of beans for breakfast). I had an alien gluten baby by the time I got to Garagistes (cry me a river right?) but cest la vie it was nice bread and I just need to plan more next time, bring nut bars with me etc.
Lets get going because this is going to be B.I.G. Eats and drinks were epic I finally went to Om Vegetarian and it was great! I went to Bimbos for the first time in 6 months and it was the same as last time, almost NO toppings (the gluten free base is excellent however) I wont be going back anymore. Hobart was nom town, Pigeon Hole, Tricycle, Garagistes - all coming this week.
out.
summer of the 17th doll - MTC
Well not surprised to see MTC off to a mediocre start. Daves scathing review is here, I would have actually been more kind. There was a fair bit that was redeemable about it, the mind boggles as to why they staged it in the first place?
tinker tailor soldier spy
I really loved this. Yes it was slow but it was so atmospheric. Depressing cold war Britain in all its glory. 4/5
MONA
This art fag has been to a lot of exhibitions and galleries around the world. I cried about 10 times in this gallery I never in a million years thought anyone could get anything so right (or anything could be so good). It brings up so much, public money vs private why the fuck cant we get it together and preserve our art publically like this? The venue cost 80 million dollars and houses 40 million dollars of David Walshs personal collection as well as pieces bought especially for the museum. Sidney Nolans Serpent is worth it alone. Just go. Go several times. Worship at the altar of Wim Delvoye.
david walsh's private residence at the entrance to MONA
MONA is cut 6 storeys deep into the side of a mountain
crazy huge screening room
the cloaca (my FAVOURITE! its as if geiger and matthew barney had a baby)
the architectural layout is unbelievable
sidney nolans serpent - the first time its been exhibited in australia
the cloaca professional - purpose built room - the only privately owned cloaca in the world
pj harvey - MONAFOMA
She is a goddess. Her voice just keeps getting better. I saw PJ for the first and only time 10 years ago and it was just her and a guitair and everyone was electrified and breathless for an hour and a half. I was slightly disappointed that she didnt have a horn player with her and had it played back up. Her band of course was excellent but the venue was just a huge shed and you could barely see anything. I enjoyed this immensely however. Could have used a video screen so we could have all seen.
The words that maketh murder was my favourite song of last year.. here she is in all her autoharp playing glory.
she also played cmon billy..
My motto this year is "do what you can" not my usual "do everything and end up half dead from malnutrition and sleep deprivation". So in keeping with that I went to MONAFOMA only for the weekend. I wish I could have taken the whole week off but I've got a huge project I'm managing at the moment.. also my FOMOD would have been wistfully missing out on things for Midsumma so I feel I got the best of both worlds.
Wheat free in Hobart is challenging. I did end up eating a piece of bread with a vego antipasto platter at MONA because I felt like I was going to die of starvation (having only eaten a small bowl of beans for breakfast). I had an alien gluten baby by the time I got to Garagistes (cry me a river right?) but cest la vie it was nice bread and I just need to plan more next time, bring nut bars with me etc.
Lets get going because this is going to be B.I.G. Eats and drinks were epic I finally went to Om Vegetarian and it was great! I went to Bimbos for the first time in 6 months and it was the same as last time, almost NO toppings (the gluten free base is excellent however) I wont be going back anymore. Hobart was nom town, Pigeon Hole, Tricycle, Garagistes - all coming this week.
out.
summer of the 17th doll - MTC
Well not surprised to see MTC off to a mediocre start. Daves scathing review is here, I would have actually been more kind. There was a fair bit that was redeemable about it, the mind boggles as to why they staged it in the first place?
tinker tailor soldier spy
I really loved this. Yes it was slow but it was so atmospheric. Depressing cold war Britain in all its glory. 4/5
MONA
This art fag has been to a lot of exhibitions and galleries around the world. I cried about 10 times in this gallery I never in a million years thought anyone could get anything so right (or anything could be so good). It brings up so much, public money vs private why the fuck cant we get it together and preserve our art publically like this? The venue cost 80 million dollars and houses 40 million dollars of David Walshs personal collection as well as pieces bought especially for the museum. Sidney Nolans Serpent is worth it alone. Just go. Go several times. Worship at the altar of Wim Delvoye.
david walsh's private residence at the entrance to MONA
MONA is cut 6 storeys deep into the side of a mountain
crazy huge screening room
the cloaca (my FAVOURITE! its as if geiger and matthew barney had a baby)
the architectural layout is unbelievable
sidney nolans serpent - the first time its been exhibited in australia
the cloaca professional - purpose built room - the only privately owned cloaca in the world
pj harvey - MONAFOMA
She is a goddess. Her voice just keeps getting better. I saw PJ for the first and only time 10 years ago and it was just her and a guitair and everyone was electrified and breathless for an hour and a half. I was slightly disappointed that she didnt have a horn player with her and had it played back up. Her band of course was excellent but the venue was just a huge shed and you could barely see anything. I enjoyed this immensely however. Could have used a video screen so we could have all seen.
The words that maketh murder was my favourite song of last year.. here she is in all her autoharp playing glory.
she also played cmon billy..
Friday, January 20, 2012
thousand pound bend - melbourne
Regardless about how you feel about Jerome, Thousand Pound Bend is a pretty neat space. All of his venues have that laid back feel which is really nice (and odd considering how eye wateringly hipster the clientele is). They have a new menu with this tasty, fresh buckwheat noodle dish on it. Lightly steamed tofu, fresh raw salad and a broth type sauce it was exactly what I wanted on a super hot day. Not sure if the buckwheat noodles are gluten free but I didn't have any reaction to them. Another vegan win in town.
deets: 361 Lt Lonsdale Street, Melbourne web: http://thousandpoundbend.com.au/
$$: $10?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
clare's gluten free toasted muesli
On the morning of my birthday Clare invited me over to have breakfast in her garden. She has always been so supportive of my weird food stuff, phases and cleanses. So of course in that vein she had made me gluten free muesli with yoghurt, fresh fruit and rice milk. She is, as you can imagine, a total gem. This muesli is seriously delicious. Get it into your gob.
ingredients
3 cups puffed millet
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup macadamia
3 tbsp macadamia oil
3 tbsp rice syrup
1 cup cranberries
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup flaked almonds
method
1. Combine puffed millet/shredded coconut/pumpkin seeds and macadamias with the rice syrup and macadamia oil.
2. Spread out on baking tray (layer about 1 inch thick) and bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes, turn with a spoon and bake for a further 5 minutes.
3. Once out of the oven add the cranberries, sunflower seeds and flaked almonds.
4. Leave to completely cool before storing.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
high tea - the windsor hotel
I wasn’t expecting much from vegan, gluten free high tea. But Clare said the Windsor had assured her they do it a lot and they have a really good menu planned. The gluten free scones and bread were good! Really good! So they obviously have gluten free down. The sandwiches were very boring, tomato, cucumber and mushroom. The ‘sweets’ tray was just fruit. I feel like it’s ok for them to say they don’t cater adequately for vegans, you can’t really expect them to (though they could get pastries from Saf Patisserie) and honestly I would prefer it because $59 is a waste of money for fruit, a sandwich and a couple of scones.
Monday, January 16, 2012
monday melbourne roundup
Well I'm back on deck and my liver is already over heating. My life is exhausting sometimes I'm glad I had that 3 weeks at home doing sweet FA. Work has also been pretty intense but will slow down slightly once a major project I've been working on comes to an end on January 28th (bring it the fuck on). Midsummma has begun! I'm going to try and get along to a few literary and theatre events. Are you doing anything for Midsumma? Any tips? Well lets get into it, last week was my birthday so it was action packed for me.
I ate at Gingerboy (havent changed their menu in a year *yawn*), Movida Next Door (amazing as per usual), Mad Mex, 1000 Pound Bend (they have an awesome vegan buckwheat noodle dish on the menu now) and the usual coffee haunts like Wide Open Road, Miss Marmalade, My Sister Says, Journal, Self Preservation, Green, Von Haus etc etc.
out.
high tea at the windsor
Look it was never going to be *incredible* being vegan and gluten free for me. Its like going to an italian restaurant and getting gluten free vegan. Will do a post about it soon. It was however a lovely way to spend an afternoon with my lovely Clare.
beirut
Wonderful. That boy is just gorgeousness. Seriously. But the HiFi bar is a fucking oven in summer get some air conditioning ffs!
david sedaris
Another completely gorgeous man. It's SO different hearing him read his own works, I was crying with laughter. He's so wonderful and bitter and loving and all those good things. Get his books!
urban display suite
review on Milkbar.
carnival - midsumma
I was vollying at the stall for the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (I'm on the board). We do really important work in preserving queer history in Australia. Become a member! It's only $21.
negative energy inc.
review on Milkbar.
I ate at Gingerboy (havent changed their menu in a year *yawn*), Movida Next Door (amazing as per usual), Mad Mex, 1000 Pound Bend (they have an awesome vegan buckwheat noodle dish on the menu now) and the usual coffee haunts like Wide Open Road, Miss Marmalade, My Sister Says, Journal, Self Preservation, Green, Von Haus etc etc.
out.
high tea at the windsor
Look it was never going to be *incredible* being vegan and gluten free for me. Its like going to an italian restaurant and getting gluten free vegan. Will do a post about it soon. It was however a lovely way to spend an afternoon with my lovely Clare.
beirut
Wonderful. That boy is just gorgeousness. Seriously. But the HiFi bar is a fucking oven in summer get some air conditioning ffs!
david sedaris
Another completely gorgeous man. It's SO different hearing him read his own works, I was crying with laughter. He's so wonderful and bitter and loving and all those good things. Get his books!
urban display suite
review on Milkbar.
carnival - midsumma
I was vollying at the stall for the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (I'm on the board). We do really important work in preserving queer history in Australia. Become a member! It's only $21.
negative energy inc.
review on Milkbar.
Friday, January 13, 2012
the vegie bar - fitzroy
More raw amazingness from the Vegie Bar. Oh how I've missed you!! Raw tacos with flaxseed tortillas, walnut meat tomato filling, coconut sour cream, guacamole, lettuce and GREEN SAUCE STUFF. Totally and utterly delicious. I'm so happy I'm back on track with acupuncture because it means more regular lunches at the Vegie Bar!! They also have kombucha now which my friend Justin is just crazy over.
deets: 378 Brunswick St Fitzroy, 03 9417 6935 web: the vegie bar
$$: $12?
other voices, other times:
me: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
vegan about town
healthy party girl
losing my love handles
melbourne vegetarian
melbourne food files
insatiably healthy
wheres the beef?
in the mood for noodles
Thursday, January 12, 2012
max mex y'all
According to Foursquare, many many many of my friends practically live at Mad Mex. It's piqued my curiosity for sure but really.. you think how good can it be for a *vegan*. Well happy to report it's great! And really gluten free friendly too!
Mad Mex rock the same line production business model as Chipotle in the States. You order what vessel you want (quesadilla, taco etc) and what filling (vegetarian minus dairy) and they pass it through the line. Super delicious and fantastic for when you're hungry on the move. This year I am giving up wheat and Lord of the Fries I think Mad Mex is going to fill those shoes! Their website also has this UH-MAZING calorie calculator.
deets: loads of locations in NSW, Windsor and Melb Central for VIC, QLD Fortitude Valley and WA Hillarys Harbour
$$: cheap like $8 for 2 tacos
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