So I have just completed 6 days of no coffee, just cause. Turns out day 2 is when the body suffers some crazy withdrawal – I had a pounding headache for most of the day.

And of course, here is my obligatory post of coffee:

Bar 9 Central also recently opened in the city, so now I can get my baby Bar 9 fix easily! Instead of trekking or bussing to the super crowded cafe. This was a beetroot, fennel, blood orange salad with radish, rocket, and some other things. The rocket and radish burned me, as always, but it was tasty!

I also managed to finally visit Jack Ruby, this restaurant/bar place which has an American theme to it, so ceviche, tacos and actual Amercian food galore. I loved my food, but some other people didn’t – apparently the philly cheesesteak was average. I loved all that I ordered, though the ceviche was not what I had expected since in America I had some amazing cheap ceviche, plus I am great at making my own. This one was creamy, partially due to the avocado, but it was still nice, and the corn chips were tasty. The deep fried shrimp was fun and delicious but too spicy, even without the sauce! Only because I have no chilli tolerance.

Mac and cheese balls. Super yummy! So I have had mac and cheese toastie, mac and cheese balls, mac and cheese fingers, but I have not had mac and cheese by itself!

 And a lamb taco in the background, fried chicken taco in the foreground. The fried chicken one was spicy but oh so good! I love tacos like these! Lots of exclamation marks!

Apart from eating out, yes, I have been doing more of my own cooking. It’s just been mostly ordinary stuff though. This is a new experiment of mine, chicken breast with sea salt, pepper, rosemary, lemon and olive oil. I will throw it in the oven for who knows how long, then put it in things, like salad or quinoa or a sandwich, whatever it is that I actually have in my pantry tomorrow.

Now for the blood oranges! I bought 3 kilos of blood oranges cause they were cheap ($2.50kg) and I’ve been meaning to  make blood orange jellies for a few weeks now, but never could be bothered. I tried taking pictures of them but it doesn’t work at night, so here is a random “bespoke” cocktail I made – blood orange, strawberry, mint. I love blood orange juice!

And here it is again in a martini glass :)

Yay for pretty things!