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  • My fried rice

    January 14, 2014

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    Rice has always been my favourite staple. As an accompaniment to soak up delicious sauces or even just on its own, plain steamed rice is my comfort food.

    So you may find it odd that growing up I never had fried rice; we just didn’t cook it in our house. As an adult however, I have found that making fried rice is the best way to use up leftovers, especially when you have nothing but the basics: eggs, onion, ginger, garlic, sauces, etc. Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Recipes, Scoffing, Simple Tags: Asian, budget, Chinese, food, Garlic, Home, leftovers, pork
  • Four Years of Scoffing & Quaffing

    November 18, 2013

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    Just over four years ago, during dinner at Hikaru with a lovely friend, I entertained the idea of starting a food blog – just to share my favourite restaurants and recipes with family and friends. And once said lovely friend came up with the name Scoff & Quaff, I though it was too good a title to waste! Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Other, Scoffing Tags: anniversary, change, Cooking, food, food blog, food blogging, Home, Quaff, Scoff & Quaff
  • Zucchini and feta fritters

    April 9, 2013

    3 Comments

    I made this up today, inspired by my recent success with amazingly simple and delicious zucchini and haloumi fritters. These are low in sugar and carbs and are of course low GI as well.

    The texture of these is lovely, light and slightly crisp; somewhere between a pikelet, an omelette and a fritter. I recommend serving simply with a squeeze of lemon, or some crispy bacon and tomato chutney for something more substantial. Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Breakfast, Coffee, Healthy, Party food, Recipes, Scoffing, Simple, Vegetarian Tags: breakfast, cheese, Cook, Feta, Fritter, Fruit and Vegetable, healthy, Home, low carb, low GI, Olive oil, vegetarian, Zucchini
  • Green and red hot sauce

    March 24, 2013

    11 Comments

    These are my basic green and red hot sauce recipes which I adapt every time to accommodate for seasonal availability.

    I’ve been growing my own chillies since Christmas and I’ve already harvested about two kilos, the equivalent of four batches of hot sauce. I urge you to try growing your own; it’s ecological, economical and incredibly satisfying! Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Healthy, Party food, Recipes, Scoffing, Simple, Thermomix, Vegetarian Tags: Chili pepper, chillies, Condiments, Cook, Food processor, Garlic, Home, Hot sauce, Measuring cup, peppers, Sauce, spicy, Thermomix, Vinegar
  • Chicken adobo with greens and chilli

    Chicken Adobo

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    This Filipino classic is one of Mr Black’s favourite dishes, and mine as well. I absolutely adore vinegar – as a child I would drink leftover dressing straight from my salad bowl. If you love vinegar, you’ll love adobo! Best of all it’s dead simple to make, perfect for either a midweek dinner or an easy party dish.

    Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Other, Recipes, Scoffing, Simple Tags: Adobo, Bay leaf, Black pepper, chicken, chilli, Cook, easy, Filipino, Garlic, Home, Kikkoman, Soy sauce, Vinegar
  • Sate babi bumbu kecap: Indonesian pork sate

    December 30, 2012

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    This dish was inspired by a recipe from RasaMalaysia and adapted for the Thermomix, with which I am obsessed. Of course, you can make it using a blender and saucepan too. It reminds me of the sate sticks my dad used to cook for us when I was little, on a teeny tiny charcoal barbecue in our backyard. I adored smothering huge bowls of rice with the peanut sauce. Heavenly! Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Healthy, Party food, Recipes, Scoffing, Simple, Thermomix Tags: Barbecue, BBQ, Cook, Coriander, Cumin, Home, Indonesia, Palm sugar, pork, Satay, sate, Shallot, skewers, Soups and Stews, Soy sauce, tempeh, World Cuisines
  • Moon’s Fresh Sushi, Dulwich Hill

    September 30, 2012

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    Dulwich Hill is a fabulous suburb to live in, with Vietnamese, Thai, Lebanese, Pakistani, Chinese and Portuguese restaurants, plus plenty of excellent cafes, delis, butchers and patisseries. There are times, however, that I simply need sushi. So I am very very happy to announce that Dulwich Hill now has its own sushi restaurant! Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Restaurants, Scoffing, Sydney, Takeaway Tags: Asian, Cooking, Dulwich Hill, Dulwich Hill New South Wales, dumplings, Home, Japan, Moon, party food, Restaurant, Review, Salad, Sushi
  • Pork belly & ribs stewed in orange, soy and spices

    August 31, 2012

    6 Comments

    This is my mum’s best classic, comforting winter dinner dish and a firm family favourite. It fills the house with an incredibly enticing, warming fragrance from the star anise, cinnamon and orange, and reminds me of the happiest moments of my childhood. The pork is stewed until incredibly tender, so that the fat just melts in the mouth and the meat is worthy of ‘pulling’ pork status. The ribs are a treat for those who aren’t into pork fat (i.e. crazy people, and my sister). Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Recipes, Scoffing Tags: Asian, Chinese, Cook, food, Home, Meat, pork, Pork belly, Recipe, Sauce, Soy sauce, spices
  • Confit duck dumplings fried in duck fat

    August 20, 2012

    7 Comments

    I am obsessed with few things in life, but duck and dumplings are definitely two of them. While shopping for ingredients to make dumplings the other evening, I had the GENIUS idea to combine the two. Even more brilliant, I got my friends to help make them! They didn’t quite turn out quite as prettily as my usual dumplings (I’ve had a lot of practice) but it was great fun. We also made some spinach and tofu Ladakhi mokmok (aka momos in Tibet or Nepal), which I’ll post separately for the vegematarians 🙂

    Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Party food, Recipes, Scoffing Tags: Asian, Chinese, confit, Cook, duck, Dumpling, dumplings, Hoisin sauce, Home, Nepal, party food, Peanut oil, Scallion, Sesame oil, Tibet, Wonton
  • Homemade paneer (and spinach) pakora

    August 7, 2012

    3 Comments

     

    I have three words for you:

    Deep. Fried. Cheese.

    That is all. Continue reading →

    Posted By: Liv Category: Party food, Recipes, Scoffing, Simple, Vegetarian Tags: Chili powder, Cook, Home, Indian cuisine, Pakora, Paneer, Sauce, Tamarind, Teaspoon, Yoghurt

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