A Few of My Favourite Things !

We bought a truffle in Paris. And then we wondered what we were going to have it with and how we were going to have it, given that we were staying in a hotel with no cooking facilities. Well, I knew that I wanted to try it with eggs, so we bought some organic eggs from the food emporium in Galleries Lafayette 

We nestled the truffle with the eggs, wrapped them up and left them overnight:

The next morning, I placed them gently in the kettle, filled it up with cold water and turned the kettle on. The eggs were left for a few more minutes after the water had come to a boil before being fished out with a teaspoon. Perfect soft boiled eggs with truffle shaved over the top! I left mine in for a little longer even and had hard boiled egg with shaved truffle.

Next time, I’m going to try frying an egg on the bottom of an iron

Here is what I did this morning - the Sussan 10km Fun Run! I was pretty chuffed to (a) complete the whole 10k without stopping to walk; and (b) come in at just over 54min. Although my husband often questions why they would name events like these ‘fun runs’, I have to say that it really was fun to be running on such a beautiful sunshiny morning along the St Kilda foreshore and look out onto the blue, blue waters. So, how was your morning?

After completing the event, we headed to Baker D. Chirico, an artisan bakery on Fitzroy Street, to pick up a loaf. There are many delicious-looking treats just waiting to be had: lemon creme brulee, strawberry custard tarts, almond biscuits, baby meringues, little flourless chocolate cakes. We left with a loaf of rye bread and a slice of pear custard tart for my hubby, who sat reading patiently while waiting for me to complete the run. The loaf was just out of the oven, and we waited (im)patiently for it to cool before cutting some slices to have with lunch. Mmmmm, talk about yummy bread - so moist and fragrant.

Last night, the Melbourne food bloggers - well, the four of us who could make it anyway - finally managed to meet up thanks to a huge effort from Ed. The food bloggers in Sydney seem to get together quite regularly but this is the first time any of the Melbourne bloggers have become acquainted in person. Admittedly, I was a little apprehensive - after all, how much can you tell about someone from their blog? Fortunately, Ed, Jamie and Sarah all turned out to be just fine - phew!

In his most recent post, Jamie proposes that most people have a preference for either a savoury breakfast of eggs & bacon or a sweet one of muesli & fruit. I’m definitely a sweet person and it’s rare that I have a craving for bacon & eggs. I recently realised that this is also reflected in the food that I blog about and I have decided to be more balanced with my posts. So, I’ll start with the breakfast that I made for A this morning.

These scrambled eggs were inspired by Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid’s Mangoes and Curry Leaves. I started by frying some shallots, crushed ginger, curry leaves and dried chilli flakes in olive oil before adding a beaten egg & scrambling.

The curry scrambled egg was served with Turkish basturma (aka pasturma). I love the way the green curry leaves are veiled in a translucent egginess.