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Smashed Avocado Toast with Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Smashed Avocado Toast with Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Skip the bacon, ham and salmon today! This is a truly satisfying, vegetarian breakfast that doesn't lack anything, will make you feel good, and is easier to assemble together than it looks. The recipe is inspired by one of my favourite breakfast places of all time: Friends of Mine in

Indonesian Chicken Stock

Indonesian Chicken Stock

Indonesian cuisine offers a diverse variety of soups. Soto Ayam, a very flavoursome chicken soup and Bakso, a hearty meatball soup are amongst the most popular ones. If you ask me, they all have one thing in common: very good stock as their base. If you’re planning to make

Saffron & Lemon Chicken Kebabs

Middle Eastern Cuisine

Saffron & Lemon Chicken Kebabs

Saffron is a beautiful spice, unless you have white kitchen surfaces 🤣. It turns everything it touches into a radiant golden yellow and is therefore great to cook with. Derived from the flower of a crocus (Crocus sativus) only producing a few threads each and being hand-picked by real people, makes

Persian Rose-Petal Lamb Chops

Persian Rose-Petal Lamb Chops

A very old friend of mine from university is Iranian (or Persian - this can sometimes be a sensitive issue) and aside from the dancing, which I never really got the hang of thanks to an inability to snap my fingers, she introduced me to the very unique world of

Wild Garlic Chimichurri

Wild Garlic Chimichurri

Yay, it's that time of the year again: wild garlic season! In early spring, just before everything nature comes back to lush, green life, wild garlic starts to grow on the edges of the forest. Sam doesn't let me harvest my own straight from the forest. He's too scared that

Eggplant Kasundi, Poached Egg, Asparagus on Toast

Eggplant Kasundi, Poached Egg, Asparagus on Toast

If I had to limit myself to one single breakfast place for the rest of my life, it would probably be Friends of Mine in Richmond. Its a lovely café, treating you with all day breakfast, amazingly good lattes and a laid-back atmosphere. I can't count the times I went

Buttermilk Pancakes

Buttermilk Pancakes

Sam and I met while studying for our MBAs at Melbourne Business School. For our intake, the programme was changed from 2-year course to a 12 month full-time programme, without altering the syllabus. I had never worked so hard in my life. Most of the time, I wasn't even aware

Double-French Toast

Double-French Toast

This staple of every great breakfast-café can easily be created at home. You will just need to schedule in a run on the same day to keep it balanced 😉 Recipe This feeds two very hungry people ½ loaf of brioche (we use our own sourdough brioche [https://palaceofharmony.com/sourdough-brioche]) 6

Sourdough Brioche

Sourdough Brioche

Brioche is a lovely treat just by itself, topped with some butter and jam. But it’s also very versatile.

Crispy Barramundi with Green Apple Salad and Caramelized Pork

Crispy Barramundi with Green Apple Salad and Caramelized Pork

Every bite of this is like a flavour explosion in your mouth. Imagine a sweet, sour, salty and spicy taste, all at once and combined with crunchy and smooth textures. But be warned: You shouldn't eat too much of it in one go or you will regret it. It is

Gnocchi Sorrentina

Gnocchi Sorrentina

Feel like a comforting meal for a cold, rainy or sad day? We’ve got you covered: heartwarming, homemade gnocchi with a very simple, yet flavoursome sugo. As with almost every dish, the quality of the ingredients are crucial here. Make sure you get good, extra virgin olive oil (commonly