eggplant, aubergine, melongene, brinjal.

Eggplant, Aubergine, Melongene, Brinjal. Different names for one delicious veg.
Let's just stick to Aubergine, cause it's what i use :) Plus, it's the name of a pretty colour!

So Ricks dad grows them in his garden and gave one to rick to give to my parents.
Its was HUUUUGE! But now... how to cook the damn thing?
I took a stab at it last night and even made up my own recipe, it was damn delicious (I was even surprised!)

Did you guys know that Aubergines are actually classified as a berry? Nor did I! They are quite bitter so therefore not the easiest things to cook! But if you get the flavors right can be down right incredible!

So this is what I did.

I cut the Aubergine into thin slices and layed them out in a deep metal dish.

Then I put some cracked pepper, a little bit of raw salt, and LOTS of olive oil (the sucker just soaked it all up!)

I then added some sun-dried tomatoes  (and all the juicy vinegar goodness they were chilling in), diced some fresh tomatoes, added slices of red onion, fresh garlic, more olive oil and a swig of white wine vinegar. Popped them in the oven for an hour at 180 degree's.

They were a SMASH hit!

Last weekend at Tonys.

SO, here's the story from my side.

Rick and I went to lunch and needed somewhere close to his house, so we popped into Tony's Spaghetti. It was a hot Saturday and we on a mission for a new shower head (the joys of getting older).

The food was delicious and i had antipasti and it was exactly what I felt like. Rick had a pizza (but of course!) but he'll be telling you about that later :) I love good food, wine, conversations.

That was the day that we came up with a business idea and that was the night that i spent setting it all up! Great things happened that day, I had the most inspiring day, it's like a lightbulb switching on, in the most amazing way.

Its amazing how good things can come from a relaxed lunch with someone you love, delicious food and glass of cold white wine.

INDI,
XXX

Rick stealing some of my salami, you give that back!

Carpaccio delish. Thin, Fresh, Basil, Parmesan, mushrooms and a healthy swig of olive oil. Jealous down Rick!

A selection on of antipasti.

Indi and Hayley love Suan Thai

After a little bout of charity shop hunting Hayley and myself found that we were rather quite peckish (shopping can do that to ya).


So we decided to drive around Linden and that Thai food would be the best thing for Hayleys raging hangover.

We stopped off at Suan Thai, got a nice little seat outside and met the owner Bradley, who we actually ended up chatting to right till the very end.

We started off with Tom Yum Goong. It was so delicious and tasty, its the best we've had in a while!

Thanks Brad for a great lunch, we'll be seeing you on Thursday for my birthday dinner :) And i'm drooling already.

Suan Thai, 71- 7th st, Linden (011-7827801)

Tom yum...yum yum yum!

I think my eye's are closed out of pure respect. Ilovenicefood.

I had the Green Thai prawn curry with cucumber with a side of rice noodles.

Hayley had a red curry with chicken and litchi's, I had a bite and it was incredible, I may have had slight food eny!

Market on Main.

Hmmm yum Ethiopian food!

Most beautiful looking dish ever! For R50 it fed 2 of us and it was DELICIOUS!

Fresh Mojito's! Pefect for a hot day!

Everyone chilling, eating, drinking and listening to music.

The soup stall at Market on Main! We bought the pomegranate soup! It was INCREDIBLE!
This is a must must buy... but i reckon any of their soups are probably winners! X

So pretty!

The view from Market on Main. Incredible right? Wow i love love town!