Golden Dim Sum Restaurant

Where: 154 Fawcett Road, Portsmouth, PO4 0DW I needed lunch when I went round my partner’s so ended up getting a Chinese takeaway. I haven’t been there before and then I found what I haven’t eaten for agessss… Beef Flank! Usually I have rice for dinner but I really wanted the beef flank dish. When… Continue reading Golden Dim Sum Restaurant

Harry Specters chocolate

My boyfriend decided to surprise me with a present one week. I keep asking what it was but he didn’t tell me haha. I’ve never really had a surprise from boyfriends so this was nice! It turned out it was a box of Harry Specters chocolates. I was told that these were from Cambridge! 12… Continue reading Harry Specters chocolate

Slow cooker Chiang Mai noodle soup

This is a recipe by Marion’s Kitchen. Her video recipe is below If you prefer a written recipe, that’s below https://www.marionskitchen.com/amp/slow-cooker-chiang-mai-noodle-soup/ This was a great recipe and it makes alot of soup! For me it makes about 4 meals. The recipe didn’t have tofu but I added the tofu just before the cooking is due… Continue reading Slow cooker Chiang Mai noodle soup

Ground beef curry

This is a recipe by Seonkyoung Longest. I was intrigued by ground beef curry so I gave it a go. Video recipe below Written recipe can be found here Ground Beef Curry Recipe & Video I used the Japanese Golden Curry blocks instead of what was in the recipe. This was actually very easy to… Continue reading Ground beef curry

Stacks

Where: Unit 76, Gunwharf Quays Shopping Centre, Portsmouth, PO1 3TZ Another new takeaway place myself and my boyfriend tried. I had the Classic Cheese Stack Burger, southern fried chicken strips and cajun fries. I enjoyed Stacks and comparing to the burgers I’ve had in other places, this I think is on par with Five Guys.… Continue reading Stacks

Slow cooker congee

I love my congee and where there’s an easier way to cook it, then I’m there! I looked online this week and you can cook congee in a slow cooker. So I thought I would try it out. Not much to it, you put everything in the slow cooker and just turn it on. It… Continue reading Slow cooker congee

Hainanese chicken

This is the very first time making Hainanese chicken, well very first time poaching a whole chicken! This is a recipe by Marion’s Kitchen. Her recipe is in the video Written recipe below https://www.marionskitchen.com/hainanese-chicken-rice/ I don’t eat alot of breast meat as I think it’s too dry but OH MY GOD, this chicken breast is… Continue reading Hainanese chicken

Fresh Roast Pots

Where: 41/43 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7DP My boyfriend wanted to try this place so I thought why not, haven’t had a proper roast in ages. So we ordered this via Uber Eats, we looked at the menu and it doesn’t really tell you what’s in the pot. It says to choose your meat and… Continue reading Fresh Roast Pots

Lamb in tomato and garlic sauce

I fancied a slow cooker meal tonight and this one sounded quite nice! It called for feta cheese and pine nuts but I’m not keen on them so my dinner is less Greek lol There was no pre cooking the meat so it was just put everything in the slow cooker! There wasn’t any small… Continue reading Lamb in tomato and garlic sauce

Roast chicken thighs and vegetables

I don’t eat alot of roast because I don’t want to cook a whole chicken. I don’t eat the breast so it’ll be a whole lot of waste! So I decided to just roast chicken thighs instead. I love brown meat and eating off the bone (inner cave woman) I think this recipe was Nigella… Continue reading Roast chicken thighs and vegetables