Tommy Thai Smile

Last night we didn't feel like cooking, so decided to go to a restaurant instead. Went with some friends that live just around the corner from us - Bel, Trina and Matt.
There is a Thai restaurant that has recently opened it's doors. They were originally situated a few doors up, but ended buying, renovating and moving into this new store.
It looked really posh. Very dim lighting which set the mood for an intimate dinner. Just a really pretty restaurant to look at, they had put a lot of work into making it look good.
The menu had lots to choose from. We all picked the dishes together and decided to share between us all. The food was excellent, we chose:
Entres - money bags and spring rolls
Main - Red Curry Prawn, Chicken Pad Thai and Bangkok Beef
Better than your average Thai. Same price but slightly smaller servings.
Am thinking about having my birthday there as is a nice setting to have 10-15 people. It's nice to have a good Thai restaurant within walking distance of home. Thai is definately one of my favourite foods!

Raspberry and Chocolate Muffins

Ahhh, dessert - my favourite, my specialty!
At about 8.30pm Monday night, Tony thought it would be a good idea to cook some muffins from scratch for dessert. He selected a recipe from one of his manyfood magazines and hauled me into the kitchen to help out.
In the end I managed to cook the whole lot on my own. Tony did supervise to ensure that I didn't miss anything off the recipe (as this has happened on the odd occasion). He also cleaned up immediately after every utensil was used. He gets quite agitated when someone else is in his kitchen, so he's got to find something to do to be able to stay close : )
Muffins were quite easy to make actually.
Just put in some flour, butter, sugar, baking powder, etc. After you mix the basic ingredients, you can choose anything you want to flavour it. We chose rasberries and chocolate. We had frozen rasberries, which Tont thought was a great idea as when you fold the mixture, they don't break. Muffins took about 15mins in the oven.
We had them with some thickened cream. They were really yum, if I do say so myself : )

Roasted Lamb Loin with Red Wine Jus

On Sunday night Tony cooked Roasted Lamb with Red Wine Jus.
I don't have the recipe or have much of an idea of how Tony cooked it, but I can say that it was bloody tops!
We went to an Italian Restaurant in Drummoyne on Saturday night. Tony ordered a lamb dish. It was quite nice, however they managed to ruin the 'jus' by putting a kilo of salt in it.
Tony then put the challenge down to cook some lamb, but do it right.
This is what I do know - He fried the lamb loin first in a pan, then put it in the oven for a while. Once the lamb was cooked he used the juice from the pan to start the jus. Added some red wine and other yummy flavours. Vegies - Put some broccolini and asparugus in boiling water. I took them out of the water when I thought they were ready, Tony congratulated me, he said "these are cooked to perfection". I was quite happy that I could help.
Once the vegies were ready Tony 'plated up'. See the attached picture to see how lovely it looked.
The lamb was 100 times better than what we ate in the restaurant, it was sooo tender. The jus was absolutely perfect.
Tony reckons he'd like to cook this for a group of people, as it was really easy and really yum.
I wonder who the lucky group will be??