The Food

Just a quick post to talk food.

So far, not a fan of the meat or cheese...

As we are staying in an 'aparthotel' we have our own little kitchen to cook meals in (save all the money!). We have been having Crunchynut cereal for breakfast, which is quite yum, and saves us ridiculous amounts of money. We've been having lunches on the go as we've been out each day so far - these have included my very first burrito (yum!), a pub lunch where I had a burger and Mr had a steak and ale pie, and also a lunch at a McDonalds to try a chicken burger we don't have back home. Overall, breakfasts and lunches have been pretty good.

We also bought some fresh raspberries and peaches at a market. They were so juicy and tasty we will be going back to get some more and try some other fruits! If all the fruit is like this, at least from the markets, that will become my snacks and desserts very quickly. From the same market we bought a loaf of sourdough bread, which was equally delicious.

My problem is with the cheese and mince meat from the local grocery store. Yuck. Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love cheese. Well the one we bought is absolutely awful. Granted it's the store brand, but we bought the store brand back in Aus and it was actually our favourite. This one tastes powdery and not exactly like cheese at all... Will not be buying again.

The mince was also the store brand, same as back home, and was also pretty awful. So much fat! I understand this is something I will have to get used to - we are fairly spoilt with our beef in Aus - but it makes me sad that a simple bolognese, like we had on our second night, I could barely eat because it tasted so bad. The mince spuds we had the other night were much better - the mince was seasoned with taco seasoning and some good veg. So maybe that's the way to go - strong seasoning.

On an unexpectedly good note, we bought a container of store-brand chicken and sweet corn soup to have for dinner last night, along with a cob loaf, and both were quite good, especially because combined they were a grand total of about 4.50! We've decided (and we'll see how long this lasts) that we could easily do a soup night once a week to save some money and avoid having to cook as much. Special thanks here go out to Kayla and Dane for that fateful cauliflower soup night - Kayla for persisting and cooking the delicious dish, Dane for not caving and running out to buy us pizza - because of that night Mr is now happy to eat soup!

At a Marks & Spencer we bought a bag of chips and a bag of pretzels - both of which are really good. But then that could just be our genuine need for a bit of salt. Contrary to popular belief, nothing we've bought out has had any amount of salt on it - chips come plain so you add your own, and the sauces don't taste salty at all.

We've yet to have an alcoholic beverage, which are sold in the supermarkets here at what seem to be similar prices to home, but we might save that for the first night in our own place.

It will be interesting once we're in our own place with a proper kitchen to work out good foods to buy - we've noticed a lot of the same brands, most with different packaging, but have yet to find Mr's other love - vegemite!