Friday Dinner Review

It's often much easier to go out for take away, go out for dinner, especially on a Friday night. However, we decided that we could still have that style but less most of the effort. So whilst, what follows is all mainly purchased, I thought it was still worth a review to see how we can definitely spice up a dinner quickly - just to celebrate the beginning of a weekend!



Above - Mason's Rose Sparkling Grape Juice @ $2.97 per bottle, this easily filled 6 glasses. You can taste the tinge of rose at the end of the sip. Bonus, it was pink!

Rose Breed is "Peace" - a tinge of pink highlights the tips of this rose. It is one of the largest roses I have seen! From my garden :)

I love this black rectangular platter and dip bowl from Alex Liddy (Myer) - Dip was the Wattle Valley "Grilled Eggplant, Parmesan and Cashew Dip" - not bad, but I prefer the capsicum version, the cheese flavour was a little strong, but definitely one of the better dips avail as you can definitely feel the dip... :)

King Island Double Brie Cheese - man this is good!!! :)

Crackers and cucumber - the usual :)

Smoked salmon - who can resist! Try this with the Brie cheese and crackers... yuuummm....


Leonards has some good marinated chicken... we wanted the Tandoori chicken but they ran out, so tried their portugal marinated chicken, which is about $3.75 for half... we had about 4 pieces here... and it's really quite quick in the oven and browned really well and crispy too!

I baked the potatos, to quicken the process, microwave and then toss with oil, cracked pepper and salt and chuck it in the oven! Do this with some pumpkin too!


Now, this was really the star of the night! A strawberry flan from Jean Claude Pattiserie. It's on Rokeby Road, Subiaco and it is a tiny shop, that often has lines outside it (must be a marketing ploy! The shop is so small - packed with bread and of course therefore people have to line up outside!) - honestly, they have one of the best strawberry tarts. It definitely does not come cheaply, but definitely worth a taste... or two!