Knickerbocker Glory and Pavlova

While strictly not Aussie, I had a chance to sample two popular desserts not typically found in US,

The Knickerbocker Glory (They ate in the zoo restaurant, and when Dudley had a tantrum because his knickerbocker glory wasn't big enough, Uncle Vernon bought him another one, and Harry was allowed to finish the first. )
http://www.ice-cream-recipes.com/knickerbockerglory.htm

and

The Pavlova.
http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2007/12/pavlova-recipe_22.html

The Knickerbocker Glory was an interesting mix of flavors, with Jello, Custard , Fruits and Icecream. I was a bit surprised at the custard. It was very thick, a bit more than Shrikhand's consistency, and not very sweet.

The pavlova was an even bigger surprise. I have had Meringue cookies before, but they are typically small in size and very crumbly. This was quite big, about the size of a large mango, yet it was crunchy on the top and very light and soft inside. While it was an interesting flavor, I did not quite relish the texture and satisfied myself with finishing the coconut icecream and the mango slices. The passion fruit puree on top with seeds was tasty as well, slightly sweet and slightly sour.



Mummy don't preach!

Now a days Raghav is interested in playing with all the things which have got ICs(integrated circuits) or a black wire. Check this video, he is destroying 3 things in parallel, he switches on and off the TV (knowingly), keeps pressing the "find" button on the cordless phones -that makes all the 3 phones beep in the house. And if that was not enough he found a tissue paper roll and rolled it out! Check the video -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCiSfrRY9PI&feature=youtu.be

That beep noise in the background is from the same cordless phone.

I tried to teach him meaning of "NO" while he does all this - total failure!!! First attempt - he keeps looking at my left eye then right eye and stares back at me. Second attempt he tried to scoop out my eye balls. Third attempt - he came and ate my nose!

Not my day..........

Jet lag in full force
Walking in ill fitting shoes
Severe allergies with sneezes and cold

Forgot laptop at the office. Don't have key card access to get into office. Flying to Brisbane early tomorrow, so need to get the laptop tonight.....asked colleague for help.

Walked down Pitt street looking for food...started drizzling...no umbrella...

Ordered veggie pizza from pizza hut for dinner...waiting 20 minutes....pizza full of garlic, completely inedible.....don't have energy to wait another 20 min...so decide to order curd rice from room service

Get to the hotel, key card not working...floor phone to call front desk not working....went down to get the key...still not working...go down again and get another....still not working...asked hotel manager to come, opened with master key

Called room service, no curd rice, ordered pizza again, super hungry, waiting............................................

Oz Again

Off to Australia for a 10-day business trip tonight.

38 hours non-stop!

I love birthdays...(actually any occasion to celebrate actually)
This year my birthday was extra special!

• The first girl in the next gen shares her aunts birthday! How cool is that :-)
• No. of hrs and my birthday - 24 (2 yrs ago) to 35(last year) to 38 (this year)...No complaints whatsoever!
  

Thanks everyone for wishing me and blessing me. Special thanks to:

Seenanna for the cake and the party!

Sudha vadina for decorating the house..i seriously dont know how she managed something like that with arjun around :)

Kuppakka for making it to the cake cutting. Seenu bava gets half the credit here for taking care of adi :)

Vidyakka and Madhav bava for making the party lively and extra special :)