Pad Thai

Had a really crappy Pad Thai for lunch. How disappointing. D. and I moved back into the apartment today (from our temporary accomodation, where we've been for three weeks while our bathroom was replaced). So lots of packing, moving and unpacking after work. Didn't have a chance to eat until almost ten o'clock at night. Grabbed two longnecks (aka king browns) of Coopers Sparkling and headed down to Spice Siam, probably the most authentic Thai restaurant in Sydney. Had a proper Pad Thai (therapy over the bad lunch), along with their special of the day... an absolutely delicious sauce of minced pork, tofu and coconut cream with a selection of fresh vegetables (including the small thai eggplant) to dip into it. We also had a dish of green beans, tender pork meat and pork crackling, with steamed rice, which was fantastic.

I said I'd write about the rice cooker one day. And I will. But for now I'll just say that if you ever move house and put the rice cooker on the passenger seat of your car, make sure you clean the little thingo on the side of it which collects the drips of condensation... because if you don't and it spills over the seat, you'll find out that the old, fermented rice juice smells just like baby sick.