GlenB

Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA


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MILD MANNERED REPORTER WRITING ON THE GOLD COAST SCENE BY DAY-CHEF EXTRAORDINAIRE CREATING THE GOLD COAST FOOD SCENE BY NIGHT.

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I am a qualified journalist writing on the Gold Coast food scene by day and an experienced professional chef creating on the Gold Coast by night.

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The Brisbane Good Food And Wine Show

November 6th 2009 11:59
Celebrity Chef Matt Moran Autographs Cookbook
Celebrity Chef Matt Moran Autographs His Cookbook
The annual Brisbane Good Food And Wine Show began today at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, and will continue until Sunday.

Celebrity chefs, Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Matt Moran, Tobie Puttock as well as Ben O'Donoghue and Alastair McLeod will be demonstrating their talent. After their shows they will be signing their latest books, which are available at the Angus and Robertson stand.

The menu in the Wild Oats Restaurant will include samples of Alastair McLeod’s peppered beef salad, Gary Mehigan’s Vietnamese chicken coleslaw, Matt Moran’s tempura prawns and Toby Puttock’s caramelised brioche with forest berries.
Celebrity Chef Ben O'Donoghue cooking demonstration
Celebrity Chef Ben O'Donoghue Demonstrating

With over a hundred exhibitors from the Australian Blueberry Growers Association to the Zema Estate winery, there is something for every taste. Queensland's award winning Mammino Gourmet Ice-Cream has a range of unique fruit and liquor flavours, as well as their famous Red Dirt ice-cream

The luxuriant products from The Really Stuffed Olive Co include Caramelised Balsamic and White Vinegars, Sweet Pomegranate Balsamic, Seasoned Black Olives, and Egyptian Dukkah.

Tassal Quick & Healthy Tasmanian Salmon will be running salmon master classes every 15 minutes for small audiences. The Tassal master chefs share samples, and their tips on how to prepare simple salmon dishes.

Take your wine appreciation to the next level with various wine sampling sessions throughout the weekend including the Reidel Masterclass. This popular class is back with a session on Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Your ticket includes a set of four Vitis glasses valued at $299.95.

General admission costs $20 for adults and $16 for kids,and tickets are available from ticketek.
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RAAF F1-11 Jet dump and burn
An F1-11 Dumps And Burns Jet Fuel
The Gold Coast Super GP is a fumefest foisted on the local residents without regard for their wellbeing, by a government more intent on its financial health.

The Roulettes were doing fly-bys trailing smoke, helicopters were landing and taking off in the middle of the track precinct, and the F1-11s were doing ‘dump and burns,’ which means dumping fuel and burning it.
Gold Coast SuperGP trackside burning rubber
Burning Rubber At The SuperGP

Over four days the racing cars burnt thousands of litres of high octane fuel, producing tones of noxious gas, while novelty vehicles burnt rubber until the crowd disappeared in a pall of smoke.

In spite of all this excessive consumption of non renewable resources, smokers were singled out for burning a bit of dried vegetation. Tobacco is a legal drug, yet smokers were displaced to designated areas.
Tough new Queensland Anti smoking laws

Corralled beside the footpaths, without shade in some areas, smokers were not allowed to eat, drink or sit, and could not see the track. Environmental Health officers could issue $200 on the spot fines to anyone smoking outside these tiny fenced areas.

Racing cars and burnouts on public roads, low flying aircraft, consumption of liquor in public places and public nudity were all permitted. What is normally illegal is allowed yet smoking outdoors is outlawed.
RAAF Roulettes Fly By In Formation

Meanwhile Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and key ministers, including Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Kate Jones, are gearing up for next weeks Queensland Climate Summit.
Co-organised by The Climate Group and the Queensland Government, the summit is designed to discuss the emerging low carbon economy.

The incongruity did not escape Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke.
Climate change and sustainability Minister Kate Jones
Where Was Climate Change And Sustainability Minister Kate Jones?
“I think we’ve burnt more carbon emissions in the past week that in the rest of the year - it’s phenomenal,” he said.

If Queensland Health were serious about health they would object to the event being held on public streets in the first place, and if the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability was serious about sustainability, she would object too.
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V8 Supercars Surfers paradise street track
The circus that is the Gold Coast Super GP has come and gone leaving the city to clean up the mess and restore normal traffic flow.

After the initial naming rights sponsor, Nitro Energy Drinks went insolvent, Nikkon stepped in, although much of the official merchandise still bore the Nitro moniker.

At the eleventh hour the main event, the Formula A1 cars, were a no show leaving Queensland Sport Minister Phil Reeves, Event Chairman Terry Macenroth and SuperGP General Manager Greg Hooton with egg on their faces.

In the end the V8 Supercar Series, more popular amongst the domestic audience, stole the show again, adding additional races to fill up the program.

V8 Supercar driver Mark Winterbottom, driverof the #5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon, was in the Nikon SuperGP pit lane this morning to reflect upon his weekend’s success on the Surfers Paradise streets.

Winterbottom, who claimed two prized Nikon SuperGP surfboards across the weekend despite battling a glandular illness for the past week, said the win was just the lift he needed.

“The Gold Coast track is a real driver’s track, it rewards bravery and disciplines stupidity.
Surfers Paradise street racing Super GP

“If you ask any driver in the field I’m sure they’ll all agree that this track rates very highly on their list of favourites - it is one of the tracks we all enjoy.

“This year’s format I believe worked well, but it is up to the powers to be to decide what format next year’s event will take. From a personal point of view I really didn’t pay too much attention to the Indy Cars when they were here.”

“The racing was pretty fierce over the weekend and I’m sure that everyone who was here or watching on tv certainly enjoyed the action.”

“I think this year’s crowd was very thick with motorsport enthusiasts, where in the past there was a large proportion of people who were simply here to party and not that interested in the racing.”

The 2009 Nikon SuperGP featured four 150km V8 Supercar races as well as the Pirtek Australian Legends and a bumper on and off track entertainment program, plus support racing from the Haymans Electrical Mini Challenge, Strategic Airlines Formula Ford and the Aussie Racing Cars.

Over 205,000 people visited the event across the four days of October 22-25, and in 2010 the event will celebrate its 20th year.
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remote devices detonates explosion in van
A remote door locking device has acted as a detonator, destroying a plumbers van in a massive explosion in suburban Melbourne today.

An oxy-acetylene gas bottle, which was stored in a cabinet in the new VW transporter van was apparently leaking throughout the night


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Greek Georges Paragon Seafood Restaurant Southport
Georges Paragon At Southport
Georges Paragon Seafood Restaurant has been an institution in Sanctuary Cove for over twenty years. Now George Tassis has four of a kind with three new additions at Southport, Kingscliff and Mt Tambourine.

Georges Paragon is famous for introducing half price lunches. The full price menu is comparative to other fine dining restaurants, so the lunchtime discount is genuine


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Pink pimento sauce recipe Italian pasta
The following recipe and step by step pictures demonstrates a sweet and creamy pimento sauce. It is not hot and has a delightful colour. I have used miniature capsicums of assorted colours from my garden, but a red capsicum from the supermarket is ideal.
This recipe can be made gluten free by using arrowroot flour for thickening or relying on the natural thickening of the cream.
Portugese pimento Italian pasta recipe ingredients

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Beijing Olympics Silver Medalist Sally McLellan
The annual Australian University games are being held on the Gold Coast from Sunday 27th September until today, and Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan gave up her time to help out future elite athletes at the Games.

Local universities continued to do well yesterday, dominating the netball, volleyball and football. Griffith University was sitting at the top of its pool in division 2 AFL, men's division 1 basketball, men division 1 beach volleyball, women's division 2 volleyball, mixed division 2 netball, women's tennis, men's division 1 touch football and women's division 1 touch football


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Pear And Almond Flan with Chocolate Pastry

September 22nd 2009 04:01
pear and almond flan chocolate pastry
Chocolate pastry can be made simply by adding two tablespoons of cocoa powder to the flour before mixing up a standard pastry recipe. In the following recipe, with step by step pictures, I use chocolate pastry combined with an almond paste called frangipane, to make a nutritious and delicious desert

Ingredients


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Emma Moffat Wins World Triathlon Gold Coast
Image by Bam Media
Australia's Emma Moffatt overcame injury worries to win the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship, comprising a 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run. Moffat beat her main rival, Lisa Norden from Sweden, in a sprint finish to cross the line in a time of 1:59:14 as she won the Series Grand Final on Australia's Gold Coast.

Moffatt entered the final event of the year just 120 points ahead of Norden knowing that a top two finish would ensure her the world title, however had been suffering with a foot injury in the lead up to the race. Having made the front cycle pack of seven, along with the Swede, the championship leaders fought out a tough 10km run as they pushed each other to the line before Moffatt came out on top. Norden's second place sealed Sweden's first senior elite triathlon world championship medal. Despite finishing down in eighth, New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt ensured that she did enough to secure world championship bronze


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eye fillet beef wellington puff pastry
Beef Wellington is a whole eye fillet or steak topped with a mushroom mixture, then wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Some recipes include chicken liver pate or a more complex mushroom duxelle, but this recipe with step by step pics is a basic version.

The origin of the dish known as Beef Wellington is obscured by time. Some say it is named after the first Duke of Wellington, while others maintain it is a variation of the French ‘filet de boeuf en croute.
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Recent Comments

Comment by GlenB
on Whitebait Fritters Step By Step

October 2nd 2009 00:24
All original photographs on rawfish are subject to copyright. That just means you can't republish them unless you are exempt for reasons such as 'academic purposes'.
It sounds like you are a student so all you have ot do is write "Photos courtesy of Rawfish.com.au" or "Pics by Rawfish.com.au" and you are covered.
Plus your teacher will be impressed you understand copyright.

Comment by GlenB
on Spinach And Ricotta Filo Triangles = Spanikopita

August 10th 2009 05:43
Oops...
Consider it rectified.
Thanks for pointing that out, the filo is a pretty crucial ingredient.

Comment by GlenB
on Are we headed for a one world government?

June 10th 2009 06:27
A balance of power is more sustainable. Refer to George Orwells futuristic novel 1984 in which the world is divided into three superpowers, with shifting borders and allegiances, that are perpetually at war.

Comment by GlenB
on Bye Bye Bush - 3 Funny Photos

June 7th 2009 05:04
Okay, you got me on a technicality. Since Bush wasn't a candidate, I guess voting for Obama was a rejection of McCain or the Republicans in general, not Bush specifically.
I was actually attempting a pun. You may remember the shoe throwing incident?

Comment by GlenB
on Giant Feral Pig Eats Farmers Dogs

June 7th 2009 04:34
No photoshop. Look at the rear suspension on the Land Cruiser. The wheel is almost touching the chassis.

Comment by GlenB
on Kevin Rudd Apologises To RAAF Crybaby

June 2nd 2009 03:32
To her credit she has not made an issue of it. The incident was logged at the time, and only came to media attention a couple of months later.
It was really just a beat up of Mr Rudd by the mainstream media. That's why i wanted to present the other side of the coin.

Comment by GlenB
on Four Ingredients Make A Cheap And Easy Dessert

May 30th 2009 06:48
Lattice biscuits are available at Coles.
You could use chocolate instant pudding mix to make a chocolate slice. That's a good idea, actually.

Comment by GlenB
on Is Schapelle Corby Smoking A Joint?

May 30th 2009 04:47
To anonymous of the previous comments,
Here's a fact. As already discussed in these comments, under Indonesian law there is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
On the contrary, once charged, a defendant is presumed guilty. The onus is on the defendant to prove his or her innocence.

Comment by GlenB
on My Second Attempt At Rev Sharing Site

May 28th 2009 07:11
I have been running my food blog, Rawfish.com.au on Orble for nearly two years. I get over a thousand individual readers a day, or about two thousnd hits.
I post about twice a week.
It takes me seven months to accumulate a hundred dollars.
The profit, though welcome when it comes, is negligible compared to the amount of effort.
I do enjoy it but am thinking of switching to something other than blogging.

Comment by GlenB
on Conjoined Twin Engaged

May 28th 2009 06:29
What is that expression about 'Two birds with one stone'?
At least Brittany's sister couldn't screw her husband behind her back!