Recipe - Ras El Hanout Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1kg chicken (I used lovely legs and things)
• 3 tbs Ras El Hanout
• Olive Oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 6 baby potatoes, halved or qtred 
• cornflour
• 1 cup frozen peas
• handful mushrooms
• 2 cups chicken stock

Method

• Prehear oven to 180
• Prepare the chicken by removing any fat, place it in a bowl and sprinkle over the Ras El Hanout. Leave it for 10 minutes
• Heat a little Olive Oil, cook the onion and garlic. REmove to small bowl
• Sprinkle 1 or 2 tbs of cornflour over the chicken, brown the pieces on either side. When brown, add the onion and garlic back in
• Add baby potatoes 
• Add frozen peas
• Add mushrooms
• Add chicken stock
• Bring to the boil then take off and put straight into oven uncovered
• Check after 40 mins and book longer only if necessary

To buy Ras El Hanout visit www.herbies.com.au

Review - Gowings Bar and Grill Sydney

 

We were a party of six for 2 friends birthdays and Gowings Bar and Grill http://www.qtsydney.com.au/food-drink/gowings-bar-grill/. In true Merivale style the decor is funky, a little eclectic and full of vibe and you're always noticing something different when you scan the room.

I must say I received the best service in anywhere Ive been in the world, right from the start. The waitress was outstanding and other staff we interacted with were the same. I had a problem with my order (asked for the cream to not be added to the muscles broth and the kitchen didn't see this and added the cream) and the issue was resolved in a manner that surpassed expectations exponentially. The staff even overheard there were birthdays at our table and without prompting the desserts came with candles. Twenty out of Ten for service.

The menu has so much selection and big big big - whole fish, whole pigeon, half a duck so bring your appetite when you go - there's no such thing as morsels here! Here's what we had ...

Entrees (most we shared as the menu indicated the meals would be ginormous):

 

The mains:

 

And, The desserts...