A Spanish fare on a rainy and cold Sunday.
Paella Sunday (doesn’t these two words sound heavenly?) at nomad deli
Menu:
hot chorizo with an eggplant sauce
paella cooked in a PROPER 1 m wide paella pan with the stand and burner (u can buy this in the deli)
ensalada pollo – chicken salad, not just any old chicken salad, I was told by the madre (mother) this was made with a mint + lemon + olive oil dressing, yum! Amazing how good olive oil and herbs can really make a dish
the highlight was the dessert: churros con chocolate! This was not included in the AUD$15 three course meal. This costs an extra $4.5 but SO worth it.
Churros is like a Spanish style donut. It basically fried dough. But it takes on an interesting shape, because it is extruded from a prism shaped mould. Reminds me of the play dough extruding machine I had as a child.
The Spanish way to eat this is to dust it with cinnamon sugar (another two of my favourite words) with a cup of Spanish hot chocolate. You have to dunk the churros into the lovely rich hot chocolate. It’s very special indeed! For this alone, I will drive all the way to Killarney heights (where?). This dessert is a very common brekkie and a snack during the day or at night in Spain (how lucky are the Espanola!) you see, the hot chocolate is not the sickeningly sweetness you get from a Cadbury drinking coco. The magic is the cornstarch on the hot choc, it makes it very creamy but never too rich.
I decided against buying the 350g worth of luscious drinking chocolate (a whopper of a can) because I can't make churros at home anyways, some food always taste better when someone's made it! I did buy some saffron from Spain (AUD$11 for one gram), the smell of it is simply intoxicating. Saffron is a very sort after spice and it is the most expensive spice in the word (the second most expensive is vanilla pods). It is used in most Arab, Indian, Mediterranean, Spanish dishes and sometimes French dishes. It won’t live very long in my spice cupboard. I am always up for a pilaf, bouillabaisse or a paella (but wait til I get a proper Spanish paella dish).
An interesting fact: you have to bring your table and chairs and camp outsie the deli. A rug is sufficient to sit on the grass on a sunny day. There is a playground for children, too.
notes on what to wear:
a long woolie cardie
(cashmere, if you must! jac + jac have a delicious grey number at david jones, it was love at first touch. retailed at AUD $800, oh my!) OR steal your boyfriend's. jeans west have a nice range in the boy's section.
WITH: jeans (skinny or boyfriend depending if you will stuff yourself silly with churros)
AND: maybe a vintage looking tee or white tank from american apparel with long necklace.
FINISH OFF: with a pair of ballet flats custom made to your liking from salvios, randwick.
perfect for a day dining al fresco.
http://www.nomadfeasts.com.au/
The deli also have a good range of Spanish product on their website, which you can mail order. I have already bookmark this!
19 Tramore Place
Killarney Heights
NSW 2087
Australia
(30- 40 MINUTES FR THE CITY, 10 MINUTES FR CHATSWOOD BY CAR)
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