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OzHarvest CEO Cookoff

A word or 2 we’d like to share with you, from a couple of our favourites – OzHarvest and Qantas. We look forward to seeing you on the night.  CEO INVITATION:  CEO CookOff – MONDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2012  We would like to invite you to engage in a bold and exciting new initiative that will [...]

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Neil Perry’s 10 Best Dishes of 2011

Neil’s latest piece in the Qantas Magazine – please enjoy!   —   01 January 2012 Neil Perry It’s a tough job, but someone had to do it. Neil Perry nominates the 10 best dishes of 2011. Meat Fruit at Dinner By Heston Blumenthal Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, London, UK. +44 2 07201 3833. [...]

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Neil Perry’s Christmas Lunch

Neil’s latest piece in the Qantas Magazine – please enjoy!   ~~~   01 December 2011 Neil Perry Neil Perry dispenses with hale and hearty tradition to prepare a different kind of Australian Christmas lunch on the barbie. It’s interesting how traditionally minded people become about Christmas lunch. Often they’ll plump for turkey with all the [...]

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Creamed Sago with Palm Sugar, Mango, Papaya and Mint

Summer’s on the way – it’s time to put down the porridge and change up your breakfasts! This is a recipe that we’ve served at our Qantas Lounges for a while, and is dead easy and delicious. There’s some great fruit available at the moment – strawberries and blueberries are plentiful, mangoes have begun and [...]

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The Perfect Piece of Pork

  Neil’s latest piece in the Qantas Magazine – please enjoy!   —   01 November 2011 Neil Perry Neil Perry puts a new spin on the perfect piece of pork. A great way to cook a whole loin of pork is with a rotisserie. The skin becomes crisp crackling and the meat inside stays moist [...]

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Lobster and Burghul Salad with Harissa Mayonnaise

With the weather finally starting to warm up - at least here in Sydney – it’s out with the braises and in with the salads… This is one of our favourite Qantas First dishes – and is equally delicious with cooked prawns, or even poached or roast chicken… Lobster and Burghul Salad with Harissa Mayonnaise Serves [...]

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Neil Perry’s Taste of Chicago

Neil’s latest piece in the Qantas Magazine – please enjoy!   —   01 October 2011 Neil Perry In Chicago, a new restaurant turns dining conventions upside-down while playing musical chairs with the tastebuds. A culinary time machine has sprung up in Chicago and it could well revolutionise the world of fine dining. At the helm [...]

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Stir Fried Spanner Crab Omelette

So we’ve teased you with a few photos here and there, now we’re giving you the complete package! One of Neil’s classic dishes, I don’t even know when this first hit the Rockpool menu (we can at least verify that it was on the menu from 1996). Like most great Chinese dishes, this dish is [...]

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Rockpool Menu circa 1996

So we thought we’d take a little stroll down memory lane for this blog… we dove into the media archive here at Rockpool the other day and pulled out one of our menus from what we think is around 1996. That was quite some time ago, so just to refresh your memories this is a quick “1996 [...]

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Cinnamon-Scented Lamb – Good Weekend, August 6th

Cinnamon Scented Lamb Serves 4 — 600g lamb shoulder (boneless meat) 2 small eggplants Sea salt and freshly ground pepper 150ml extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp raisins 1 tbsp red wine vinegar ½ brown onion, sliced 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped 125ml chicken stock 1 tsp ground [...]

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