Good evening,
Monsuir Froomette here.
I’ve been hovering above this browser for a few hours now… what to write? I started on a piece about laziness – which I believe is the final human form and a state of being we should all aspire to – but then I couldn’t be fuchëd finishing it.
So I moved onto a missive on cocktail frankfurts, only to cut my loses and begin research on the movie Matilda in the hopes of mounting a case against her, arguing that she was the true villain in the 1996 classic.
i stand with danny
In short, the brain be scat and here at FROOMESWORLD we have a standard of excellence which cannot be tarnished by half-baked arguments. I reserve those for my radio show, where I speak before I think, often to the detriment of my reputation:
Tonight, I am in no mood to act the fool. I must claw back what dignity my underpantless self has left. And so I will be vibing out and sharing the third volume of my personal TOP HAT TIPS. (If you would like to read vol I & II, please do so here and here!)
Let’s get cracking little duckling.
TAKEAWAY FOOD
Sandwiches are my religion and City Edge in Surry Hills is a place of worship.
It is a takeaway cafe serving salads, sandwiches, wraps and other various breaded goods on Holt St. It’s in a real office-type area of Surry – one you wouldn’t typically go to unless you’re a Herald Sun girlie working up the road at News Corp.
Everything at City Edge is fresh and perfect. My go-to is the Vietnamese Baguette – chicken schnitzel, cucumber, coriander, shallot, tangy asian slaw, spicy mayonnaise and soy sauce. It’s all made on-demand so you can ask for a wrap instead of a crispy bagettewah as I have done since 2016:
Tommy, who runs the place, never forgets a face. He serves at least 600 customers a day, but I promise, if you went tomorrow for the first time and told him your name with your order, you could come back in a year’s time and he’d remember your name and whether you want tomato with that.
A king and an iconic foodstuffs.
POPPY LISSIMAN BAG
I am a big Poppy Lissiman fan. She’s a fabulous Australian designer who you no doubt know, given all FROOMESWORLD employees are firmly fashion-forward (in style and spirit).
She’s been making bags n sunnies n tings for eons now, and when she released this bag I knew I needed it in my life! It came today. I simply love it and can’t wait to sashay along Chapel St with this little puffy bagoodle on my shoulder.
A fun fact to zip this one up: her husbane, Harro, is none other than The Potato King, an honourable interviewee of the Froomerverse circa 2019! You’ve gotta make these potatoes:
I still meet people to this day who say they swear by these potatoes. A real Christmas lunch-level sidepiece.
MURIEL’S WEDDING
Had a dig through Netflix last week and happened upon the national treasure that is Muriel’s Wedding.
There are so many bits I like about this movie. I like her daggy laugh and its repellent qualities. I like how her Dad is almost always eating at a Chinese restaurant and that her Mum is sweet and quiet but keeps the score.
To be honest I haven’t finished the thing, I’m only up to the bit where she married the South African swimmer so he gets a Visa. But this scene where her bestie, as played by Rachel Griffiths, gives it to the mean ringleader? Cinema.
It’s stylistically brilliant too – I love seeing familiar locations. Muriel works at a DVD shop on Oxford Street, and in one scene she’s having what I presume to be a chai latté at what is now known as Cafe Freda’s:
Alas, who’d have thought 28 years later we too would sit as Muriel does, bemoaning our existences over caffeinated beverages á la espresso martini?
POP YOUR BUSSY
I love to dance! Here’s a song I found a few weeks ago, then rediscovered yesterday. The world moves fast. Did you know 70% of all Spotify streams are for old songs? I might have made that up, but this is a bussy bop that’s for sure!
It sounds like a slut-popped, hyperactive version of The Best Things In Life Are Free by Janet Jackson.
HOME COOKING
As chronicled on the instastories, this pasta I made on Sunday night slaps something different:
Titled simply ‘Sausage Pasta’ on Recipe Tin Eats, this does what it says on the tin. It tastes like a Bunnings sausage in pasta form. Had this four meals in a row, and would smash again right now!
Send me a piccie if you make it :-)
And that’s on that! I’m feeling a good vibe about town right now… yes? Hope things are brilliant in your swamp.
J’adore
Froomy x