October Review - Carly O'Donnell

Keely's Showgirls Delight Lemonade Scones and Vegetarian Ravioli

So, I’ve just been informed by Jocelyn that she doesn’t actually care about my opinion, so I don’t really know what the big deal is about this review. But she’s been hassling me for months to get it done and now she’s enticed me with scones so who am I to say no?

It was back at the end of October that I decided to head to Jocelyn’s for a whole three weeks (or 3 nights, depending on who you speak to) to celebrate the end of uni exams for another year and start the summer in style.

I was greeted on arrival by scones, jam & cream. All I had to do was help whip the cream, which is definitely not as easy as it seems. After subbing in and out of the whipping arena, we eventually had some freshly whipped cream and some substantially stronger arm muscles to boot.

We sat down at the outside table to devour the scones, throw back a few beers and play a few games of shithead. The night was off to a great start, and I was very impressed…..except for the fact that she placed honey on the table as well as jam, which had me slightly worried for a while there.

After this we had a relaxed few hours and enjoyed a few casual episodes of the Kardashians. Then the time came to make dinner, which was to be Vegetable Ravioli. Problems were evident straight away when Joz had difficulties getting the pasta machine together, she got there in the end though. I think it’s fair to say that she’s a bit of a struggler that girl.

We then engaged in some serious discussion about what shape ravioli was meant to be. We went with a semi circle shape (which I still think is the wrong shape) and struggled through the process of making our fresh little bundles of vegetable ravioli. We had shit flying everywhere. It was lucky someone thought to move the lounge, otherwise it definitely would have been a nice shade of flour white. It took us a good hour or two to make the pasta and ravioli but it turned out alright in the end. The ravioli mixture, that was prepared earlier without my help, was lovely. I take my hat off to the girl, she can cook.

All in all it was a lovely three weeks in Surry Hills and I was extremely impressed with Joz’s ability in the kitchen. Who knew she had it in her!

Note : None of the compliments in this review are true, I just have to say it cos "You’re my friend Jocelyn".