Cup of Content

It's Melbourne Cup Day (to me the most random of Australian public holidays), the weather is divine, and we need to fill up well at brekkie in preparation for 11am Bellinis and a long wait til the free pub BBQ at 2pm. Et voila, pancakes!


I've achieved some fluffiness through the addition of soda water to the batter, and also by letting it stand while I jogged (hah!) to the service station for a paper. Atop the stack, and melting enticingly in the sun, is homemade banana honeycomb ice cream. There's berries, there's maple syrup, there's lemon...and there's a whole lot of happiness!