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The Suzuki Night Market @ Queen Victoria Market, is on again for the 2011/2012 season! Upon my visit to the night market last week I picked up a 3 little plants. And when I say little, I mean little…
And the bunny! Did I mention I had been seeing these bunnies around everywhere and was itching to find where to get one?! I finally found this little guy and had to take him home(:
After a gruelling 3 year wait, Mayday has finally announced the release of their 8th studio album!!! Thankfully I managed to survive the three year gap with 2 concerts, 1 movie, and if I’ve calculated correctly, 4 singles.. (counting the latest album single release) *phew!*
Probably should’ve posted this earlier, but it has been a busy week! (plus I admit my blogging has been quite lazy..)
Preorders started 29th November, till 12 December (me old man’s birthday tomorrow!).
Had to scour the web for a few days to finally find 5music.com.tw to pre-order my copy. I usually order off 滾石酷踢網gogo-shopping.com.tw but they were ‘out of stock’ for the pre-orders (I’m not sure how that makes sense either..) so I had to go searching for another website that would allow international pre-orders. Thankfully Five Music 五大唱片 was there to save the day(:
Put down my name for the 朋友分享版 5cd+5公仔套裝 for $79AUD ($2438TWD) + $24AUD ($760TWD) shipping/fees. It was my only choice other than yesasia, and EVERYONE knows that yesasia is always a MAJOR rip, so I think I got quite a bargain. Besides I am an avid 五迷 and proud to be(:
Now the waiting game, the release date is due to be the 16th December so hopefully my copy wont be delayed by all the Christmas post.
After pre-ordering, I got super excited and started loading my new iPhone with my Mayday music. Unfortunately my normal music library is on my iMac (which apparently is too aged to connect with the iP4s youngen.. too much of a generation gap between Tiger OS and IP 5.0.1, pfft.. one thing that I despise about half eaten apples..) so I had to pull out all ye olde compact discs and load them onto my laptop iTunes, then onto the phone.
Not all of my Mayday collection, but just their 7 studio albums + a select few of concert cds and compilations(:
So let the countdown begin! 五月天’s 「作品8號」release: 6 days and counting!
Came home and found this on the kitchen table – an old HK – English Converation Phrase Book. Dad must’ve been flicking through it today(:
Couldn’t find the publishing date but I’m pretty sure it’s from the 70s, early 80s at the latest. Funny what you find in these phrase books. The translations were pretty accurate(:
Scolded by the boss?.. How should you respond in english?!..
Now that’s a bit harsh…
Why do I heart threadless.com? Because of tee’s like this…
Tee available at threadless.com
Talk about nostalgia(: Oh how I miss you NES…
What supper would be complete without dessert? After our supper at Mamak, we finished up the evening with a taste of Taiwan. It’s been 8 months since my visit to Sydney, and as much as this was tasty I can’t really remember what we ordered.. Luckily I took pictures! So my guess is: Chewy Taro and Sweet Potato (Glutinous Balls?) + Pearls + Red Bean + Shaved Ice + Sweet Soup Syrup.. I can’t remember if there was a surprise under all that..
Testimonial After this first visit, my good mate Soojin, admitted that she regularly revisits this place P= I would too if I could!
Meet Fresh Taiwanese Dessert
13 Goulburn Street
(corner of Dixon Street, next to Mamak)
Haymarket Chinatown
Sydney NSW 2000
P +61 (02) 8339 1031
Open 7 days, 11am til late
After a hot summer Christmas day at the beach, we returned back to the hustle and bustle of Sydney CBD for an evening snaganackee, aka supper. And what better place for supper than at a Mamak store? Education from my fellow Malaysian friends has taught me that ‘Mamak’ refers to a street side restaurant, typically found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, usually open 24/7.
Food that could be craved 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? You just can’t go wrong with that! So I got all excited and dragged Soojin with me(: (From what I recall, she was quite full and knackered by that time of the evening, so my sincerest thanks to her for her tolerance of me and my appetite)
After a bit of a queue, we finally got a table in a small nook in the restaurant. We ordered…
Teh ‘O’ ais limau (Ice tea with a splash of lime) and Roti Canai served with 2 curry dips and a small dolop of Sambal. (I almost missed the sambal, it looks so small on the dish!)
Winner! Soft and thinly puffed out Roti, still warm and crispy from the front kitchen where the chef’s knead, flip & flop out the Roti, then toast it in front of the hungry queuing patrons.
Chicken Satay Skewers. Nowhere near comparible to the ones I ‘inhaled’ in Singapore. Unfortunately, the chicken was a bit overcooked and the sauce wasn’t as tasty as I remembered it to be in SG, but it sure looks yum in that photo ey?(:
Murtabak (chicken/lamb) (I think we had lamb, but maybe we had Chicken? Either way it was a bit too salty for our tastebuds. Filled with spicy meat, cabbage, eggs and onions.
The Roti Canai was definitely the winner, but it possibly could’ve been because it was prepared fresh? I remember liking the curry but who doesn’t? (:
A finger licken thank you to Grab Your Fork for Helen’s ‘Top 10 Sydney Eats for Tourists‘ food guide. Highly recommended for all food enthusiasts visiting Sydney! P=
Mamak
15 Goulburn Street
Haymarket Chinatown
Sydney NSW 2000
P +61 (02) 9211 1668
Open 7 days, Lunch-Dinner-Supper-til late
Time to backtrack.. *Winds back the clock to Christmas 2010, Sydney(:* Pro: Christmas is always a great time of year, presents, good food, family, friends and most importantly, a paid holiday break! Con: Cause everyone is on that break, nothing is open! That’s the trouble with travelling during the Christmas or Easter break. It’s easy to get time off work, but difficult to travel and visit places when many places are closed. So I enjoyed the day, the traditional Aussie way(: A hot Christmas day at the beach! (Happy birthday Jebus!)
Christmas Lunch: Fush & Chups!
I’ve got photos of these monkeys everytime I visit Sydney(:
This time with hats! ‘Twas the season!
I wonder if this tree gets stuck like this every year?(:
Not the most exciting Christmas Day dinner, but it was exciting when the first trademark Spongebob’s trademark buck toothed smiley face came out of the Sandwich maker. I bought and brought over a Spongebob Sandwich maker to Sydney for my good mate Soojin for Christmas. Random to most, but if you knew us, you would know we love our Spongebob (:
Busking. Part of the culture that makes Melbourne, Melbourne. Anyone who has lived or visited Melbourne in the last few years would recognise our local buskers on the streets of Melbourne CBD. And if so, should recognise this hoola guy.. Betrayal! He has moved from Melbourne to Sydney! And has been spotted in other Australian capitals too! Apparently he moves from capital to capital.. For all we know he could be an international star!
I’ve been waiting to visit LuxBite for several months and today was my lucky day. Didn’t get a chance to try out their notorious macarons but you bet I’ll be back for more!(:
Starting off with some breakfast for lunch, but not quite brunch
- Eggs Benedict!
(There was no time for photo’s inbetween, we had gobbled it up too quick!)
“Supersized love“: full of love, chocolate, hazelnut, encased in two macaron snail shells P=
Crumbly outer macaron shell encasing soft chocolate crust – decorated with crunchy nuts, with a soft, silky hazelnut mousse centre. (Could be wrong with the elements, but that’s what it tasted like!)
“The E.T“: Eat with your tastebuds, not your eyes.
Dark chocolate mousse filled with salted caramel and topped with chocolate covered caramel popcorn. (There was a bit of a tackle with the popcorn, but we victored over it. The popcorn couldn’t bear to separate from eachother!)
“Epic Chocolate Cravings“: Rich chocolate with a hazelnut crust and a salted caramel bomb
Seeing as I didn’t have breaky this morning,
I would consider it my morning meal.. at lunch time.
Dessert with my breakfast at lunch: is that a bit too decadent?
According to the guys at LuxBite, no.
“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” Yessuh!(:
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LuxBite South Yarra
38 Toorak Road
South Yarra VIC 3141
Australia
P +61 (03) 9867 5888
E info@luxbite.com.au
Open Wed-Mon, 8am-8pm
