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 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  | $ $ $ $ $ My sis has been craving for Hainanese Satay so yesterday we headed to Ming Sate Hut for lunch. Hainanese satay is not cheap. A normal meal of Wan Tan Noodles here in Melaka will cost you on average RM 3.50 - RM4, so at 70 cents a stick, a meal at a satay house could cost up to ..... well that depends on how much you eat. I normally can polish off about 15-20 sticks. My

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It has been a long day at work so the first thing I did when I got home was to go to the fridge and take out my Yubari Melon Kit Kat which I bought from Japan. Yes from the fridge or else they will melt in the humid weather in Malaysia. I love the malty chocolate coating in this with a slight hint of Yubari melon between the crispy wafers! My new favorite kit kat flavor though is

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My first time to Macau and I love it here. Two nights is certainly not enough to explore this unique city where historic buildings are almost located side by side with gigantic casinos and high end stores. From left to right: The Cathedral Church of Macau, Street just off the main square, Lovebirds in front of Ruins of St Paul, Ruins of St Paul. KOI KEI BAKERY

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Konichiwa (Good Afternoon) dear readers. Just a quick update to let you know that I have landed safely back in Malaysia although my heart is still in Hokkaido. We had a fabulous trip! Beautiful scenery, good food, playing in the snow, surviving a snow storm, onsen (hot spring) and food shopping! I can't wait to go back and explore more of Japan. I am just finishing up on my 'Celebrating the

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Happy Chinese New Year everyone.. Wishing you all good health, wealth and prosperity! Chinese New Year (CNY) is always an added excuse to gather family and friends for a eating and drinking fest. It normally starts a couple of days before CNY where friends catch up for dinner before everyone heads off home (which might be interstate or overseas) to spend the CNY with family. Watch out for my

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The family and I spent the last days of 2011 in Hong Kong and Macau, eating up a storm! I'm surprised however that when I stepped on the weighing scale it showed the same weight. How can this be?! Until I remembered my aching calves and feet from all the walking we did on this trip. We travelled by foot, on the MTR (trains) and buses, and taxis all around HK and Macau to eat and also to shop.

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Hi Guys, Happy 2012! I hope everyone had a fantastic time over the festive period. For myself, the family and I made a trip to HK and Macau. We had a great time eating up a storm which is why it is taking me ages to write about it. There were lots of photos to edit and thoughts to be put down into words. I will leave you with a short preview of photos I had taken during this eating trip.

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Dear Readers, Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! Hoping it will be filled with good food, good drinks and most importantly good company! I can't believe how quick the year has gone by! Looking back 2011 has been a quiet year compared to the previous years in terms of food postings but I believe the quality of each post have improved! I would like to thank all of

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♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  | $ $ $ $ $ Since I've been back my dad and I have enjoyed (on more than one occasion) our favourite Hainanese Satay. Hainanese satay, unlike the Malay variety is savoury in flavour; marinated in a blend of spices including turmeric and salt. Pork is usually used as the meat of choice together with offal such as liver and intestines as well as the normal variety of chicken and beef.

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 I so wish I am in Sydney right now! I received an email from TOKO with the below image which brought back memories of the great food and experience we had the last time we were there.

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♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  | $ $ $ $ $ I have a confession to make. It has taken me a couple of months (and a number of eating trips here) before I finally decided to write about WaZen. You see I have had to face strong opposition by certain members of the family as well as friends about "spreading" the word about WaZen. The most common reason that they've given me is (with Malaysian accent) "You don't

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♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥   |   $ $ $ $ $ My brother like the rest of our family loves eating. He is constantly surfing the web and checking out food blogs for good eats and we'll pick and check them out. Yay for all the food bloggers out there. Keep up the good work! One such recommendation was erawan in Kota Damansara. Erawan, started up by two brothers, Anan and Korn, serves up classic thai dishes and

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♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥   |   $ $ $ $ $ I'm not one to write a scathing review as I always try to find the best in each place I dine in and write about that but our experience at PRIME was horrendous. For mum's and sis's birthday (they share the same birthday!) we decided to dine at PRIME, Le Meridien. My mum had been looking forward to eating at PRIME as she had heard lots of good reviews about the food

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Dear Readers, So sorry for the lack of postings this last month. You see, I've been crazy busy starting a new business venture with my friends whilst working full-time with my dad. Some people might say that I'm having it easy working in the family business but noo.. I'm on call 24/7! But don't worry dear readers I do intend to continue with my blog posts but you just have to be more patient with

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My brother has been raving about how good the crabs are at Lala Chong so when the whole family was in KL for the weekend we decided to pop by for lunch to check it out. The restaurant itself is huge (I reckon it can sit about 1000 people) with 1/3 partitioned as indoor dining area (air-conditioned) which is a good idea considering how humid Malaysia can get. Marmite Crab - One of my favourite

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SY has been raving about the Vietnamese Beef Noodles at Plan B (no association with the Plan B in Sydney) and so one night with SY (who's been craving the Vietnamese Beef Noodles) and the girls in tow we decided to head to Plan B for dinner. Anti-clockwise from left: Duck Salad, Vietnamese Beef Noodles, Moroccan Lamb Meatballs w/ Spaghetti and the cover page for the menu. EV had ordered the

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I've been to Sunway Giza a couple of times now and each time I'm there I tell myself that I have to go try Fullhouse one day. Why? Just cause it looks very cosy with a mock alfreso tea party garden setting even though this cafe is located indoors. And they also sell clothes and accessories on the 1st floor of the cafe too! Unfortunately I did not take any pictures of the place itself but you

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I've been craving Pan Mee ever since I got back to Malaysia and finally after almost 2 months I get my fix. Pan mee has always held a special place in my heart as it brings back memories of my college days; housemates all squeezing into a car to go out for dinner (pan mee!). Unfortunately we didn't make it back to our old haunt but I'll definitely be making a trip back one day soon! Instead SY (

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I'm so excited about this unexpected find in Melaka!! Casa del Rio is a newly opened boutique hotel just a stone's throw away from Malacca's heritage center. Two days ago my dad, his business partner and myself had the opportunity to have lunch at The River Grill Restaurant. Read on to find out why I'm so excited about this find! The day was warm but there was a nice breeze out so we decided to

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I've always been a huge fan of IKEA's Swedish meatball so when I had to pop by IKEA at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara for some office supplies, of course I had to stop by for lunch! I was accompanied by the lovely Dee who I've not seen for the last 8 years! We were very close way back then, uni buddies for 3 years and house mate for a year, so when we met up it was just like old times.  Funny thing

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I find myself in KL this week, on business, but with no means of transport (meaning I do not have a car to move around). If you've been to KL you will know that public transport here is very unreliable and don't get me started on taxis in Malaysia. They have had many a bad review and have even been tag "Worst in the World" according to Warkah.Com.  I digress, so me without a car in KL and

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I just got back from a hectic weekend in Singapore but it was a good trip nonetheless. I had to drive down to Singapore so that I could pick up my mum who just got back from a trip to the USA that I sadly couldn't tag along (hehe) but Singapore was good enough. We did a lot of eating, catching up with relos and of course some shopping. One such eating session was at Bedok Market. One can always

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I can't believe my blogger account has been down for more than two and a half weeks but thank god it's finally back on now. A frustrating wait as I had loads of free time on my hands and was expecting to write a number of posts, even checking blogger every couple of hours to see if it was back up. But now that it's up and running again I find myself press for time, trying to fit in a post between

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So I know it's been awhile since my last post (again!) but lots have happened since then. The big news is I have relocated back to Malaysia! Yes, I was here in Malaysia for a holiday during the Chinese New Year but it ended up being more than just a holiday (with lots of drama thrown in) and now I find myself back home, starting over. I will definitely be missing the food scene in Sydney and

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My family brought me to this superb Thai eatery in Melaka, Malaysia which has great food however as the title suggests does not have a name or signage. The owners, husband (Malaysian) and wife (Thai) team, have set up the kitchen in a tiny corner of the garden of a huge bungalow house which itself is another eatery that serves Sate Celup called McQuek's which I will leave for another post. The

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Aloha! Greetings dear readers, sent not from Hawaii but from Malaysia :) I've taken 4 weeks off from work to visit family and friends as well as to have some time off to relax and of course eat! The thing I love about Asia is that every family gathering, outing, catch-up with friends and family involves food. Food is cheap here that you can afford to eat out breakfast, lunch and dinner and lets

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Dear Readers, Wishing you all a very belated Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011! I know this belated greeting is coming out very very late and nothing I can say can make up for the months that have gone by without any updates from us. I can say this though, we have not stop eating that's for sure! More posts to come. Until then, I will leave you with some food pictures (of course) of our Saturday

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I blame it all on my ability to procrastinate for months on end which has been the cause for my lack of postings the last month and a half. You see the month of October has been full on with friends visiting from Malaysia, a birthday celebration, work and an exam which ended on 28th October (hooray!). I then said to myself "now that I have some free time I should really update my blog" but as you

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Whilst H was away in Singapore attending a good friend's wedding I was left to fend for myself for a whole 2 weeks! That's not a bad thing as I had my schedule all planned out; catching up with long lost friends over coffee, dinner and shopping of course. One of this catch up was dinner at IndoRasa in Kingsford with one of my best friend SY. Pepes Teri ($5.00) - Fresh baby anchovies marinated,

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After our fantastic dinner at Souk in the City I was very excited to try my hand at cooking a Moroccan inspired dinner with the goodies Kate from Table of Plenty had provided H and I. The next day I sent an invitation out to the gang for a "Moroccan" themed dinner at our place. Our usual dinner parties are more of a potluck nature, where each one brings a dish instead of the host preparing all

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A number of weeks ago we received an invite from MarkComms for the relaunch of Table of Plenty's Dukkah range which was held at Souk in the City in Surry Hills. H and I arranged to attend the evening session which was described as a modest dinner on the invite compared to a full on lunch session which we found out later at the dinner had included a cooking demonstration, henna tattooing and even

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drunken geisha is not a Japanese restaurant as the name would suggest but in fact is a little, cosy Malaysian & Singaporean restaurant situated in the suburb of Pyrmont in Sydney (just down the street from Indonesian restaurant 1945). The decor is warm and inviting (I love the dark grey wallpaper and designer lamps) - ideal for a romantic dinner for two or even a birthday party celebration for 6

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H and I always look forward to a visit from Uncle NL from Malaysia. Why you ask? This man loves cooking and eating. He will spend the whole day prepping ingredients to cook a feast so not only will we be eating out lots when he's here but we get home cooked meal ready on the table, hot and steaming, when we return home from a long day at the office :P Crispy Prawns cooked w/ Salted Duck Egg -

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We had some leftover from dinner last night and decided to make wraps with the leftover Quorn Strips cooked w/ Oyster Sauce. Super easy! We used Naan Roti bought from Harris Farm for the base but you can also use Tortilla wraps. I heated up the strips in the microwave then spooned the strips and vegs onto the naan. I placed the strips from the top of the naan to about three quarter way down

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A couple of weeks ago, ok more like a month and a half ago, I had received a call from Fiona from Marks Communication advising me that they wanted to send some Quorn products for us to "experiment" with at home. So, Fiona if you're reading this, apologies for the late posting! We received (clockwise from top left) Quorn Sausages, Quorn Pieces and Quorn Strips. I had a hard time deciding what

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H and I were walking down Victoria Road in Darlinghurst when we chanced upon wowcow. They serve 98% fat free yoghurt with a wide selection of toppings. We had a choice of 4 different flavoured yoghurt - Original, Apple Pie, Chocolate and Wild Berry. I chose chocolate with two toppings, Oreo and Flake - yum! Chocolate Flavoured Yoghurt with Oreo and Flake toppings. The chocolate was amazingly

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My Uncle Nick invited us over to try Aseana Food Village which is a stone's throw away from his apartment in Randwick and Uni. In actual fact he's a few years younger then me but I call him Uncle because he's the same rank as my mum. Don't ask - I have a complicated family tree!So let's get back to Aseana. U. Nick has been raving about this place as he claims this is the closest in taste to local

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A couple of weekends ago the gang met up at Pinky's place to try our hand at home-made pizzas. Pinky and M had volunteered to buy and prepare all the ingredients so by the time the rest of us got there we were just in time to start making the pizzas. We used Pitta bread as our pizza base and had a variety of toppings such as roasted pumpkin, chicken, prawns, onion, capsicum, mushrooms, ham and

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Dear readers,We have finally got round to getting our own domain name. You can now find us on: www.foodie-central.comBest WishesDaphne

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A lovely night for a visit to Vivid Sydney 2010. The rain had stopped once we arrived at I'm Angus Steakhouse Darling Harbour for an early dinner (6.30pm) and we prayed that the weather will hold up all night for our exploration of Vivid Sydney.JY5, my colleague and fellow foodie and photogapher, had kindly offered to organise this outing which started with dinner - Vivid - desserts and more

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Cameron Highlands, situated 1500 meters above sea level was a welcome change to the sweltering heat of Kuala Lumpur. The weather was a lovely 25'C once we got up to the township of Brinchang. Along the drive up we stopped for a short break and a cuppa tea at Cameron Bharat Plantations.Cameron Bharat Tea PlantationsCup of Tea at Cameron Bharat Plantations. Their tea are marketed under the name of

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H and I dined at Na Bangkok almost 2 months ago but I've not had the chance to post about it due to the many eating adventures in Asia (which I've still to complete). I know I know - no excuses.. Will try to ramp up my posts but no promises ;P One night 2 months ago H and I decided to drive out to Maroubra to find somewhere new to eat and found Na Bangkok along Anzac Parade. We were enticed by

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Champ's, voted as one of the top 30 restaurants in Malaysia by the Miele Guide is pretty good by my standards. Whilst I've not had the opportunity to try or even been to the top 30 restaurants voted in the miele guide (I've been living away from Malaysia for the past 10 years) their Prawn Noodle is DELICIOUS!Hokkien Prawn Mee (RM 18.90) - This is one of the best soup I've had as it's light and

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Here I was, getting my feet out of the cab thinking, why did I agree to go to a non-soy vegetarian food product launch? Daphne had been invited and asked me to come along for the experience so I thought it would be something different.When I got out of the cab, the smell of food (the non-vegetarian kind) and clanging of wine glasses from the next door Clock Hotel was more inviting at that moment.

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Singapore's famous Newton Food Court!I had arranged to meet up with old friends at Newton Food Court. I've heard many good things about the food but have never actually been until now. Upon arrival the place was packed. We looked high and low for a free table until we spot a couple vacating theirs and some of us being the "kiasu" people that we are, rushed forward to grab the table in competition

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It is just taking too long to blog about all my eating adventures during my trip in Asia that I have a list of new eats piling up. I've decided to alternate my posts to include one of each to take away the boredom.During the first weekend back we flew to Melbourne to attend a friends' wedding. The wedding was held at Ascot House, a beautiful heritage home situated in the suburb of Ascot Vale, but

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Mos Burger has always been a favourite lunch option when the need to recharge hits me after my arduous hours of shopping. It's a healthy fast food option compared to the likes of McDonald's and KFC. Before meeting up with Ms S for a visit to the Peranakan Museum, I decided to have a quick snack to keep my energy up. I ordered the Unagi Rice Burger ($3.70) but unfortunately found this

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Toast Box, an offshoot of the BreadTalk Group, caters to the growing number of traditional coffee and toast lovers reminiscing of yesteryears. Cousin M and I joined the queue at 10.30am to get our brekkie before another day of more eating.Traditional (Nanyang) CoffeeRoti Kaya or Kaya Toast - Toast Box version has a super thick slab of artery clogging butter. Too much butter in fact that I

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My uncle, a die-hard-foodie who travels the world to eat, has offered to bring me out for dinner on one Monday night (yay!). He said "Meet me at Heeren at 6.30pm and I'll bring you out for dinner". Dutifully, I arrived at our meeting point at 6.30pm on the dot with my bags of shopping from a whole day out on Orchard Road. One can never walk along Orchard Road and not buy something. But I have to

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Whenever I'm out shopping in Orchard Road, Singapore, I can't stop myself from indulging in an ice-cream sandwich from the ice-cream carts along Orchard Road. Over the years, the number of carts have dwindled that now there are probably two or three carts along the whole length of Orchard Rd compared to six or more in the past. Uncle serving my ice-cream sandwich. Random fact about me: I once

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Singapore - the Lion City. A short trip to Singapore to visit family and friends and of course to eat!I remember eating at Yhingthai Palace when I was younger with my grandparents, uncles and aunties and my numerous cousins. This was way back when they were still housed at Kallang Stadium but have now moved to Purvis Street (right behind the famous Raffles Hotel).The decorThis trip I find myself,

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This is my dad's favourite Bak Kut Teh eatery. He's here two to three times a week and has even become firm friends with the owner Ah Lang. Bak Kut Teh for the uninitiated translates to meat bone tea in Hokkien and Teow Chew. Click here for more info on BKT. I am my father's daughter and I love BKT. I have to admit that this is one of the best BKT I've had. Yam Rice - If I had a

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Jalan Alor's notorious past as a red light district has taken a turn for the better, especially for foodies. Once the sun goes down in the city that never sleeps, tables and chairs come out and line both sides of the sidewalk along the 300+metres that is Jalan Alor. One must visit Jalan Alor to complete a visit to KL.Grilled Chicken Wings - The skin was charred nicely to achieve a crispy

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Chop Sam Guan or better known as Teow Chew Porridge (TCP) at Bunga Raya or Kg Jawa this establishment has been frequented by my family since I was a little girl. Porridge is more commonly known in the West as congee and as such I will refer to porridge as congee in this post. Unlike the Cantonese version of congee , the Teow Chew version starts with a bowl of plain white congee accompanied by its

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Greetings from Malaysia. The weather is hot and humid here where even indoors with no air-conditioning I'm perspiring like crazy. My first day back and I find myself in Sunway Pyramid, one of the many shopping centres (yay for air-conditioning) in KL for lunch and of course some shopping!Canton-i specialises in Hong Kong cuisine and have popped up in major shopping centres in KL as well as one in

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Nua Thai - Recommended by Mr Chef proved to be a great find for fusion Thai. It's situated on the Darlinghurst end of Crown Street tucked away beneath a block of apartments. The entrance is tiny but widens out to a lovely outdoor dining area at the back. Duck Prawn Roll ($6.90) - These were delicious. The fillings were made up of chopped prawns and roast duck, mushroom, vermicelli and garlic

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Wednesday night - I was feeling tired from lack of sleep and was looking forward to a nice dinner of salmon sashimi at YAMA to make myself feel better but unfortunately Yama was closed! That'll teach us to not plan ahead. H and I then cracked our brains for another Japanese eatery that was close by that would also not tear a hole in our wallets to bring Ms SIA (our visiting friend from Singapore

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We stumbled upon Yama Japanese restaurant last year while bringing my cousin, who flew in from Melbourne, out for a bout of Sydney shopping. Unfortunately we only had tea that first time which I wish wasn't the case cause we've been missing out all this time on Yama's delicious food.H and I met up with Dr MC for what was suppose to be a quick coffee/tea catch up before she headed down to Wagaya

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Se Jong Korean Restaurant was a hard place to find, especially if you don't know your way around Campsie. It's tucked away next to Woolworths so you can't really see the place until you're almost in front of it!SY and I felt greedy tonight and ordered 3 dishes to share between us two. The first to arrive was the Yukhwe - Shredded Raw Beef w/ Fresh Vegetables in Special Sauce ($15). Sadly the

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Happy New Year everyone!! Here's hoping to another year of good food, good friends and a sizeable pay rise! heheI know. I know. I've been really slack at posting this month but I promise I'll try to post at least 4 post a month. New year's resolution? ah no..~~~ Xmas Dinner 09 ~~~Our annual ritual when it comes to Xmas is to have a pot luck dinner and kris kringle followed by drinking games and a

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Wishing all readers a very merry christmas! Hoping your xmas is filled with good food and xmas cheer.I've not posted much this past weeks mainly because I've been busy working, researching wedding locations and racking up my brains for xmas pressies that won't break the bank. I finally decided on baking brownies and giving this to friends and colleagues as gifts.Double Chocolate and Pecan

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For my birthday the girls at work treated me to Mr Chow's Peking Restaurant at The Rocks and I must admit that they have the best Siu Long Pau in Sydney that I've tasted so far. Thanks girls especially KK for recommending Mr Chow's.Steaming Siu Long Pau. They are twice the size of the ones in New Shanghai in Ashfield, and oh so tasty. Like I said, the best I've tasted in Sydney. However, these

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Tucked away towards the end of Botany Road is Brasserie Bread. Brasserie Bread is a baking school, a wholesale business (supplying artisan breads, pastries and cakes to the wholesale market), a retail shop and a cafe all housed in an old saw-tooth warehouse a stone's throw away from the cranes of Port Botany.My first visit was three Saturdays ago, accompanied by Miss SK and Ed. I loved it so much

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My first visit to Iron Chef in Cabramatta. Actually the only other time I've been to Cabramatta was with my aunt six years ago when she went to buy some fabrics; no food involved. However over the last 2-3 years, I've been wanting to drop by as a certain friend kept raving about the food and cheap groceries! This trip almost didn't happen as the initial plan was to visit the Sculptures by the

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I first heard about Chophouse in Chocolatesuze's blog and since then I've been waiting patiently for an occasion to visit. Last Saturday, 11 of us dined at Chophouse to celebrate a birthday.When we arrived we were shown to the private room upstairs. I would have preferred eating downstairs, dining under the huge rib like structure, but the private room was nice too. The walls were covered with

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H and I had brunch at Lemon recently. It was our first time and I loved how they served each dish with a slice of lemon (per the name of the cafe). The walls were also covered with pictures of lemon and there was a petition to save the big lemon that was above the signage of the store. I guess the council won in taking the big lemon off the roof, OH&S you see.. H's Skinny Flat White ($3.30). His

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A new addition to the numerous eateries on George Street (Chinatown side) was Vietnamese restaurant Gia Hoi. This place opened its doors sometime in May and the banner advertising a 10% opening special is still hanging above the entrance to the shop when H and I visited. The whole shop was outfitted in bright orange which brought a smile to my face. I love the colour and even own a bright orange

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Recommended by the friendly staff at our B&B, we didn't realise that Alchemy is a multi-award winning restaurant until after we had tasted the food (more on that later). Alchemy is located in Christchurch's Art Gallery, situated next to the Art Centre and we didn't suspect a thing as it looks like a normal cafe. Service was slow (we had to wait more then 20 mins to put in our order all the while

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Mu Steakhouse, recommended by a colleague of H was situated smack bang in the city centre. We decided to rock up and try our luck as we did not ring before hand to make a booking. Once there we were told that they could seat us but we would have to leave by 7.30pm. An hour and a half for dinner was fine by us. Just feed me a decent meal.Mu Steakhouse has a bar section and 3 floors for food. It

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Our first dinner in Christchurch and we were both very excited to try 50 on Park. Before our trip I've researched (as a good foodie should) places to eat and found this on Dine Out, New Zealand's equivalent to eatibility.com, with great reviews. They have a 3-course dinner for NZ$65 which I reckon was a steal. Although we didn't have any wine that night, I really loved this picture and have

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A very special night spent at Guillaume at Bennelong. I had always wanted to eat at Guillaume and H did mention that he too would like to go there. So on one sunny Saturday picnic at the Royal Botanical Gardens, accompanied with an array of fresh Sydney Fish Market's oysters, prawns, cold lobster and a bottle of Moet, H surprised me by saying that he booked us dinner at Guillaume! All these while

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Recommended by a fellow foodies that Crown Thai has one of the best Pad See Eew in our area, I just had to go try it. Although foodie friend advised: "Go in the Arvo as the Pad See Eew is nicer then"??!! A different Chef that does the lunch shift to dinner shift?I begged H to try out Crown Thai as he was getting tired of my Pad See Eew / Thai food cravings these passed few months and the nice guy

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A delicious dinner for three that costs only $7.60! Well, not exactly as H had found $50 while walking to Chilli Cha Cha so dinner was $57.60 but I bet you did a double take didn't ya? Our first choice was actually Spice I Am but as usual there was a 30 minutes wait. We walked down Campbell Street and chance upon Chilli Cha Cha. The place was packed but we were lucky that night that someone was

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A colleague's farewell last Friday and we headed down to Delima on Dixon Street (corner of Liverpool and Dixon) for some Indonesian fare. The restaurant was nicely decorated with a little pond with Kois greeting you as you walked in. Kepiting Saus Padang (Market Price) / Traditional Mud Crab - It seemed like the crab dish was quite popular at Delima as I spied a few tables around us had ordered

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Walking down King Street, Newtown on a Saturday arvo H and I decided to stop by Buzzzbar for some coffee and maybe cake and we were pleasantly surprised when we found this gorgeous chocolate cake with an extra serve of caramel and fig ice cream. On hindsight we should have ordered one of the more traditional ice cream flavours such as vanilla, chocolate or hazelnut as (although the caramel and

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Apologies dear readers for the slowdown in postings. I've been really busy with work thus the lack of time to update my food adventures these past two weeks. For this post, I'm going to let the pictures do the talking and provide a short description after each picture. I know I'm not doing Chat Thai justice but I promise I will do a better job next time.Fresh Spring Rolls ($10) - Imagine fresh

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Famished, we decided to drop into Taste of Thai in Randwick for a quick lunch before we head down to Randwick Oriental to stock up on instant noodles and Asian groceries for the week ahead. Why Thai? It's all because of the fabulous Pad See Ew from Amata Thai that's just got me hooked onto trying as many versions of Pad See Ew as I can.Taste of Thai version of Pad See Ew w/ Chicken ($8.50) was

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A mad "over-indulgence" of Thai food these past two weeks and I've fallen in love with the Pad See Ew from Amata Thai Cuisine. I've never been a big fan of dry fried noodle dishes such as fried kway teow or pad thai. Don't get me wrong, I do eat and enjoy these type of dishes but I would not order them if I had to eat a plate all by myself. Maybe it has to do with the number of calories all that

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After all the hype of Mr Zumbo's creations from numerous foodie blogs and on Masterchef, H, Ms P, Mr B, Mrs B and myself made our way to Balmain to taste his famous desserts. Walking to the cafe, H and I walked past the patisserie which had a queue two shopfronts long! Yes, that's how busy they were that even on the way back to the car the queue was still there (albeit with different people).H's

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It was a hard task planning a gathering for 12 people when you factor in everyone's busy schedules but we finally agreed on Singapore Kitchen in West Ryde mainly due to the lure of their Singapore Chilli Crab. At 7pm on a cold wintry Saturday evening we walked into Singapore Kitchen on Victoria Road and found that our group had been split over two tables due to the tiny seating area. Nevertheless

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I've had a craving for Japanese food for a while now so one Saturday night, H and I made our way to Sushi Arigato on Stanley Street. H ordered the Arigato Dinner Special - Yakiniku Sashimi Set ($19.90). The beef was tender and tasty but only 5 pieces of meat. But then again considering all the other food you get; sashimi (very fresh), tempura, salad, miso soup and rice, this is great value for

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I had heard about this place from a colleague who claims that this place gives Golden Century a run for their money. Naturally, I had to go try it! One Saturday morning, a couple of weeks ago, H and I woke up with cravings for yum cha. I made some quick calls to see who else was interested in joining us (the more ppl at yum cha the more variety of dishes we get to order) but sadly we only managed

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After an exciting day spent eating and drinking at the Good Food n Wine Show, Ms S, H and I made our way to Uighur on Dixon Street to meet up with friends visiting from Singapore for dinner. We left Ms S to do most of the ordering as she was the only one who has been to the restaurant before and what a great job she did! Thanks Sis! We had so much to eat and they were all delicious and dirt cheap

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Abhi's - I've seen this name around for a while now and it didn't click until Mrs B suggested this place for Mr B's birthday dinner that I've seen Abhi's in the Entertainment Book and that I've always wanted to try it. Walking into the restaurant, H and I were impressed by the decor and the cosy ambience they've created. Not only that, the service was excellent too. The waiters were very

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We stumbled upon this tiny cafe in Surry Hills a few months ago while looking for a place for brunch and we've been back twice since then :) I highly recommend their home-made wedges (which are not wedge shaped but potatoes cut in half, seasoned and deep-fried). On our most recent visit, I ordered the Steak Sandwich just because it came with a side of wedges. The steak sandwich was good as the

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I am going to skip ahead and not blog about our Mornington Peninsula eating adventures until some time in the future when H has more time (as I have finally convinced H to write a food review) to write about his new found favourite fish n chips which is as you guessed it in Mornington. Instead I will continue on our Melbourne food journey with this fabulous cafe serving exquisite Italian cuisine.

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Ms Van was in desperate need of her rice fix right before our trip to Mornington Peninsula. She's a big fan of rice and would choose rice over anything else if she had the choice. Thus we find ourselves at one of her regular haunts; Pacific Seafood BBQ House which was also on the way down to Mornington Peninsula. Since she's the regular we put our trust in Ms Van to order us our lunch.The first

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Updated Jan 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/national/workers-fined-115000-over-bullying-of-cafe-waitress-20100208-nlrj.html?autostart=1------------------------------------------------------------------------------One should always have a hearty breakfast to start out one's day. For us however, that first meal was brunch but we followed that advice to the tee by having some very scrumptious and

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My cousin introduced us to EUROPEAN on our last trip to Melbourne two years ago and we loved it so much that we pestered her for a whole month before we were scheduled to arrive that we had to have dinner there and to "please book early". The lovely lass kept her promised and booked us a table for six the first night we arrived. Our dinner companions for the night were my cousins (I've got 9

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My colleagues and I have been meaning to plan a night out for some time now when one of us received an email "buy one main and get another free" to Ice Cube Restaurant, located on the ground floor of IMAX building. The office emails started flying between us and dinner was organised for Friday night. This place is huge and we all love the quirky light fixtures that reminds me weirdly enough of  

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I have been working in the Wynward area for two and a half years now and only found out about this awesome little Italian pizzeria on the back streets of Wynward, York Lane. As you can see from the picture above, this place is tiny! It's made up of a sandwich counter /coffee making area / cash register and to the right of the counter which can't be seen in the above picture is the kitchen which

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A recent addition to the number of eateries in Kingsford is Shang Palace, a Taiwanese eatery that not only serves huge portions but at very affordable prices.We started off with the Spiced Tofu & Egg ($4.50). This dish came out in one of those round take-away containers which was a huge turn off. Taste wise, they are not as flavourful as some but not the worst I've tasted.We also ordered the

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The usual suspects agreed on meeting for yum cha on Mother's day (I know I know, Mother's Day was ages ago but I just wasn't in the right frame of mine to blog about Sushi Tei or maybe I was just lazy hehe but here it is..). We had arranged to meet for yum cha at Sky Phoenix, Pitt St mall, to beat the Mother's Day crowd which we thought would have converged in Chinatown but we were sorely

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H and I were very excited when we chanced upon Janani in Newtown. We wondered if they were part of the infamous Janani @ Homebush which we frequent regularly when H lived in Rhodes. We walked into an empty drab looking room with not much light but we sat down nonetheless to peruse the menu which was almost identical to the one in Homebush. H ordered his favourite Pittu Kothu which is a version of

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The first time H and I dined at Rise was for my birthday 3 years ago and at that time I loved the cosy and intimate setting and the quality of fusion Japanese food turned out by Hideki Okazaki. Three years on and not much has changed since that first visit. :)On arrival we were warmly greeted by the wait-staff and shown to our table of 11. Most of our party had arrived but we were still waiting

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What was suppose to be a quick lunch turned out to be a 2-hour + catch up session at The Book Kitchen, Surry Hills. Mr Indigo and I, felt very relaxed here surrounded by wooden bookshelves and a team of friendly but non-intrusive wait-staff. Mr Indigo had the Fish n Chips ($22) which was delicious. Unlike normally battered fish n chips, The Book Kitchen's version was a lightly floured fish,

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Ms Pleien was visiting from Singapore and was out shopping at the Bondi Markets accompanied by Mr C.  We decided (at the last minute) to meet up with the both of them for coffee when they said that they were famished and were sitting in Pompei's waiting for food. H and I thus made our way to Pompei's and join them for an afternoon snack of pizza and delicious gelato shakes.As we got there Ms

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It is truly rare indeed when I have the day off work with no other plans taking up my time. To make the most of this, H and I decided to head down to Woollahra for a spot of lunch. We walked down Queen Street, trying to determine which of the numerous cafes' should we plonk our tired butts on. We finally decided on Zigolinis just because it looked cosy. Upon walking in we were warmly greeted and

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We've heard many good things about Istana and so on a Sunday night, 8 of us decided to head down to Thornleigh for a mini Malaysian feast.  We started off with complimentary soup; which was pretty standard fare as in most Asian restaurants.First to arrive was the Hainanese Chicken Rice. The rice was tasty and pretty authentic and the chicken was smooth and silky. However, I still can't stop

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Friday night, it's late, and I'm famished. H and I choose the first place we see on Hunter Street which is Sushiwa. It's a Sushi Train!!Salmon Nigiri w/ Roe on topSeared Scallops NigiriMini Tuna RollUnagi NigiriFusion - crabstick & tamagoyaki topped w/ seared(?) cheese mayo - This is actually pretty yummy.Salmon and avocado rollWe also ordered an Unagi bowl. This dish was pretty tiny but the

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