Category Archives: Food

Nana makes me WANT to eat veggies, yum yum!

Richie being the expert home beer brewer that he is I thought I’d get something a little different to drink.

Check the crackling, it tasted as amazing as it looks!

Cake time.

Richie has an old school mate over from the UK, his B’day pressie for Richie was epic. Wrapped in the newsagent bag, it contained UK lollies which were wrapped in bus tickets…

… and these crazy flashing spiderman glasses!

The custom card was hilarious too. Professor Falcon was Richie’s DJ name apparently (later on it was Vinyl Richie! Classic!).

Shantung Chicken, never had better anywhere else.

Peking shredded beef. No other place delivers this dish so crunchy!

Return to my fave Chinese restaurant in Sydney (my family has been following this guy around since I was little). Visit: http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/70/751212/restaurant/Kensington/Kensington-Peking-Sydney

Happy Chef peg ordering system.

Chicken Laksa.

Spicy Beef Laksa with Wontons.

Relentless rainy weather and laksa cravings drove us to call a few fave laksa houses, but being a public holiday they were closed. Google led us to Happy Chef (Sussex Street Food Court), what many believe to be Sydney’s best Laksa. Was it the best Laksa I’ve ever had? Nope, but it was good and it warmed up the soul.

Yesssssss. El Jannah’s.

Take away Baklava from Abla’s Pastry – the pastry is soooo thin and crunchy, perfection!

Nanami and I were having a lazy Sunday in front of the TV. We were watching Food Safari and during a Baklava feature I recognised Abla’s Pastry in some footage. Instant cravings! Sunday + wet weather usually brings out the worst Sydney drivers and traffic, but after checking some live traffic camera footage we decided traffic might not be so bad after-all so we made the trek out to Granville and were handsomely rewarded for our efforts :)

Nana, representing.

Pork, lots of it, crackly bits too.

This has been the highlight of my week. Apart from this epic meal which Nana cooked up the rest of it has just been the shittest week I’ve had all year. A massive departure from last week’s high… had to come down I suppose?

Salmon sashimi. BYO so be sure to bring your own Asahi.

Aburi Salmon Sushi, sliced so large you can’t even see the rice.

Soft shelled crab.

Sushi Tengoku is a tiny little Japanese restaurant in Kensington famous for their generous sushi servings. Whilst it may be considered taboo to play around with Japanese cuisine culture, it’s hard to hate on quality larger than life seafood. We’re talking thick sliced sashimi in diced and sliced and salmon sushi so large you can’t even see the rice underneath. What’s more they’re cheap too. Our split bill (and we ate a LOT) came to $35/head).

Dianne had the Gorgonzola Gnocchi, not on the menu, but available if you ask for it nicely. It’s somehow light and cheesy at the same time and the home made gnocchi is so so good.

I went for the Spag Bol this time. Couldn’t help myself. Big serving, great value at $14.

Nanami went for the Spaghetti Picante. Anchovies, chilli and bread crumbs made for a taste and texture explosion.

Felix went for their signature dish, the Parpadelle with Duck Ragu.

Tiramisu was the lightest and naughtiest I’ve had to date. Delicious!

Panna cotta was awesome too.

Had a long overdue catch-up with Di and Felix last night. Di being the foodie we hit Il Baretto in Surry Hills for some real deal home styles Italian food. I knew it was going to be a busy night. We got there just past 7PM, the place was packed as expected and we were going to have to wait 1.5hrs if we were to get a table.

We decided to wait it out, the pub across the road was way too packed so we hit Tokonoma Lounge on Crown St. for a drink and a snack. Lovely interior design, sorry no photo as the manager gave me the no no, dangerous place to be in though, $20 cocktails will rape your wallet hard before you know it!

At 8.50PM we were still waiting for our table, out in the cold (and getting very cold). We finally got our table and the staff were quick to bring us a serving of Bruschetta, on the house to apologise for the long wait (lovely!).

Despite the long wait, food and company were great :)

I found Murray’s Whale Ale at a local bottle shop. I remembered the cute illustration from the Paddy’s Hop Harvest Festival I went to with Richie in May earlier this year so I didn’t hesitate to buy some. It’s such a nice crispy beer (love it!) and I have a soft spot for the massive Sapporo cans.

Nana’s off-the-cuff pasta dish was so so yummy.

When with Japanese you must eat real Japanese! We made the hike out to Killarney Heights to visit Fuji Japanese Bakery – they’ve been making traditional Japanese style bread and pastries since 1984, looks like the little shop has never undergone a renovation since then either!

Be sure to try a steamed pork bun, the curry bun is great too!

Traditional Portuguese chicken from Frango in Petersham. Super tender, the chilli is perfect (not at all too hot), the chips are awesome too.

Some goodies from Japanese supermarket Tokyo Mart in Northbridge. I’ve brought this stuff into Zen today to see if it fits in our vending machine. Bit risky to have the ramune in the machine as the glass could break when the machine drops the drink for delivery, the small coffee can doesn’t fit but the taller ones are fine. Tokyo Mart didn’t stock Coffee Boss but I’ve just downed the Pokka Milk Coffee and it’s awesome!