Be back soon!

Currently outta town, i'll be back really soon! REALLY SOON! (slooooow internet here, gomene!)
In the mean time, tell me what's in the picture below =)

See you soon!

Wasabi Manuka

Had my birthday celebration in Wasabi Teppanyaki Restaurant (Shop 7/18 Flinders Way, Griffith) and it was packed with much entertainment and fun. Eggs cracked, food flew, rice on the floor but in the end everyone had fun and some even got dirty. If you want a memorable celebration, Wasabi is the way to go. We all ordered a Wasabi Set for the night.

Before all the chaos, we were served with some Miso Soup and Chicken Chawanmushi (which is egg custard steamed in a tea bowl).

The chaos started with some egg (raw) catching then followed by some scrambled egg catching (with the mouth!) and lastly catching a bowl of rice with another bowl. Some were a success, others failure...but it was fun altogether! The banquet followed with some barramundi fillets, chicken teriyaki, eye fillet steak and some mixed vegetables! I liked the barramundi and the eye fillet steak the best! If only he could cook more of those...

The funny chef who cooked and entertained all of us!

Nicely cooked fried rice shot before the 'entertainment rice' session started

A little drawing by the teppanyaki chef for me! ^0^

Jazz Apple Cafe?!!

You guys must think that i am a Jazz Apple cupcake addict, fanatic or a crazily cupcake-obsessed human being. Frankly speaking, i have no idea why i came accross so many cupcakes in a time spam of merely 4 days! I must say that I am utterly suprised by that fact as well. The good thing is that my haven't-tried list of flavours from JazzApple is getting shorter. YEY! A big thank you for the awesome guy at Jazz Apple who gave me the Caramel Mud & Pink Vanilla for free to sample =D

I tried 3 new flavours today: Caramel Mud, Pink Vanilla and Rocky Road (shown in the picture below)

My favorite cupcake base was probably the one from the Pink Vanilla because it was moist but i still preferred the chocolate icing from the Rocky Road (though not a fan of the mini marshmallows).

By the way, they are bringing another new flavour tomorrow: RED VELVET cupcake!

Lindt Macarons!

Macarons are one of my loves and sadly i have not mastered the art of making them. To add to my depression, they are not readily available in Canberra either. Well...that's why whenever i travel to Sydney, macarons (and kit kats) are at the top of my must-get list. This time, I got some from Lindt Chocolate Cafe (53 Martin Place, Sydney). They had around 12 flavours to choose from but i got only 5 - Blackcurrant, Hazelnut, Pistachio, Peach and Passionfruit. Loved all of them but i think my favorite was probably the passionfruit (i just love its tangy taste), the hazelnut macaron was beautiful too!

I've tried macarons from La Renaissance Cafe Patisserie, Adriano Zumbo and now from Lindt Chocolate Cafe...is there another place in Sydney that offers nice macarons?

Ojo Cafe & Bar

If you happen to be on the South side during a late lunch hour, wanting to have some simple and relaxed comfort food, you could head to Ojo Cafe & Bar (The Courtyard, Tuggeranong Hyperdome). As the name suggests it offers a cafe-styled menu in a establishment that has a bar, disco balls, dance floor and pool tables - which i believe only take action at night. It felt weird eating under a disco ball, i must say...what if it fell?

As i was skimming through the menu, my eyes were set on the Crispy Pork Belly (Twice cooked pork belly, slow-roasted then crispy fried, topped with an Asian sweet and savoury sauce served on rice with salad)...on the work 'crispy' actually. So that's what we ordered plus a Veal Scaloppini Gamberi (Tender veal scaloppini sautéed with prawns, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes in a brandy cream sauce served with mash and salad). To my surprise the pork belly was super crispy and piping hot! I definately wasn't expecting that. The veal was tender and the pranws were nice, but i still had my mind on the pork belly. If only the portions were bigger...more pork bellies that is =P

Veal Scaloppini Gamberi

Crispy Pork Belly