Sydney Trip Part 5

The reason I went to Sydney!!

Congratulations to Jill and Anthony.

The vows and the lighting of a new life with one another.











The dinner reception, 1st let us welcome the bride and groom.










The table spread

Quite a nice spread... Not very fancy, quite classy... As for the food; hmmm quite alright, reasonably nice. Didn't get to choose my food. There are two choices of dishes for each course, but you don't get to choose =) they alternate between you, you neighbour and the person next to them.

Appetiser

Mains











Dessert











A small Thank you chocolate; the bride's guests.













The gift that I bought, shared with a friend and pigeon. Japanese tea set...

Sydney Trip Part 4

Fine Dining at QUAY... A nice quiet place with a beautiful view of the harbour and the Opera House. The way to order at this place is similar to K's Restaurant in Perth. It is a full course meal, starting from the appetiser all the way to the dessert; four dishes in total and 5 choices for each dish. My friends and I tried to order different dishes from one another (as possible).

Let the meal begin:

A refreshing mouthwash to start off the meal;
Sashimi (everyone has one) then followed by what we ordered.
Sea Pearls; Toro of Blue Fin Tuna; Ravioli f slow cooked rabbit






















Second appetiser

Of course the meals have to accompanied by a good glass of wine.
I ordered a Confit of Bruce Malcolm's Murray Cod, risotto of Acquerelio rice, shaved winter truffle and silverleaf, white asparagus cream. (can't see the truffles though... hehehe).
The rest of the guys ordered Rare breed suckling pig belly.














Mains:
Crisp skin Northern Territory barramundi, the Day's Special (can't remember the name) consist of scallop and veal (I think, hehehe... opps), Poached fillet of South Coast milk fed veal. This meal was accompanied with a plat of salad, which we shared.



















Finally dessert!!
Warm Armagnac frangipani tart; Pear creme caramel












Complimentary sweet dessert; Satisfied customers... (the 3 culprits that caused me to gain weight in Sydney)

Sydney Trip Part 3

This was the appetisers of the "Taiwanese cafe" 台灣小吃店 that I went to for lunch...
Location?? Close Chinatown, behind the Paddy's Market. 4 plates of small dishes that I took ($3 each, totally worth it). There are pig ears, pig trotter, fried anchovies and pickled spicy pork belly. The last picture was the amount of pig trotters I alone ate (there were 2 guys sharing with me). Hence, shows that I LOVE PIG TROTTERS.

Sydney Trip Part 2

Famous sightseeing place have to take photo. The Opera House!!








Next ; THANK YOU ELMO
1 for hanging around in Sydney, and showing me around
2 for bringing me to "Taiwanese cafe" 台灣小吃店
LOVE ZE FOOD!!
3 taking me shopping for wedding present
4 bringing me to Passionflower



Passionflower: Nice unique icecream that everone should try!!

So what did we have? 6 flavour: black sesame, lychee and rose, mango, red bean, yam and XXX. I forgot the last flavour. hehehe... There was also wasabi flavour! Soooo tempted to try, but the friends I'm with wasn't up for the challenge. Oh well, maybe next time... =)

Sydney Trip (Part 1)

One of my favourite State in Australia, SYDNEY!!!!
First stop, Sydney Airport... (The plane came so close in landing into the sea: quite scary)






What am I doing in Sydney?? Went for a friend's wedding begining of this month. 3 days trip to Sydney is just too short. I stayed at the Meriton Service apartment. The highest floor of the service apartment section (35th floor). Great setting, comfy and comes with kitchen and laundry facilities. It has a gym, pool and sauna as well.

My new hair cut

People, guys especially, goes through mid-life crisis when they reach about 50. As for me, I'm going through quater-life crisis. I got a new hair cut that made me look like a 12 year old/ Japanese doll.











Hair cut by Toni & Guy apprentice. She is having her final exams before she actually graduates as an official hairdresser. $15 for wash and cut, which is pretty cheap, but the down side is that she takes about 2 and a half hours to cut... So so What do you think of this hair style?

What I would have gotten??

This was the car that I was planning to buy, before I was "con" in buying a bigger one...





Well, after driving it for a full day, I have no regret in buying my baby Focus. Let me explain:
This little car here is noisy!! It is a 1.6L automatic 2 door (I was gonna get 4 doors). It is crammy,not enough booth space and very noisy!! Go the focus!!

My first cake!!

muahaha Let me show you the cake that I first made!.. literally...


First of all, it is an instant mix, haha and no baking required!
Let me introduce you to my Cheesecake!!!.. just add butter and milk and stick it into the fridge!
tralalala simple as that. Taste wise, okie okie, not too bad... not very cheesy either..

New New New

Say hello to my new baby Focus. I haven't name him yet, but it is a he for me. Me like Me like!!



As you can see, I don't end up parking my steering wheel straight. hahaha

Bye Bye my putt putt

My little baby Putt Putt of 3 years.... Traded him in for a good price!! yipee....
My trusty little car that went a loooong way, stuck to me through winters and summers. Unfortunately, there were too many things to change after the major service that I had to part from him. Bye Bye Putt Putt!! Take Care!! Huggies!!

The most beautiful wedding invitation card I ever received

I have to show this unique wedding invitation card to you all. A friend that I know since high school is getting marry next month. I have yet to choose her wedding gift. Here is the card that she sent me. It is very very nice, the nicest yet that I had received.

The envelope front and back cover, very Hindu-ish and very colourful. Enclosed: invitation card"s" and a reply card.

There are five invitation cards in total. All in different languages.... the one smack right in the middle is in English; there are Arabic, Indian, I think the German and maybe Vienna language. haha does that make sense (Vienna language)?

Happy Wedding Thushara!!!!!!! BIG BIG HUGS from me!!!