Spain’s well deserved victory over Germany means I deserve to celebrate too! Hoho! Yesterday I went to Chadstone using the free shuttle bus for visitors. The bus departs from the intersection of Flinders St. and Russell St. I think. There was not a lot of sales going on so I did not buy much :(! But its ok, I managed to try something I’ve been craving for a long long time!
Lindt Strawberry Fondue. The assortments that came with it was quite nice :)! But the chocolate dip was miserable :(!
The hot chocolate there was more of a learn-how-to experience than a hot chocolate experience. Lindt gives you a small pot of melted chocolate and a mug of hot milk. The mixing is left for you to do. Unfortunately, I did not think this was a very good idea because I want to taste what Lindt calls “excellence”. Nonetheless lil girl managed to make a nice drink with a “Stussy” looking design on the froth ahah.
We also had a cake to accompany our afternoon tea! And that cake was far too sweet. Such a poison @.@!! I have to rant here that Lindt cafe is very well above what the general public perceive as affordable. Its cakes start from $12.50 onwards and its quality is no more than FAIR. Fortunately a good companion and a few friends made the disappointment a whole lot easier to forgo.
My darling :D To those who still do not know who she is yet. Especially my good friend and my buddy of 10 years Leow Zhan Sheng :)!
My housemate Kelvin!
A fondue spike mace.
Om nom nom nom nom!
Luckily for me, my Max Brenner experience today was a whole lot better! More on my trip soon!! Lets see what magic Germany conjures tonight!
WenY
The interior is aged. I liked how it looks. The mirror behind me was supported on books. Some of it was tax law. Can’t blame them cafe owners really.
Xin Ling’s poached chicken with cos lettuce and herb mayonnaise baguette.
Kelvin’s flatbread with meatballs, cheese and sugo! A definite winner. Like chicken Parmagiana sandwich just got fused with IKEA meatballs but even better.
No matter which way I try to take a picture of it. It always look miserably small @.@! But I must insists, as small as it is, quality triumphs over quantity. I was super sceptical about the whole Dijonnaise mustard thingy but in the end its pungent+peppery flavour really blended well with the starchy hash. And the eggs were well poached unlike my failed attempts. The crisp batter along with its hot yummy inside was wohoooooooooooooooooooo when paired with some mustard!
Chicken and lentil soup. This one was average and it killed my appetite for the evening. The lentils had me filled to the brim @.@! It tasted a bit like a Indian styled soup if you’d ask me. Even Xin Ling and Kelvin felt that way too! Ok put it this way. Imagine the bread as prata(roti canai) and the soup as dhal. X_X
Hot Choc for the soul. And gawd that layer of froth is thick!
The kitchen is not Japanese, its Chinese. And the logo, I recently noticed is a cute fat piglet! :D
The Gyu Don! Not like I have not had better but this one tastes really good! And.. cheap!!
The Curry Katsu Don! Mmm the fried chicken was nice but the curry was OK only. Again, Samurai sets unachievable benchmark for half a decade.
Gyoza! My first few picks since I ate at Menya! This was Chee Rong’s recommendation. I liked it too!
This Agedashi Tofu, is not your common fried bean curd with Soy and radish mix. Instead they put use a sauce which tastes like Tonkatsu sauce and topped it with pickled ginger @.@! The old one tastes a lottt better I have to say. But this one was not too bad! Overall this place is a whole lot of love. The only problem I had in my recent encounter was that the scrapped the burnt bits off the pot and served it :(!
Xin Ling, Kelvin and I visited the restaurant for dinner again today and we ordered several MUST TRY dishes according to bloggers and friends. But before our dishes arrived, my friends and I found the appetizers served to be appealing to youngsters who are not too amazed with the Korean Kimchee.
Crispy crispy something that was yums!
This omelette was not salty but it was delectable! So glad my buddies introduced this place to me :D!
Yumm! The Chilli Chicken Kaarage! Not the real thing but I liked how the chicken was all crispy and coated with chilli sauce!
The Stone Pot Herbal Spring Chicken was the Mediocre dish. The glutinous rice stuffing was poorly cooked and the herbal taste was not up to my expectations!
The Teriyaki Chicken was a highly recommended by bloggers and I must assert that this is =X. I did not like it even a little bit. Its more of sizzling hot plate chicken rather than Teriyaki.