Kelvin left for his skiing trip after our lunch at Ying Thai @ Lygon street. So that leaves Xin Ling and I since Pauline and our other friends left for Sydney almost 4 days ago. After shopping around for my pair of jeans in which I chose Nobody over Ksubis, we had a slight dinner before going to Max Brenner for dessert. Call us fat, call us greedy but hey! hey! We’re in Melbourne for goodness sake. Not to mention, the Dessert House Eatery which we had our dinner at, the waiter told us that you can have the Mango Dessert with Sago just that they did not have any mango flesh and sago. @.@!
We had a problem deciding what dessert to have at Max Brenner so in the end the little girl asked me to surprise her and order what I think would suit us best. Knowing the little girl I ordered:
Hot Chocolate with Crunchy Waffle Balls! One of the more delicious drinks at Max Brenner. These crunchy Maltesers wannabe that floats so noticeably on the froth melts in the creamy hot chocolate before settling with a crunch in your mouth! 1 word, lovely!!
Malteser wannabe on macro mode!
As for the main dessert, I got us the fondue for two with an extra shot of strawberries for darling! She loves strawberries!
Om nom nom nom! Best source of Vitamin C for unhealthy kids. Banana bread, strawberries and banana slices dipped in chocolate. Both dark and milk are good sources of antioxidant. Excuses to enjoy :D!
Marshmallows and banana bread. The banana bread does not taste good by itself though. Its only nice when dipped in chocolate. The spongy marshmallows were the typical off the shelve hypermarket ones.
Fruit bowl!! I think more assortments would be delicious but the standard strawberries and bananas do well too!
The extra serve of strawberries for the baby girl. A definite win. Liked her smile that came with the strawberries hehe.
At the end of the night, our tummies were bulging inches more than normal as if someone pumped too much air into the tyres but the grin on our faces is more than enough to show our happiness :)! But one amazing thing is that from the first day of the trip until today, the weighing scale is showing 68kg :)! Does that mean I’ve lost weight? ehehe! Must have been all the walking I’ve been doing in this oversized city!
Time to sleep :D!
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The interior is simple but felt as if we were in some fancy back lane cafe in Bangkok. Liked the drawings depicting village kids spinning the tops like the classics engaged in a road side battle.
This is one of the best Thai food available. Spicy minced meat with holy basil! Forgot what it is called but oh boy! Its lovely! The only downside with this version at Ying Thai 2 is the spiciness level was nowhere within Kelvin’s region spiciness. It is our fault really. We only asked for mild spiciness.
Xin Ling’s tom yam soup here is every bit as Thai as it should be. From the clarity to the tastiness. Its a blast. Its typically how my uncle Teow Loon would made it from scratch. I know they had Kafir lime leaf, dried chillies, tomatoes, fish sauce I guess? And other extras hehe. Really tasted delicious. Maybe we will go there one more time and have it with extra chilli as Xin Ling confesses to a certain thrill when she is busy gasping for air to cool her burning tongue :)!
This was my Thai red curry with duck meat. I’ve always avoided curries when I go to Thai restaurants but I knew I was in no position to resist when I saw this curry on the menu. My first experience of a beautiful duck curry was on a flight to Bangkok on Silk Air. The roast duck curry I had on the flight was by far the most tantalising meal I have ever had on an flight. Even beating the juicy steak on the Malaysian Airlines night flight to Australia. I was only 12 when I had that curry and this curry was close to replicating that experience. The thick flavoursome curry going nicely with the addition of a rich and aromatic coconut milk. My god. Its taste was totally smack! Even after I was done, Kelvin happily spooned the remains into his mouth. I cannot blame him really. It is after all a wonderful serve of curry. The only downside was the serve of duck meat was a little insufficient. I know I only paid 10 bucks which is far too cheap for a serve of Thai food but I was hoping for a little more meat. ahah
Sushi Burger restaurant :D!
A few bento sets were ordered as Cheryl got a Croquette sushi burger box and Kelvin had the one with the Gyoza. But my take on this is that if you’re going to have the sushi burger, I’d recommend you have 2 sushi burgers instead of the bento. Its a lot more satisfying as the accompanying dishes are only common Japanese food with no perks whatsoever.
Lynn, Ash and Cheryl. Thanks for recommending the place :)!
The dessert I ordered! A strawberry Daifuku. The strawberry is also known as Ichigo apparently eheh.