FAT FRIDAYS

so, knowing me, i have been going on a lot of food adventure in the last month but haven't blogged about it so here it is, a bootiful compilation.


So on the last friday of exam week, Annie and I decided to head out to the city after our orals to go food gawking. There was the friday markets at Chinatown so Annie became my guide for the food adventure.


Our first stop was this nice food booth in Chinatown that sold Japanese Pancakes. To me it looked like a bigger version of a custard ball with a nice waffle shell. They had 4 flavours available: Red bean, Green Tea, Custard, Cheese, and with a price of 3 for $5, it was a pretty good deal. We got 2 Green Teas and One Custard - for Annie's sis- and the Green Tea tasted absolutely nice. 

Then we went to Hana Hana, a jap restaurant at the far end of Chinatown. I've been there before on a trip with the group but never got to eat anything because i was pressed for time, so decided to go dine there. The restaurant is very spacious, with two levels; one for savoury meals and upstairs is like a dessert room. 

 image courtesy of yesfood.com.au

We ordered the Beef Okonomiyaki, which was like a Jap savoury pancake which was so absolutely nice for such a little price and also got Tempura Flakes and Red Ginger as free sides. And they had a reall good system there as well; if you clean your table up and put all the bowls onto one of the designated shelves, you are able to collect stamps and, once you reach 5, you can give free soba with the next meal. It's a pretty good initiative i reckon. 

Then we went upstairs cause Annie wanted to show me the Mochi waffles. 

Annie's amazing Photog

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We grabbed the Strawberry Mochi Waffle, which came with icecream and whipped cream for around $6. It tasted really nice so I guess it was worth the price. 

We then went to Regents Place, a small alleyway which is rich in good authentic food of different backgrounds. Since the day became a little Jap cuisin adventure, Annie took me to Chanoma Cafe, which specializes in pretty much EVERYTHING green tea. 

image courtesy of http://jenishungry.blogspot.com.au

Although it also sells hotdogs, it was our first time coming here to order dessert so we ordered the Matcha Frape ($5.80) and the Matcha Fruit Anmitsu ($6.90)

Annie's fab photo again!

Although it looked so appetizing, we didn't think it was that great. The Matcha Frappe is quite bitter- maybe a good thing for the Matcha freaks- and although the top of the Anmitsu looked amazing, underneath was filled with plain jelly cubes and the thick syrup was not much help. The small bowl was not worth the $6.90 price to be honest. 

And then i got pressed on time and had to leave again hahas. But that marks me and Annie's first food adventure wootdawoooooot. 

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yesterday was me and kim's food adventure number idek hahas. 
We initially wanted to go on the monorail because we had a coupon that would expire today, and I wanted to show her some nice food at the friday markets, but we ended up adlib-ing our trip.

we went to get our 1litre meetfresh first as our drink. Which costed us $6. It was quite worth the price but the dodgy cup ended up breaking and spilted some of the drink on our way walking to the monorail.

I also took Kim to buy the Jap pancakes and we got the the Red Bean, Green Tea, and Custard one. The Red Bean tasted okay but we prefered the Green Tea above all. 

Also snacked at Maccas hahahas. 

Food Junkies

Went 1 and a half circles on the monorail and half of our trip was in a carriage by ourselves so it was pretty fun and we made a documentary hahahs. 

Then hiked back to Bankstown to get some froyo even though our stomachs could barely fit anymore. 

fun times on fat fridays :)

Matt Zzang/Noggi Foodout

hello :)
So i was finishing my previous blog post and i realised that it was pretty much all snacking at Strathfield, which doesn't cover lunch, SO I WILL BE COVERING LUNCHING AT STRATHFIELD. ahahahs yeah, plus i'm pretty bored. 

So Strathfield is filled with many korean restaurants on, on my first time going to eat with kim, i really wasn't sure of where to go eat because all the places looks delicious and they were all very affordable. 

So Kim and I went to Matt Zzang, this restaurant on the main street. And so, in the halfies week, when me, Kim, Jasmine and Chenzo went to go eat, we went back to Matt Zzang because it was pretty good :) So we ordered a beef dish for $12 and dukkboki for $6 - plus an extra bowl of rice for $2- (something like that i forgot).

Side dishes

  For the first time comers, you'd think they'd only give you what you order because that's what all other restaurants are like, but it's totally different. They brought out side dishes!! There was Kimchi, salted seaweed- which tastes really good even though it sounds ..pretty exotic ahahas, korean jelly, and pickled beansprout.

Kimchi

Korean Jelly

Salted Seaweed- sorry for the bad photog.

 And then the beef dish came out :)

Beef Dish

 The beef dish is pretty big for a 4 people crew - and it was pretty shocking how we saw one lady eating something the same size by herself- but the sauce of the dish was absolutely nice. sososososos noice. This though, is spiceless because chenzo isn't chilli tolerant. If you guys are spice tolerant though, i really recommend the spicy pork dish (for the same price of $12 as well). it honestly is delicious and very worth the price :)

We also bought dukkboki at the store as well. It was very nice and there were tofu pieces in there but i wouldn't recommend you guys buy it at this place if you're just looking for good dukkboki because you can get better ones at the street vendors. But it was okay :)

We walked around for a little bit and went to Noggi to eat. People usually say 'oh but Moochi is pretty good why don't you guys go there?". 
Personally, I don't really like Moochi. It has pretty shitty service and, although it's a very colourful place, there are so little seats and it's pretty cramped. Plus, they have a student deal where they'd give you free toppings if you're a student but you'd have to show your ID card. When me and Kim went there as newbies, we didn't show a card - yet it was obvious we were students because we were wearing uniform- yet they charged as the normal price. The only good stuff that is there is the pomegranate flavoured yoghurt, which is pretty good. 

Noggi might look plain from afar but it has loads of good seating - it expands through to the back and also has heating for cold days- and the service is wonderful :) the staff is very friendly and patient with the ordering and they always smalltalk me when i go there which is very cute - plus there's this cute looking guy there as well ahahahs-. They give free toppings for students just by going there WEARING UNIFORM and their biscotti flavoured yoghurt is extremely nice. SO yeah, choose whichever fits you but i prefer Noggi more. 

NOGGINOGGINOGGINOGGI

The big size we got (which is not the biggest cause there's a bigger one) comes with 5 toppings and you can get all 4 flavours of yoghurt. For toppings we chose strawberry, oreo, watermelon, marshmallows, and mochi. MOCHI IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST TOPPINGS SO DO TRY IT OUT BECAUSE YOU'D MISS OUT. 

So yeah, if you guys want to try Korean food and frozen yoghurt, do go eat at Strathfield :)

IM OUTTIE :)


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