Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Semester 1, 2011

I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY

I've been really horrible with updates the past few months and I really do regret it. Workload for a final year Engineering student has been nothing but unforgiving and I do apologise. I do have lots of plans for this blog in the coming semester so if you have faith in me enough, please stay tuned and I promise you won't be disappointed.

This site has been receiving lots of traffic (which I am quite honestly quite surprised to find hehe) the past few months so I just wanna say thanks to all the people who keep stopping by and do feel free to leave a comment whenever you like! This is a friendly blog created to provide a free space for people to share and express!

Anyway, lots of food from my life in Melbourne during the past semester. Some I won't even bother going into because there's just too many but hopefully the pictures do the talking for themselves.

Cheers, everybody. Hope you're all doing mighty fine wherever you are in the world.

Peace!
Winston =)


EATING OUT:

1. Ying Thai 2, Lygon Street


Beef Pad Thai


Tom Yam Goong


Steamed Barramundi with Garlic and Lemon


Thai Red Duck Curry

Not as good as the one I had in Emerald Elephant, Port Melbourne


Pud Gra Pow


2. Woo Ga Koran BBQ, Victoria Street

IMHO the BEST Korean BBQ in Melbourne. Mark my words. Good. Quality. And REASONABLE price. They also have the BEST KIMCHI in town. Try it for yourself



Ox Tongue


Spring Onion Pancake


Beef Ribs


Stewed Pork Belly


3. Hardware Societe, Hardware Lane



Mushroom Toast and Eggs (forgot the exact name)

GOOD


Croque Monsieur

LOOVE brioches


Baked Eggs with Chorizo

Purrty and just fair. Not WOW


4. Cafe Vue, St Kilda Road



Braised Wagyu Rump

I am VERY particular with my braised meat. Besides having good flavour, the only way I like it is if the meat has fats or tendon when braised. Otherwise it's just strands of tasteless meat to me, wagyu or not. This has neither



Forgettable-and-non-impressive-dessert




5. St Ali, South Melbourne


For some reason all the food that we had that day were rather cold and tasteless. There wasn't enough seasoning and a lot of the meat was dry. I didn't like the combination of flavours in the breakfast dishes. Most items on the plate didn't complement each other well.

Just sayin'. Our experience was highly MEH. I think the Soy Piccolo Latte I normally have at 7 Seeds was much better than the one I had at St Ali too. Again, just sayin'







6. Straits Cafe, Doncaster



Oyster Omelette

GOOD


Sar Hor Fun


Hokkien Char Mee


Penang Char Kueh Teow

Likes: Fried garlic flavour, lap cheong
Dislike: Not enough dark soy or caramel sauce


7. Bluestone Restaurant, Flinders Lane



Cheese, Prosciutto and Tomato Terrine

GOOD


Steak Tartare

LOVE THIS!!!!!


Pan Seared Scallops with Herb Crust


Special of the Day: Braised Rump on a Bed of Mash

Flavours: Good
Meat: BAD


Char-grilled Eye Fillet


Pan Seared Duck with Duck Confit Spring rolls

Duck: Not as good as the one I had in Vue De Monde
Spring Rolls: EXCELLENT


Pork Rack




8. Ocean King, Glen Waverley


Three Egg Spinach in Superior Stock


Signature Tofu in Prawn Paste


Golden Fried Chicken Ribs


Cantonese Style Steamed Barramundi




9. Izakaya Den, Lt Collins Street


Wagyu Tataki

GOOD


Crumbed Prawns

EXTREMELY BAD. Horrible, horrible prawns


Sweet Corn Kakiage

GOOD


Chicken Karaage

GOOD


10. Gami Chicken, Lt Lonsdale Street

This place has become an all-time-favourite place to go for supper, snack and drinks and even takeaway dinner. We all got SO crazy and addicted over the Korean Fried Chicken AKA KFC and Beer this Sem. MMMM... Highly recommended



Korean Fried Chicken


Complimentary Salad




11. Stonegrill, Lt Bourke Street


Assorted Sushi

Scallops were bad


A whole line of Wagyu Steaks MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM


LOVED the piece of Wagyu Steak I had here mmmm... If only I could show you all the condiments it came with. So many exciting flavours to sear the meat with made eating the entire steak so fun and exciting. LOVE IT


12. Cecconi's, Flinders Lane



Fried Calamari


Beef Sausages


Steak

GOOD




13. Longrain, Lt Bourke Street



Caramelised Pork Hock

SO GOOD. Crispy meat and fats that MELTS in your mouth


Slow Cooked Angus Short Rib

No good


Green Papaya Salad

SO GOOD and spicy


Steamed Wild Barramundi

BEAUTIFUL


Mussaman Curry Beef

BAD


Spicy Lamb

TOUGH


Braised Duck Red Curry

GOOD, spicy


Dessert Platter

AMAZZZZING




The Cosmoplitan Cake from Le Petit Gateau

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese and Raspberry Coulis

They do the carrot cake so well here. Soft and moist, beautiful





EATING IN:


ABC Soup with Fish Maw (by Julian Tay)


Lamb Stew


Best Bolognese Pasta

Recipe source: The Pioneer Woman


Deep Fried Chicken Wings

Used the deep fryer I got for my birthday for the first time. Lovely


Steamed Chinese Cabbage with Ham


Steamed Fish with Seaweed


Honey BBQ Wings (by Kelvin Tay)


Apple Crumble

Edited my previous recipe, will repost


Mushroom and Onion Quiche

Recipe source: The Little Teochew


Steamboat Party


Taro Cake from Maxim's. YUM


Calvin Yong's Birthday Dinner


Arancini from Costco


Soy Sauce Pork Cubes, Omelette and Lettuce

Recipe source: Hunger Hunger


Impromptu Dinner Party on Sunday Night


XO Fried Rice


BEST Lasagna

Recipe source: The Pioneer Woman




Radish with Black Peppercorn Soup (by Kelvin Tay)


Char "leftover lasagna sheets" instead of koay teow lol


Steak with Mushroom Sauce


Steamed Black Bean Pork Ribs

Recipe source: Hunger Hunger


Stunning Potato Salad (by Julian Tay)


Eggplant with Mince


Penang Har Mee


French Toast


XO Fried Vermicilli


Singapore Chilli Prawns (by Winnie Kam)


Bak Kut Teh (by Sarah Ann Tay)


BEST Potatoes au Gratin

Recipe source: The Pioneer Woman


Stuffed Mushrooms (by Michelle Lim)


Mango Pudding (by Lau Zhi Chong)


Harry Potter Party/Potluck ;p