It's HOTPOT! Yummo!!! This is one of my favourite activity-meals (next to Korean barbeque and Malaysian popiah) and thankfully they have it here in Sydney too! And yes, it's 'hot' in every way. This was not as spicy as some I've had (the one I had in Chengdu by far tops the list) but still it was good enough. This restaurant provided an authentic China experience with slow service and me fumbling to order in Chinese! I had a great time though - good food and wonderful company, what else can you ask for? For more pics, go here.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007
it's hot and it's in a pot!
It's HOTPOT! Yummo!!! This is one of my favourite activity-meals (next to Korean barbeque and Malaysian popiah) and thankfully they have it here in Sydney too! And yes, it's 'hot' in every way. This was not as spicy as some I've had (the one I had in Chengdu by far tops the list) but still it was good enough. This restaurant provided an authentic China experience with slow service and me fumbling to order in Chinese! I had a great time though - good food and wonderful company, what else can you ask for? For more pics, go here.
Sunday, 10 June 2007
aussie girl in chinatown
I had a FANtastic 'China night out' last weekend with three girlfriends. First stop was a Uyghur restaurant in Chinatown. For those who don't know, Uyghurs are an ethnic minority group in the far northwest of China. We had 大盘鸡 dapanji (literally, a big plate of chicken. This is one of my favourite dishes, made with chicken, potatoes, chilli and garlic. Well we didn't actually get a big serving, we ordered a small one making it a 小盘鸡 xiaopanji 'small plate of chicken'), 烤羊肉串 kaoyangrou chuan (lamb kebabs - with about 50 times the amount of meat per stick than in China!) and 抓饭 zhuafan (or 'polo' in Uyhgur which is also another one of my favourites - a rice dish cooked with carrots and meat). And we also had the classic China vegie dish - stir fried broccoli. Yummy!This place was so authentic it even had fake grapes and vines hanging off the ceiling. I wish I had taken photos! Oh well, I'll just have to go back sometime to get some photos.
Our China night didn't end there. This was followed by 'dessert' at a cafe where I enjoyed a hot pearl milk tea and others had redbean ice type drink-desserts. THEN we made our way to a karaoke place complete with all the chinese pop songs that the world has ever heard (none of which I am able to sing)!!!! Sad to say, 'Love Shack' and 'Eternal Flame' were the highlights (for me at least)!
To top it all off, we stopped at Krispy Kreme for doughnuts...which was totally unchinese. But yummy all the same. Thanks girls for helping me get over some of the 'home-sickness'. I had a great time!
(BTW, the winner of the car naming comp will be announced soon, once I'm sure that all the entries are in)
Our China night didn't end there. This was followed by 'dessert' at a cafe where I enjoyed a hot pearl milk tea and others had redbean ice type drink-desserts. THEN we made our way to a karaoke place complete with all the chinese pop songs that the world has ever heard (none of which I am able to sing)!!!! Sad to say, 'Love Shack' and 'Eternal Flame' were the highlights (for me at least)!
To top it all off, we stopped at Krispy Kreme for doughnuts...which was totally unchinese. But yummy all the same. Thanks girls for helping me get over some of the 'home-sickness'. I had a great time!
(BTW, the winner of the car naming comp will be announced soon, once I'm sure that all the entries are in)
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