Author: sweet surrender

La Bonne Table

Posted on By sweet surrender No Comments on La Bonne Table

Almost, almost… One more post to go for my Adelaide’s food post.


Another farewell dinner, this was for me and the another friend, we had it at La Bonne Table (128 Wakefield St, Adelaide, SA 5000).


Left: Extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar to dip with the bread.
Right: Oyster Plate, Natural (a dozen – AUD19). My first time had fresh oyster in Adelaide was last year in September, this was my second time. *SLURP*


Left: L.B.T crispy skin chicken in sweet soy glaze (AUD6), it’s nice but a bit too salty for me, still it’s not bad, heard that it’s a must-have when you’re there.

Right: Don’t remember what’s this, a type of pasta dish. According to my friend, it’s rather loaded in expensive ingredients, can be a bit too much of good thing in a plate.


Left: 250gm MSA sir-loin, saute potato, Roquefort butter (AUD27).

Right: I ordered Grilled Salmon, saffron and crab risotto (AUD26), this is nice, just a little bit too much of saffron and the salmon is a bit too small, we’re a bit shocked with the size actually hahaha…


Left: Crumbled pork rib eye, calvados glazed apple, roasted new potato (AUD26).

Right: The menu. I found the menu a bit confusing, need to take time to really look at it carefully to understand the categorization on which is what.

Overall, the food was good loaded with a tad too much of expensive ingredients, price was average for place like this. Environment was great too. It can be rather stuffy because of the high ceiling on a hot summer night.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Food Porn

Nghi Ngan Quan

Posted on By sweet surrender No Comments on Nghi Ngan Quan

One of my farewell dinners was at Nghi Ngan Quan (Shop 4/34 Wright St, Ferryden Park, SA 5010). I came here before with another group of friends but we ended up leaving the place because it’s not what we’re looking for. Who knows, this time I ended up here with my church’s friends after I told them I wanted to have Vietnamese food before going back because there’s none back home. So they suggested this place. According to them, it’s one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in Adelaide.


Left: I’m not sure what’s this for, to go with what *LOL* Maybe it’s for the spicy pho.
Right: To be added to the pho.


Combination cold rolls (AUD16), do it yourself. Must share this with at least 3 people, a lot!


Left: Quail (AUD7/serve)
Right: Vietnamese salad with prawns, jellyfish and lotus rhizome (AUD15).


Left: Broken rice special combination (small-AUD11, large-AUD12).
Right: Spicy pork and beef noodle soup (small-AUD9.00, large-AUD10.00, extra large-AUD11.00).


Left: Special combination beef noodle soup (small-AUD9.00, large-AUD10.00, extra large-AUD11.00).
Right: Durian smoothie (AUD4). You can only get durian smoothie (real durian!) in Vietnamese eateries.

Overall, the food was great. The pho is different from all the other Vietnamese establishments I’ve been to. Very strong spice taste. I don’t quite like it. Price wise, it’s pretty standard. Environment wise, it’s classier compared to the others.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Food Porn

Cocolat

Posted on By sweet surrender 2 Comments on Cocolat

Food post of Adelaide is back! Few more to go… Cocolat, Adelaide’s very own dessert cafe specialising in the art of chocolate indulgences and wicked desserts.


All of their products are hand-made from the finest ingredients in their Balhannah kitchen based in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Friends had been talking about it for ages, and it’s also available in the airport.


Guess what? I only went there on my last day in Adelaide! What’s more, it’s just down where I lived! This one is located at Rundle Street.


Left: Cocolat’s Award Winning Gelato.
Right: Tiramisu, very sweet! My friend loved it a lot! Very chocolatey too!

We ordered their frappe but frankly nothing special about it hmmm… Maybe should order their house specialty.

Overall, the environment is nice. It’s a bit on the pricey side. I was so full that time to try anything. At least I managed to go there before I say goodbye to Adelaide.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Food Porn

How I Found My Bodyguards – Part 3

Posted on By sweet surrender 4 Comments on How I Found My Bodyguards – Part 3

At night, we went for dinner at James Brooke Bistro at Waterfront. It’s my very first time there.


Left: Spring roll. Nothing special.

Right: Satay. Very sweet with strong lemongrass taste.


Left: Sarawak Laksa, hmm… It did taste okay but not Sarawak Laksa to me. It’s rather sweet to be Sarawak Laksa, there’s no lime and sambal given too. There’s bean curd in it some more, more like curry laksa to me.

Right: Vanilla ice cream with pear cake. Extremely sweet ice cream but good thing the pear cake wasn’t sweet at all, so it balanced it out. Too bad, I couldn’t finish it because I had been eating non-stop since noon. So stuffed!

Don’t ask me how much they were, I have no idea as I’m not the one paying.


Here you go, my bodyguards for the night! Imported all the way from the west and they’re all in black and bald hahaha… I’m so well-protected that night ;p Don’t mess with me! They’re smiling, imagine if they’re not, people would really think that they are some gangsters. *LOL* These bald guys supported the fund raising of SCCS by going bald in the afternoon at Sarawak Energy. Kudos to them!

This wrapped up the day for me.

*This post is sponsored by Sarawak Energy*

Food Porn, Public Events, Uniquely Kuching

How I Found My Bodyguards – Part 2

Posted on By sweet surrender 2 Comments on How I Found My Bodyguards – Part 2

In the afternoon, I went to Menara Sarawak Energy to attend the dialogue session, tour, and Go Bald event.


In the dialogue session, we were introduced to the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities that Sarawak Energy engaged in as you can see in the photos.


Left: Another initiative to help the people in the interior of Sarawak. You can learn more here.

Right: After the dialogue session, we were brought on a building tour. This is the Visitor Galleria.


We also went to look at the office layout and how green the building is. This is the first green office building in Sarawak. Was caught by surprise to see that there’s a gym runs by Level-Up there.


Most windows are on the north and south sides of the building so that there won’t be direct sunlight to reduce excessive heat gain.


If you work here, you’ll definitely get views from your windows. The office switches will switch off on its own when there’s no human movement after 15 minutes.


Left: The atrium has got no air conditioning at all and it’s using cool AHU condensate water to cool the atrium, the water fountain you see in there is not your normal water fountain. The water came from the air conditioning system of the building.

Right: There’s also a museum.


You can learn more about the evolution of Sarawak Energy in this museum.


One last event of the afternoon, Go Bald for SCCS fund raising. Sarawak Energy staff took part in it.


There were more than 40 of them went bald that day. She’s the only woman who decided to go bald pretty last minute. It took us all by surprise. Good for her! I don’t dare… ;p If you want to support the cause, do visit gobald.my.


The baldies!

Where’s my bodyguards? They’re in there the group of baldies. You’ll know in the next post.

*This post is sponsored by Sarawak Energy*

Public Events, Uniquely Kuching