Category: Food Porn

On the first day of 2013, we decided to explore the rest of the shopping malls in Christchurch and other random places. One of them is University of Canterbury *LOL* It was in the Orbiter route. We just went down, had a look and hopped back on the bus in minutes ;p

Then we went to Northlands, one of the shopping malls.

Bought our lunch here and guess what?!?! Sushi again! We bought the lunch deal, they have different lunch deal everyday. Lucky us, it was the day of the salmon *SLURP*

Next, it’s another shopping mall, The Palms. It seemed big but nothing much to see. It was a bit of a let down to us. I guess we’ve been to Westfield Riccarton already, so the rest of the major shopping malls were nothing much to us anymore. Guess what?!?! I wanted to buy a small bottle of wine at a supermarket here to bring back as souvenir but I wasn’t allowed to buy it because I failed to produce my passport and they didn’t recognize any other ID.

Lots sushi shops here. Bought a teriyakki rice ball (I think it’s NZD4.90) here for my dinner.

Our lunch, McD. Chicken burger and apple pie. Total for both was less than NZD4. Wanted to go over to KFC across the road for the lunch deal but we were 15 minutes late.

We decided to go to Lyttelton, port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour.

It’s badly damaged by the earthquake too.

I stayed there for about half hour only then headed back to the city. In fact we didn’t plan to alight the bus but the bus driver said he’s taking a rest before continuing as this is where his rest stop was so we had to stay for a bit there ;p he told us that he will pick us up at a specific time.

That’s the end of our 1/1/2013. Gonna prepare to pack our bag to go back to Australia the next day.

I’m back! WOW! It’s been awhile! One week is over really soon. Gone is my one week in Adealaide. Going home soon… 🙁

Anyway, come back to my NZ trip post. Still quite a lot to go.

We stayed at YMCA, this time we had a room with ensuite, thank God! Deluxe double room ($110/night). You won’t get coffee, tea or chocolate in standard room.

It was good enough for what we paid.

After we check-in, we headed out to hunt for dinner. At the same time took some photos of the street.

We ended up at casino for dinner.

Ordered Roast of the day, it was NZD18.50. It was beef for the day. Sad to say that it’s not up to our expectation especially the meat. However, I like the bun! It’s yummy!

Once we’re done with our dinner, we headed back. So tired…

On the way back.

The next morning, the last day of 2012, it’s time for us to discover Christchurch on the deeper level. This is Re:START Mall, the mall where the shops are made up of containers.

This was taken outside Ballantynes.

We went to get our lunch at South City after that.

Left: Hehehe… Ignore this, it’s duplicated, lost track. Does this shop sounds yummy? Well… We thought it’s selling dessert but it’s actually an adult shop hahaha…

Right: Heading into South City.

We bought sushi and salmon for lunch.

Left: This big piece cost us NZD9+ only! Where to get this cheap and fresh salmon?!?! Man… It was divine!

Right: I bought my dinner at this stall.

Left: Crispy chicken and terriyaki chicken rice. Don’t remember the price though. It was very filling. Cannot underestimate it, I bought the small one and it took me ages to try to finish it.

Right: After we got our food, we went to Sumner Beach with the bus. The post will come soon.

Left: After the gondola ride, we headed down and saw this car, interesting!
Right: On the way back to our accommodation and saw the fire station, it’s just so cute!

Random shoots along the way.

We had our lunch at Fergburger. The crowd was crazy, it’s always like this! We were told it’s the must-eat when you are in Queenstown.

We waited for ours for half hour if not mistaken. Very long wait. We nodded off on and off. Too tired *LOL*

Left: Someone’s burger who happened to sit next to us and we asked for permission to take a photo of his burger and chips *LOL*.
Right: The burger was huge! We ordered one and shared with each other. We had The Fergburger (NZD11). Thumbs up! Very delicious! Yes, must go have this when you are there and be prepared to wait… This burger is the most basic burger. Basically there’s beef, lettuce, tomato, red onion, aioli, and tomato relish. Very fresh ingredients! Was so full, I only had half!

We went for a walk around Queenstown after lunch just to enjoy the view.

Here’s some photos to share…





Even Queenstown has LV store.

Basically that’s all we did for the day. Very relax, free, and easy.

Here we go… Still on the way to Queenstown…

But we will detour to Mt. Cook first before heading to Queenstown.

Scenery along the way.

Stopped at somewhere, I don’t remember the name for a short photo opportunity.

Mt. Cook, the highest mountain of NZ, we’re almost there…

I’ve never thought to see such view with my own eyes!

We had lunch break here at The Hermitage Hotel. It’s rather luxurious.

Our lunch was at the hotel cafe. It’s the cheapest option.

We had salmon quiche (right) and egg and bacon quiche (middle) for lunch. NZD5.50 each. Salmon quiche was so salty! Not a good one. However, egg and bacon quiche was just nice.

The museum in the hotel.

Off we go again, now on the way to Queenstown. Goodbye Mt. Cook.

Had a short stop at a souvenier shop at I don’t-know-where! -.-” Didn’t pay attention at all, was on and off dozinng off in the bus.

Then we head to Cromwell for a short stop. You can see the famous Cromwell Fruit Sculpture here. We stopped at Jone’s Fruit Stall.

Fruits and ice cream! Yummy! Bought the ice cream for NZD2.50. It was Hokey Pokey, yum! I love it! Even though it’s commercial one, Tip Top brand, it tasted great! Didn’t try the real fruit ice cream because it was NZD5 ;p We’re too stingy.

Hokey pokey is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee – known as “hokey pokey” in New Zealand.

After this stop, we continued with our journey to Queenstown.

After christmas service in the morning, I headed home to do some last minute household chores and packing. Then off to airport I went.

Flew Jetstar. The return trip cost me almost AUD1000. Very expensive but what to do? At least it’s still cheaper than flying from Malaysia when I go home for good even after conversion.

Left: Flew from Adelaide to Melbourne and waited at the airport for 8 hours to fly to Christchurch.

Right: Arrived Christchurch at about 5am in the morning. Went around to look for breakfast and killing my time. Came across Burger King. It’s been a long time not seeing this name. In Australia, it’s known as Hungry Jack’s.

Left: Had my breakfast, bacon and egg muffin with hot chocolate.

Right: Waited with the others in airport. I went to my accommodation using Super Shuttle, much cheaper than using taxi. I waited until 7.30am since nothing out there before that. Paid NZD24 for the shuttle.

YMCA at Christhurch (12 Hereford Street). It took me ages to find an accommodation in Christchurch. Not easy at all! Many fully booked else many still not in operation due to the earthquake almost 2 years ago.

My friend and I secured the standard double room (NZD80/night) without ensuite one month before the trip. We had to share the bathroom with others. The room wasn’t bad for the price we paid but I just don’t like sharing bathroom with so many strangers. Luckily it’s just next to our room. We didn’t have to go far for toilet or shower. Very inconvenient and rather eeky -.-” It’s just me. In fact, it’s really good already if comparing it to other backpacker accommodations that my friend stayed before in Melbourne. The location of the place is very good! Near to many places. Luckily we only spent one night here as we were supposed to spend our final 3 night in Christchurch in the same type of room but we decided to fork out a bit more and asked the reception about availability of deluxe double room ($110/night) so that we can have our own bathroom and more privacy. Hehehe… Girls… Luckily! They managed to arrange us a room for that period of time. Phew… How happy!

After I got there and freshen up myself, we headed out for Boxing Day shopping! First we went to Dress Smart at Hornby where we found a number of outlets. Didn’t plan to buy anything but ended up bought a handbag (NZD10, it’s AU10 in Australia, so I got it cheaper in NZ), a pair of sunglasses (NZD10), and a dress (NZD3.50, amazing! The cheapest dress ever! We were shocked to find that it’s this cheap when the price tag wasn’t displaying it instead displaying different prices such as NZD12, NZD7, and NZD6 for the same last 3 dresses. We both bought it and one last one left on the rack). That’s all I bought for boxing day hahaha… No plan to shop actually, didn’t allocated the fund for it but it’s just too hard to resist.

Left: After shopping, we went to KFC for lunch. The lunch deal was great! NZD5 only! I had the Colonel burger + Chicken + coleslaw + mashed potato set. Where can you get this cheap?!?! Definitely cannot find it in Australia, even the cheapest also need to pay almost AUD6. I reserved the burger as my dinner.

Right: Next, we went to Westfield Riccarton and guess what?!?! We only bought a container of mix nuts in K-mart for NZD6 which was on offer and there’s no way to find this price in Australia even if they have sale for it.

After that, we called it a day and went back to our accommodation to prepare for the next day 12-hour Christchurch-Queenstown tour. So tired…

P/S: Ignore the extra “/12” in the photos hahaha… Too many “12” until I got myself confused.