Category: Food Porn

*LOL* The computer poolers! How creative!

Last Friday night, we went to Saldechin at 21 King William St, very near my place, near the uni too. It’s a tearoom, restaurant and martini bar.

Went there after spending the day at the computer pool with the usual computer poolers of the postgrad barn ;p I was just tagging along and to chat, didn’t even drink.

I like the place a lot! It’s a nice place to hang out. My friends went there because of the Martini Bar. The martinis cost $10/each. 5-8pm happy hour, we went there at around 6pm. Quite like the interior. The live jazz band was awesome!

The drinks are surprisingly affordable. The environment and the pricing just don’t match but it’s a good thing 😉

Left: The martinis ordered by the girls. I had a taste only, not even a sip, just taste, it’s not so bad but it’s still alcohol hahaha…
Right: Guess this group made up of how many country? Two of them not the computer poolers but both are master degree holders. One from my uni, another from University of Adelaide. ;p

Here’s all the computer poolers from different post graduate programmes of UniSA ;p How many country here?

We left at about 8.30pm. Nice place to hang out with friends. Definitely will go back one day.

This happened on 20/10/2011, hehehe… Only post now coz it’s in my phone.

Went for dinner with 3 friends at Evergreen Restaurant located at 31 Moonta St. It’s a seafood dinner. I didn’t pay for it though, one of my friends treated us.

Left: Menu.
Right: Cucumber, mu-er, and jelly fish in chili and sweet sour sauce ($7.80), hmm… Not spicy at all but quite refreshing.

Left: Seafood and bean curd soup ($4.20/bowl), we ordered portion for four people. Can’t remember the taste ;p

Right: Fish fillet with pickled cabbage ($15.80). I quite like this because I like pickled cabbage. Remind me to stock some during my next grocery shopping.

Left: Stir fried green vegetables ($8.80), nothing much with this, it’s just stir fried vegetables, what do you expect? Hahaha…

Right: Special of the day, steamed fish head chopped with chilli pepper ($10, if I recall correctly, normal price is not this price, they have different dish on special each day), couldn’t eat much of the meat, fish head, that’s why. It’s quite salty. I don’t quite like this dish. Don’t be fool by the look, not spicy at all.

Overall, the dishes were so-so. Not much to rave about. Price wise, it’s quite standard for an eatery located in Chinatown.

That’s all for today. Sunday is coming, one week is ending! GOSH! So fast! Been quite busy the past few days, spent most of my time at uni doing assignments coz I just can’t stand doing them at home, that explains few days of no update hehehe… In fact, spent whole afternoon in the computer pool today too streaming TV series while doing assignment ;p Will do so again tomorrow.

Summer is around the corner and today is my first time wearing a sleeveless blouse out without any scarf/jumper/jacket ever since I’m in Adelaide. It feels like the weather in Malaysia now.

That’s all for the time being. Will update again soon.

Last Saturday, after went for movie Nova Palace Cinema at Rundle Street, we went to Henley Beach for dinner. My first movie in the cinema in Adelaide with the ticket I got from my first ever contest prize from the uni, my first Italian movie, my first visit to Henley Beach, and my first Thai cuisine in Adelaide with my first two male Italian friends! So many first! However, we didn’t exchange phone numbers, they’re my friend’s friend, we went on double date ;p Also, the most expensive meal I had! -.-” So… Broke! Broken the record of Wasai.

We’re there at around 5pm. It was quite chilly due to the sea breeze. Before dinner, we went for a round of pool while waiting for the restaurant to open its door. It was my first time playing pool too!

Then, we went to Thai Orchid Restaurant at Henley Beach.

Left: Mixed Entrée ($25.00), mixed platter for two, all foods are chosen by the chef. It’s so huge, just having this will be good enough for two average eater. Everything on the plate was great! There’s Gai Hor Bai Toey aka Pandan Chicken, spicy seafood and beef salad, and vegetable in batter.

Right: Lemongrass Quail ($9), grilled marinated quail served with picked vegetables and black pepper sauce. NICE! My first time having quail ;p

Left: Gai Yang aka Grilled Chicken ($18), chicken breast marinated with lemon grass and aromatic herbs, served with tamarind sauce. This tasted as it should.

Right: Ta Krai Nuer aka Lemongrass Beef ($18), beef cooked with special blended sauce, flavoured with lemongrass and coconut milk. OMG! Damn thick and yummy!

Left: Pla Lard Prik aka Chilli Fish ($25), boneless whole barramundi deep fried and topped with chilli paste and coconut milk. So sinful! It’s not spicy at all, was expecting it to be quite spicy but it was quite delicious.

Right: Another view of the beach.

The bill came to a total of $166+ (inclusive of some beers for the guys) for 4 persons! -.-” GOSH! Almost got heart attack from it instead of getting heart attack from the blocked artery due to the rich, thick, creamy food ;p

The food was overall very good but the price… *GULP* a bit too expensive for me.