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J Restaurant

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A coursemate treated us for a dinner before exam. We’re all slaving away in the computer pool before that. When dinner time came, we all went for dinner at J Restaurant serves Cantonese cuisine. It is located at Grote Street. Same row as Time Supermarket. When I reached there I was like OMG-this-is-gonna-be-expensive! The interior looked so posh!

There were 4 of us and these were the food we ordered. Will try my best to identify them as I wasn’t the one who ordered the food. Didn’t bring my camera too so I used my phone to take the photos, that explains the horrible colour of the photos.

Left: This is Sauteed Potato, Eggplant and Capsicum ($10.80). I love this! There’s a balance of sweet and salty also I love potato and capsicum. Yummy!

Right: Ox Tripe with Chilli and Soy Sauce ($6.80). I don’t remember it’s spicy or not. I guess it’s not spicy enough to make me remember the spiciness hahaha…


Left: Cucumber and Black Fungus with Garlic Sauce ($4.80).

Right: Half Shanghai Style Crispy Duck ($16.80), Best eaten hot and with the sauce. Once it’s cold it can be pretty oily.


Left: Steamed Pipis and Egg Dish ($12.80), quite salty but great to eat with rice.

Overall the food was not bad and the prices of the food were reasonable. In fact, the food we had can actually fed 5 or 6 people instead of 4.

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Brunelli’s Cafe @ Rundle Street

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Went to Brunelli for dessert after dinner quite a long time ago… Sometime last month after having dinner at Culshaw’s Grill.


Brunelli’s Cafe is located at Rundle Stree. It was packed on a Saturday night. They have freshly made gelati too, very colourful!


Chocolates and cakes… *drool*

These were just some of what we had, didn’t manage to take photo of all of them:

Left: Custard Canoli (AUD3.50)
Right: Blueberry Cheesecake (AUD5.90)


Left: Extremely cute and green! Apple-something, I don’t remember the name hehehe… This was great! Not sweet at all instead it felt quite refreshing. There’s two macarons, big and small on top.
Right: Seriously I don’t remember what are these ;p I think one is ice coffee(AUD5.50) another one might be Frappe Coffee(AUD5.50).


I don’t know these too ;p

Was there till 11pm. Wanted to stay longer but they were closing. After that we headed home.

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Moon Lantern Festival in Adelaide 2011

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I decided to combine these 3 events in one post because there’s too many pending posts and these 3 are related to the same topic ;p

This year, my mid-autumn celebration is different from what I usually had back home. We don’t really celebrate back home actually. It’s called the Moon Lantern Festival here.

First celebration happened on 10/9/2011. I had it with my colleagues at a Chinese restaurant somewhere in the suburb. I got no idea where it’s located ;p I forgot to check the name of the place too. We took a bus there. My first time having abalone. Very chewy, what’s so nice about it? It’s just seafood to me hahaha…


I ate so much that day. Non-stop eating since lunch as after lunch I had a group revision session and we were eating chips and tarts while doing our revision. Then at dinner, ate again. I’m not sure of the exact name of the food though, just giving the general names. Here’s drunken chicken and prawn balls.


So much food in a day! Softshell crab and fish.


Kailan and duck.


Left: Red bean pastry.
Right: After dinner, we went to our boss’ house for dessert! GOSH! Ate non-stop again until 12am+. There’s cakes, jelly, mooncakes, chocolate fondue, fruits, tong sui(sweet soup) and more! Reached home at about 12.30am.


Photos with colleagues aka friends. This is just 1/3 of them, there’s another 2 tables. All Malaysians.

Then, on the actual day itself, 12/9/2011, I had exam! Good thing it’s open book exam but it’s not that easy as expected as what came out mostly weren’t what we had expected -.-” So I just crapped. Then again, it’s common sense, should be fine.

We had our exam at Allan Scott Park, this is where the horse racing event takes place in Adelaide. When we arrived, we took so many photos *LOL* As if we’re the tourists and not there for exam ;p


My first time visiting a horse racing venue.


Love the view of the mountain.


With my coursemates. Two coursemates aren’t in the photos, that’s how small the class was. Only 7 of us for this subject. Others were so stressed out waiting for the exam to start yet we’re there camwhoring! How crazy, studied till too stress ;p In the exam hall, our class was only a small fraction of the number of people sitting for exam.


After exam, my friend and I headed to the Torrens River for the Moon Lantern celebration event but we’re too late. People were cleaning up the place already. Ended at 8pm if not mistaken but we were only there at 9.30pm+. Oh well… What to do? We had our exam while people were celebrating. The event could put Malaysia’s celebration to shame hahaha… It’s HUGE and started at 3pm. There’s HUGE stage setup and 10 minutes fireworks! Too bad I missed it.

So we both just walked along the river basking under the moonlight with each other while the rest were couples enjoying each others’ company by holding hands, kissing, hugging and so on. So lonely… It made us so miserable seeing all that hahaha… Hopefully our singlehood will end soon with the blessing of the moon that night *LOL*

That’s how I celebrate my Moon Latern Festival aka Mooncake Festival aka Mid-autumn Festival in Adelaide.

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The Royal Adelaide Show 2011 – Part 4

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Finally got time to compose this post! Well… I went to the Royal Adelaide Show on the second day. It’s a Saturday, the crowd was huge!


Left: The entrance. It was at Showground where I had my exam last study period. Coming here felt as if like I’m going for exam hahaha…

Right: The Yellow Brick Road is where you could buy a bag with the map in there and later go to the booths with the signage to claim freebies! It’s only $10, pretty worth it, the things you’d get cost more than that but I didn’t buy it. A bit regret not buying it ;p

The Royal Adelaide Show also known as the Royal Show or simply The Show, is an annual agricultural show/fair held in Adelaide, South Australia that begins on the first Friday in September, or the last Friday in August, and runs for 9 days. It is held at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, located in Wayville and is attended by thousands. It features food, rides, a Ferris wheel, competitions and animal races.

The Royal Show is primarily an opportunity for the State’s farmers to show examples of their livestock. There is Horticulture on display with the freshest fruit and vegetables. It also includes rides, competitions, demonstrations and food of all tastes (i.e. gourmet food as well as waffles, hot dogs, hot chips, sausage on a stick, cinnamon donuts, sausages, sausage rolls, pies, pasties etc.) and styles.


It’s a big event here.


I’ll just let the photos do the talking…


So much to see!


Was there for about 10 hours! Walking and standing most of the time. Poor feet… Suffered a lot. So painful.


It’s a very interesting event, highly recommended to go. Even though people kept saying that every year it’s the same, still they go every year because Adelaide is just like Kuching hahaha… Not much big events going on, once there is, everyone will be flocking there.

Didn’t go on any ride though, quite expensive.


Had our lunch, Dagwood Dogs aka corn dog. There’s foot long one but I went for the 6-inch one which cost $5. So filling! Really cannot underestimate it. I thought I won’t be full eating it. Taste? It was okay. What do you expect? Basically, it’s just a sausage in a stick fried in batter.


Left: My friend bought this fries, don’t remember the name. I think it’s called Potato “something”. Very expensive! $9!! It tasted good but very oily.

Right: *Blek* It’s me. The weather was so good that day. The sun was so strong. Not cold at all but it turned quite cold at night.

To be continued…

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Culshaw’s Grill

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My very first steak in Adelaide in a hotel! Freaked me out! Luckily there’s discount coupon so we didn’t pay full price.


It’s was a week ago, my friend invited me to join her friends for dinner. We had our dinner at Culshaw’s Grill located in Majestic Roof Garden Hotel.


Left: It’s located just next to the hotel’s lobby.

Right: Steamed Brocolli, Butter, and Almond (AUD7.90). The presentation was quite cute hahah…


Left: Aged Black Angus Rump Steak 400g (AUD35.90) roasted field mushroom and topped with barossa bacon rashers and a rich glaze. The meat was a bit dry and tough. My friend asked for medium but it didn’t feel like medium instead it was medium well done. I like the bacon rashers.

Right: Eye fillet 250g (AUD39.90) on a buttered potato crush, topped with crispy prosciutto and finished with a shiraz glaze.


Left: When I saw kangaroo on the menu, I decided to order without much considerations else I don’t think I will have any other chance to try kangaroo meat. So this is my first kanagoroo meat in Australia. Grilled kangaroo fillet steak (AUD29.90) with a pear & parsnip mash, a mini peppercorn & parmesan damper & a rich red currant glaze. The meat was really lean. There’s no unique taste for the meat though unlike beef or lamb. It tasted neutral to me, I don’t mind to have it again. It was grilled to perfection. The pear & parsnip mash was delicious! The overall dish was good enough for me.

Right: Aged grain fed scotch fillet 300g (AUD35.90) on a butternut and smoky paprika squash with crispy szechuan red onion rings & a rosemary & port glaze. I like the red onion ring.

Overall, the meal was satisfying. The bill came to a total of AUD102+ inclusive of a bottle of lemonade and 2 glasses of wine after discount.

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