Bing’s Chinese Restaurant

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Went to Bing’s Chinese Restaurant months back bit never update it because I didn’t know the shop’s name until recently ;p It’s located at Chinatown, 6/85 Grote Street, Adelaide, SA 5000. Just opposite Hong Kong Grocery Shop. Very easy to spot.


Left: The interior. Once you go in there, you’ll not mistaken you’re in a Chinese restaurant.
Right: Since it’s so long ago, I’m not sure what kind of fried rice is this. It cost us about AUD11+ if not mistaken. Portion was small! Was disappointed with the portion but it tasted great.


Left: Not sure about this too hehehe… It’s a meat dish (either mutton or beef) with cumin. Yum! Spicy and delicious! This cost more than AUD12 I think…
Right: Dumpling, not sure of the exact name too, sounded something like Northern Steamed Pork Dumpling. This is the best dumpling so far we had in Adelaide. Even my friend who is very particular about dumpling gave this two thumbs up. It’s quite cheap for this, 15 dumplings for only AUD7.80 (or is it AUD7.50? Doesn’t matter, it’s below AUD8 and it’s cheap and delish!).

Overall, I will come back to this place again even though the portion is a bit smaller and slightly pricier.

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Grendha & I

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I first fell in love with Grendha Brianna and Bella in gold colour. I’ve been waiting for these to be on sale last year but both never did until now but I don’t need it anymore.

So, last year, during the summer, I ended up with Grendha Summer Collection 2011 Romance in gold colour for AUD15

Now, I just got another for winter! Grendha Winter Collection 2012 Check in brown, this is AUD30.

In fact, I was having problem in deciding which one to choose (left-right: Check, Sweet, Sweet 3D) at the end I ended up with Check because my feet liked it even though the bow on the shoe is hideous *LOL* They should just design it with a small bow just like the other two pairs, then it would be perfect! The other two weren’t comfortable.

It seemed like my feet really like Grendha. It’s pretty hard for me to buy shoes. If my feet were not happy when I tried them on, I won’t bother to buy. However, for Grendha, it’s just so comfortable when I tried it on. I guess this is my favourite brand for now. There’s few more that I had my eyes on but that will have to wait when I’m in the mood to spend money and when I really need new pair of shoes.

Gonna hunt for one more pair, strappy high heels to replace my current one which had been with me for years and it’s experiencing quite a fair bit of wear and tear because I wore it a lot! Then, that should be about it for my shoe shopping spree ;p

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Mochi (Microwave Version)

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I’ve been wanting to make mochi a long long time but never get to do it. Finally, few weeks ago, I did it. It’s so easy!

Ingredients:
2 cups of glutinous flour
2 cups of water
2 tablespoons of sugar
Sesame seeds/dessicated coconut/anything that can avoid the mochi sticking to each other (no specific measurement, for coating)

Instructions:
1. Mix glutinous flour and water well.

2. Place it in microwavable container covering the top of the container.
3. Microwave on HIGH (900 Watt) for 4 minutes.
4. Leave it cool for a bit.
5. Roll into ball and coat it with sesame. Do it as fast as you can. The longer it takes the harder it is to shape it into a ball.

Tips: Use plastic knife or spoon cut or scoop the mochi to avoid sticking.

Variations:
Green tea mochi: Mix one teaspoon of green tea powder to make green tea mochi.
Red bean paste mochi: Fill the mochi with red bean paste.
Just be creative! Experiment!

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The Clovey

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Took us quite awhile to decide where to have dinner 3 Saturday nights ago. Finally we ended up at The Clovey since my friends said that he had not tried out the food here. Usually just had drinks here. It’s located at The Clovercrest Hotel, 450 Montague Road, Modbury North SA 5092.


The atmosphere wasn’t bad. There’s live band playing. There’s a dance floor as well.


The place was packed! Lucky us that we managed to get a table. The appetizers are free flow, just take anything you want at the salad bar. It’s my first time having meal at a hotel (many Australian pubs are indeed called an Hotel by their name, they used to have rooms upstair but nowadays most don’t, they just retained the “hotel” word on their name).


Left: I don’t quite remember the name -.-” It’s a lamb dish with vegetables. It was the night’s special. It cost less than AUD15.
Right: This is also the special of the night, Fish and chips, not the exact name but yea… It’s basically fish and chips hahaha… This is around AUD16 I think…

It’s been quite long ago. It’s not in the menu also. The taste? My lamb dish was quite dry but the potato was nice. The fish and chips was not bad. Don’t think will come back here for dinner. It just didn’t leave me with any strong impression, quite average. For drinking and hanging isn’t that bad though.

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Intense Week

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What an intense week!

Exam on Monday night. Wrote till my pinky finger blister! Can you believe that? Hahaha… Don’t ask me why that finger, I myself got no idea also and was surprised by it.

Then, rushed to get my assignment done. Thought I finally got it done on Friday night, so happy! Who knows… My lecturer finally replied my e-mail on Friday night, few minutes before midnight, regarding things that I asked her 2 days ago and I found out I’m not doing what she wants. GOSH! It’s due on Monday. So I had to redo it, luckily the research I did for the past 3 weeks still can be used to certain extent. So I spent about 6 hours in uni to do it on Saturday. First time did my assignment till 10pm. Then, today, skipped church and went to uni to continue again. Finally finish it after 5 hours of playing games and researching ;p Not the best, not that satisfied with it but at least I’m almost on the right track as there are still some parts which I had difficulty incorporating into the assignment. Oh well… At least not as bad as the original one that I did. Hopefully I can get at least a Credit. Guess another Distinction gone…

Also, on the personal front. I decided to clean up my act for a new chapter. I felt bad and guilty for one whole week. Finally I broke the news and still feel a bit bad. Maybe it’s not a big deal but it’s just me, I’m such a kind girl and I’m so afraid to hurt people especially in breaking a bad news.

Hopefully my life will change to a positive direction and this will determine where I will be in my future. Hoping for the best. I have about half year plus here only. Gonna try to apply for PR here for sure.

That’s all for now. Another busy week coming. Next week class will start again. No break at all. At least I’ll be in Brisbane this coming 22 July-25 July for a long deserved holiday.

Half year almost gone… Take care!

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