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Brunelli’s Cafe @ Rundle Street

September 24, 2011September 24, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

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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Malaysian Carnival 2011

September 22, 2011September 24, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

Malaysian Carnival happened on 11/9/2011 at Victoria Square, Adelaide.

I decided to go there to have a look and to meet up with some friends after my brain got too saturated with my revision.

There’s food stall selling Malaysian cuisines and also booths with information about Malaysia.

They had a Malay wedding showcase that day.

I was there standing near the stage and I saw someone, Chef Wan! I didn’t know it was him, I thought he’s someone who looked like him, I didn’t dare to approach him until when he’s called to go up the stage then confirmed that’s him! I took the opportunity to take photo with him. All these while only saw him on TV.

After that, I went home.

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Moon Lantern Festival in Adelaide 2011

September 21, 2011September 21, 2011 sweet surrender 2 Comments

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 â€“ Part 7

September 20, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

The final of The Royal Adelaide Show 2011.

I’m not going to say much, I’ll just show you the photos.

Coon Toastie for AUD2, hehehe… I used to do this back home. It’s two slices of toasted bread with cheese in the middle.

Left: My friend’s dinner, forgot what was it ;p A type of curry with Basmati rice (AUD12.50).
Right: My garlic naan (AUD3.50), not bad, I like it. I guess maybe because I was hungry so anything taste good to me ;p

Left: Live band.
Right: Car show which I didn’t go in because nothing interesting there for me as there’s really nothing special, it’s just like what you see in Kuching.

Another hall with more to see…

Left: Can you spot a person sitting there? Hehehe… I didn’t know, didn’t even notice until my friend told me.
Right: There’s many government departments showcasing their services there too.

Left: Children coukd sit in the fire engine with the hat and had their photos taken by their parents. The hat wold be given free to them.
Right: Ambulance corner.

Organic food for the health conscious.

Some random booths.

Lots of toys too. This year the bubble guns was a hit! It’s everywhere!

Left: The stage performance at night.
Right: The turkey leg, 2 for AUD10! So yummy!

Parade.

Lots of Showbags!

Left: This is where I got mine, Cleo’s showbag.
Right: Some random stall again.

Left: Before the firworks started, some stunts were performed. It’s quite dangerous, the debris hit my nose -.-” Luckily not my eyes.
Right: Can you spot the motorbike mid air?

After the fireworks, my friends went for the rides. I didn’t because it’s quite expensive. Also, I’m not interested to go on any of them ;p unless if I’m 10 years younger hahaha…

That’s the end of my almost-11-hours at The Show post.

So many pending posts, food, places of interests, friends, and events.

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The Royal Adelaide Show 2011 â€“ Part 6

September 19, 2011September 20, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

Still a lot! Hahaha… I think I’ll just let the photo do the talking…

I tasted so many types of cheese and yoghurt here! My favourite section. Was so full after tasting so many. By the way, there’s no sampling for Mini Melts though.