Melbourne: Ahyien Learned Salsa! + Me love Broken Rice

Posted by ~YienYien~ on Mar 14, 2009 in Australia, Foodie, Love My Days, Out-to-play

I have been mentioning about broken rice in Plurk.. so.. what is Broken Rice?? Its actually one of the three very famous dishes of Vietnamese Cuisine. “Pho”, broken rice and the popiah.. the ultimate stars of vietnam!!

So today.. i get to try broken rice.. broken rice according to ah leng is.. normally we have rice in a whole gain.. one biji right? broken rice is like the rice broke into half so only half biji of rice and thats call broken rice. Very famous de hor! But still.. “pho” is still the champion in Vietnamese cuisine!

So.. we went to this broken-rice-famous restaurant called Viet Star!

I called Broken rice of coz.. and it turn out..

WAH!! actually when it comes.. i was very disappointed.. it served like its home cook fast food.. but once i get a mouthful of it.. I changed my mind. I m outta my mind. Delicious this is wad i call. =)

Basically Broken rice is served with four main toppings.. First.. we have an egg. ok nth to shout about. Secondly.. we have this chewy stripes thing with mince pork. omg! at first i thought it was like some sort of vege… BUT I M WRONG.. its something chewy like meat-kind.. with mince pork..i m so addicted to that!! i m loving that thing but i have no idea wads that!! teehehe!! and.. move to the vietnam special.. its some kind of egg but mixed with something until it doesnt taste like an egg.. it taste ok.. but once u pour some sauce on it.. its like heaven!!! omg!!!!!!!! WHAT IS THAT!? i oso dunoo. but it just taste so nice.. and lastly.. the pork chop.. i seldom order pork chop anywhere because its kinda common and there is nth special about pork chop.. so i tried that one last.. i cut a small piece.. chew it.. pulse a while.. cut another piece again.. Is that a pork chop? Its just so unbelievable.. its like grilled or BBQ-ed.. but.. the sauce is unique.. its very fragrant.. FRAGRANT in your mouth.. and most importantly.. its juicy.. add it the sauce if u do.. its almost near to perfect!!

As you can see.. the portion is so so so so so so so BIG… but still.. i can finish everything except the broken rice.. I m bloated… but.. i m so satisfied.. i never taste something so good before.. *except for the souvlaki* hahaha!!

AH leng ordered PHO.. i still love my broken rice..

Hung Sia ordered Popiah.. i love my broken rice still.. kakakakak!

Nothing much on that particular afternoon.. i din go to city.. i walked around Glenferrie.. went to supermarkets and search for my mummy’s mintys.. hehe! oh.. just too many kinds.. =) Oh.. went to coles at first then safeway! i love to shop around marts.. because its just very fulfilling. ^^

It was evening time when anson come and pick me with my favourite Honda accord. haha! He say he is willing to sell for my dar for 31,000 AUD haven include import tax gok. apalah him! =.=”

He bring me to go for dancing class!! haha! first time in my life time i dance.. SALSA and Street LAtin! Omg!! its very fun!!! We dance in University of Melbourne somemore.. nope.. anson is not studying there.. he just got a way to get in. =) he pay for the entrance fee too! thankiuk anson!

Sorry la the pic so blur.. they dance too fast! kaka!

This is the HALL… so many ppl dancing around right? Tonight they are teaching STREET LATIN.. very cool one.. but the very-know-how-to-dance anson taught me SALSA personally.. so.. untung la me.. learn both in a day..

Anson : I teach u SALSA.. u go back and force hang hang to go learn and dance with u..

Me : Oh… its not a Bad idea anyway!! *teehehehe*

DAr.. anson ask u dance with me hor.. hehe.. but my dar know salsa’s basic already leh.. so i think i better teach him street latin!! its so so so cool!!! pusing lai pusing ki~ hehe

Caught anson’s friend’s merlvyn.. flirting dancing with the committee… kakaka!!!

Oh ya.. this is anson!!! He is one of my dar’s very best friend.. and.. he really know how to dance^^ When he dance with his girlfriend.. they just look magnificant =)

So this is me!! and its my first time learning how to dance.. except for the one time my dar teach me in his room.. *grin* Street latin and salsa really are nice!

p/s: Dar.. we can go learn how to dance if we really have nothing to do. okok? *tehehe*

My conversation with Anson:

Anson: i thought hang hang come with you.. where is he..?

Me: I also hope so hor.. but he got no more leave… =(

Anson: HA? he also need to apply leave one meh??

Me: Of coz la.. he is working in contract la hor…

Anson: Oh.. no wonder lah… Then thats different.. Kelien ah ni.. yi ge ren..

Me: *watery eyes* + *kek kolien*.. hang hang owe me a aussie trip liao..!! *sobx*

Anson: After contract ask him bring you come again.. =D!!

Me: He say he will woh. i wait loh…

In conclusion.. kekeke! dar.. u owe me an Aussie trip!! *blueks*

Tags: Australia, Food, Love My Days, Travelingz

St Kilda

Posted by ~YienYien~ on Mar 12, 2009 in Australia, Foodie

Day 2 is simple.. lunch, went to st kilda and went to dinner.. Simple.. but fulfilling =)

Just before i go down to city.. had a super quick chat with my dar.. he tell me: ” ah dear ah.. melbourne must try the very famous pho o.. its a vietnamese soup noodles..ask ur friend and they will know”..

And immediately.. when they ask me wanna eat what for lunch.. i said : PHO! *keke*

And so.. they bring me to this very famous vietnamese restaurant..MEKONG

VERY FAMOUS ok.. even all the HongKong star came.. Don tell me u duno who is that wor..

Jackie CHan and Sammo Hung. =)

The menu.. for your information “pho” is pronouced as “fur”.. its a kinda soup with either raw meat or cooked meat as toppings.. the soup.. of coz.. its super duper nice.. knot describe.. its like boiled for the whole night using bones and its super and tasty! irresitable i can say. =)

Hung Sia ordered fried chicken and popiah with beehoon. =) the� popiah super duper nice oso hor!!

NANA order popiah itself only. VERY recommended. ^^

Simon and Ah leng ordered mixed pho.. It looks normal.. but its incredible.. only the one tried it will understand how it really taste like =)

and this is mine!! OF COZ.. i ordered pho with RAW BEEF.. but hor.. once it got into the soup.. bcum half cooked ki. sobx! and oso with beef marrow.. haha.. i never tried ma.. so try lo.. the marrow ok nia.. =)

Lucky got nana for the day.. i get to camwhore BANYAK!

tehehe!! love u to bits nana!!

nana say its nice although her mouth is covered. teehehe!

Next.. we head to St Kilda beach.. first time in my life i stepped into the beach and i m freezingg!!!!

Australia beach is just awesome.. and its CLEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sea water is AQUA colour.. NOT BROWN. =)

Coincidencely.. there’s ppl getting married there.. and so.. i take a pic with their bridal car.

YEAH!! they can rent hummer as the bridal car.. its very common!

Camwhore camwhore.. still got lotsa pic at nana’s cam ^^

And.. the bird there is human-friendly.. u can sit with them and they can sit beside u.. waiting for u to finish your food and they eat! hehe.. probably oso because of the too-heavy strong wind.. the birds can hardly fly.. me and nana keep seeing birds flying but got swap by the wind to another direction… so funny!

And you can see a lot of ppl bring their all sorts of dogs to jog and play around. so cute hor.. they even park their dog outside the restaurant and themselves go in for a drink..

so kolien dogs are not allow in such beautiful restaurant.. =( *they sometimes only get a bowl of plain water*

Of all the big dogs and small dogs..

This one is EYe catching! HAHAHAHA!!!!

we then head to the pier of st kilda..

FREAKING COLD CAN!!.. went u walked along the super long bridge.. u can feel the wind is pushing you to the side.. this is how strong the wind is!! no bluffing!

Too bad the timing is not correct no penguins around. kekeke!!

arghhh!! stupid wind.. my hair never stay still.. and when i touch my hair.. its icy cold!!!

I think Melbourne is just beautiful. Magnificant!

We take a tram and head to Flinder’s street.. get ourselves some hot stuff at Coffee HQ because its really over over over freezing..

i had choc banana!! U know wad? its so much nicer than Bing or Starbucks in Kuching. Just different.

Before we head back to Glenferrie.. we had our dinner.. at Swanston Walk Cafe.. a turkish place i suppose?

Ah leng and simon is extremely hungry so they pulled hung sia to join them in their makan fest…

Their Carbonara..

Big portion of sandwich..

Kebab.. yes.. its called Kebab.. so different than our kebab rite?

Me and Nana on the other hand.. its not extremely hungry due to the over freezing condition.. so we order a lasagna and we share..

Here goes our lasagna.. not cheesy enuf.. coz both nana and i are all heavy taste-r! haha

The not so hungry me..

and not so hungry nana..

Chao!!

And for your information.. Monday is cold.. tuesday and wednesday is super hot can!! wad kinda weather is this!!! *roll eyes*

Tags: Australia, Food

Melbourne Day 1

Posted by ~YienYien~ on Mar 9, 2009 in Australia, Feelings, Just Bla-ingz

In this very afternoon.. i wake up at 1pm melbourne time.. hehe! i know its time for lunch. For the very first time, i go down to city and i had my first meal at Don Don.. a very fine japanese restaurant. *oops.. forgot to take picture of the shop name*

I had this raw salmon set lunch.. costs me 8.30 australian dollar.. pretty cheap as in Australia

Ah leng called the famous don don set… 8 or 9 OZ dollars i am not sure.. got very delicious beef slices and chicken teppanyaki..

SImon and hung sia share the chicken curry rice.. 6.5 OZ dollar.. As a whole. NICE!

We then walked around town to have a look at the very beautiful city…. the weather is COLD.. extremely COLD..

The Architeture of the buildings in Melbourne are awesome..!

They even have unique and cute statue all around town..

and see this! hahaha.. i nid to buy one for my bibi!

Melbourne is stray-dogs n cats free.. no animals can be seen around town. But pigeon a lot lah! ^^

Coincidencely.. There is this MoomBa Festival during the time i visit Melbourne.. so why hestitate.. have a blast and enjoy myself there.. this is the biggesssssst fun fair i have ever seeen!!! and unlike malaysian soft toys.. they have ENORMOUSSSS soft toy for the winners.. and cute! teeehehehe!! not stingy like in MY country. hahaha!!!!