Bronte New Year Swell 8 Jan. 5-6ft

South swell , Set waves hit Bronte pool so hard but it is the first warm day after 3days long rain.

Water temp. is 21C not bad.

Miss Chu -vietnamese street food in Sydney

There must be more nice dishes in Miss Chu, but I am kind of addicted to this...

                                     Crab and prawn net spring roll salad with rice vermicelli


Not only me but also my family got addicted to this.......

My favourite Pancake at Eugene's

When oversea's tourists ask me about the world famous pancake at Bxxx's,  I always tell them that

" They don't know what the best means..."   The ricotta banana pancake I had in Bxxx's was the

worst one I ever had.

Organic buckwheat & butter milk pancake with strawberry compote, cinnamon ricotta & crushed pistachios at Eugene's in Waverley is my favourite.

It is so original and tastes so good and not heavy, not too sweet .

2016 New Year

Holiday time for kids and adults every year this time needles to say...

When most of the shopping centre close, where would you go??  Yeeees  to the beach!

Using Opal card is really works well to travel around specially if you understand the public transport
system.

360 to Clovelly beach,  380 to Watsons bay then taking the ferry from Watsons bay to

Cirqular Quay.

Clovelly Beach

Cafe at Watsons Bay

Watermelon boy at Watsons bay

Quay

Sydney fresh seafood for Late lunch on 2015 NYE

Sydney rock oyster, pacific oyster and Large Aussi prawn....were so delicious!!!!!

We don't need Lobsters and Abalone to celebrate NYE,

A cozy place and good company make me happy happy happy new year.

Family visits Australia

First dinning out in Australia with my family is at Marigold restaurant in Chinatown,

Prawn dumpling, Chive dumpling and pork rib

                                         I have to order White bait because that is my fav.

At home Field mushroom stake with spinach pesto, Kangkung  with ginger, King island double Brie,

biodynamic rye sprout bread with pumpkin, sunflower seed and almond paste.

Sacred Christmas Time at St Mary Cathedral Sydney

Cyren Restaurant - The best Seafood Platter

Sydney Rock Oysters---They open the shell when the order was made,
Prawns---plump and fresh,
Lobster---fully grown and tender,
Mussel---marinated with olive oil and herbs,
Smoked salmon, fried calamari, fried fish, fried prawn,

The quality is high, yes this is their signature menu.

Sculpture by the sea 2015

Rip curl Bondi Beach

Mother Hippo

            

Kochi wonderful country life 2

I have never traveled this part of Shikoku though I visited the most of Shikoku before.

The fragrant of the nature relaxes me comfortably, it is just like a meditation....

A separate bathroom and toilet

Morning glory

Todoroki Waterfall

Stone scraper at Toujin Iwa

A shrine in Nuno

Surfing at Kochi Pref. Oct 2015

2 nights 3 days sleeping in a van & BBQ dinner surf trip in Kochi Pref with friends.

I didn't have my own board so borrowed from Nori-kun, which was not the best thing to do
but I managed to have several good waves and lots of fun.

Water was warm, I would say it was warmer than Sydney's summer water.

DAY 1 :  SMALL POWERLESS WAVE at FUTAMI BEACH

DAY 2 : KARITSU SURF BEACH

DAY 3 :  Typhoo swell has got to the peak, NUNO beach was the only option to surf. Amazingly uncrowded

After day we went back to Shimanto, and this was a next day at KURE , on the way to Kochi city

Shimanto River runs

Here are many face's of Shimanto River.  

Runs into the ocean

Ayu angler

A bridge without railing

Sirene of River Simanto

Kochi pref. what a wonderful country life 1

.The mountains of Shikoku is vertically deep, roads and trains run the hems of mountains.

There are countless tunnels all over and so many rivers run into the ocean.

The food is different to Hokkaido.

Variety of sea food just made me so happy......

Fried Utubo (like a jumbo eel)

Fried Shimanto river shrimp

Wild eel, so tender

Young Kampachi fish

Sashimi plate, Katsuo (Bonito) of course

Some noodle

Sarachi dish

Shakotan、Kamui Peninsula

Katsuei Sushi is very popular and serves excellent Sushi.

Special premium sushi ,9pieces of Abaloni, Botan prawn, Tuna belly, Scalop, Salmon roe,

Yellow tail, Hokki clam, Japanese Flounder, Squid.

Famous Shakotan blue

Kamui rock

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