Bourke St Bakery Surry Hills..

Pastry and pie lovers keep coming into the door.

They have outside open tables and chairs but they are not covered with a roof.

You need to wait to get one of three inside tables if you want to eat in.

A spinach and mushroom Quish,  A chicken pie and a citrus tart are so delicious.

Coffee tastes real coffee, strong flavor goes well with a citrus tart.

 

 

 

A friedly happy customer outside the cafe

Mardi Gras Boys are in Sydney windows

 

 

2016 Australia Day

Vacanza @ Charing Cross

This Italian pizza restaurant is always busy on weekends.  Whenever I walk pass, two outsidea tables

are taken with a father and sons ( I don't know why but I see many of this family situation there ).

most of the time.  My eyes stick on the food if the pizza looks ok or not, and my thumb gets up.

I waited for a timing to eat in and finally I made it with my family.

Italian meat plater with green olives and rice porcini balls

Pizza Margeritta

The best sweets at my S"day

Looking for a quality taste sweets is not easy ,  I bought a whole round lime tart from Pattison's
for someone and they commented the tart was superb and super yummy.

As I haven't tasted the tart, it was a good opportunity to try out.

And I need ice cream, too.  Ohh, KOHU ROAD Ice Cream from New Zealand is the best!!!

No artificial preservatives, colours or emulsifiers , ingredients are milk, cream, sugar,egg yolk,

skim milk powder, vanilla pods, salt.

What a wonderful ice cream it is!

Flawless Special day celebration.

Special Day celebration @ East Ocean Restaurant

I had a company to celebrate once a day S'day celebration,  I couldn't decided where to go until the last minutes. Yeah I had a few suggestions but three of us agreed to have yum cha!!!

At 11:30, the restaurant was quite full,  East Ocean restaurant has more Asian originated customers than
Aussie Aussie.

Werri beach and Kiama

Our second day of South trip was at Werri beach, and stayed at a house just 5 min. walk from the beach.

I found the house rental through Airbnb to avoid to stay on a busy hassle scene.

BBQ on the back yard was terrific, buying the seafood ( black fish, NZ muscles and Salmon strips)
at fresh seafood and meat in Nowra.

Milk and Honey cafe at Kiama Point

Werri beach , there was a small waves but fun enough.

devonshire tea at Vaucluse house

We want something classic afternoon tea (even though it is influenced from England),

so we did go to Vaucluse house.

It is still nice sitting in quiet garden tea room having a time of devonshire tea.

Comprising tea taken with scones, cream & jam.... mmmh yummy and quite filling.....

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