Much ado about LOTSA STUFF!

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS to my dear sister and her husband, M, on a wonderful wedding. It was beautiful and sweet~ despite the slight drizzle at the start, the weather cleared and we had a cool day (for the poor guys that have to wear suits!) to enjoy the celebration.

Secondly, happy Valentine's Day :D to my dear Madara-chan (jk~). Had a wonderful day of chilling and getting embarrassed *ahem*, but here is Henrietta!

From Weeks 7-8, 2011

The makers originally made it as a boy-bear called Henry, but what boy-bear will wear a purple ribbon? It's a girl-bear now. What's so special about this bear is that you can microwave it for 2 minutes and it will explode keep warm for hours while emitting this pleasant aroma of lavender. Apparently there's a porridge flavored bear too. Thanks Shuu-chan for the present :)

From Sister's trip to Sydney

So my sister got married and it's been all hectic trying to get all the last-minute little details organised while making sure nothing was left undone. Plans were made, plans were broken, plans were penciled in and scrubbed out, but in the end, everything turned out perfectly well.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

The wedding was held in a small little chapel at St Jude's, and reception held at The Hills Lodge Grand Mercure. Because my sister and M had to organise it through email with the staff at that place (they were still in Singapore), no one ever got to taste-test the food, so the day before the wedding, we headed there to check out the place, and eat.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Ordered sugar cured salmon....

From Sister's trip to Sydney

and pork belly for appetizers~

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Steak~ medium rare!

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Baramundi with seafood

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Clamp! Or pipi! Some sort of shelled seafood!

From Sister's trip to Sydney

I ordered duck, which was a chef's special. Ahh, duck~ no matter who you're cooked by, you taste good in both Western and Asian cuisine~

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Earl Grey tea, brewed with fresh loose leaf~

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Dark chocolate tart. It was good that we ordered this, because during the wedding reception, things got so busy that by the time my sister and I hit the dessert table, this was ALL GONE!

But wait! That's not all~ That night, my auntie and uncle (relatives) came to stay overnight to attend the wedding the next day, and along with my brother-in-law (BIL) and his dad, we went to dinner at Ho-ho restaurant, Carlingford.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

If you cannot tell what this is from the photo, SHAME on you.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Soft tofu~

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Don't worry, it's dead. Please remove that garnish and burn it.

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More food!

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Chick-en!

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Pig!

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Duck! Oh wait, that's the next morning after the wedding. Blueberry bagel with cream cheese! I used to eat this all the time for breakfast at uni. A lot of places have blueberry bagel without the rock sugar on top. It just doesn't taste the same without the sugar... it's a must-have on any blueberry bagel.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

BIL's choc chip muffin. Don't be fooled by appearances, this chocolate muffin was dry as pork crackle.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

My sis' spinach ricotta cheese filo pastry. Not as cheesy as she liked, but not bad for some Gloria Jeans food before church.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

On the same day after church, we headed to Passionflower at Capitol Square for some ice cream. I hardly ever go to passionflower because they are such rip-offs. Honestly, they put additional charges on the littlest things. $1 surcharge if you order tea and wanted your pot refilled with hot water. Each refill of hot water for $1!!! And due to floods in Queensland, all desserts that have banana or strawberry incurs surcharges too =_____= cheap bastards.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Lychee rose and Durian at the bottom in a waffle basket~

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Sticky brown rice and black sesame with glutinous balls.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Then that night (still same day!), we went to another family dinner at Castle Hill RSL club at Jin Yan Asian Cuisine restaurant.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Fried tofu of some sort, I've never had this before, it's like chicken nuggets, but tofu inside...

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Duck!

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Pig!

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Cow! (This is the best captioning ever! :D )

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Um... sea cucumber... and macadamia...

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Yea, my mum likes tofu. A lot.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Spinach!

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Fishie! With garnish that deserves to be incinerated!

From Sister's trip to Sydney

The restaurant was actually really nicely decorated with (fake) candles on the wall and a (fake) sakura tree.

From Sister's trip to Sydney

Highlight? NO red bean soup for dessert! Something different- sago corn egg soup instead, which wasn't too sweet. We were also served watermelon and orange slices~

That concludes all the meals we had when my sister and BIL were over~ they've gone back to Singapore now to enjoy their newly wedded life, but it doesn't end here. There's a ten-course dinner waiting for me next week in Singapore! =D