Dieci: Robocog

I'm working hard on things I shouldn't be working hard on and NOT working hard at... my presentations. Just did a massive spring clean on the refrigerator (rifuriji-ta) and chucked out all the expired items.. most of them anyway, while my parents were out of the house so they can't complain.

From 120___07

Next up! Robocog cafe, which was discovered via yelp.com, which I now trust with accurate and coffee-lovers' reviews.

Nove: Bello

Alright, back to food. I don't do food posts all the time, because I like other aspects of life other than eating, like... fun stuff. Like... soap shredders, and music, and various other misc items.

From 120___07

Funny, this is a backlog, but Bello was actually revisited yesterday after badminton just for group coffee. The good thing about coffee is that it's perfect just having it by yourself, and you won't be considered too much of a loner sitting at a table by yourself with a good book, or some work to do (though some places might mind you using their cafe as an office...), and at other times, it's good catching up with a friend over coffee, or having a big group of friends to have coffee together.

Lazy and Random

Bruno Mars:

Today I don't feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone

'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all, nothing at all~~~

You know, this really sums out what I'm feeling right now. I just woke up from a 3 hour nap, after coming home from work and a house warming party. Lots of food, lots of company, wine and champagne, tea and coffee, I didn't touch my phone till I was heading back.

15 serves only

Straying away from sugar for a bit, super short post!

From 120___07

I've been to Miso at World Square a few times before, but everyone tells me it's expensive, especially just for lunch. Sure, there are many Japanese restaurants out there that do cheaper lunch deals. You could probably go to a decent sushi train and it'd be cheaper there, but you won't get Miso's famous tonkatsu (served with Bulldog sauce, no less!) and you won't be getting deep fried rock oysters!

Otto: Pablo&Rusty's

Realised once again how terrible my self-restraint is. I've often made a conscious decision in my head to eat healthy and to eat at the right time of the day... to maintain a better lifestyle when it comes to food choices and forget junk food, namely candy and "instant" stuff.

That resolution starts when I'm not around food, and ends when I see food. That could be anywhere between 5 hours and 0.25 hours. It's currently past 12 midnight when I'm typing this and I just had dinner... rice, dish, plus soup. And some roasted peanuts (unsalted but in shell). And a few kumquats. The point isn't what I ate, because it's actually pretty healthy, but that it's the wrong time of the day when I should be sleeping soon. And the fact that I told myself only an hour ago that I wouldn't eat anything tonight before I sleep. Failed. T T

From 120___07

But I digress. Next cafe entry: Pablo&Rusty's!

Enough sugar? Not quite!

From 120___07

So my deep unforgiving attitude towards Macchiato happened on this day which was supposed to be very exciting day. My brother bought tickets to go to Disney on Ice with his gf, but they had an anime thing to go to instead, so he gave the tickets to me. Gave... as in, I owe him dinner still, but it's all good! I've never been to Disney on Ice before, even as a kid... been missing out all these years, gotta catch up somehow.

Sugar tooth cont~

So the sugar craving hasn't entirely died off yet... more sugar coming up!

From 120___07

Donut stick anyone? Asian bakeries... well known for their sweet bread made of lard and sugar.

This cake is real

Going to make this a sugar-filled post, as will be the next one. Wuah, I'm planning ahead on my entries! Just finished work and in dire need of some sugar, so I'm gorging on some homemade velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting while typing this... and having ordered my portal 2 hoodie online (from thinkgeek.com, for those who are interested, and it's on discount!), I'm thinking "cake!"

From 120___07

But here is ice cream to start. Gelato in the previous entry, ice cream from Movenpick in this. You can get movenpick ice cream from Azuma patisserie.

Sette: Ice n Slice

Short one! Just because I've been feeling particularly lazy these few days, thus the lack of entries. Procrastination is my nemesis... but I welcome distractions as if they are butterscorch/ double caramel popcorn. Guess that includes blogging, which, compared to actual work, is a lot easier to do.

From 120___07

Ice n Slice has so much history for me. JC introduced the place to me when we were besties at uni, studying Japanese culture together. We'd go there after class and have pizza... then rush back while holding gelatos and walking. It's a slightly longer walk than other restaurants we frequented at Newtown, but when you are eating a cone of gelato along the way, the walk seems a lot shorter than what it really is. And usually we'd be running cos we'd be late to class.

Sei: Bar Biscotti

I'm only behind by about.. hm... 8 cafes or so. IT'S OK! Why rush right? This cafe will be revisited anyway, since the voucher hasn't been used up yet. It was in the entertainment book, which I forgot to bring. That book is proving very useful this year actually, since I'm essentially sharing it with my parents and some friends.

From 120___07

Bar Biscotti is close to badminton. Kind of. It's at North Strathfield, nice and close for some, not so close for others. They do coffee well- Mokador. I've seen that blend quite often actually. I never used to notice coffee bean blends very much, but I do know the more popular ones, like single origin, campos and toby's estate.

North-western China in Sydney

From 120___07

More backlog, more backlog! This was back when my Wednesdays were free and I could take a well-deserved break in between work.

Filler Edition

From 120___07

Last week was very crazy. In a sense that I went out a lot to eat (maybe too much) and I am feeling slightly guilty because I should really be doing a lot more work than what I am currently doing. Conferences are catching up to me and I haven't even started on my presentations yet. That's worrying.

Cinque: Java Lava Cafe

Pennant Hills doesn't really change very much. Not usually. Franklins is still there, despite ongoing process of changing to an IGA... bakery has been there for years, same with the burger cafe next to it. Subway established itself not long ago, and there's Harris Farm's butcher and fruit shop. On the whole, Pennant Hills look like a rundown place that hasn't been renovated in decades, and that is true as to what it is really. 

Outside, the Corner Cafe remains a favourite for getting quality coffee (Toby's Estate beans!) though for a short while when it was changing hands, the quality dropped drastically, but it's slowly establishing itself back as a place for good coffee. The owner guilt trips me when I don't visit, since she sees me at Franklins, and will ask where I have been.

From 120___07

Then this giant of a cafe opened up, just a few hundred metres away. Chain cafe/restaurant Java Lava.

Going Vegan

Last month, MS organised a high school catchup. The wonderful thing about it is that everything was organised purely via sms. I'm still stuck in the old school days where most events get organised via emails. At least gmail puts it all into a thread, remember hotmail when every reply was a separate email? Ye-a, that was a while ago.

Then now there's facebook or google events... which is mainly where things happen now actually, but it's good that things do get organised via sms... though I tend to forget those a lot quicker than email organised stuff, unless it goes straight into google calendar or something.

Anyway, I digress. We ended up at Nourishing Quarter, located at Redfern.

From 06.12

Stanley tried his best, but unfortunately, the whole place was lit up with candles only. It's a very interesting place and one of the better vegetarian restaurants I have tried.