Diciassette: Black Star Pastry

It just so happens that my next cafe entry is about Black Star Pastry. Mind you, this blog entry is aeons old, and I have since been back... a couple of times. Not the most convenient of places to go to, located at Newtown (where a certain someone failed to find the place and decided to have second-rated food elsewhere with lower companions), but I find the pastries so unique and delicious that the trip is always worth it.

Please stay tuned for a special section towards the end of this entry. One thing to note too, if there are lots of grammatical error and spelling mistakes, it's because I'm listening to the Les Mis ost at the same time. Never very good at listening music and doing other things...

From 121___08

This is their shop front, a small humble cafe that have boulders as tables that are shorter than your knees... but there are more seatings outside. Most people take away though.

Sedici: Plunge no.46

It's been a while! December already, about two months since tragedy struck, found myself in somewhat of a mid/quarter-life crisis, time flew... and I finally remembered my blog. Sort of. Except because it's been so long since my last post that I can't remember what I have posted about and what I haven't... the backlog goes beyond my memory already and I cannot even recollect where most of the photos were taken. 

Oh well, here goes.

From 121___08

Plunge! Wait, what number am I up to in the cafe series again??

Micro Posts

After a long day's work, with another impending overbearingly huge workload tomorrow, this blog is looking extremely sad with lack of updates. Thus, all my backlogs shall stay as backlogs until there is actual time to sit and write a proper long entry, and that includes cafe series.

Micro entries are the way to go really.

From 122___11

Introducing the guest of my entry for today: the Maggie Beer ice cream line. Was first introduced to this line of ice cream by JL, whom I absolutely trust in terms of taste buds.

Memento mori

I won't say that I'll keep blogging constantly because it's impossible. Lack of updates was inevitable because (emo mode on) life didn't feel happy enough to blog about food and cafes.

From 122___10

It's been more than two weeks since someone close to me passed away. It's the first time I experienced death so near to me. The last time I faced it was when my black cat died back years ago, where I was right there when it happened, felt him go cold and into rigor mortis, it was terrifying.

HS catch up

Ok this will be quick. I'm absolutely dead tired and still have to get up early for work tomorrow =( I was so alert, driving for about 2 hours there and 2 hours back from Canberra (yes, went to visit the Floriade, in rain, which... was actually not a bad thing because when it rains, you see water droplets on flowers which are quite attractive). 

Observing long driving trips like this, you start to gather what the road rules are. There are the safe drivers, usually sticking to the left lane because they are usually driving at around 100km in the 110 highway. There are the slow ones who disrupt the flow of 100km cars, forcing them to overtake on the right lane, and move back into the left after overtaking (also known as the nice cars, following the "keep left unless overtaking" signs). Then there are the impatient ones, who stays on the right lane because they are usually at about 120km and do not bother shifting back to the left lane after overtaking- they'll only have to switch right again to overtake another car. 

 Which am I? I try to stick to 110 and overtake when necessary and move back left when I can... but turns out, I'm mainly a right lane hogger.

From 121___08

That's the end of the story for today. This was at Portofino, an Italian restaurant at Leichhardt (gosh, I doubt myself each time I spell that suburb... keep thinking that I'm doing it wrong). Their bruschetta pizza crust was pretty good~