30 Mar

Originally we had a group of 10, which meant we would be forced to order the banquet menu. One person couldn't make it in the end, but even though we didn't have to order the banquet, the majority decided to anyway. The $70pp banquet menu: Betel leaf topped with smoked trout, chilli, lime juice & crispy eschalots Eggnet with pork, prawns, peanuts, bean sprouts & sweet vinegar Whole deep-fried fish Mussaman curry of Cape Grim beef with coconut cream Caramelised pork hock with chilli vinegar & deep fried eschalots Tomato & snow pea salad with...

17:11 / Food / Longrain / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Thai
09 Feb

Armed with an Entertainment Book voucher, we set out to Sapore. The menu seemed a bit pricier than what we usually pay for so I hoped the restaurant lived up to its Urbanspoon rating and Good Food Guide recommendation. As usual, the meal started off with complimentary bread, which was warm and delightfully chewy. To accompany the bread, a small bowl of green olives and a dish of freshly poured olive oil were presented on the table. Based on some reviews I read, we ordered an entrée serve of their...

22:19 / Food / Italian / Restaurants / Sapore / St Kilda
01 Feb

As part of the entertainment package we bought there was a voucher for a set meal from Café Siam, a Thai restaurant. There was a choice of a chicken skewer (worth 98MOP), pad thai (worth 70+MOP), papaya salad and something else. The choice for drinks was Sprite, Coke or Tsing Tao Beer. Everyone chose the chicken skewer except A2 who picked pad thai. The pad thai came in an omelette and it wasn’t sour at all. There was lime provided, but it was less than half of a...

00:54 / Cafe Siam / Food / Macau / Restaurants / Thai / Travel
01 Feb

This restaurant, one of the few Japanese restaurants in Macau, didn’t open until 12pm so we killed some time by window shopping. We must have looked desperate to eat because we were hanging around the front of the restaurant for a while and we also there when they opened up the front grille. We were seated at the back of the restaurant in front of the teppanyaki benches. It was nice because it was more private and there were fewer tables. There was an extensive set lunch menu. A2...

00:48 / Food / Japanese / Macau / New Furusato / Restaurants / Travel
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