So I’ve been here 3 times, and I agree with online reviews that this is a hideously overpriced Japanese restaurant, but the food is so beautifully good that the cost is justified. I really like the fact that it’s two restaurants in one as well. It’s no ordinary noodle/ramen/sushi shop – instead they do soba and okonomiyaki. Mmmmmmm
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The other night I had a fantastic dream where I had to save the world yet again from the neverending forces of evil. My special powers this time round included invisibility, flight and the ability to dissipate into a gas/steam-like substance. I was on the hunt for floating pieces of magical bronze armour while evading the detection of enemies who patrolled each area. The first piece I touched was easy, and it immediately evaporated. I still had to get out of there quickly, since touching one took me to another plane where I had to escape a dense cloud of explosive pink orbs.
The second (and last) piece I had to extinguish was much tougher to do, as the patrol here was an ice lady. As I rushed towards the armour, I conjured ice around her neck and threw her into some nearby water, because fighting ice with ice was totally the logical and correct thing to do. I may have had a sidekick at this point, as I tried to then freeze the ice lady in the water. I was most definitely a genius in my dream. GENIUS.
This post is just to confirm that I am the ultimate genius for making an all powerful entity that actually has a vegetable peeler mode.
THAT IS ALL.
This week I finally managed to summon the courage (i.e. work the sorcerous voodoocraft) to visit Swallow and get the brewstation goodies. I’m always terrified that if I order fancy coffee, the baristas will start talking about crazy flavour profiles that I simply don’t understand.
We got lucky this week since they were already in the middle of making an aeropress coffee, so I just took my time to stare at it, all the while thinking “YES THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HEY LETS TRY THAT.” So we ordered our aeropresses and sat down at the table.
It broke and everything exploded.
I will be melting my mind trying to restore things 🙂
In other news I ate an awesome rhubarb pavlova from Bill’s in Darlinghurst today. The cream offset the tartness of the rhubarb very nicely, and the meringue was made with brown sugar, which was different. The added honey I think wasn’t necessary, but did add another bit of flavour to it. Now my taste for pavlova has been forever snobbified!
I AM NOT PREPARED. I don’t know what I’m saying. Also, my brain hurts!
My brother’s inverted lens is awesome though 🙂
I don’t get it. I just don’t like Campos coffee. Not even at Campos itself. But I have no idea why!
Random rant is random, with more stuff to come later.
I was looking at Single Origin’s menu last night among other things, and discovered that their menu contained this home made creamed corn, avocado, tomato salsa and bacon toast thing. I haven’t had creamed corn in a long while, and the thought of it was just so tasty – as I love corn and food in general (but that’s obvious). I got so excited seeing their menu and giggling at the term “macerated” and how the only two times I’ve seen it have been about describing strawberries. It just sounds so messy and violent!
Anyway, I’m always trying (and mostly failing) to save money, so I considered not ever trying this wonderfully nice sounding breakfast dish ($15)… but in the end I couldn’t resist. I rocked up and ordered it, since they do AMAZING takeaway – they make it just as pretty as if it were on a plate :), so in a way, not only do I get it for the taste, it’s just absolutely fantastic to look at as well. So I took it back to work with some awesome coffee, and proceeded to munch/hack away at my food. Wooooow creamed corn tastes SO GOOD! I really need to learn how to make some smashing creamed corn. The bacon was a little more cooked than what I was hoping for, i.e. it wasn’t crunchy but it wasn’t chewy either. While I generally prefer chewy, I figured that the contrast between the creaminess of the corn and avocado and the almost crunchiness of the bacon did well. However, I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that toast crusts are so annoying to cut with cutlery.
Food and coffee made me very happy! When it comes to good coffee, they have a fair few rivals, but breakfast so far is unmatched by any other shop 🙂
(more…)My left ear hurts.
A few weeks ago my right ear hurt.
🙁
For some reason my ultimate ears aren’t as tightly connected as my old Audio Technicas. Those things used to be awesome until I got my new headphones. I never had an issues with my ATs, but these UEs tend to squidge around really loudly in my ears, especially with the way I walk. And basically it turns out if I’m even slightly careless and end up tangling my arms and legs with my cords (yes), I end up tugging the actual headphone out, but the actual bud stays in my ear (luckily it doesn’t get stuck there), and somehow this rip causes a lot of pain and ends up leaving my ear ringing for a good hour.
I kind of want to go back to my ATs because they didn’t kill me when I was careless, but then again I am being bad.
I also I want more fivefingers. And turns out cultured butter doesn’t taste like off milk. 🙂
So there’s this new coffee place that opened up pretty much right on Wynyard Station, called Double Barrel Coffee Merchants. They’re so new, there are hardly any reviews that I usually rely on before visiting. Plus, I’m the kind of person who has no idea what they are talking about, and almost everything I say is second hand.
Anyway, so I decided to visit today and see if they were any good (and by any good I just mean shiny). They look just like any other small coffee outlet, though I think (? reinforcing here that I am nub) I saw a Clover. Anyways, I ordered a macchiato for some reason as a way to test out their coffee. Why I did this, I have no idea, considering I don’t know the first thing about them. What did impress me, even though I’m easily impressed, was that he poured it and then asked me, “is that short enough?” It was funny because I actually expected it to be shorter, as it looked like a significant amount of milk; he had made that simple heart-shaped coffee art with it. And when I had it, it was like BAM omg espresso, along with the milk. For some reason I’m just not used to drinking macs, I find they are oddly strong for a drink with tiny dash of foamy milk. But then again I’m terrified of ordering a ristretto since then the baristas would think I’m some kind coffee expert, which I’m not.
That means I have to go get a flat white, since that’s what I’m used to getting and know how it’s supposed to be.
The guy also offered me a coffee card, so now I have an even bigger wallet full of coffee cards XD
One day I’m going to learn how to make coffee and buy myself a Giotto.
COFFEE MONSTAAR