Food Galore Over SYD, with GA as the Highlight...

[Dent@SUB]

I welcome you back with applause and a bow Dent@SUB!

Loving the pictures of the food~!!!
And... i must try GA long haul real soon!

Thanks mate...
Please do try GA, and tell us about your experience with them...
Btw, I'm really hooked with your "romance"...

(who need Korean drama if we have those here... )

[Dent@SUB]

The smaller cream building under the Harbour Bridge to the left of the trees is the Park Hyatt. One of my favourite Hotels.

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There is a great Pizza place neaxt to the Ferry Terminal at Manly but I can't see it on any of those shots.

Do you mean this pizzaria?

You can't see it on this pic but further down to the right is the Four Points and they were allowing people to walk/run/jog up and down the new cruise ship terminal right past where that one is making for a nice enjoyable walk if you've got time to do it.

Really? Just knew it... Last time when I was staying there, didn't know about it...
Thanks mate for the information...

Our resident GA 'Fan' never lets us down.

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[Dent@SUB]

Another amazing trip report from Dent@SUB. Thanks for sharing!

Not seen you around for a while and was afraid you had retired from writing trip reports.

Hahaha... thanks mate...
I was doin' some story telling job at the other neighborhood... not retired yet lah...

[Dent@SUB]

On the next day, lets follow this "kampung guy" doing a campus visit, before the real ceremony began...
It’s just a short 5-10 minutes walk from The Capella Apt....

Maybe some SQTalkers here familiar with this view...













While his nephew had some business with his professor, this "kampung guy" and the other nephew (his niece got class that day) went the Mathews Building's canteen...





And had some campus's food for breakie...

Laksa...




And some Butter Chicken...




While waiting for his nephew, this "kampung guy" met his old friend who's now a lecturer there... what's a nice reunion for them after years not seeing each other...

Done with his business with his professor, and the niece also done with her class, they went to the city...
What else they did at city except looking for food...

[Dent@SUB]

This time was another round of sushi... at Makoto at Liverpool St...















Phewww.... what a feast they had at Makoto...

Done with Makoto, now it was time for snack...

They were looking for Lind's Cafe at Darling Harbour...

It was just a short walk from Liverpool St through Tumbalong Park...







The Darling Harbour...

[CarbonMan]

Maybe some SQTalkers here familiar with this view...

Yes! That's my old EE CompSci faculty! Haven't laid eyes on it for decades. Much have changed but the old bricks on the left are absolutely the original.

Ah, the Library Lawn .... many, many nice memories there

Thanks for the memories Dent!

[Dent@SUB]

And this is the Lind's Cafe...

The famous Lind's' Lindor... a lot of them...




The pralines...




The cakes and pastries...




And the Macaroons... ahhhh.... one of the best macaroons in the world...





They were so full for that day.... so they must skipped the dinner... (what?? "kampung guy" skipped his dinner? What a big surprise... )

[Dent@SUB]

The next day was his nephew's big day... but not until the evening...
So, early in the morning, they went to the city for a brunch...

This the surrounding view of their neighborhood...






Actually they planned to have an early lunch at Hurricanes at Darling Harbour...
But when they got there, it's still not open yet...
Couldn't wait much longer, they went downstairs to other favorite restaurant there... Pancakes on the Rocks...








And these what they had there....

Beef rips...




Beef steak...




Fish and chips...





And offcourse no visit to the Pancakes on the Rocks would be completed without having the famous pancake...

Banana pancakes...




Choco strawberry pancakes...

[Dent@SUB]

Full with the great food, they walked back to Hyde Park to wait for their bus to back to the Kensington...

Here some view of Hyde Park and Elizabeth St...












After taking some rest back in the apartment, now it was the time for the big time for the nephew...
This was the time for his graduation ceremony...

Let's take a look for this happy moment for him...

Moments before the ceremony....

[Dent@SUB]

Let's take a look at the ceremony...











Now he officially got his degree, BComm (Hons1)...







Sydney Airport's CEO, Kerrie Mather gave a speech there...

[Dent@SUB]

After the ceremony, there's still some cheerful moments among them and the friends...

It was almost 10:30pm when they finally reach the apartment...
Felt hungry, the dropped by at King's Thai restaurant that located just next door from their apartment...

Luckily, they managed to get last order before the kitchen was closed...

And this was their late night supper... (sorry, this "kampung guy" just remember to take the pictures after the food almost all eaten out... )













All of them very happy that night...
The nephew got his BComm (Hons1) degree now...

But...
Is that all??
Is that all from them??

Don't worry....
They still have couple of days to explore the Sydney culinary...
They haven't had Huricane's ribs yet, remember...

So... just stay tunes...

[Dent@SUB]

Yes! That's my old EE CompSci faculty! Haven't laid eyes on it for decades. Much have changed but the old bricks on the left are absolutely the original.


Ah, the Library Lawn .... many, many nice memories there

Thanks for the memories Dent!

Thanks mate....

Ahhh... another UNSW-er...
It's nice could bring back some of your nice memories there...

[UMD]

Thanks mate for the information...
I found this Thales system a tad inferior than the Panasonic one that I got on the return flight on PK-GPO... the cabin also quite a different experience compared to PK-GPJ...

Yes, I do agree that GPM, GPN, and GPO have a much better system with a big 15 inch screen and a much more comfortable seats as well. Cabin wise (if you refer only to the 1st cabin before door 2), I still prefer the more spacious cabin found on the other 5 HU's NTU aircraft. PK-GPM, N, and O cabin reminds me of what CX used to have on its A333 but some people actually like this kind of arrangement as it is actually more private. It is, however, a warning to those who dislike sitting close to the galley and in this case a bar area.

Great TR!.

Our resident GA 'Fan' never lets us down.

Trying to do my best to return some of the loves that GA has been showing me lately. :big grin:

This time was another round of sushi... at Makoto at Liverpool St...

Did you have to queue for Makoto? Makoto just doesn't do it for me. I never had a good sushi in SYD at all.

Phewww.... what a feast they had at Makoto...

Done with Makoto, now it was time for snack...

They were looking for Lind's Cafe at Darling Harbour...

It was just a short walk from Liverpool St through Tumbalong Park...

I like what the city has done to Tumbalong Park. My kids spent quite a number of quality times playing in and around that park when we still lived in SYD.

[Dent@SUB]

at lease you're back to write a trip reports again
your trip reports always make me hungry

Thanks mate...
Be ready to get hungrier after this...

[Dent@SUB]

Did you have to queue for Makoto? Makoto just doesn't do it for me. I never had a good sushi in SYD at all.

Usualy I had to queue, but then I learned that at the off lunch/dinner time, not much queue there. So after learned this, I always went there after lunch hour or before dinner time... including that time...

I like what the city has done to Tumbalong Park. My kids spent quite a number of quality times playing in and around that park when we still lived in SYD.

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