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

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They have Spanish Chocolate drinks and Churros with dark chocolate and Spanish caramel dipping as a breakfast...

Look at this dark, thick chocolate drink from San Churro...
(This "kampung guy" personally like this San Churro's chocolate drink more than the Max Brenner's one... )






And that freshly fried warm Churros with dark chocolate and Spanish caramel dipping sauce with Strawberry and thick cream as a side dish... It's heaven...












Not just for long, what was left on the table just this empty plates and mugs...

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After a short visit to the casino, they went back to Kensington...
Got some rest and went for dinner...

This time they walked to Kingsford to have a dinner at It's Time For Thai restaurant...








On the way back to apt, they stopped to buy Chatime (pearl milk tea) for dessert...



Phewww... what an appetite they had...




On the next day, it's time for Chatswood...

From Kensington, they took a bus to Central Station...
And took a train from there to Chatswood...









There's a big Westfield mall at Chatswood...

And there's this "kampung guy"'s fav cafe in there... San Churro
(Well... actually his favorite one is the one at Glebe... but this one is the same branch just like the one in the Glebe... )

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And now the meats were served... beef, ribs, pork belly, etc...






Deep fried chicken with sweet and spicy sauce...




Phewwww... what a feast there...


Done with the BBQ, they went to Star City to get some dessert...

Guess what... the aimed for Messina Gelato and Adriano Zumbo cakes...

Just a short hop on the tram from George St, they arrived at the Star City...

And these what they had there...

Messina gelato... Those salty caramel and cappuccino gelato was soooooo delicious... one of the best gelato they have ever had...






And then, it's time for Adriano Zumbo's cakes...
One of the renown patissier in the world....






And also some macaroons from Adriano Zumbo....



In this "kampung guy"'s personal opinion, Lind's' macaroons taste better than the Adriano Zumbo's macaroons....

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Ok, let's we continue with this "kampung guy"'s crazy culinary adventure...

On the next day, before lunch time, they went to the city again...
What else they did there except having lunch...

This time the aimed City BBQ, another Korean restaurant at Liverpool St... Just across the Makoto... on the 2nd floor...

That was still a lot of empty seats there (hey... it was still not lunch time yet, off course it's still empty... )






This time they were going to have the famous Korean BBQ...




As usual, the complimentary side dishes were served first...

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.....
I wonder how much exercise is needed to lose all the kilograms from eating this much delicious food in such a short time

Thanks mate..
Unfortunately, those kilograms have became persistent residents now...
Very hard to push them to move out...

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Excellent (and tasty) TR, and congratulations to your nephew!

Nice details of Manly Beach! Haven't been there in a long time so took me a while to remember some of the places.

I just FINISHED eating and I am hungry after looking at these pictures! And thanks for the pics of Pancakes on the Rocks... "sweet" memories of that place Although I could only handle a small fraction of what you had

I wonder how much exercise is needed to lose all the kilograms from eating this much delicious food in such a short time

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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.

+1

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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... )