Baked chicken on fried rice. First time ive had chinese food with thusmuch cheese :)

I go see movies almost once a week, and we pretty much always go to dinner beforehand. Its a part of the outing i really look forward to. Today we decided to try somewhere new, and Peter suggested Shophouse kitchen in QV, opposite pappa rich. I really liked it! The food was cheap (about $11 a meal?), the food came out quickly (i love that!) and it was yummy! And there was a whole menu of options to explore. With pictures!

I decided to try something id never tried before, i think it was called Baked chicken on fried rice.

It was delicious! Id never eaten chinese food with so much melted cheese in it before! Reminded me a little of mac n cheese :)

The chicken was tender and delicious. The fried rice was moist, cheesy, creamy and yum. I cleaned it up good :) cant wait to go back again and continue exploring the menu :)

The crepes at Piatella cafe are amazing :)

My workmate cathy recommended this cafe to me called Piatella. I had stopped by one lunchtime a few weeks ago. Their vanilla slice was delicious! I told her about it next time i saw her and she said their crepes are to die for. She said they only serve it at dinner time cos theres only one guy who makes them there and he only works in the evenings. So since then, ive been curious about it. But in my head, i was thinking, how good could crepes on a plate be? To be honest i love crepe places where i get to eat them in my hands folded in quarters. Yum. Takes me back to the crepe i had near the Notre Dame in Paris :)

Well, today i was catching up with my friend Lisa Choy. And we happened to go to Glen Waverley, and i said lets try these crepes in Piatella! She had seen this place and never gotten a chance to go in yet. It is SO much fun going to eat food with a fellow person who loves food.

Once inside, we could smell the crepes! I was excited. I ordered the nutella and banana crepe and Lisa got the white chocolate cookies and cream crepe. Plus we got a vanilla slice to share.

And...... It was divine!!!

The crepes looked absolutely amazing as soon as they were in front of me. They won me over! And i already knew that the vanilla slice would be good, that was a sure thing :)

That 'enjoy' written on the plate... That was such a nice touch. Really the icing on the cake! Or the jam on the plate haha..

Well, after taking photos, i was almost sad to cut into the crepe, cos it looked so good. But one bite and i got over that quickly enough. It was..... Delicious. So so good.

What can i say? I was in heaven eating it. Some foods make you happy and this was one. And i was sad when it ended. But luckily i had half a delicious vanilla slice to help me get over that feeling!

Yes, these crepes are amazing. Bravo Piatella! :)

Nostaligic food.. It really happens! Nutrigrain breakfast cereal!

When i was a kid, i ate lots of breakfast cereals for breakfast. Sustain, fruit loops, coco pops, corn flakes... Basically all of them! One of them was nutrigrain (iron man food haha!). It was one of my favourites. So yum.

But for some reason or another, we havent bought nutrigrain for yeeeeeears! Im talking over a decade maybe? Im not even sure why.

But today i got up for breakfast and realised one of the two breakfast cereal boxes in the cupboard was running low, so thats always an exciting time, cos then i means i get to go out the back where my mum and dad store the reserve boxes of breakfast cereal, the ones next in line to be eaten. And since i love breakfast cereal so much, i always take it upon myself to choose the next cereal. I love variety!

And today was great! There were about five boxes, each one different, so i got to choose which one i wanted. The third box i picked up was nutrigrain! It was an instant win :D i did look at the last two boxes, but it was a mere formality. It would have to be the rarest, yummiest cereal in the history of the world to beat nutrigrain this day. Unless it was like some american cereal ive never had before, but heard about, like captain crunch or something like that.

Well i took the nutrigrain and excitedly prepared my cereal. Poured in the milk and was about to eat it, when i looked down and... involuntarily paused and just looked at it. Just the sight of the nutrigrain, with its unique shape.

I was transported back to my childhood, no joke. Like a direct connection between childhood me, and present me. The pixar movie Ratatouille is one of my favourite movies, and one of my favourite scenes is when the food critic bites into the ratatouille and gets instantly transported to his childhood. I love that scene and it made an impression on me.

And now i experienced it. It was great.

And here is the sight that brought back my childhood memories :)

And guess what? It tasted delicious too. So satisfying and just what i wanted that morning. Although i must say the nutrigrain seems less brown than i remember. But still it was so good. Im looking forward to breakfast tomorrow :)

Bun from Pappa Roti

Wow.... So delicious. My workmate Ha told me about these yesterday. She said there were these delicious buns from this place called Pappa Roti near Gloria Jeans in Springvale. Always one to note a food recommendation, i made a made a mental note to check it out next time i had the opportunity. And today i did! The weather aas cold, dreary and rainy, but its worth it to check out yummy food right?

I bought one.

It looked like a normal bread bun. Looked good.

Felt good. The anticipation!

I took a bite... And was won over instantly. It is sublime! I cant even describe the taste. It isnt sweet. Its just... Divine!

This a pic after a few bites.

And then a nice surprise!

Theres something inside!

Its buttery in flavour and so yum!

Well, these buns are so yummy. I was only planning on buying one... But i really feel like getting another one since in here :)

The store is at 29B Buckingham ave, Springvale (near gloria jeans), although i think its a chain, so there might be other stores around :)

Vietnamese Pork Rolls :)

One of my favourite things to eat for lunch in Springvale is Pork rolls. They are amazing! Many bakerys sell them here and around certain suburbs in melbourne (central bakery in parkmore in keysborough is good!). In springvale, some of my favs to get it from are bunbun, kingsvale bakery and the one near woolworths supermarket entrance :) my friend vu recommended me one that is inside springvale central shopping center, anloi deli and marinades.

Ive had it from here before as well. Its yummmmm. Very popular at this store! :)

So it doesnt matter where you get it from, just try different places and find your favourite.

But oh man, do vietnamese pork rollshit the spot! And so cheap generally too! These days about $3.50 to $4.50 in springvale. The combination of delicious bread, PATE!!, carrots, spring onion, green stuff and cold pork! (Or grilled pork or chicken if you prefer)... Its so yummm. I love it :D

This is what they look like:

So come to springvale, or richmond, or footscray, or wherever! And try them if you havent had them before :)

Revel in the pate..... Om nom nom nom!

Wagon wheel from Daylesford bakery (Modern Day Bakery)

While waiting a few hours for my bus from Daylesford that would begin my journey back to Melbourne, i came across Daylesford bakery. It looked promising so i read up a little about it on urban spoon and one person said the big  wagon wheels were good. I went inside to take a look. They indeed looked big.

I walked back outside and continued my exploration of Daylesford, seeing this and that and noting what i wanted to eat when i got hungry. The time came and my stomach made its decision! Go back to Daylesford bakery and try one of their chunky meat pies! Also grab a wagon wheel!

Unfortunately i had left it too late, and all the pies were sold by the time i had gotten there. Nevertheless, i continued on with the plan, keeping my chin up and a stiff upper lip.

I bought a wagon wheel and sat down. It felt good in my hands. A good size and feeling fairly substantial. I took a picture

Then a bite :)

And it was glorious! Oh i had never eaten a wagon wheel like this before :) it was delicious... And i devoured it until all that was left was crumbs! And i ate those too :)

Yes... Very tasty!