Ice cream from IL Dolce Freddo!

My sis said her friend recommended this icecream to her, and her description to my sister was "when i tasted it, i lost my s#%t!"

Tonight my sis brought home 2 takeaway containers, one of pandan, one durian.

Now ive had great icecream and gelati before, so i wondered if this would have any effect on me?

Well i took one bite and ran for my phone camera! So delicious!!! The pandan was nice and creamy!!! Ohhhhh... And im glad i started liking durian this year :)

The store is at 116 Lygon St, melbourne.

Trippy Taco's! Awesome vegetarian mexican! :)

My friend Alex told me about Trippy Taco's (and i always thought it was Tripitaka! The priest from one of my fav tv shows, Monkey!). He told me it was his fav vegetarian place. So when my vegan friend came to melbourne for the weekend, we went here! My friend alex told me he liked the mixed burrito, with tofu and beans.

So i ordered that, the mixed burrito!

And omg... It was so delicious! I never knew vegetarian food could taste so good! I loved it!

And the staff were so friendly and awesome too :)

Trippy Taco's is at 234 Gertrude st Fitzroy :)

La Casalinga Italian restaurant

I wanted to go check out this bar called Bar None in Camberwell, and so went with a few friends. We decided to get dinner beforehand and one of my friends felt like italian, so i googled italian in camberwell and La Casalinga came up! It had a high rating on urban spoon abd reading some reviews, i got a good vibe and became interested in checking it out.

The place had a charming feel! The staff were really friendly. There's also a courtyard out the back you can eat at also if you like some fresh air :)

I ordered a pear, pancetta, gorgonzola and walnut pizza!

It was delicious! Everybody's meal looked good :) i definitely recommend coming yo this place if you feel like going to a cosy, charming little italian restaurant for some yum food :)

Its at 259 Camberwell rd Camberwell.

Black Forest Cake from the Cheesecake Shop

One of my clients at work had told me that the black forest cake from the cheesecake shop was really good. I never got around to trying it until today, when Fiona brought some into work!

This a pic of the slice i had!

It was so delicious! A little bit of jam stuff. The cream on top was so nice. And the chocolate was just right! I loved every bite! Its a cake i really like :)

Green tea kitkats... are yum! :)

My sister cane back from japan, and brought back a few packets of green tea kit kats.

Theyre so yum. These ones are tiny.. So i always feel like eating multiple! Now i love all kitkats, they are one of the best chocolates! I wonder if i love the green tea ones so much cos theyre rare here in melbourne? Nah, i think its jusy cos the taste awesome! I never really used to like green tea flavour when i first had green tea many years ago. But since then, especially lately, ive had so many foods that are green tea flavoured and delicious :) green tea milkshakes, green tea froyo, green tea mochi! I even had a drink at kbox karaoke that was green tea mixed with soho! Was nice! :)

Anyways, i am definitely enjoying this period of time, where the green tea kitkats are plentiful! :)

Sequel blog post! Pappa roti round 2!

Ive been raving to a few ppl ive met in the last few days about the pappa roti bun that i had a few days ago. Then in my head, i was thinking, was it really that good? Its just a bun right?

So out of curiousity, i was walking past it today and decided to get another one, for science of course (cough cough!).

I took one bite, and wow. Confirmed. It is really worth raving about.

Especially nice and hot like i had it. The light, but crunchy texture, the sublime, indescribable taste. Its bun perfection. And the delicious, melted buttery goodness awaiting inside :)

Yes!

San Yuan (xinjiang chinese food) in Dandenong :)

I certainly went on a food adventure today! I basically got transported to xinjiang province of china, without having to leave melbourne. Thats one of the things i love about melbourne, i get to try cuisines from many different cultures :)

My friend at work, Fiona, recommended this chinese restaurant to me, she said it was near Dimmeys in dandenong. She gave me detailed instructions but its been so long id forgotten most of it, except for the dimmeys part! (And dimmeys is closing down soon, so lucky i came when i did :)).

So i walked all around dimmeys, and this was the only chinese restaurant i saw.

And i vaguely recall fiona telling me something about a red sign? Not sure! But since id come all this way, i decided i had to at least check out this place, in case it was the place she had meant!

I sat down and looked through the menu. I learned that this restaurant was xinjiang style chinese food. I googled what that was and found out it was an area of western china where the food has many similarities to food from central asia. I wasnt sure what to order, so i asked the waittress, who was super friendly and helpful, and ended up ordering dry fried chicken, a bowl of rice and LAMB KEBABS! (Which i was told was one of the signature dishes in xinjiang cuisine). I love trying signature dishes, its one thing i love to do when im on holiday overseas :)

Well it came out and looked amazing!

Thr flavours were definitely different to the usual chinese food i have. It was great. The lamb skewers in particular were amazing :) tasty and very tebder and juicy and a very distinct flavour!

As i ate it, i could imagine i was in western china, enjoying a local dish.

Was a very satisfying meal and if i worked or lived near here, i would love to pop in again for another meal here! :)

Almond croissant - French Fantasies

Almond croissant was delicious! Its the first thing i tried so im sure everything else was probably amazing too.

French Fantasies bakery, 15 toorak rd south yarra

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate at Bowery to Williamsburg

My friend Serinna told me about this yummy peanut butter hot chocolate at this place at 16 Oliver Lane in the city, called Bowery to Williamsburg. After many months, i finally got a chance to check it out! I arrived just before they closed thankfully (3pm) and an ordered a peanut butter hot chocolate! As i waited for it to arrived, i fell in love with the atmosphere! I really could imagine that id stepped through a portal and was in New York! Not that ive been to New York yet to know what it feels like, lol!

Then my peanut butter hot chocolate arrived. Complete with a reeces pieces thingy.. Oh yum! Next time i might try melting the chocolate into the drink to see what it tastes like.

Oh it was yum. And the cup is so cool! I think its ceramic, but i looks like acrished paper cup? Fun :)

I really did enjoy it!

I told the waittress when i was leaving how cool i thought the place was, and she told me in great depth about all the cool foods they did for breakfast and lunch!

I would like to come back one day and try some more New York foods.. Maybe a  New York Cheesecake that ive always wanted to try if i did visit New York :)