Shyu Corner ~

Isn’t this just like any other rice we eat? Apparently not… This little Arborio rice buggers have high starch content which absorbs flavors easily, which in-turn a very “yum-yum” food. But not many people can cook out the flavors easily… including me. Reluctant to try cooking this all the time I passed the pasta aisle in supermarket, I decided to just pick it up one day and attempt to cook it. And this is the result… Chicken, mushroom, and beans risotto.

It wasn’t too much of a creamy texture as I did not add cheese into this, nor too much of the “kicking” flavor because I have no white wine in stock. Just chicken stock to maintain its flavor. I say this is not a bad dish… I shall do it again! But you know what, it tastes a little like congee texture. Haha! Won’t work without this helpful ‘hand’ from the Super Food Ideas magazine, but with my own variation. There are many risotto recipes can be found here.

Eat up and away~~~

By the way… this is Italian!

I sometimes wonder how long can a person keep his/ her blog alive and well? Being a sane human is already hard enough in this crazy world, what more to keep ‘entertaining’ people around the cyber-world. Okay I am just being dramatic so that people sympathizes this abandoned little ‘corner’. But I guess I will save the whining for some other time. =) By the way, I well thanks.

Random decision I’ve made today for what to have for dinner. This was at 5.20pm when I finally started driving home from work. Yes, I drove because of the horrible weather since yesterday… the gale force winds, the sudden heavy pours, the chills, the messy hair, etc., etc… back to dinner. This one place I always drive pass on the way to and from work. I’ve always noticed the popularity of this one shop that people always queuing for… just like those pizzerias. Nope not a pizza place, but a burger bar. Oh well, just thought I give it a go. It’s sitting in the middle of a row of shops, in between two bars/ coffee place. How bad can that be?

But honestly speaking I have never been a fan of burgers until that one day, with friends we went all the way to Guildford for a roadside burger – Alfred’s Kitchen. No more photos taken other than the below (thanks to Aditya), as that night I was cold and hungry and couldn’t wait to grab my food and munch all the way down my stomach. Well, I can agree with rest that this is one of the best in Perth! Also gave me a close to home feeling because it’s street side. Felt like we’re at a mamak stall.

Ok, back to my dinner… yes another burger. It’s called Flipside Burger Bar. I can’t really put Alfred’s and Flipside’s burgers side-by-side. Both are different – one being traditional (I don’t mean old), open/ street side with truckies as frequent customer; and the other being contemporary, indoor/ jazzed atmosphere with wine sippers and coffee lovers. But both are home-made to order with fresh ingredients and taste great! I guess I can choose to walk straight pass fast-food chains for burgers and swap with this big chunky stacks with the real deal.

They serve beef, chicken and vegetarian burgers. Oh guess what? They serve lean beef! And there’s option for a free range egg added too. Quick, tick the ‘low fat’ box! Now this is one healthy burger, my call. Tee hee! My burger pick is beef burger – Avocado & Bacon. Description? This is what the menu says: 150g prime beef, avocado, crispy bacon, salad, tomato relish & mayo. Their chips are tempting – it’s chunky fat!. I passed on chips today… maybe another day. Definitely going back for another bite!

The love for burger…

Flipside Burger Bar – North Fremantle
239 Queen Victoria St
North Fremantle 6159
(08) 9433 2188
flipsideburgerbar.com.au

Presenting… Glay: The Great Vacation album vol. 1!

Now enjoying this great album with 3 CDs and 2 DVDs.

All other updates…. erm… DELAYED! Hahaha! =P

‘Nuff said.

Before starting off this post… a big Happy Birthday to my dearest ♥, WY! I hate missing my love one’s birthday, but… oh well he understands. I don’t want to sound like I’m making too many excuses for missing his birthday.

Alright… this is one back-dated post of catching with friends and some food review (well… not really). I think this was 2 weekends ago… Did some catching up with friends and met some ‘new’ ones. What I meant by new friends – I may have seen some before but don’t know them personally. It was definitely a good and ‘chilly’ night of catching-up dinner, remembering of that night was pretty cold after a week long of rain.

What’s for dinner? JAP FOOD! Screaming loudly in my head, I was longing for a decent + authentic Japanese food and am glad that someone actually mentioned and made plans for it! Thanks Carl and King! The restaurant is small… and does have a cozy, traditional seating of a real Japanese restaurant. It’s hard to visualize with words put here without the images. My bad… I shall do a proper review again the next time I visit. At least, in my mind I know where to hunt for a quick fix of Jap food crave. Haha!

BUT… I do have some previews of food that we had. Tadaa…!

(From L – R) Assorted sashimi (variety of fresh raw seafood), Yukke (seasoned raw sliced beef+egg+apple slices), Sukiyaki (Japanese style steamboat with miso-base soup), Shabu-shabu (similar to Sukiyaki but with clear soup+dipping sauce for meat)

And of course, can’t leave behind the good company of friends.

Big thumbs up to the 2 organizers (you know who you are!) for this yummy dinner!

***

Sushi Station Fuji Japanese Restaurant

233 Albany Highway
Victoria Park WA 6100
Phone (08) 9362 3796

Self-note: Shall do a better review with pics next time.

THE RULES:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Once completed, tag 25 other people (including me!) (but whatever la..25 is a lot to tag)

….

Opening Credits:
She’s My Winona – Fall Out Boy

Waking Up:
Playing Along – Keane

First Day At School:
On The Way Down – Ryan Cabrera

Puppy Love:
Wait For You – Elliott Yamin

Fight Song:
Hotel California – Eagles

Breaking Up:
Infinity 2008 (Klaas Remix) – Guru Josh Project

Prom:
The Pretender – Foo Fighters

Life is Good:
She Will Be Loved  – Maroon 5

Driving:
Unlike Me – Kate Havnevik

Flashback:
Let Me Entertain You – Robbie Williams

True Love:
You’ll Think of Me – Keith Urban

Wedding:
Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx

Moment of Triumph:
I Wish- Patti Labelle, Yolanda Adams & Fantasia

Death Scene:
The Hardest Part – Coldplay

Funeral Song:
遇见 (The Meeting) – Stephanie Sun

End Credits:
我不配 (I’m Not Worthy) – Jay Chou

….

Anyone else reading this shall be tagged… =)