Went with Chris to a Microsoft get-together yesterday. It was fun 🙂 It’s crazy how things change so much in such a short time; it seems like either someone new joins or someone leaves every few months. But it was nice catching up and I was amused at the MASSIVE assortment of food there, because everyone ended up bringing something to the party. I think there were 3 tables piled full of food of every kind! Was actually very good though, and didn’t go nuts eating myself stupid. In fact, I barely ate, because Chris had the smart idea to make sure we had a full lunch beforehand 😉

Makan @Alice’s
262—264 Pennant Hills Rd
Thornleigh, NSW 2120

Today, we went to Alice’s – again! We’d been there last week too, but since Chris has this stipuation that he MUST have the char kway teow there every 2 weeks, it means that if I want him to order something else, we’d have to go every week. So we did 😉

However, his sub clause was that if he doesn’t get his char kway teow, then we’ve got to get the next closest dish – that is, Chai tow kway (aka Fried Radish Cake). So we got that 😛 It was yummmm.. all hot and steamy and perfect since it was so cold outside. And also tons of egg in there! I’d have prefered the bits to be chopped smaller though, so you get more surface area and thus more sauce and flavour. But super good 🙂 Also had the Roti chanai with chicken curry. Their chicken curry is fantastic, as good as Kopitiam’s @ Ultimo. All smooth and creamy and PROPER AUTHENTIC chicken curry – yummers! And lastly, some yam cake, I think it’s called “wu tao go”? Not sure. It’s one of my faves and is so tasty with the chilly sauce :)~

Was keen on getting some popiah, but it wasn’t available today *siiiigh*. So decided to get some desserts again, the standard Sago with gula melaka (which Chris insisted on) and Onde Onde, which is a sweet glutinous ball with gula melaka (aka palm sugar) on the inside. Those things were so friggin’ sweet!! There was actually a lump of the soaked sugar nestled inside each ball. They were good though ;)~

People queuing to make an order

Roti chanai with chicken curry

Chai tow kway

Yam cake

Sago with gula melaka

Onde onde

Just a random pic of a fountain at the Hornsby Shopping Centre

Hit Chatswood afterwards, as I’d heard word that Peter Alexander were having a massive sale, and nothing excites me more than the word “sale” (well, apart from “food”, that is). They have fantastic home/sleep wear, I practically live in their flannel PJs in winter! Ended up getting a couple of things:

Space Cadet Hipster PJs

Lace Trim Singlet in Red

2 Silky Soft Tanks in Pink, and in Brown

Waffle Knit Hoodie Top

Watched Superman afterwards. It was pretty good, though I didn’t have very high expectations! Best-looking Superman though, imho 😉 And the husband, James Marsden, is really hot too. But I found a ton of plot loopholes and things that didn’t make sense, which annoyed me – but I guess the very fact that a dude’s flying in the air is something that “doesn’t make sense” in the first place, haha! The movie went for almost 3 hours, so we had to speed off to Church afterwards.. and had to walk in late 🙁

May’s Malaysian Treats
Mandarin Shopping Centre
Chatswood NSW, 2067

After Church, we were delighted to find that the food court opposite the road was, unbelievably, still open. Hurray!! Had a quick dinner there, May’s Malaysian Treats is our fave stall, we always eat there.. and if I try and look at another store, Chris re-directs me back to this one 😉 Their food is cheap and good, with a huge selection. Had the Special Indonesian fried rice this time, and it was super!! The rice was full of flavour without being salty, and had bits of chicken and egg with it. It came topped with a fried egg (of which the yolk oozed into the fried rice when I popped it.. mmmmmm..) and was served with some prawn crackers, prawns, tomato and cucumber. It was a BIG plate and totally satisfying. Nothing beats a good ‘ol delicious fried rice!

So feeling quite guilty today from all the naughty food. Not to mention I was like a crazy food demon at the movies and demolished everything and anything I could get my hands on – chocolates, Mamee noodles, chocolate biscuits, chilli fried peanuts, BBQ corn kernels.. ummmm… just everything I could find in the bag (Chris carries around a backpack that I always stuff with lots of snacks, as we kinda get the munchies constantly). Which means, tomorrow is Monday and Monday means the start of a new healthy week.. so gotta eat healthy and hit the gym tomorrow because the cycle begins all overr again!