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This is the flagship model of Casio's compact cameras.
It has 1.8F- F2.5 lens (Optical zoom 4X, Digital zoom 4X ),
1/1.7-inch high-speed CMOS(back illuminated type),
12.76 megapixels(/million),
high-resolution 3.5 inch tilt-type LCD.
Image quality is great !
Probando la Casio Exilim EX-FC100 a 210 fps..., en el salón y con poca luz....
Estoy deseando probarla con buena luz...!!!..., pero es que soy muy impaciente!!!....
Egg Net Salad insides - Ghin Khao AUD15.90
The Egg Net Salad was wrapped in an Egg Net omelette, which was rather tough, and unremarkable.
TheEgg Net Salad insides was very good, packed with torn mint leaves and finely sliced lemongrass for a bright fresh flavour. Other ingredients I could spot were beansprouts, sliced cucumber, spring onion, coriander and crushed peanuts.
According to the menu, the dressing was tamarind and coconut cream, and it was a good balance of rich, sweet and tart, but I think less dressing would have been nice.
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We've walked by this busy little Thai place on Swanston Street many time, but were never in the mood, until now.
The food was good and quite authentic, but a bit pricey.
Ghin Kao
242 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
03 9663 3345
Interesting ham, cheese and tomato sandwich from Romanza, that I toasted. Good effort for having chutney, but it was a bit too sweet.
As usual, the desserts are very pleasing to the eye but lacking in punch.
The marscapone in the tiramisu was whipped to make it light and fluffy and less rich, definitely a good thing! Although we would have preferred more coffee liqueur!
The maraschino cherries were a bit of an alcoholic treat, but wasn't really necessary. As was the vanilla ice-cream.
Mietta's review of One Eleven Spring Street, Windsor Hotel.
For anyone who's ever tried to walk up and make photos of this building you know what I mean.
The security id a little over-zealous.
BTW: This is a photomerge/photoshop mash-up of about six different photos. If you look at the larger sizes, the edits should be glaring. However, I am pleased with the result because I was most interested in the reflection on the building's surface.
and then by comparison is my prom, prom 1992. from left to right: phillip, me, fleur, cliff in the condo we rented before the limo arrived
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A very Thai place. A lot of their customers spoke Thai. Unfortunately, we found the food too sweet (sugary).
We then took a walk along Mordialloc Pier. A cool change from the hot and sticky days we've just had.
Me Dee Thai
Market Square Shopping Centre
St Johns Ave, Springvale 3171
Photos:
Dinnertime at Meng Hui and Ron's House
Lots of food as usual!
- Aunt Lee Geok's Steamed Golden Promfet 蒸兜底鲳鱼
- Aunt Lee Geok's Stir fried Scallops with seasonal vegies 带子 炒 时菜
- Ning's Brocolli, Chinese Cabbage and Snow Peas with Braised Shitake Mushrooms 香菇 扒 西兰菜 白菜 雪豆
- Meng Hui and Ron's Roast Duck, Roast Pork and Char Siu from Footscray 烧鸭， 烧肉， 叉烧
- Alpha's Spinach with Bamboo Pith and Dried Scallops 干贝，竹笙 扒 菠菜
- Mum's Dang Shen, Bei qi, Goji / Wolfberry soup with Aunt Lee Geok's organic pork bones 党参北芪，枸杞子 草猪 汤
Antipasto, Tiamo 2.
Today's antipasto was decidely vegetarian! I forgot to ask for the whitebait and the boconccini.
Jaslyn wanted Thai for her birthday, as so we went to Poppy Thai.
The Thai food was quite good, very rich, creamy, and full of coconut. The spices were a bit toned down though, which is probably why I think Ying Thai 2, in Lygon Street, Carlton is still my favourite Thai place in Melbourne.
The serves of the main dishes were quite decent too, but the tom yum soup was a bit steep at AUD7.90 for a small bowl.
Raymond also picked up a Black Forest cake from Cake World for dessert.
This was followed by a bit of Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix to work off the dinner and cake!
Andaman Poppy's Thai Restaurant
Shop 1, 251 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125
(03) 9888 7999
Cake World
Shop 5a, 52 O'Sullivan Rd, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150
(03) 9886 7288
Photos:
- Decor
It has world First Dual combination bracketing function.
The flagship model of Casio's compact cameras.
website of Casio
It survived mountain bike spills but could not survive the pressures of a tight purse. This 2.5” LCD lasted exactly 2.5 months.
Mei's stewed pork with dark soy sauce and star anise and some stewed egges as well! Sticky, sweet and tasty!
Carol playing the the '3' hands!
I got them free from a '3' shop. I think they are meant for the Boxing Day (cricket) test match.
Summer Lunchbox - Cafe Vue AUD15
We got to try a bit of Amye's duck pate, and it was light and divine! Very good for dipping your fries into :P
I think the Summer Lunchbox December 2006 was better value.
Starter: Duck pate with cranberry jelly and brioche bun
Salad: Waldorf salad
Savoury: Ham and gruyere cheese vol au vent
Sweet: Spiced fruit cake dipped in rum and white chocolate
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Amye, Isabel, Shanny, Boon Chew, Julia and Alpha - Lunch at Cafe Vue.
I think they changed their burger. The brioche bun was soft, and so was the burger patty. Isabel thinks that it used to be a Wagyu beef burger, but I recall it as just a good beefy burger. I think the beef burger at Grill'd is better.
ok, for the record, here's a photo of the Cafe Vue burger in December 2006. I did say that the brioche bun was too soft back then too :P
and no, it wasn't Wagyu...
Cafe Vue
430 Little Collins St Melbourne 3000
(03) 9691 3899
vuedemonde.com.au/cafe-vue.aspx
Reviews:
- Cafe Vue, by Matt Preston, The Age, November 7, 2006
Photos:
- Beef Burger December 2007 vs. Beef Burger December 2006
- Summer Lunchbox December 2007 vs. Summer Lunchbox December 2006
- Lunchbox packaging December 2007 vs. Lunchbox packaging February 2007
Egg Net Salad - Ghin Khao AUD15.90
The Egg Net Salad was wrapped in an Egg Net omelette, which was rather tough, and unremarkable.
TheEgg Net Salad insides was very good, packed with torn mint leaves and finely sliced lemongrass for a bright fresh flavour. Other ingredients I could spot were beansprouts, sliced cucumber, spring onion, coriander and crushed peanuts.
According to the menu, the dressing was tamarind and coconut cream, and it was a good balance of rich, sweet and tart, but I think less dressing would have been nice.
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We've walked by this busy little Thai place on Swanston Street many time, but were never in the mood, until now.
The food was good and quite authentic, but a bit pricey.
Ghin Khao
242 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
03 9663 3345
Tom Yum Chicken - Ghin Khao AUD5.90
Stock-standard tomyum, perhaps from a jar of tomyum paste.
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We've walked by this busy little Thai place on Swanston Street many time, but were never in the mood, until now.
The food was good and quite authentic, but a bit pricey.
Ghin Khao
242 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
03 9663 3345
Various Appetisers - Li Li's Imperial Cuisine
The spread of appetisers was the highlight of the banquet:
- Chinese Cabbage pickled in Mustard
- Deep-fried Lotus Root stuffed with Pork and Chives
- Crumbed Fish Fillet
- Sesame encrusted pork meatball
- Blanched French Beans with a sesame oil dressing
- Crunchy Pickled Cucumbers
- Delicate Chicken Fillets with a bean paste sauce
- Five-spice beef encased in batter
- Shredded Vegetable Pickles
- Deep-fried prawn rolls.
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Salad made with leftover salad from the BBQ we had at Venus Bay, add some stale slices of bread refreshed in the toaster oven, a splash of balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and voila!
Oh don't forget the colour enhancement! :P
Pasti AUD58 per kg - Wine and Cheese Providores
The pasti was a mild hard cheese, a bit like just ripe parmesan.
We went to Waterfront City in the Docklands for the Portuguese Festival, but it was already packed and the queues for food were very long. So we decided to have a quiet lunch at the Wine and Cheese Providore, before heading back to catch some performances.
The Wine & Cheese Providore
Waterfront City G5-G6/ 439 Docklands Drv Docklands 3008
(03) 9602 1640
www.wineandcheeseprovidore.com.au/
Photos:
- Decor
- Menu
- Livarot, Pasti Fourme D'Ambert - Small Cheese Platter
- Warren & Hutch Chicken & Port Pate, Duck & Pistachio Terrine - Bites Platter
- Fourme D'Ambert AUD68 per kg
A taste of Portugal Festival at Docklands!
Sunday 10 June 2007, 12pm to 7pm.
Waterfront City Piazza
Docklands Drive
DOCKLANDS VIC 3008
Melway: 2E D4
The Portuguese community in Melbourne is out to prove there is more to Portugal than flame grilled chicken! And what better way to do so than a festival promoting the country and culture behind Portugal. The festival will feature traditional Portuguese folk dancing and music, as well as music and dance from East Timor and Brazil. The Festival will also feature arts and crafts displays and various activities for children attending the event. Traditional Portuguese food will be available to enjoy as well as popular Portuguese wines, beer and soft drinks. The festival is organised by the CLP (Portuguese speaking communities), a non-profit organisation. The CLP aims to promote the Portuguese Speaking Communities social and cultural integration within the Australian community. The festival allows the Portuguese Speaking Communities to come together and teach the wider community all aspects of their food, history and culture.
Photos:
- A Taste of Portugal Festival - Docklands Waterfront City Tent
My low-fat lunch of chargrilled tuna in chilli with cos lettuce, tomatoes, tinned beetroot with a yoghurt mustard dressing.
When they say chilli, they mean chilli! It is spicy!
Counter - Moroccan Soup Bar
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We have wanted to try the Moroccan Soup Bar for a while now. It never seems to be open every time we are in that part of town.
It was very interesting food, and quite good, but not as great as The Age made it out to be.
Dinner banquet AUD16 per head, minimum of 2 persons.
Moroccan Soup Bar
183 St Georges Rd Fitzroy 3065
(03) 9482 4240
Dinner Tues-Sun 6pm-10pm
Reviews:
- Moroccan Soup Bar, by Liz Cincotta, The Age, 4 February 2006
- Moroccan Soup Bar - Mietta's
Photos:
- Mint Tea
- House-made Yoghurt and Chickpea Dips
- Baked Chickpeas with Pita Crisps
- Eggplant Turnovers, Tomato Rice, Lentils and Saffron Rice
- Spicy Vegetable Stew with Couscous
- Date Maamul, Pistachio Baklava and Coffee
- Decor
- Counter
Roast Tomato Bruschetta, topped with pesto and fetta chese at Liquid, New Quay Docklands.
It was so hot, that we had to hide in an air-conditioned restaurant instead of sampling the food at the Tastes of the Sea food festival.
Warm Pasta Salad with Smoked Tuna and Caramelised Fennel, with grilled corn kernels and for crunch, carrots and fennel tops. Not bad at all, if I do say so myself.
Caramelising the fennel mellows the taste, like baking, but still leaves some of the warm aniseed flavour.
Very pretty takoyaki and very good, but it can't compare to the freshly made takoyaki in Osaka!
$5.50
The good news is that they sells packs of 5 for $5 that you can finish cooking at home.
Reviews:
- Asatsuki, by Matt Preston, The Age, August 30, 2005
Another lazy dinner, this time with Baked Mushrooms, Parsnip Puree and Steamed Cabbage, and chestnut and parsnip soup.
I made this with frozen chestnuts form China, which weren't as fragrant as if I used freshly peeled ones. One has to cheat sometimes. Some recipies include parsnips in the chestnut soup and I did. I think it gave it a smoother texture, and helped smooth out the grittiness of the chestnuts. I also flavoured it with rosemary and a bayleaf, which help mask that "green" parsnip taste, leaving a warm rich chestnut flavour.
Frozen foods dinner, with rather gamey Chicken Strips, tasteless Fish Fillets stuffed with Spinach and Fetta, frozen beans, frozen carrots and frozen chips. The tomato sauce and mustard came in very handy!
Sounds ok, but not very good at all. It reminds me of the school canteen food in Jamie Oliver's School Dinners!
A busker with a piano in the Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne.
Now that's something you don't see every day.
We went to Waterfront City in the Docklands for the Portuguese Festival, but it was already packed and the queues for food were very long. So we decided to have a quiet lunch at the Wine and Cheese Providore, before heading back to catch some performances.
The Wine & Cheese Providore
Waterfront City G5-G6/ 439 Docklands Drv Docklands 3008
(03) 9602 1640
www.wineandcheeseprovidore.com.au/
Photos:
- Decor
- Menu
- Livarot, Pasti Fourme D'Ambert - Small Cheese Platter
- Warren & Hutch Chicken & Port Pate, Duck & Pistachio Terrine - Bites Platter
- Fourme D'Ambert AUD68 per kg
A taste of Portugal Festival at Docklands!
Sunday 10 June 2007, 12pm to 7pm.
Waterfront City Piazza
Docklands Drive
DOCKLANDS VIC 3008
Melway: 2E D4
The Portuguese community in Melbourne is out to prove there is more to Portugal than flame grilled chicken! And what better way to do so than a festival promoting the country and culture behind Portugal. The festival will feature traditional Portuguese folk dancing and music, as well as music and dance from East Timor and Brazil. The Festival will also feature arts and crafts displays and various activities for children attending the event. Traditional Portuguese food will be available to enjoy as well as popular Portuguese wines, beer and soft drinks. The festival is organised by the CLP (Portuguese speaking communities), a non-profit organisation. The CLP aims to promote the Portuguese Speaking Communities social and cultural integration within the Australian community. The festival allows the Portuguese Speaking Communities to come together and teach the wider community all aspects of their food, history and culture.
Photos:
- A Taste of Portugal Festival - Docklands Waterfront City Tent
Grandma after surgery at the Peter James Centre. She's looking quite good, approximately 1 week after her knee surgery.
Sausage Trio - Luna Park
Nice, but not sure what they were though! :P
Who needs tomato sauce when you get a yoghurt sauce, caramelised tomatoes and tomato chutney.
We went to Waterfront City in the Docklands for the Portuguese Festival, but it was already packed and the queues for food were very long. So we decided to have a quiet lunch at the Wine and Cheese Providore, before heading back to catch some performances.
The Wine & Cheese Providore
Waterfront City G5-G6/ 439 Docklands Drv Docklands 3008
(03) 9602 1640
www.wineandcheeseprovidore.com.au/
Photos:
- Decor
- Menu
- Livarot, Pasti Fourme D'Ambert - Small Cheese Platter
- Warren & Hutch Chicken & Port Pate, Duck & Pistachio Terrine - Bites Platter
- Fourme D'Ambert AUD68 per kg
A taste of Portugal Festival at Docklands!
Sunday 10 June 2007, 12pm to 7pm.
Waterfront City Piazza
Docklands Drive
DOCKLANDS VIC 3008
Melway: 2E D4
The Portuguese community in Melbourne is out to prove there is more to Portugal than flame grilled chicken! And what better way to do so than a festival promoting the country and culture behind Portugal. The festival will feature traditional Portuguese folk dancing and music, as well as music and dance from East Timor and Brazil. The Festival will also feature arts and crafts displays and various activities for children attending the event. Traditional Portuguese food will be available to enjoy as well as popular Portuguese wines, beer and soft drinks. The festival is organised by the CLP (Portuguese speaking communities), a non-profit organisation. The CLP aims to promote the Portuguese Speaking Communities social and cultural integration within the Australian community. The festival allows the Portuguese Speaking Communities to come together and teach the wider community all aspects of their food, history and culture.
Photos:
- A Taste of Portugal Festival - Docklands Waterfront City Tent
Christina's Garlic Bread
Rayson gave Chris a hand.
Chris made a Thai-style Pineapple Fried Rice, Rosemary and Tomato Chicken, Roast Lamb, Mussels with Meatballs and Garlic Bread! and I think there was a salad of mixed leaves too!
She was a bit worried people would forget o bring food :)
Pork, Veal and Fennel Sausages on top of creamy buttery "wet" polenta. Best polenta I have ever tasted! You can almost taste the individual grains but yet smooth and velvety.
We went to Waterfront City in the Docklands for the Portuguese Festival, but it was already packed and the queues for food were very long. So we decided to have a quiet lunch at the Wine and Cheese Providore, before heading back to catch some performances.
The Wine & Cheese Providore
Waterfront City G5-G6/ 439 Docklands Drv Docklands 3008
(03) 9602 1640
www.wineandcheeseprovidore.com.au/
Photos:
- Decor
- Menu
- Livarot, Pasti Fourme D'Ambert - Small Cheese Platter
- Warren & Hutch Chicken & Port Pate, Duck & Pistachio Terrine - Bites Platter
- Fourme D'Ambert AUD68 per kg
A taste of Portugal Festival at Docklands!
Sunday 10 June 2007, 12pm to 7pm.
Waterfront City Piazza
Docklands Drive
DOCKLANDS VIC 3008
Melway: 2E D4
The Portuguese community in Melbourne is out to prove there is more to Portugal than flame grilled chicken! And what better way to do so than a festival promoting the country and culture behind Portugal. The festival will feature traditional Portuguese folk dancing and music, as well as music and dance from East Timor and Brazil. The Festival will also feature arts and crafts displays and various activities for children attending the event. Traditional Portuguese food will be available to enjoy as well as popular Portuguese wines, beer and soft drinks. The festival is organised by the CLP (Portuguese speaking communities), a non-profit organisation. The CLP aims to promote the Portuguese Speaking Communities social and cultural integration within the Australian community. The festival allows the Portuguese Speaking Communities to come together and teach the wider community all aspects of their food, history and culture.
Photos:
- A Taste of Portugal Festival - Docklands Waterfront City Tent