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Showing posts with label Australia Mate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia Mate. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Affordable Glamorous Camping - just practicing for the real thing

My sister & I are planning to go glamping this summer.
For those wondering, glamping is glamorous camping.
Think of camping, but with soft beds, armchairs, fairy lights, wifi, champagne, gourmet cuisine & tables dancing with candles & flowers.
& of course, s'mores, but not just a couple o' 'graham crackers'* sandwiching toasted marshmallows & a hunk o' chocolate.
Oh hot dang it no, I'm talkin' next level s'mores. 
Check out me Glamp board on Pinterest to see what da heck I'm on about.
Now that you're back after taking your sweet time stalking, cheeky, I practiced setting up a fancy-pants table for the real thing.

NB: It seems like America calls them that. In Australia, I think the equivalent is digestive biscuits.
A burst o' candles, flowers, life-sized wine glasses & *proper cutlery & crockery
*I know that sounds silly, but nota bene: if you're gonna go glamping, bring the real thing from home, not plastic crap, m'kay?

What do you prefer? Flash on or off? Comment your preference below, thanks!

Mum poured us both some of this naughty bugger from like, Sweden I think?

*
Now for the salad.
Don't you groan, I'm a notorious salad dodger myself, but this was not a bad one!
A blend of watercress, hazelnut meal & roasted pumpkin. 
Probably coated in a dressing of some sort, too.
Dang I was hangry that night!

NB: Please excuse the quality!


A very juicy selfie. Lol jks, that's anything but juicy!
We followed up with a hearty homemade knoephla to compensate for a light salad.
What on earth is knoephla, you ask?
I might release the recipe soon, so stay tuned!

This glamping-fancy-dinner practice is very far cry from that trashy dinner I had in the previous post.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Can you actually cram a mammoth feast of fries, a burger & a shake all at once?


I waited patiently for the clock to strike 5pm...
To try this hot new burger spot.
I always crave a good burger!
Plus some salty, fatty & carby fries.
 & last but not least, a thick, icy, tall, sweet & creamy milkshake.
To wash all that artery-clogging goodness down.
 With more artery-clogging goodness.
But can you do it all at once?
Let's investigate...

first thing first I'm a realist the menu is short, simple & cheap but bloody unique, mate!
If you think the menu's just a sum of a simple burger, plain fries & a strawberry/caramel/other standard flavoured milkshake, you're delusional!
Well I don't blame you if you've never seen the menu, but have been to many boring burgers!
The menu simply a selection of burgers, fries & shakes.
Simple!
But far from boring!
The burgers are meaty, saucy, cheesy & unique.
The fries are loaded with irresistible toppings.
The shakes are nothing short of imaginative.
Please excuse the quality, but look!

Don't forget the ambience!
Full of like-minded Aussies (maybe foreigners too) dressed casually & coming in for a good feed.
If you are planning to go to Australia & you wanna gain insight into authentic, local life, come to a cheap burger in a small town, like here in Woolgoolga, NSW!
That's the waydago, honey.
Just make sure it's a fun cheap burger, not a radically boring one, m'kay?
Look, ya really can't go wrong with colourful murals!
Can we take a moment to gawk at?

Anyway, back to the burgers!
I opted for the Grainsta & loaded Guacamole fries.
The loaded fries were an easy choice because guac was the only vegetarian option. 
The burger, well, I'll have to keep coming back to try all the vego/pesco options.
Speaking of which looks a little... little (did not think to get the extra patty; doh!) but the fries?
Oh la la, they are a load of fries are loaded in a big fat dollop o' creamy goodness, followed by fresh & peppery jalapenos.
Quite the treat!
Look, the fries are loaded with avocados & jalapenos, which are technically vegetables!
The burger patty is made of quinoa & it looks like there's a few pickles in there
Therefore it's healthy meal, m'kay? 
M'kay!

Don't burger me, I don't wanna be jalapeno saucy negativity!
M'kay?
Being saucy is bad, m'kay?
Unless you're saucy, as in, you drizzle Heinz on your burger & fries.
Being cheesy is bad, m'kay?
Unless it's cheesy like this:

mmmm are you hungry?
I know you are, ya poor burger!

After much devouring & blowing my nose every 2 seconds (hot dang ya always get jalapeno errybody's nose in the form of...)
Mission demolish-a-burger-&-fries-in-one-sitting accomplished.
Now the table looked nowhere near classy, in fact it looks plain trashy.
Quite literally!
Trashy food invariably ends in a trashy mess.
Fancy food always ends in an elegant 'mess' of, well, a lil' residue on plates that are then neatly stacked with all the cutlery, glass stacks & used serviettes on top, before being taken by the elegant waitress & the table still lookin' pretty & fresh...
But burger getting jalapeno descriptions of fancy restaurants, I'm being saucy keeping you waiting!

Alright, here I am anticipating the round two!
Just be prepared to see the real me, looking ridiculous.

Sipping the Carnival Shake does that. 
We all look ridiculous when we taste something ridiculously good!
I warned you.

But you know what's really bloody ridiculous?
This shake!
Look!
fairy floss & popping candy.

Taste the rainbow.
Kick back & experience nirvana.

Such a trashy shake ends up as, well, trash!

Now it's official.
You can cram a burger, fries & milkshake in one sitting.
Well I can.
Maybe we shouldn't do it too often though, or our systems will be crammed with cholesterol!

Have you ever stomached a burger, fries & a shake in one sitting?

PS find this bad boy of a burger spot here
There's a pic of a towering burger sitting on top of a milkshake. 
So down for trying that!
Are you?

Monday, December 19, 2016

Brother's Graduation Dinner

My sister-in-law's Auntie and Uncle hosted a celebratory dinner to commend my brother's success.
Starting with bubbles!
bububububububbububub! (okay. I'll stop)
...



Before helping ourselves to a hearty main course o'ribs, salad, roast, couscous...

Loolie & Nico.

;) sly lil' food snap. This is blogging, not conservativism! Aha!

Cheers big any-sized ears, cus we all know...

Size don't matter! Drink to that! Whew!

It's a pool o' red...

Cake by the ocean served family style...
Look! It looks and tastes like a very innocent, angelic cake, kissed with summery  berries and served on a white plate and a white table...

After a while we wrapped up dinner. Credit to whoever did the dishes that night! And those who cooked!
The hosts let me stay the night in one of their rooms.
Hmm, a shanty youth hostel or a comfy room to myself in their flash house?


(silly sloppy selfie)

...What a no brainer!

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Lunch With Loolie & Christmas Displays By David Jones


After an eventful morning of sleeping in and getting lost trying to hunt down green tea soft serve, I met with my sister, Lydia.
We went to a cafe for a lunch of actual substinence and not just empty calories.
But first, coffee x (please excuse the exfoliating burns on my face)
Sipped a delicate cappuccino like a conservative Italian lady. (okay totally stereotypical, I've never been to Italy.) 

Lydia had the falafel wrap. I guess she know's that there's life outside planet meat! Mwahahaha!

I went for the mushroom burger and fries. Took aaages to get through as it hurt to chew! Must be all the sweet tooth indulgences. More like sore teeth!

As we digested Lydia went and showed me some Christmas displays by, okay I forget! Sue me. Lydia, who did these displays?


Oh right, David Jones. Ahahaha. Lol.

 Just some authentic north pole vibes in the Australian summer.
Queen victoria buildings. It seems like every city department store looks the same; Sydney, Moscow, London, Paris... anyway...

  Lydia and I headed to her place. On the way...

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Chealsie's 19th Birthday Party

The other Saturday night the lovely Chealsie hosted a rather epic birthday party for her 19th.



I knew no one there but Chealsie herself, her dad and (surprise!) my former TAFE teacher.










I grazed through the night and into the early morning. Well, more liked gorged; Gorged on burger rings, sour worms, smores (the best), liquor and white chocolate cake.









and... chowed down this bad boy...




pop some of these like there was no tommorow... anything to get me away from the food.



Bedtime was approximately 5:00 AM.