Lunch @The Grain Store

Hi pumpkins, 

Sarah came over for the night, we decided to head for lunch at the Grain store for lunch after my work. :) poor thing gotta wait till 2pm. Must be awfully hungry at that time! 

I dash to Grain store right after im done with work. Walk pass it a couple of times! Silly me! I tend to over look these hidden shops rather often! so, gotta be aware of hidden shops more next time! :p 

The modern, sleek outlook! Me likey~ IF say, I've got a chance to open up my own cafe back in Malaysia. I would wanna have something that look like this! An open space that's welcoming, warm, and spacious! 

The wide range of coffee 

A panoramic view of The Grain store. Pretty rare to see this amount of people.. Say if u come during weekends. It can go crazily crowded.   

My chai latte! :) It's been quite sometime since i had Chai. Absolutely smooth and rich in flavour! this makes me wanna try their coffee in my next visit! :) 

My Honey Poached Milawa Organic Chicken ($19)    Chicken was sooooo tender! and i love the crispy beetroot. The flavour might be a lil over powered by spices. But it's alright for me! 

Sarah's free range pork belly sandwich! there's spiced cauliflower, sweet and sour cabbage with chili marmalade. ($20) 

like what Sarah said, u never go wrong with pork belly if you cant decide what to eat. Don't u hate it when you'r so spoilt with choices and had some hard time to decide on what to eat? hmmmm.. Wonder what can we do to get that improved? 

Wooden floor. feels like home! 

Dessert:  Lavandar and Buttermil Panna Cotta. (Poached pear, early grey, salted pepitas, SUGAR BUBBLES) $12     I LOVE IT! 

presentation: 9/10 

            taste: 7/10

Just feel like a little girl hopping around when u first taste the smooth panna cotta! :) 

It's such a shame that we can only try the lunch menu. I've heard that the breakfast menu have got more extensive choices. Ricotta pancake~~ I will be there for ya soon! :) 

Great company for this lovely afternoon! :) 

I'm grateful to have friends like this! 

Till then, 

Xoxo

dine in @ Ginza Teppanyaki

     Ola~   Had no idea to eat on a sunday night? Walk around the city and search for inspiration! :) That's what i do yesterday. Which ends up getting an allergy reaction. :/ talk about it later!

                    Address: 139 Little Bourke St, Melbourne, VIC

        So, Ginza Teppankayi offers a range of set dinner range from $45 to $70. There's a wide range of variety that u can go for. From chicken *being the basic* to seafood and FRESH LOBSTER. and of coz, the price hike as u choose those finer stuff.  So what i have chosen was the $45 set menu which includes salad, miso soup, chicken, prawn, beef, vegis (your usual teppanyaki bean sprouts) fried rice and kungfu eggs.

Hang on a min! DID u just read Kungfu eggs? Yes u did! I guess the main reason teppanyaki is slightly pricey here is because, the chefs are the entertainer of the night. They do, fire performances, throwing blows. And Kungfu egg? it's like slide chopping eggs into your mouth and aiming customers by throwing bits of fried eggs into your mouth. Hard to imagine isn't it? well, that's the case! hahah..

Miso soup is bland, lack of content! 

Forget about salad which is pathetically. soggy and weird. I observed that the rest of the people around barely touch it!   

The prawns are big. But it just seems to be overly seasoned. Probably to cover it's staleness. 

The beef is perfectly cooked thou! Juicy and tender!  medium raw is hard to find yo! 

While the chef prepare the beef dish, the magic begins as le wild fire puffed! What's more interesting was this little boy who looked amazingly shocked! His expression is epic and i can't help to laugh even now while im typing it out. :p

The food was overly. Decent. But i wouldn't go back again. Unless. You intend to bring someone just for the entertainment. Other than that, the food isn't nice enough to go for a second go. 

Besides, here come the bad news. I had allergy reaction as i got back. I would have think that it's due to the prawn! >.<  My eyes got swollen and i felt my throat got swollen as well!!!! Hardly able to breath at one point! *gulp* I got so panic and tried to call my mom for help but.. she's not around. Pharmacy was closed and i didnt know what to do!    Decided to drink lots of water thinking to flush down the toxic. * best that i could think of. Dont laugh!* 

anyway. I survived. 

That's about it! Till then, xoxo <3