Richmond oysters

Seafood Basket

Some (??) Pasta (LOL)

My friend's combination of "Sea Catch of the Day"

The seafood feast XD

海鲜盛宴 XD

Today when I browsed through the photos in my laptop, I found that I forget to "blog" this very very awesome restaurant-- Richmond Oysters!! Thanks to Samson who introduced it to us~I must record what we had that day XD

This restaurant is quite easily-found, located right next to Each Richmond train station. The signboard looks really old but the food they serve...superb. We visited the restaurant in November, so I don't quite remember the exact names on the menu, what I remember is that everyone on the table felt satisfied with the food.

I ordered something called the Seafood Basket, it came in a pretty generous size. The scallop, prawn, fish and chips were all fried and seasoned well, eating them with the crunchy salad is such a pleasure to have XD Shee Ling ordered their pasta, looked very nice too. There is another thing called "Sea Catch of the Day", whereby you get to pick your own fish (they have Whiting, Barramundi, etc), the way you want it to be cooked (tempura, steam, grill, etc) and 2 side dish (chips, sweet potato chips, salad, wedges, etc). Visit the place and have your very own specific meal.

The cost per meal here is around AUD 20 ~ 40, a bit pricey but in my opinion, worth the price =)


443 Church St
Richmond, Vic 3121


今天心血来潮浏览了电脑里的照片，发现我忘了介绍一个很赞很赞非常赞的餐厅-- Richmond Oysters！！多谢 Samson 的好介绍，小女一定要写 blog 把它记录下来！

这餐厅不难找，就在 East Richmond 火车站的附近。招牌看来旧旧的，但里面的食物可是一鸣惊人呐～因为是十一月去的，点的餐名都不太记得了。。。只知道在座的每个朋友对它的食物都是赞赏有加　^^

我点的那个叫 Seafood Basket 什么的，分量蛮大，而且无论是带子，虾，鱼片，薯条，都炸得很脆很好吃！配上爽口的沙拉简直是绝配　XD　Shee Ling 点了它们的 Pasta，看来也很好吃。这里还有个很特别的配套，叫"Sea Catch of the Day"（大概是像酱的名字）－－你可以选择任何一种鱼类，配上自己喜欢的烹饪方式（天妇罗，清蒸，烧烤等等），然后再选两样配菜（有薯条，番薯条，沙拉等等），组成属于自己的套餐。呼呼～大家不妨去试试呗！

这间餐厅的价位偏高，大约在 AUD 20 至 40 之间，可是非常值得一试　=)

443 Church St
Richmond, Vic 3121

Chocolate chip banana muffin 香蕉巧克力马芬

I had decided to bake a Chocolate chip banana muffin for my friend's graduation that day, it's a recipe taken from the Taste website. The taste is not bad but...I burnt the bottom part of the muffin >"< I am not used to the oven in my friend's house (it is fire-operated)~ Anyway, I can guarantee that the ending result (your muffin) will look great if you use the normal oven to bake ^^

I am too lazy to rewrite the recipe in English so...please refer to the Taste website, thank you XD

Reminder: I know I had mentioned this before but please allow me to remind you all once again...don't overbeat the batter! Or else your muffin will have a very hard texture


那天为朋友的毕业典礼烤了个香蕉巧克力马芬，这食谱取自Taste的网站~味道还不错，只可惜我这次烤焦了马芬的底部 >"< 因为不太熟悉朋友家的烤箱（底部有火的那种）所以烤焦了，各位不用担心，如果你用的是普通烤箱，我保证这个温度烤出来的马芬一定是美美的 ^^

分量：11个

材料：2 杯自发粉
            1/2 杯糖
            1/2 杯牛奶
            2 个蛋
            2 条香蕉，压烂
            60 克牛油，溶化
            1 杯 （200克）巧克力豆

做法：1。将自发粉和糖混好。
            2。把蛋打散，加入牛奶，压烂的香蕉和溶化的牛油。
            3。将1。和2。搅匀，不要过分搅拌。
            4。加入巧克力豆。
            5。倒入马芬模，烤20分钟，200度。

提醒：虽然之前说过了，但是小女还是要很啰嗦地提醒一次（哎呀歹势啦 XP)~做马芬的要诀就是不能过度搅拌，这样烤出来的马芬才松软好吃噢
       

Sticky date pudding 热枣布丁

Another cake for friend's birthday-- sticky date pudding! This friend used to thought that Sticky Date Pudding  implies a "Romantic date", hahaha! Well actually, the DATE refers to the core ingredients of this cake-- DATE, but not the date's DATE, you get it now? hahaha!!

I got this recipe from Taste website, pretty nice. It's good to eat it hot =D

Ingredients: (A) Cake: 250g dates, pitted, chopped
                                   1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
                                   1 1/2 cups boiling water
                                   125g butter,softened
                                   1 cup brown sugar
                                   2 eggs
                                   1 3/4 cups self-raising flour

                  (B) Butterscotch sauce: 1 cup brown sugar
                                                      300 ml thickened cream
                                                      60g butter

Method: (A): 1. Place chopped dates in a bowl, add bicarbonate of soda, then pour in boiling water. Set aside for 20 minutes.
                     2. Use mixer to mix butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
                     3. Add in eggs and stir, 1 at a time.
                     4. Add in flour and stir well.
                     5. Mix the date mixture from Step 1. with the flour batter.
                     6. Pour the mixture into 8 small bowls OR a 22cm cake tin (greased). Bake at 180 C for 35-40 minutes.

             (B): 1. Combine all ingredients for (B). Cook and stir with medium heat until it comes to the boil. Then lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 2 minutes.

Pour butterscotch sauce over the cake to serve. Hope you enjoy baking + eating XD


又是一道做给朋友的生日蛋糕~热枣布丁！我这个朋友曾经以为英文版的“热枣布丁”有“甜蜜的约会”的意思，哈哈哈笑死我了 XD 其实那 Sticky Date Pudding 的 Date 指的不是“约会”，而是这道甜点的原材料-- “枣”。

我这食谱取自Taste 的网站，还蛮好吃的。建议趁热吃 =D

材料：(A) 蛋糕：250 克枣，去种子，切碎
                              1 茶匙小苏打
                              1 1/2 杯热水
                              125 克牛油，软化
                              1 杯黄糖
                              2 个鸡蛋
                              1 3/4 杯自发粉

  (B) 焦糖酱：1杯黄糖
                        300 豪升奶油
                        60 克牛油

做法：(A): １。将切碎的枣置于碗内，加入小苏打，再倒入热水。搁置２０分钟。
                   ２。用搅拌机将牛油和黄糖搅拌至均匀。
      　         ３。慢慢加入蛋搅匀，一次一粒。
                   ４。加入自发粉搅匀。
                   ５。将步骤１。的枣和面糊混合并搅匀。
                   ６。倒入８个小碗或１个２２公分的蛋糕器皿（先抹油在器皿上），烤１８０度，３５－４０分钟。

            (B): １。将（Ｂ）的材料全部混合，用中火煮至滚，转小火慢煮２分钟。

把焦糖酱淋在蛋糕上享用即可，祝各位烘焙成功！

Taiwan Cafe 台北客栈

Oyster thin noodle 

蚵仔面线

Minced pork noodle

台式炸酱面

XL crispy fried chicken 

豪大大鸡排

Pork Belly Bun

台湾割包

Oh my god 1 month passed and I haven't uploaded anything! Paiseh, too busy hanging out with friends~ but on the bright side, I have more restaurant review to write cause our gathering has always been linked with FOOD XD


When you walk along Swanston Street, have you ever noticed a restaurant that is always packed with customers, and yet there are people waiting outside to go in? I was so curious about how good the food is and finally on that day, we visited "Taiwan Cafe".


The good thing about this restaurant is-- you wouldn't need to wait for too long although there are sooo many customers =D Many of my friends ordered "Oyster thin noodle" and their comments are generally good. A Taiwanese friend said it's pretty similar to those available in Taiwan. It costs only AUD 6.90 per bowl~a pretty small bowl though.


Their "Minced pork noodle" is quite nice too! The pork is tender and fully flavoured...but it can be a bit salty if you finish the whole bowl by yourself. 


The "XL crispy fried chicken" is a MUST-ORDER!! Super nice! It's very crispy and the chicken is nicely seasoned with salt and pepper. Remember to eat while it's still hot.


The food that impressed me the most during my last visit to Taiwan is "Pork Belly Bun" in Shi  Da night market (Taipei). Pork belly, pickles, peanut powder, coriander...superb combination of saltiness and sweetness. While the 1 sold in Taiwan Cafe tastes quite good, I still prefer the 1 from Shi Da night market. So don't miss the chance to eat this super-star food when you visit Taipei next time.


The bubble tea in Taiwan Cafe is pretty normal>> flat taste.


Except bubble tea, other food that we tried are nice. A restaurant that is worth trying =D

273 Swanston Street 
Melbourne, Vic 3000

哇~一晃就是一个月！不好意思偷懒了，最近忙着跟朋友吃喝玩乐，都没好好更新呢~今天给大家介绍“台北客栈”。


各位走在Swanston Street这大街上时，有没有发现这间餐厅总是高朋满座，而且还有很多人在外面排队等位子呢？小女那天终于抵不过好奇心，去一探究竟了！


人很多，不过上菜蛮快的。它的蚵仔面线味道不赖，台湾朋友说跟台湾有得比噢。一碗才AUD 6.90，不过蛮小碗的就是了。


也点了台式炸酱面，挺好吃的。肉碎很软很入味，只是吃到最后觉得稍咸了一点点。


还有必点的豪大大鸡排！！超正点的 XD 炸得酥脆，咸香夹杂着胡椒粉香，非常大众化的口味。请记得趁热吃噢~


再来是台湾割包！台北师大夜市的割包是我在台湾最最喜欢的食物 XD 卤肉，酸菜，花生粉，香菜。。。咸甜交加的完美组合。台北客栈卖的割包还算不错，可是师大夜市的那个就更上一层楼了。各位下次去台湾可以试试。


不过这里卖的奶茶味道普通。。。我觉得它太稀了~


摒除令人失望的奶茶，其他的食物还是很赞的！有机会去试试呗 =D


273 Swanston Street 
Melbourne, Vic 3000