Well I have walked past many times, but always in the morning when I used to catch the train to Kings Cross and walk up from there to Paddington. We had our MSG dinner at Una‘s. We had to wait ages for everyone to arrive, but when we did order it seemed like seconds before we had the meals on the table. I has the Kessler, a dish with sauerkraut, potato rosti, and boiled and smoked ham. The serving was huge, but the dish was acceptable and bland. I also had the blue wine (they called it gluewine) and it was brilliant. It was the best I have had since I was in Germany in december 1987, and immediately reminded me of the night markets, with snow on the ground, negative temperatures and a plastic cup of blue wine in one hand and a slice of bread with raw meat (beef tartar) in the other.
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I noticed anew place a few weeks back, Marrickville Thai and Seafood on Marrickville road nearer Victoria Road. but today I visited it for the first time. It is a simple takeaway joint with a few tables. The food is of the “make your own” type becoming more common these days. I [...]
Well after last year, when I did some cooking, this year I was just a Judge. I think there were slightly more people than last year and we were back in Stanmore. There were also more chefs, this time a total of 7 and I think the quality was generally the best I have seen. This year I spent more time chatting and less time making videos or cooking.
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I headed with the MSG to china town for Shangcheng Hotpot. I did not know what kind of hot pot it would be. I did not see this type of hot pot in China when I was there in 1992, but then again I did not go to hebei. Maybe that’s where you had to go. But by 2006 I had this style of hot pot in Yang Shuo. The ordering starts with a form to be filled in. We had to select what we wanted. So it did several circuits of the table as people added what they wanted to the menu. We had two hot pots so there was one with no prawns for me and one with no pork for some of the girls. We were able to see how much each plate contained by looking at what the other tables had. In the end we ordered almost exactly the right amount of food. Afterwards I headed out for a phone conference and then rejoined for ice cream. The others thought the hot was very hot, but I just thought it was mildly hot.
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When I returned form Malaysia, I found that Le Grand Chef, the only Korean Restaurant in Marrickville had closed. I was saddened by this becuase it had good food and provided variety in the offerings in this suburb. The place was undergoing renovations, but I did not know what the outcome would be. I when down that way today and ended up having lunch at it’s replacement to check out the new place. The restaurant has been redecorated, but the furniture is the same, including the Korean gas bbq burners in each table. I ordered the special Beef Noodle Soup.
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Well we headed out into the night and I had the delight of having dinner with a smaller selection of my relatives as the others had headed back to their homes in other parts of Malaysia. This place was famous for its roast plate. It has Chinese sausage, two types of roast port and roast duck. Needless to say I ate quite a lot.
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Well we headed into the golf course. I did not think we would be allowed in. But we were. I had to sign the registry book and they wanted me to sign as I was from overseas. After some photos with pictures of the Royal Family, we headed upstairs and had a small lunch. At it was mid afternoon we had the place to ourselves. Luckily the restaurant was close enough to the fairways that I could use one of the fairway free wifi connections. We had noodles and a soup. I do not know what was in the soup, it was probably just chicken broth. But there was something my body desperately craved in it and I ate every last drop of the soup. On the way back we sat in the posh lounges while Victor went to get the car. 
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I headed with my cousin Victor and Tan Phaik Har,down to the old town for breakfast. I insisted on a small easy breakfast and that is what we had. It was very good.
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On our way back from Melacca we stopped in Petaling Jaya for some supper. Clearly we had not eaten enough. The place was Indian and we had roti and an assortment of other goodies. I really do like this type of Roti and I am always a bit upset in Sydney when I order Roti and I get something very thick. Roti should be thin and fried like we were having here. Though I have to say it is the biggest piece of Roti I have ever seen.
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We had lunch at the Yew Kei Seafood Restaurant (友記海鮮酒家). It is a restaurant famous for it’s fresh water prawns (I have no idea what they are called in English). I was willing to try a bit as I have not yet proven to be allergic to fresh water things, but they said I should not, so I didn’t. We had a different variety of catfish. I’d say the food was good, with out being great.
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