FOOD

[Doubledealer]

I find an English breakfast is the best way to start the day...So I have that pretty much every day! Usually I'll have:

-1 or 2 rashers of Bacon, 2 eggwhites (1 yolk), baked beans on wholemeal and glass of Dairy Farmers Lite White milk

Other faves:

-2 Birds Eye fish cakes and baked beans
-Plate of Whitebait

When I'm rushed for time (or as a snack during the day):

-Sustagen, Choc Protein Revival (30g protein), Up & Go Energize, Uncle Tobies Oats Quick Sachets

For lunch I usually take leftovers from the night befores dinner

Dinner staples and faves include: Chille con Carne (so cheap, easy and delicious!), Satay Chicken, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Kiev, Chicken a la King, Casseroles using cheap chuck/blade steak (slow cooked), pesto spaghetti with fresh shaved parmesan, carbonara, Char Sui Pork, Steak Diane, Chicken Volovants, Stir fries (try starting with a base of ginger and garlic, then add veggies/meat and some soy, experiment with oyster and other sauces, add some rice noodles etc.), Turkey burgers (turkey mince is really cheap and tastes just as good as beef - make some burgers by combining an egg, some sweet chilli sauce, onion, salt and pepper) to 500g turkey mince...I have this for lunch with baked beans and cottage cheese...Weird combo but it somehow works, and what a protein hit!

Hopefully that gives you some idea's.

[liegeprime]

I'm having soup for lunch this week because it means I spend about $1 on lunch each day instead of $7. I don't actually like soup all the much but I'm giving it a go (and hoping it helps my belt as well as my wallet).

Erm you could try changing soup flavors then - chicken, then beef, cream of mushroom, cream of corn, Nido, minestroni that way it dont get boring.

[Doubledealer]

Problem with soup is it's really not that filling unless you have a really chunky minestrone or similar. I'm positively ravenous by 12pm - if I had to have soup for lunch I'd pass out by 3pm.

[GoktimusPrime]

Last week I got some take away Yum Cha at a restaurant in Castle Hill called Hilltop Phoenix. The food was really good, but their service was DREADFUL. The staff treated me with contempt. So if you like good Chinese food but don't mind being treated like sub-human crap, then go for it.

Some restaurants that I would recommend are:

Ichi-Ban Boshi - located in Sydney's Bondi Junction (or "Bonjan" in Japanese ) and Victoria Galeries building (opposite Kinokuniya) and Gold Coast's Southport. The food and service are great, only downside is that you have to queue as they don't take bookings. Recommended if you're not in a huge hurry to eat right away.

Zenya Noodle Bar - I was surprised to find an _authentic_ Japanese restaurant in Sydney's Eastwood (home of Hasbro Australia)! But yes, the cuisine is authentic and the service is okay.

That'll do for now.

[hotaru_oz]

Considering I was in AVCon this weekend I mainly ate take out which consisted of Maccas, Sushi Train and the Pancake kitchen.
There is some Ravioli in the fridge that I should cook up lol

[Doubledealer]

Last week I got some take away Yum Cha at a restaurant in Castle Hill called Hilltop Phoenix. The food was really good, but their service was DREADFUL. The staff treated me with contempt. So if you like good Chinese food but don't mind being treated like sub-human crap, then go for it.

Some restaurants that I would recommend are:

Ichi-Ban Boshi - located in Sydney's Bondi Junction (or "Bonjan" in Japanese ) and Victoria Galeries building (opposite Kinokuniya) and Gold Coast's Southport. The food and service are great, only downside is that you have to queue as they don't take bookings. Recommended if you're not in a huge hurry to eat right away.

Zenya Noodle Bar - I was surprised to find an _authentic_ Japanese restaurant in Sydney's Eastwood (home of Hasbro Australia)! But yes, the cuisine is authentic and the service is okay.

That'll do for now.

That Yum Cha place sounds a bit scary! Were you trying to pay with your credit card each time they offered you a dish?

I went for Yum Cha for the first time the other week, I was amazed at how popular this Chinese tradition is - the place (The Golden Palace) was PACKED. The food was a bit hit and miss (one meal I dubbed 'liquorish slime rice') but overall it was a fun experience. If anyone goes there I'd recommend the BBQ pork buns (does anyone not like these though ), the crispy prawn/mayo rolls with seeweed band aaaand err, that's all I can remember. Be wary of the spring rolls...The ones we got were simply sausages in spring roll cases. :/

After doing some research on the net it seems like most of the popular Yum Cha places in Brisbane are down south in Sunny Bank...Might have to try somewhere there next time.

[sanbot]

Last week I got some take away Yum Cha at a restaurant in Castle Hill called Hilltop Phoenix. The food was really good, but their service was DREADFUL. The staff treated me with contempt. So if you like good Chinese food but don't mind being treated like sub-human crap, then go for it.

Some restaurants that I would recommend are:

Ichi-Ban Boshi - located in Sydney's Bondi Junction (or "Bonjan" in Japanese ) and Victoria Galeries building (opposite Kinokuniya) and Gold Coast's Southport. The food and service are great, only downside is that you have to queue as they don't take bookings. Recommended if you're not in a huge hurry to eat right away.

Zenya Noodle Bar - I was surprised to find an _authentic_ Japanese restaurant in Sydney's Eastwood (home of Hasbro Australia)! But yes, the cuisine is authentic and the service is okay.

That'll do for now.

I had the same experience you did at Hilltop Phoenix. Although my friend and I only ordered one dish of fried rice to share between the two of us so perhaps they may have thought we were not good enough for them.

Speaking of Japanese food, I love my ramen and I've had ramen in so many places both in Japan and here in Sydney. One place that has awesome ramen where the soup is thick and brothy and the meat fresh and the chef is actually Japanese is Ryo's noodles on Falcon street in Crows Nest (pronouced Leo, for some reason Japanese pronouce there 'l's as 'r's hehe). Its not immediately obvious because its just a small restaurant in a section of Falcon street where you would not expect there to be a restaurant. You cannot make bookings and as a result you have to wait in line on some nights.

[GoktimusPrime]

for some reason Japanese pronouce there 'l's as 'r's hehe

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