Month: July 2014
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Hong Kong Trip July 2014: The Food
A lot not pictured, but foods ticked off the list for this trip, in alphabetical order: Savoury: Curry fishballs (咖哩魚蛋) Fried dumpling (鍋貼) Pork chop bun (豬扒包) Seafood, Hong Kong style (海鮮) Siu mei, Hong Kong style roast meat (燒味) Steamed meat and vegetable bun (菜肉包) Sweet: Egg tart (蛋撻) Egg waffles (雞蛋仔) French toast,…
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Hong Kong Trip July 2014
24 July 2014 (Thu) Day 1: Arrival It was still dark when we got up for our flight from Sydney. I normally wouldn’t get ready so early, but Richard is one of those who prefer to get to the airport well ahead of time. A bit of friendly grumbling from me and some coffee from…
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Ponderings Before the Trip
If I had a choice, I would rather not go back to Hong Kong in July. The summer weather in Hong Kong is horribly unstable, hot and humid, and I’ve also already gone back in early January for a visit before my first ski trip in Japan. Alas, the aunt from Canada just got married…
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He Cooks: Taco Nights Compilation
The series of horrible pictures of food continues! This is totally our version of tacos, but taco nights are one of the regular dinners I really look forward to! Possibly the only one where I can do more than just eat and wash up, too. Yeah okay. I usually only help prepare the lettuce, and…
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The oo.com.au Order Experience (2014)
I needed a laptop for my upcoming overseas trip at the end of this month but my funds were very tight, so I was thrilled when I saw the huge list of manufacturer refurbished laptops on sale at oo.com.au at the end of the financial year. After a lot of research, I found the laptop…
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Billy’s Chinese Kitchen, Club Redfern
We went back to Club Redfern again for another company farewell lunch — Janet the contractor software engineer, whom I quite admired, is leaving the country. I expected to see the old dining place there, and was sure that this time, unlike the last two times (1st, 2nd), I would maybe be able to somehow…