Snapping Kangaroos

Ok so I know I should be posting more often but I guess I was just back to my old LA boy. Anyway, over the past few weeks, both of us had cravings for different types of food after reading ieatishootipost. So what do we do when we have cravings and not many places to savour what we want? We cook them ourselves (or rather Serena cooked them :P). So first up we had Tandoori Chicken with Yellow Rice and Kachumber (something like a cucumber salsa). Too bad it ain't the mango season else we would even add Mango Lassi to the menu :)
Tandoori Chicken	Tandoori Chicken with Yellow Rice and Kachumber
Next on the menu is Rivoli Carbonara to satisfy our Italian tastebuds. Cheese & ham rivoli, fresh button mushrooms and bacon with carbonara sauce = Squisita!
Rivoli Carbonara
Tuna Cannelloni was a dish that we saw on TV on one of Jaime Oliver's program. It made us drool so we decided to try it out since we had the recipie too and the ingredients needed. The cheese was a little burnt on one side but overall it was pretty good for a first attempt. Cannelloni stuffed with smoked trout, tuna, capsicum, chives , ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt.
Tuna Cannelloni	Smoked Trout & Tune stuffing
Besides 'real' food, we all need our comfort food from time to time. So Serena decided to bake some cookies. Its much healthier then potato chips or even cookies bought from the supermarket as she has a say of what ingedients to use. Flour, nuts, raisins and cereal. The final result? Crunchy, tasty, can't-stop-eating cereal cookies!
When we found out that the Japanese Supermarket near our place was having a 3 day 20% off sale on everything in the store, we decided that we will drop by just to get the stuff we need. As usual, we end up buying more than we should. The both of us just love buying and stocking on food so the total amount we spent in there was almost 3 times what we had originally wanted. Slightly higher than the amount we spent last year when they had a sale. :P But this time round we bought frozen Wagyu Beef! Here's what for dinner that night.
Steamboat Spread
I had cravings for Prawn Noodle (Hae Mee) after reading ieatishootipost (it's an "evil" blog to visit if you are on a diet :P ), so we decided to buy some prawns and pork ribs when we were at Queen Victoria Market. We wanted to boil our own stock for the prawn noodles but alas looking at the small amount of prawn shells and heads, we were afraid the taste would be very bland. So we thought it will be wiser to get the prawn noodle paste from the chinese grocery store to supplement the taste. Too bad the prawn noodle paste had chilli in it and the spiciness overpowered the natural tase of the succulent sweet prawns. The first round (we had enough stock for 3 rounds) of prawn noodles tasted more like a spicy hot pot with noodles. We left the remaining stock in the fridge so that we could have another round for lunch the next day. We manage to discard the chilli oil before boiling the soup base again, so the second round of prawn noodles tasted so much better. The last round (we had it again for dinner) was the best as it was as close to the kind of prawn noodles that we wanted. Take a look at the picture, does it look like what you will be having for lunch tomorrow?
Pork Ribs, Fish Cake, Prawns, Beansprout & Noodles

Moomba WaterFest , one of the largest and longest running festivals in Australia, was held over the Labour Day long weekend, from 9 to 12 March 2007. Kids carnival rides, Moomba Masters International Water Ski Championships, Moomba Parade, the Birdman Rally, Bathtub Dash and many more. But the highlight has always been the Moomba Fireshow held daily at 9.30pm. Barges filled with pyrotechnics lined the section of Yarra River, between Princes Bridge and Swan Street Bridge, ready to explode into a splash of light and colours to the oohs and ahhs of the crowd.
Spinning LIke no Tomorrow	Carnivàle Spectacular
Yesterday, we made our way down to the Birrarung Marr along the Yarra River to try and get a good spot for some photos but alas the pyrotechnics performance was cancelled due to windy conditions. So today being the last day of the festival, we were sure that the organisers would definitely not disappoint the crowd and the performance will be on. We manage to get ourselves a pretty good spot even though we only arrive about 30mins before the Fireshow (definitely not possible when if this was Singapore) Check out the video and photos that we took. The crowd were treated to 9mins of amazing pyrotechnics performance with brillant light and sparkles splashing over the Yarra river. What a way to end a festival!
Melbourne City from Birrarung Marr
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Asian, Greek, American, Italian ....
What's the secret ingredient?	Otah Paste
Nasi Lemak	Spaghetti
Steak & Oven Baked Mushroom with cheese	Caesar Salad with Pastrami
Trans Fat Galore	Make your own wrap
Stack'em	Roll'em
Home-made Burger	Beef Patty, Mushroom, Onions, Spinach, Tomatos, Cheese, Egg
Beer Batter Fish & Chips

Just realised that I have some photos that I was supposed to post on the blog when I was back in Singapore. But alas, I couldn't get my lazy ass into doing it. Well since I do have some new stuff to blog today, I thought I might as well put up some of these old photos taken while we were back home. Waraku at Central Mall Waraku opened their latest outlet at the new Central Mall (located above Clarke Quay MRT Station) and was having a promotion which gave 50% of what you spent on that day, as voucher for your next visit. Not wanting to miss such a good offer, we took the opportunity to check out the new Central Mall and also fill our stomach with a spread of delicious Japanese dishes.
Clarke Quay & Riverside Point	Clarke Quay
Seafood Kaminabe	Sashimi 5 Kinds
Yakitori Touban Yaki	Maccha Shiratama & Maccha Ice Cake
Night view of Riverside Point	Night view of Clarke Quay
MELLBEN SEAFOOD Don't worry there's no spelling mistake in the above title. It's a place with great food but you must have an equally great patience to get a table. The queue here is crazy. In the 2 hours that we were having our dinner, the queue did not change, not even when it started pouring. Take a look at the pics ;)
Crowd growing restless	The Queue
The Famous Mellben Seafood	Man Tou
Cereal Prawns	Yam Basket
Seafood Fishcake	Braised Sea Cucumber & Mushroom
Hokkien Noodles	Crab Bee Hoon