Alrose Garden, Strathfield

Met up with my girlies a few days ago on a Tuesday night in Strathfield for some Korean feed.

Fried chicken, $14.00 with extra sweet spicy sauce, $1.00

Fried chicken!! You have to get the extra sweet spicy sauce because it makes it taste much better. This fried chicken came with the usual pickled daikon (which I love) and the chicken was decent, though it's got nothing on NaruOne, I'm sorry. Just wasn't as juicy or succulent. Could really go back for more of NaruOne's fried chicken right now!

Udon stir fried with udon, $15.00

They definitely were not stingy with the seafood here at all! Look at all that octopus, squid, mussel, and prawns... The spicy sauce had a lovely kick to it.

Beef ribs and vegetables with rice cakes, $15.00

This dish had a similar spicy sauce to the udon but who's complaining when it tastes good and there's rice cakes? I think I have a slight obsession with those chewy strips of goodness. The beef could've had a little more time to cook just to make it fall of the bone, but the flavour was there and it was pretty fantastic. Hidden vermicelli noodles hidden underneath everything! I loved dipping the rice cake into the sweet spicy sauce that came with the fried chicken. That was some good chilli sauce.

Pork schnitzel with rice and salad, $15.00

Holy look at the size of that schnitzel! To give you an idea of how huge that schnitzel was, that little mound of purple rice is the normal serving size of rice you would get when going to restaurants. Yep. The schnitzel was as big as my face. And boy was it good. The crust was so crunchy, yet not excessively oily. The sweet and sour sauce provided on the side really finished things off. Loved the purple rice as well - something I had never seen until now! Slightly more sticky than the normal white rice I eat.

Good food and huge serving sizes. Ended up being less than $15 per person!

Headed over to Yogurberry for dessert because who doesn't have room for froyo? :D Bumped into a few other friends I hadn't seen for a while too - it's always great catching up!

Alrose Garden
7-9 Churchill Ave
Strathfield, NSW, 2135
9764 1117

Yogohouse, Strathfield

Froyo date with the boy after my presentation worth 50% earlier today. Boy am I glad that's over.

Green apple, mango and raspberry frozen yogurt with mochi, muesli and coconut, $6.18 ($0.19/10g)

Yogohouse is yet another frozen yogurt store to join the crowded market in Strathfield. First there was Moochi, then Noggi followed soon after. Yogohouse joined just recently and now there is also a Yogurberry within ten metres of Yogohouse as well. Well, I'm not complaining - just more places to satisfy my froyo cravings!

Yogohouse is a self-serve store so you can give yourself as little or as much as you like. This huge cup was super cheap and only costed $6.20! Wasn't too much a fan of the mango, but I definitely enjoyed the green apple and raspberry! And I love awesome chewy mochi.

Worth checking out if you love froyo as much as the boy and I do!

goodies in stratty

Got frozen yogurt at Noggi with my boyfriend - green tea and pomegranate with mochi and coconut yumm. My boyfriend has an unhealthy obsession with mochi, but I love the chewy glutinous topping too! I seem to get froyo a lot... Oh! And also got a Papparoti bun! They're so good, crispy on the outside with a wonderful coffee aroma and a nub of butter in the middle, what's not to love??

Papparoti bun, $2.50

Playtime with L.A.B.

Managed to get a snapshot of the very few high school friends that were there - so much love for these people

Went to Martin Place Bar today for my friends' joint 19th - had a blast (: A fun night with great company, lots of good food, and plenty of exxy cocktails!

Wish I had time to take photos of the canapes but alas I thought it'd be awkward taking photos as the waiters took the food around lol. But just a quick recap of what they had to offer:
Salmon pikelets, Pizza puffs, Spinach and cheese croquettes, Beef nachos, Coconut prawn skewers, Salt and pepper squid, Lamb meatballs, Wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce.
All were delicious, in particular the spinach and cheese croquettes! So good.

Had to go back for more mochi halfway through our family size tub because toppings ran out! And frozen yogurt is no fun without toppings.

Then a quick pit stop for green tea and watermelon frozen yogurt at Moochi (the line at Noggi was way to long) with lots and lots of mochi, blueberries, strawberries and almonds - the perfect end to a lovely night out.