After a relaxing afternoon at the pool and spa, we would dress warmly and head out for dinner. Usually we will have dinner at the foodcourt outside the casino, along Crown's stretch of shops, indoor. Foodcourt > u tink of SG ones, cramped and full of stalls, with ppl chatting away loudly. But over there..hmm..they have stalls, selling authentic dumplings and char siew noodles (by HK chef and owner), char kway tiao (better than those in SG!), Viet food, Thai food, u name it! One problem: Expensive! A stick of toriyaki (Jap skewers of chicken they sell at Taka) = A$2.50. A plate of char kway tiao costs A$9.80. Dumpling noodles = A$8.80. Even a bottle of Yeo's Green Tea = A$3.20! No choice le..i love green tea and i had to have a bottle everyday, even at home. Though..i prefer to have Heaven & Earth's Green Tea..*paiseh* i cant choose there la..so make do lor.. One plus point: they serve huge portions there. Two small-eaters can share 1 plate of rice with veggie, the rice is piled like a small mountain and i cant even carry the plate! So do ur sums > izzit worthwhile to eat there? :P
On one night, Wed night, we walked to Southbank and had dinner at Red Emperor. This is a restaurant ran by a HK chef and we know the captain there: Christine. She is very nice, always giving us free tea, soup and fruit platter. Its a long and freezing cold walk there, but the service and quality of food makes us return for more. When i went Melbourne for the first time, with more family members, we dined there every night. Not cheap but we like it. Hey! Foodcourt not cheap also le.
Red Emperor > Very nice place with great food. One thing good abt Aussie restaurants: they do not charge the irritating 10% service charge, only 10% tax, but as tourits, we can get tax refund. :)
Dinner was good...
Wat we had for dinner that night:
> Bitter mustard with garlic: nice! One of my fave veggies! I love veggies and fruits btw!
> Half of a fried chicken
> Pi-pa tofu aka vegetarian tofu balls with sauce
For the two of us, we had a small serving, but Christine told chef to gave us a larger portion, but charge us the price for small serving. haha! :)
The complimentary fruit platter, nicely cut and arranged on a sliver plate. Served chilled and fresh, i love it! So nice of Christine!As i said, at night, all shops are closed and so after dinner, we took a leisurely walk back to Crown. Took pictures along the way.
This is the view from Southbank (a buidling with restaurants, bars and shops). I took this form Level two, and Red Emperor is on Level 3. In the background, its Flinders Station, with lights at night. And Yarra River. :)
More pictures:
It was a very windy night and we had to brave the wind to take pics. The wind was so strong that i could not stand still on the ground, and there was a light drizzle. Super cold! Dun ask how i survive! I m not wearing wollen sweaters, only a thin top and a white coat, with scarf and gloves :P
Crown has this fire-spurting performance at 7pm every night. In the day, these towers have water flowing down from the top, and when night comes, the water still flows, but fire will burst from the top of the towers. it is to demostrate that water and fire can co-exist. Well, on Thurs night (last night in Melb), i decided to go out, brave the cold night and take pics. Standing there, i saw the fire turned from small to big, until it explodes into the chilly air. At that instant, i feel warmth leh! And the whole row, got about 5 to 7 towers and they co-ordinate the timing and sequence of the fires. Very nice! I managed to take some shots. Not only me, a lot of ppl, locals and tourists, stood there and took pics! Some took videos! :P
Believe me, other than Las Vegas, you will not see such interesting and big-scale shows, hahaha!
The 'Performance'
The skyline of the business district, seen across Yarra River:
At the side entrance of Crown
We took these outside the Warner Bros store (one of the shops in Crown Shopping Promenade)> SG used to have one at Suntec City, but closed down liao. So over there i was quite excited to see it and took pics lor. Shopped ard too, coz its quite impossible to get Warner Bros stuff in SG liao. :)
I have updated all my activities there! Tmr i ll do a post on my shopping! Yeah! ^_^
That's all folks! *winkz*
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