Travel

Sydney - Sights

Thong vending machine

Kinokuniya Bookshop

[Where do I find the time for not reading so many books]

Drown your thirst

[ship shaped ice cube trays]

Sandstone

Chocolate making

Sydney - Picasso

My main reason for being here -

Sydney - the Malaysian Food Experience

On Sunday I went to a restaurant in Ultimo called Mamak.  I'd never had roti before so I ordered the original.  It was at once light and a bit chewy and crispy, served with 2 curries for dipping plus a dollop of sambal olek - mmm!  From the street you can peer through the window and watch them roll and stretch the dough into impossible thinness.

Although not done in front of me, I could see into the kitchen and watched them make my teh tarik.  The tea and condensed milk mixture is poured back and forth between two jugs held a long way apart - hence the froth.

I finally got to taste assam laksa today.  The broth is more like a hot sour soup rather than based on coconut milk.  There were lots of veggies and herbs and chilli, plus small slices of pineapple to add sweetness. 

Jetstar

Checkin at Jetstar Brisbane on Sunday morning was a bit of a zoo - but I talked to a few nice people.  Bonus - sitting in row 2

 with a spare seat between me and the next person.  And the attendants were lovely...

Art Day

Broadstrokes had an honorary member for the day when we went to Cleveland to do some rubbings with oil sticks.  There was a lot of texture in the surfaces we found

 and man-made patterns reflecting nature

 even the sewer manhole cover was inspired by the environment.

Don't Cry Over Spilt....

..coffee.  Make art instead.