Memories Treasure Chest

Izakaya Wagaya, Fortitude Valley Wagaya restaurant has always been a favourite place of mine to visit and I was excited to be invited to dine here! Finally after much rescheduling, I visited this place with MXM, who has not been here before. Lol, I guess the reviews will be quite fair then! To those who have not been here before, Wagaya offers an electronic ordering system and we can browse the monitor for their menu. Ordering is simple just by clicking on the items! Let's begin! Trying to be fair and equal, we tried to order an item from each category.... First up, we tried their salmon belly sushi. The fresh salmon was delectable and we enjoyed it.    Salmon belly sushi - $9.80 Next, we tried one of the kingfish roll and I think this combination was all right. I have tried other sushi rolls in Wagaya before and my favourite combination was probably the Dragon Roll (eel) or Spider (soft shell crab) rolls. The proportion of sushi rice to the filling was ju...

Pine and Bamboo, Cannon Hill On one of the formal dinner with the family and special guests from Sydney, the Mr organised a get together at Pine and Bamboo, which is famous for their Peking Duck. This restaurant has been established for a long time and it is still standing strong.  I cannot deny it but I am a big fan of Peking Duck and I would have to agree that this is one of the best one in Queensland. The Peking duck skin is sliced in front of you and they are crispy and nearly 'fat-free'... So moreish!   The Peking duck skin is served with sliced cucumber and spring onions' stalk with their special sauce. One of our guests is a chef, and he commented that the sauce is excellent! I certainly enjoyed my Peking duck wrap! The Peking duck can be served in two or three courses and we opted for two courses. In our second course, we opted for duck noodles instead of the 'sang choy bow'. They were quite good. As for our other main meals, we had stir fr...

Moose and Gibson, Woolloongabba It is quite a rare occasion that the Mr would agree for a breakfast with me outside especially on a super hot day! Finally after a few detours looking for cafe, we finally settled on Moose and Gibson. I rarely order cold drinks but I just had to on that day! The Mr had the iced coffee while I tried the iced mocha. They came with ice cream, topped with whipped cream. Trying to be health conscious, I scooped out the cream. :)   Ice Coffee and Iced Chocolate The 'Baked Potted Eggs' were pretty scrumptious! The combination of chorizo, tomato sauce and olive tapenade certainly did not disappoint. As usual, I would like to have more toasted bread, ciabatta in this case to soak up all the sauce! Don't you agree it was a hot day? The butter was already melting...   Baked Potted Eggs - $16.90 Avocado with poached eggs - $13.90 Our other meal was the 'Avocado with Poached Eggs', it was simple and quite satisfying. It was c...