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REVIEW:Morning After

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Morning After, West End Looking through my old photos, I realised that I have not blogged for a very long time. Hopefully my current momentum will keep me blogging! On the days when hubby is at work, I will try to explore so me new cafes and treat myself to some bre kkie! Morning After has been on my radar, and finally o n an early Saturday morning, I visited Morning After . It was not busy , however, all the 2-seater table s have been occupi ed and the only choice I had was the shared bench. There were so many interesting options on the men u from the sweet corn pakora, carbonara and Boston baked beans.... Wel l, I was very t empted to order any of that, however, I was just craving some Eggs Benedict that day. The hollandaise sauce was good, served on top o f two perfect poached eggs with thick toasts. Yum! My c hai latte aka 'chai boy' was all right , thought it could be more warm. Eggs Benedict Chai Latte Anyhow, hoping that I will be able to return to

REVIEW: Hawker

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Hawker, Chinatown, Sydney We never miss a visit to Mamak each time we visit Sydney, and on our last trip, we visited Hawker, which is a sister restaurant to Mamak. Instead of Indian Malay influenced food, Hawker serves Malaysian Chinese street hawker food! I try to order meals that are not available in Brisbane and there were a few that caught our eyes. Having tried the ' Lor Bak ' in the past, we just had to order them again because we enjoyed it so much last time! 'Lor Bak' is actually a five-spiced marinated pork meat wrapped in tofu skin and then deep fried. Back in Penang, 'lor bak' is also served with additional snacks such as tofu, spring rolls, prawn fritters with chilli sauce and most importantly the 'lor' aka starchy sauce. Hawker certainly sticks to the tradition which I like! Lor Bak Next up, is the ' poh piah '! It is another version of fresh spring roll containing shredded vegetables (mostly yam beans), with lettuce,