1 June 2009, 01:37

i love it when my birthday falls on the weekend! it means a whole day out visiting tasty places. first on the to-eat list was breakfast at zumbo land, we arrived at 11am and to my horror almost everything was sold out! i settled on ‘Ed Rock the Cradle’ (Milk coffee cheesecake with chocolate cheesecake base, coffee scented caramel crème and Italian meringue) which was deliciously creamy and smooth and i loved the milk bottle candy sitting atop the cake!

this is what 26 macarons looks like in boxes hehe i didnt get to attempt a ‘let’s see how many macarons i can eat in a row’ because we had to head off to meet the parents at eveleigh markets (thanks to the lovely blog readers who dropped by!) and then to lowenbrau for lunch

mah pork knuckle! it is a thing of beauty that pork knuckle is! crispy golden crackling just begging to be stabbed omnomnom

and then a side trip to Pasticceria Papa in haberfield for the best ricotta cake EVAH oh yes it is so very good. i arrived around 4pm and when i walked thru the entrance my heart plummeted because the section that normally houses stacks of their ricotta cakes was completely empty but i asked the lady anyway if they had any left and she winks and brings out a piping hot ricotta cake from the kitchen w00t

also scored some ang koo kuehs from the lovely alice from Makan@Alice’s mmm and with a special peanut filling!

dinner was at Blake’s (1/33 Terminus St, Castle Hill) where i had their awesome pate

heh and this is what 26 salted popcorn macarons looks like out of their box… and no i have not yet managed to eat them all lol

and the boy sums up the day with this mad awesome drawing hee thanks for taking me eating love!
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Woohoo! Seems like you had a great food-ful birthday! :)
— Yas Jun 1, 04:13 AM #Pork knuckle looks fantastic! Happy Birthday!!
— BethieofVA Jun 1, 04:54 AM #happy birthday babe!
— nadnut Jun 1, 06:04 AM #Woah!! How do you fit that all in?LOL… Happy birthday!! :)
— tracey Jun 1, 06:12 AM #I thought it was meant to be 26 profiteroles that you were going to get. Were the macarons in place of those (good choice) or are they still yet to come…?
— Simon Jun 1, 07:44 AM #A birthday blowout. Love it! And Nood’s pic is so cute! Esp when I can hear the pig and the duck talking in a nasal Ralph Wiggum voice. Ha, he should make a t-shirt with that!
— Helen (grabyourfork) Jun 1, 09:35 AM #Happy Birthday again!
— Iron Chef Shellie Jun 1, 09:58 AM #I feel obese looking at all of that food. Looks like you had a delicious day though!
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That picture is so full of win. :)
Belated Happy Birthday!
— goosmurf Jun 1, 10:01 AM #Hee that drawing is too cute :) And wowee all those macarons! What a fantastic way to celebrate your bday, looking forward to Wagaya? :D
— Steph Jun 1, 10:17 AM #Happy birthday! Sounds like my kind of birthday treat too – so much yummy food :)
— Forager Jun 1, 11:01 AM #Happy Birthday Suze!! What an awesome way to celebrate – anyone would be happy with pork knuckle and macaroons lol.
— Shanks Jun 1, 12:26 PM #oh wow! all those macarons.. mmm…. looks like you had a fabulous day of feasting. i’m curious about the ‘ang koo kuehs’, what are they?!
— Betty Jun 1, 04:33 PM #what a fab day. Zumbo is delicios
— reality raver Jun 1, 07:06 PM #Suze, when u next visit Singapore, i will stuff you with angku kuih that melts in the mouth. Happy Birthday big girl..
— Viv Jun 1, 08:09 PM #how did i know that your b’day would be celebrated with macarons and a pork knuckle?! glad to see you had a fun day of eating!
— panda Jun 1, 09:58 PM #Aww, you ate the duck’s liver. Glad you had a fab birthday, sweetie!
— Belle@OohLook Jun 1, 10:19 PM #Noods is quite pro drawer! Love the random turtles on the side.
— FFichiban Jun 1, 10:57 PM #Hee hee cake/macarons, crackling, cake, ang koo kueh, pate and more macarons can’t go wrong :P
happy birthday :D
— eden Jun 1, 11:04 PM #those macarons look reallyy tasty
Happy Birthday! Look at all of that fabulous food-looks like a true food blogger’s birthday :)
— Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella Jun 2, 05:39 PM #i was wondering if one could live on sweet foods only, so to see this wonderful sight maybe i could come here for tea seeing cadburys have decreased there size and increased packageing, come on i’m a granny, now who wants more packaging
— Lynn Jun 2, 06:09 PM #wow! happy birthday!
— karissa Jun 2, 09:01 PM #hope you had a fun one!
miss your posts!
awww! much thanks for the comments dudes! i can feel the love!
— chocolatesuze Jun 3, 01:04 AM #heyhey suze! Happy Birthday!! not enough celebrations!!! more I say! :)
— Teresa Jun 4, 09:12 PM #