lunchie munchies

25 October 2010, 02:07

Lunch munchies of the week from my new work hood starts with the awesome roast pumpkin & halloumi with spinach wrap ($7.90) and a can of my new fav energy drink mango iced tea Tiki ($2) from Lovebite Cafe (66 Goulburn St, Sydney). I love roast pumpkin but oh boy do I have issues with sun-dried tomatoes! The wrap was a bit on the oily side but still relatively healthy. Relatively. Let’s not mention the rhubarb tart I scored for an arvo snack. Or the Caramello Koalas.


Was a bit late to lunch the next day so missed out on my usual wrap and so tried the corn fritter, swiss cheese and tomato wrap ($7.90) and a can of double shot cola ($2) which oddly tasted just like rc cola. And not in a good way. The corn fritter was more of a corn pattie, not crunchy but still filled with tasty corn nubbins.


Short walk over to Mappen (11/537-551 George St Sydney) near 85C for a super cheap bowl of ontama bukkake with udon noodles ($4.90). Normally I get another egg ($1.50) plus some assorted tempura but hey nothing beats a <$5 meal! Stab the perfect soft boiled egg and watch as its golden innards coat each strand of noodle. Interestingly Mappen now has a 1 spoonful of shallots policy!


Palate in World Square (Shop 17-18, 123 Liverpool St, Sydney) also has a takeaway section away from the main entrance of their restaurant. Displayed at the front are boxes of different types of salads and because I am uber indecisive when presented with pictorial menus and/or food displays I was stuck on the roast pumpkin, eggplant & zucchini salad and the salt & pepper calamari on greek salad ($7.90). So I asked for both to be combined and a short pause from the cashier and an extra $2 later I was all set for a super delish lunch woot each curl of tasty squid was coated in a light batter and there were enough of em to make me full along with the huge chunks of pumpkin and the slices of zucchini and eggplant hidden beneath.


Cafe Ish (Shop 1, 82 Campbell St, Surry Hills) is but 1 block away from where I work and the soft shell crab omellete features quite heavily in my lunch schedules. Unfortunately their famed all you can eat ribs will be ending this Wed and will return next winter so make a booking if you want to eat some delicious meat!


And something not edible- check out my new cupcake earbuds!

1. I was excited by the prospect of a corn fritter until you said it was more like a corn pattie. Menus can be so misleading!

   And yes, I wonder what happened for Mappen to instill a one spoon policy on the shallots. Funnily enough the sign only made me maximise my scoop even more. Reverse psychology! Argh!

   — Helen (grabyourfork)    Oct 25, 02:29 AM    #
   
   

2. Awww the earbuds are so cute!

   P.S thanks for the photography tip!

   — Marj    Oct 25, 08:56 AM    #
   
   

3. Totally with you on the sun-dried tomato issues. Cupcake earbuds!! Squee!!

   — Steph    Oct 25, 09:07 AM    #
   
   

4. Ooh cupcake earbuds!! Cute cute cute!

   — Shann    Oct 25, 09:26 AM    #
   
   

5. ooooh did you say haloumi??? YUMMO!

   — Lisa    Oct 25, 10:05 AM    #
   
   

6. That wrap sounds so yummy. Wish I worked closer to goulbrn st!

   Haha how cute are those ear buds!

   — B@mm-yumyum    Oct 25, 10:14 AM    #
   
   

7. Is there a 1 spoon policy for their tempura fried bits?

   MMmmm boo I ahvent been bak to Mappen since that first time >_< I wanntttt!

   — FFichiban    Oct 25, 11:35 AM    #
   
   

8. Love the cupcake earbuds! haha too cute! I wish I could have the cafe ish for lunch so often! Lucky you!!

   — Betty @ The Hungry Girl    Oct 25, 11:38 AM    #
   
   

9. That salt & pepper squid is exactly what I feel like atm! … loving those earphones! Uber cute!

   — Rhonda (TheDaintyBaker)    Oct 25, 11:58 AM    #
   
   

10. Gosh, the food looks good. Why do you always find all the deliciousness EVERYWHERE?

    I want that spinach wrap!

    — Janice    Oct 25, 12:13 PM    #
    
    

11. i may have to make a visit to menya mappen for lunch! love the earphones!!!!!

    — sporbo    Oct 25, 12:14 PM    #
    
    

12. Is Tiki the new Mother? See I am a anti-sandwich for lunch man. I always think the amount of money spent for a sammie, u can get a much bigger bowl of noodle that really fills you up! Money for value man….. :P

    — billy@a table for two    Oct 25, 12:20 PM    #
    
    

13. Noticed the single spoon spring onion policy last time I was there too…not sure what that’s about but luckily I don’t like them too much!

    — mademoiselle delicieuse    Oct 25, 12:26 PM    #
    
    

14. Mappen rocks!! I work a few blocks away, but totally worth the up-hill walk!

    — KayB    Oct 25, 02:33 PM    #
    
    

15. The earphones are so cute!
    I think your lunch looks very healthy, where is the chocolate? LOL!

    — Brenda    Oct 25, 03:13 PM    #
    
    

16. Awesome to see that you are blogging your lunches too. We could start a trend here! ;-)

    — Richard Elliot    Oct 25, 03:55 PM    #
    
    

17. I hope noone licks your ear

    — Fiona    Oct 25, 05:48 PM    #
    
    

18. I can’t get past the awesome GREENNESS of your first lunch. Inspired and beautiful. Nom nom.

    — Hannah    Oct 25, 06:18 PM    #
    
    

19. I must book a seat at Cafe Ish for next winter! Those ribs look to die for. P.S. Be careful not to plug the ear phones into your mouth! ;-)

    — Joe    Oct 25, 07:42 PM    #
    
    

20. Um hello awesome earbuds!! WANT!

    — Laura    Oct 25, 08:29 PM    #
    
    

21. I’ve got some novelty LEGO ear buds from Japan!!! Love the cupcakes!

    — Spotted Pufferfish    Oct 25, 08:41 PM    #
    
    

22. awweeee soooooo cute!!!

    — sara @ Belly Rumbles    Oct 25, 10:42 PM    #
    
    

23. haha.. those earbuds r so cute!! u got lots of cute toys… :)

    — YW    Oct 26, 12:11 AM    #
    
    

24. You must work near me! I get coffee from the same place :)

    — Belle    Oct 26, 01:30 AM    #
    
    

25. I’m a big fat (no pun intended.. or maybe it WAS intended… i’m too smart i’ve tricked myself) fan of tweeting/photographing my lunch LOL.. i did a lunchtweet blog post a while back too, and it’s interesting seeing what you eat after some time. Mostly not very healthy food :(

    — catty    Oct 26, 04:05 AM    #
    
    

26. Do you have those energy drinks every day with coffee ? Buzzing for sure!

    — Howards    Oct 26, 10:17 AM    #
    
    

27. so- by the looks of things you are enjoying your new hood! I also have issued with semi dried tomatoes. They are in the middle. sun dried are so much better!

    — Gastronomy Gal    Oct 26, 10:38 AM    #
    
    

28. Advantage of working in CBD! Too many nice places for lunch :)

    — Ellie (Almost Bourdain)    Oct 26, 12:06 PM    #
    
    

29. i guess u are now ditching mother for tiki? :P

    — sugarpuffi    Oct 26, 12:33 PM    #
    
    

30. Hehehe, it’s been a while since i’ve blogged/tweeted about my lunches. Looks like you have quite a few daily indulgences! :D

    — Jen    Oct 26, 04:35 PM    #
    
    

31. gasp where are the cupcake earbuds from??? The nerd in me wants them so bad.

    — Emma @CakeMistress    Oct 26, 05:35 PM    #
    
    

32. you work near world square! lucky lucky!! mmmmmmmmm…. mappen! :)

    — amy    Oct 26, 11:01 PM    #
    
    

33. i love palate’s salt and pepper squid salad! so yum!

    — lifeis2munch    Oct 27, 03:06 PM    #
    
    

34. Oh how I wish I worked in the city :(

    — Karen (missklicious)    Oct 28, 09:45 PM    #
    
    

35. WOW! its really amazing post…

    — Energy Drinks    Jun 15, 05:00 AM    #