ive always wanted to go to bills (433 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst) not because i cook and think bill granger is my idol but because of the riccotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter. HONEYCOMB BUTTER! if theres one way to make butter more tasty its by adding honeycomb. we arrived fairly earli about 9.30ish (heh yeh thats earli for a weekend) and waited about 10mins before scoring a seat at the communal table. can anyone tell me if those apples piled high are free? they looked so shiny and perfect! before long the place was packed and it isnt helped by the mountain of reading material provided.

Ricotta hotcakes with banana and honeycomb butter ($16.60)

and it was worth the earli morning trek to the city becos hell that was a WHOLE grilled banana in there! and that was one ginormous banana! and that little jug of maple syrup wasnt so little it was like a neverending jug! and yes i know im eating pancakes on my day off from work! but they were nice and fluffy kinda like eating the insides of a marshmallo but with ricotta hidden inside! and whats with me using so many exclamation points?!

Sweet corn fritters with roast tomato, spinach and bacon ($16.80)

man those corn kernels were juicy! every bite had a crunch of sweet sweet corn but i couldnt help but wish there was cheese in it hehe but the spinach was fresh and helped balance the friedness… (is friedness a word…)

little warning for those going: go earli or be prepared to wait. and be prepared to wait OUTSIDE in the RAIN. oh and if you go on weekends theres a surcharge… we got smacked $4.57 HOOHAH

Arthur’s Seafood Restaurant (The Village Centre 29-31 Windsor Rd, Kellyville) is one of those places where it feels casual like your local restaurant but is great for special occasions. normally me and noods stick to the mains and maybe dessert but this time we were starving and also ordered an entree each.

duck liver pate ($12.90)

see how its yellow? thats the butter… and hidden underneath was the pate and what fantastic pate it was… ooohh heart stopping fatty goodness… trouble was there wasnt enough bread and i ended up piling the bread with about 2cm thick of pate. do people normally put that much pate on one slice of bread? like i want to savour my pate! not eat it as if it were cream… mmm cream…

beef carpaccio (19.50)

this was a tad expensive but mmm very tasty! thin slices of beef with truffle dressing, baby capers and rocket salad. however i like my foods either hot or cold and not lukewarm… otherwise it feels too much like flesh…

seafood pasta ($26.90)

how can you not like pasta in a creamy white wine and garlic sauce? (thats right you cant) i always prefer seafood pasta in cream sauce than tomato based sauce… there was plenty of fresh mussels and an overpopulation of prawns swimming around.

noods got the veal ‘special’ ($33)

when the lady was describing the veal she didnt say scallopini at all so we were expecting chunks of veal so noods was kinda upset that his prawns were bigging than the veal considering he cant eat prawns lol

last not least passionfruit creme brulee ($12.90)

oh baby oh baby! i was so full but noods told me to get it. becos he knows me too well haha i like tapping the golden sugar top like a crazy little leprechaun (taptaptap rubshandsgleefully)

it feels like yesterday when me and charis would rock up to our school athletics carnival, pumped up with sugar and excitement becos we actually enjoyed participating in such acitivites… and now shes engaged!

char n me

the very generous viv threw a kitchen tea for char at her house and old high school dudes, uni peeps and church friends came bearing food glorious food and the recipes to go with it.

mmm tasty food galore! i recall a very sexy salmon and cream cheese on pancakey thing, tasty fried rice, nice and flaky curry puffs, bread bowl innards with spinach dip, pesto pasta and garlic crisps not to forget desserts such as the uber rich fudgey brownie, creme caramel pear cake, fresh scones with double whipped cream and jam and chocolate cakes aplenty!


char with her kitchen pressies. as she was opening her presents she would spurt these incredible lines like “ooh knives! thatd be good for when me and derek have arguments” and “oh good baking trays! derek thinks ours is unhygenic becos theres rust on them” hehe we love you char!

and we all know of chars passion on recyling her wrapping paper so we were split into groups and made sections of her ‘wedding dress’

aww look shes even got a bouquet of paper flowers!


her bridesmaid getting some training


the obligatory parade around the house


lene and me


wendy, sophia n me


remember when you were little and you always got a goodie bag when u left the party? we got goodie cups!


the baulko group: viv, lene, wendy, sophia, charis, me. group foto minus jess ang, mish and negin

congrats again char! n much thanks to viv for organising her house n games!

it feels like yesterday when me and charis would rock up to our school athletics carnival, pumped up with sugar and excitement becos we actually enjoyed participating in such acitivites… and now shes engaged!

char n me

the very generous viv threw a kitchen tea for char at her house and old high school dudes, uni peeps and church friends came bearing food glorious food and the recipes to go with it.

mmm tasty food galore! i recall a very sexy salmon and cream cheese on pancakey thing, tasty fried rice, nice and flaky curry puffs, bread bowl innards with spinach dip, pesto pasta and garlic crisps not to forget desserts such as the uber rich fudgey brownie, creme caramel pear cake, fresh scones with double whipped cream and jam and chocolate cakes aplenty!


char with her kitchen pressies. as she was opening her presents she would spurt these incredible lines like “ooh knives! thatd be good for when me and derek have arguments” and “oh good baking trays! derek thinks ours is unhygenic becos theres rust on them” hehe we love you char!

and we all know of chars passion on recyling her wrapping paper so we were split into groups and made sections of her ‘wedding dress’

aww look shes even got a bouquet of paper flowers!


her bridesmaid getting some training


the obligatory parade around the house


lene and me


wendy, sophia n me


remember when you were little and you always got a goodie bag when u left the party? we got goodie cups!


the baulko group: viv, lene, wendy, sophia, charis, me. group foto minus jess ang, mish and negin

congrats again char! n much thanks to viv for organising her house n games!