im sure you’ve read enough about Wagaya (Level 1, 78-86 Harbour Street, Haymarket) so ill keep it short and let the photos do the talking. after an awesome time at Taste of Sydney and munching on some incredible eats, Helen, Billy, Yas and I were in need of more sustenance and preferably somewhere that was air-conditioned and had comfy seating.


Wagaya is most known for its novelty factor of touch screens mounted on the wall and with a few taps we have soon ordered our food and drinks. there are also laminated menus for the table

Mentai potato salad ($6.80). i dont remember eating this. um. but it looked good?


Dragon roll ($9.50). i really like this photo. heh can you see im having trouble with my not so awesome memory?


Crab chawanmushi ($6.50). it’s like custard! but savoury and warm and velvety smooth.


Sushi roulette game ($8.50). the second thing wagaya is famous for is its sushi roulette! 6 pieces of salmon sushi arrive, each with a smear of wasabi on the outside but one piece is hiding a whole crapload of wasabi inside. Helen notices me eyeing each piece trying to determine which is the ‘wasabi bomb’ and immediately sets some ground rules. the first one being someone spins the plate while the sushi eater closes their eyes and picks their sushi. we agree and one by one each take a deep breath before stuffing the sushi in our mouths. being the pansy i bite my sushi in half just in case heh


turns out it was helens lucky day and at first as she chews in silence she suddenly reacts with a ack holy &$*#!!! we crack up and laugh and take photos of helen as she struggles to regain some feeling in her tastebuds heh heh (image is from Billy heh love the drawing dude!)


Salmon skin age ($4.50). mmm deepfried skin was so tasty if a little chewy


Crumbed cheese ($6.50). i had heard rumours of deep fried cubes of cheese at wagaya and was so overjoyed to find it. it doesnt take much to make me happy especially if it’s food that has been deepfried and these babies didnt disappoint! crunchy on the outside and gooey melty cheesey innards these were so tasty we ordered a second serve


Deep-fried chicken karaage ($6.90). i dont remember eating this. i dont think i ate it…


Shishamo fried ($7.50). i dont remember this either haha my memory is such a fail!


Ox tongue ($5.50). i remember this tho! i had never tried ox tongue before and was determined to try it. but every time i picked up the stick i would cringe and have flashbacks of seeing cows eating and their tongues flicking around… i ended up having to close my eyes and nibbling a piece. it wasnt so bad i guess. tastes like pork! um chewy flat pork!


Scallop and garlic fried rice ($9.90). Yas is still hungry and orders this bowl of rice. as we stir the rice we find to our delight there is a golden crust of crispy rice on the bottom and while i am full i manage to find some room for a bowl. all up our bill is just over $120 and is nowhere near as jaw dropping as the bill Howard managed to rack up- a whopping $1140!

ive been reading the girl who are everything for a while now. robyn, aka roboppy has been blogging since 2004 and has written about her experiences with a “no wheat or rice or other things resembling wheat or rice diet” thru to her love of manatees (tho not for eating) and proclaiming the wonders of macarons even documenting them for ‘research purposes’. that crazy rabbit above is called poofy and is one of many random drawings that can be found floating around. she works at serious eats one of my most fav websites EVAH where comparing pizza quality is part of her everyday job tasks.


but anyways. lookit my the candy stash! a while ago shed written that she had only just been introduced to milo and ovaltine and so a candy swap was put in place. to the boppy i sent milo candy bars, milo energy bars, 2 packets of ovaltine candy and um a packet of bertie beetles because i love em heh and in return i scored me a packet of peanut butter hersheys kisses, packet of cinnamon chips for baking, reeses peanut butter cups, reeses nutrageous chocolate bar and a hersheys 5th avenue chocolate bar mmm sugar coma will be setting in soon heh thanks heaps for doing the swap with me robyn!

thanks to the lovely darcie i scored this awesome custom made Laprap which is a protective sticker to ward off future scratches because hey accidents happen and i am accident prone heh and now i can sit in cafes and advertise my blog =P you can customise your sticker with photos of ya friends, food or logo and the sticker is easily removable in case you want to match your outfit! check them out here

(hey dudes im actually in sydney i went to melb 2 weeks ago. i wont be at eveleigh markets this sat because ill be at rouse hill markets and the week after ill be at mosman markets so will return to eveleigh on the 11th april cheers)


after our last test drives finished up for the day the brother unit wanted to take me out to dinner to thank me for helping out. he gave me the choice of going to nobu or lord of the fries. it was agony i tells you! id been hearing so much about lord of the fries and of course everyone always raves about nobu. in the end we decided to go to nobu for dinner and try and make it to lord of the fries for ‘dessert’ heh i’m deliberately copying his pose


so we rocked up to crown casino and into Nobu (8 Whiteman St, Southbank at Crown, VIC) where we were quite abruptly told that since we had no reservations we would have to sit at the sushi counter. but that was fine by us cos i like chatting to the sushi chefs and also you score free stuff!


like this bowl of edamame! the menu says they would’ve charged $6! salty sweet soybeany awesomeness which were so very moreish. oh and the couple next to us ate the pods. heh uh not that it’s not edible but most ppl dont eat them yeah?


salmon tartar with caviar ($19). presentation of this was so pretty yet i wished the sauce the salmon tartar was sitting in was on the side because it ended up being super salty towards the end. but it was tasty and the salmon super fresh. yeah i have no idea what that reddish pink thing was so i didnt eat it just in case…


Sashimi ‘Tacos’ with Yellowtail, Salmon, Lobster and Crab ($18). considering the brother unit isnt a fan of seafood i was pretty surprised when he eyed the plate and asks if he can eat one. and then a second one lol prolly because of the novelty of tacos. or he couldve been really hungry =P


OM NOM NOM


Soft Shell Crab Kara Age ($20). the little piles of powder were salt, pepper and in the spoon was lemon juice (i think!). i like ripping off the legs of soft shell crabs because im sadistic like that heh


Eel sushi ($4.50), Scallop sushi ($5). hm i wasn’t too happy about paying 5bux for 1 piece of sushi but the eel had a gorgeous charcoaly smokey edge and was buttery soft edit: actually maybe it was 5bux for 2 pieces. my memory is so awesome


Prawn Tempura – In/Out sushi roll ($14) we loved this and ordered it twice hehe the prawn was so fresh and the tempura coating was light and crispy


thanks for dinner lil brother!


we skipped dessert at nobu to see if we’d make it to lord of the fries but it was sadly closed and i guess it was a good thing because i dont think i couldve handled a box of deepfried starch… but next door i spotted a giant soft serve lamp! man i’ve been looking for one of these since forever so if you know where i can get one in sydney let me know!


and what totally made my day when i went into walker’s doughnuts (cnr flinders & elisabeth st, melb) to have a gander at their donuts were these giant chocolate eclairs! seriously these were humongous! and freaking heavy! i think i paid $4 for this tasty baby and oh boy it was so worth it!


yeah i wanted to show you my gingerbread man pjs (from peter alexander- thanks lene!) heh and yes i brought the macbook along because i didnt think i could handle 3 whole days of no internet lol luckily we had free adsl access or i wouldve gone crazy!


last shot of the chocolate eclair with a view of its glorious innards! look at all that custardy creamy goodness! oh yes it was so very good and a perfect end to my short trip to melbourne. ahh so much delicious eats i cant wait to go back!