Happy 25th Birthday Anthony!
We celebrated the quarter century milestone with a table of fourteen at Cafe Salsa near West Beach. The home style Italian cuisine was served up in an relaxed outdoor setting. The Mediterranean style building featured large glassed doors and an outdoor covered dining area surrounded by palm trees. They have a sizable selection of wines with our final choice being the Tempranillo. For starters we had the garlic flat bread followed by the Kangaroo fillet with my partner ordering the linguine with cockles and mussels. Read the rest of this entry »
Nothing better than being back home in Adelaide, shopping on Rundle Mall, sipping a hot coffee and checking emails a.k.a. blogging…
Strolling up and down the main shopping strip in Adelaide showing my girlfriend what Adelaide has to offer. The shops are busy with business as usual and not a cloud in the sky. We seem to have accumulated several bags at each side already so it’s time for a break. Read the rest of this entry »
3rd Best National Chinese Restaurant I Love Food Awards - Lifestyle Food
Winner Most Popular Choice in Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence 05
Winner Best Chinese Restaurant in SA Awards for Excellence 2007
Winner of a host of other awards I thought we’d come check it out. For quick appetisers we had chicken & corn soup and dumplings in broth followed by mains of stir-fried prawns with snow peas and Chinese red spice chicken and a side dish of Ying Chow rice. Overall the food is quality Chinese and very affordable in an unformal setting. Open til late and great for a late night feed.
Opening Times:
Sun - Thu: 5pm-12.45am
Friday Lunch: noon - 3pm
Fri - Sat: 5pm-1am
Location:
114 Gouger St, Adelaide
Ph: (08) 8211 7998 |
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- Author: johnnymestizo
- Filed under: Australiana
- Date: Jan 8,2008
Back in Adelaide today and we made our way down to the beach. Where the shops and bistros of Jetty Rd meet the ocean is Adelaide’s busiest beach - Glenelg. However on this day it blew and blew. Laying a towel on the sand was difficult, trying to breathe without 50km/hr sand blowing into your mouth nearly impossible. We could handle 10 minutes then we walked, we’ll try again tomorrow. Besides the hectic winds we enjoyed our stroll along Jetty Rd. Cafes, shopping and the beach - this is life to me in Australia.
Where did our gear go? Sandstorm in Glenelg
- Author: johnnymestizo
- Filed under: Link Post
- Date: Jan 6,2008
By using a new camera underwater footage has discovered creatures that look like aliens.
Bloggers use the blog as a personal outlet to vent frustration, creativity, to be sociable, to show off… but eventually you start to think - with all the time you put your blog you should be getting something in return - especially if you pay for hosting and internet access. Blog monetisation was born.
Will the next article on problogger.net or johnchow.com be the magic tip that only I can capitalise allowing me to crush the competition? All I need to do is get that specialised blog running. I find myself doing everyday things asking myself is this a ‘niche’ not yet exploited? Will toiletcleaner.com be already in use? (It actually is!!) It all seems to much so lets sit back and put it into context. What are we up against? Read the rest of this entry »
Leroys is pumping out the brunchs at 11AM. It is nearly packed. Phew its hot where is my mango frappe! This place is so cool. Gig posters span the walls in all directions. Young crew serve great food - ciabattas with pesto, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon are delicious. Going for a stroll through the shops of Acland St then to the beach of St Kilda.
Just having a seat at Leroys. A nice mango frappe, muesli and yoghart, chillin with the missus. It is moments like this I won’t ever forget.
As you do when you’re an out-of-towner in Melbourne casually walking along a dark narrow lane at night we stumbled into something significant. To escape the frantic pace of federation square after the new year of 2008 clicked over we wandered into ‘the opium den’. Little known to us it had been voted New Bar of the Year 2006 and Australia’s Bar of the Year 2007! The Golden Monkey certainly lives up to the title with my girl and I enjoying ourselves immensely. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the new year we stayed at the Leo Pacific Hotel located at 378 Little Bourke St in Melbourne. Two nights minimum booked on Wotif.com was simply too easy. Situated in the heart of the CBD between Queen St and Elizabeth St it provides easy access to shopping, restaurants, entertainment venues and transport. Over the new year celebrations we paid $199 for the first night and $120 for the second. The normal price for our studio apartment with queen bed and kitchnette was just over $115 in non-holiday periods. Parking is ridiculous if you stay in a tower with it being around $45 a day, if you find a spot on the street make sure you feed the meter religiously! Inside was spotless, clean and quality fittings. Key card entry, no frivolous accessories just cheap quality accommodation in the city. We booked it on Wotif the night before New Years so it must not be too well known at the moment. Their loss and my gain. I recommend Leo Pacific to anyone needing to stay in the city in affordable quality accommodation.
