Lucky Duck

 

While my food might not be from Fat Duck of Heston Blumenthal, I consider myself a lucky duck for having all these yummy food from Footscray recently. My husband and I go to our favourite Vietnamese/Chinese place regularly. It only cost us $75 bucks for the whole big meal, as opposed to $550 each person for Fat Duck's 5 course meal - if you are lucky enough to get in. They raffle the patrons. The ballot only allowed 14k people in from the 100k that applied. Good on these people - they want to go, then it is their choice.

But not me, I like my food simple, I've always suck at Science Experiments. (And kinda stingy, too. One day, when we get more than we need, I might be able to justify spending that much for a meal. Maybe.)




spicy chicken ribs



special fried rice



grilled pork vermicelli

 

Prawn wonton soup



prawn and pork springrolls

 



oh la la

Vietnamese Dinner...

Rich and I met up for a quick bite after work at our local Vietnamese fave.
We had the usual and had a great Friday night dinner. Thanks Thien An!





This is my new fave soup...beef balls!



Rich's Wonton



cubed beef served with veggies and tomato rice



spicy crispy chicken ribs w fried rice and pickled veggies...



Rich's coconut smoothie



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Eating Out...

 

As you know by now, food is very important to me :-) but believe it or not I am very picky with what I eat. For example I do not like lamb and Indian food. I do not care much about Mexican food, either. I am not a big dessert eater. I like the sugar cone more that the ice cream. I normally do not order desserts nor have alcohol with my meal. I do eat a lot of Asian Food and most of the choices are healthy.

 

With my handy pedometer, I also take at least 10K steps a day so I can sort of justify a lot of eating out. Thank you Lord for blessings! :-)



^ Crispy spring rolls and grilled pork  c/o our fave Vietnamese Restaurant  Hao Phung ♥




Pinoy Food: Lugaw, Pinakbet, Crispy Pata, Kare-kare




c/o my older brother - BBQ sa Pier, Pinirito na Buras, BBQ Pecho, Pasayan Sinigang




Grilled Pork with Asian Salad of Hao Phung




Singapore noodles, Prawn Rice Paper Roll, Spring rolls, Crispy & spicy chicken ribs
grilled pork and rice, Thien An




soft shell crab sushi with pickled ginger




Seafood inari, soft shell, grilled scallops, grilled salmon
prawn tempura of Sushi Sushi Altona Gate





Tonkatsu Ramen c/o Bento High Point




Scallops and chili caramel pork and Asian Salad, Tom Phat




c/o Billy Kwong




Prawn Wonton egg noodle soup Hao Phung, Footscray




prawn spring rolls and spicy fish sauce dip




gluten free food I made a few weeks ago: fried chicken
roast pumpkin, grilled corn, potato salad, fried rice, chicken popcorn w/ honey




Yum! c/o our fave Viet restaurant Thien An, Irving St. Footscray




Noodles in the Target Centre




Belly pork with rice, tofu and ginger gravy
of Charsiu House, Errol St. North Melbourne




Combination soup with the lot (chicken stock) Vic Market




Prawn and Pork Rice paper rolls




seafood stirfry with rice and crispy spicy chicken ribs




same old favourites but with the Vietnamese pancake this time

I also do not like Pizza and food with weird spices that makes me sneeze. If I like something I stick by it all the time. In fact I tend to order the same thing over and over again. ♥







Where do you want to eat tonight?

Sometimes at the end of a hard week, I just want to crawl to bed and sleep the week-end away. Ask Rich I have done it many times. :)

This past weekend though I just have to get up. I slept in a little bit but had to go to the Markets. I wanted to choose the fruits for my juicer and I wanted Boost! :-)

Later on, my mother-in-law Liz came and asked if we wanted to eat out. But of course - Yes! We went to our old favourite in Footscray because Rich was craving some spicy Chicken Ribs & I was craving some vermicelli grilled pork. We ordered a few dishes that made the waiter comment: So many? There's only 3 of you. I told him we were hungry and my tone made Rich laugh, haha! We ended up satiating our cravings and had a great night out.  ☀☺

Thank you Lord for blessings of family and food.