Golden Century CNY dinner

Gong Xi Fat Choi everyone, may the year of water snake brings us good health, luck, wealth, happiness and joy. My CNY started with dinner at the legendary Golden Century (Chinatown) with a group of friends. Overall, dishes were great, good service with attentive and helpful staffs. Happy CNY peeps, let's eat yummy food and be merry!!

Peking duck ~ crispy skin, hardly any fattie bits and just melt in your mouth..yumyum

Sang Choy Bow ~ minced duck with bamboo shoots in lettuce. Refreshing and light with crunchiness from bamboo shoot & lettuce.

CNY posh part ~ Shaved boiled abalone, to be dipped with soy sauce.

Soy sauce for the abalone

Wonton soup with lettuce in abalone broth. Simple yet tasty. The broth was excellent, really tasty, wonton was pretty jumbo with generous fillings.

Lobster noodle ~ OhhMMGee, here comes the great tasty lobster that ruins your cholesterol. Succulent meat and well cooked, goes well with noodle (I think it was egg noodle). 

Crispy chicken with salt on the side, it was okay, skin was thin and crispy, meat has subtle taste. I dont mind it but not my fave.

Tofu hot pot with BBQ pork, prawn, carrot, etc.I  love the big fat silken tofu !!

Spinach cooked with 3 eggs (duck egg, chicken egg and century egg). As a devotee to eggs (duck, chicken, century), this is such a great invention. The dish does not look that interesting, but the taste is undescribeable, spinach in soup with different textures of eggs.

Fried Rice ~ I was too full, didnt have any of the fried rice

Kitchen OEC (Japanese Croquettes)

Kitchen OEC is located in Chinatown food court & they are famous for their Japanese croquettes (mashed potato with sukiyaki/ cheese/ vegies/ curry). If you are a health fanatic, you might faint if you go to Kitchen OEC hehehee as most of their stuff is either deep fried/ creamy (croquettes, karaage, katsu, pasta salad, caesar salad, etc).

My latest health check (I did 3x health check year to date) has gimme the green light to indulge myself  with Kitchen OEC $8 set meal - 2x Japanese croquettes (sukiyaki & curry), 1 karaage stick, pasta salad & caesar salad. They are great value & good quality, best croquettes in town. They also sell barley tea for 50 cents.

My nemesis used to make the trip down to chinatown & buy the take away set meal for lunch. Nowadays, I might have to catch the bus to chinatown if I crave for Kitchen OEC ... get the take away & bring it back to the office (it is a good 20-30 mins return trip by bus).

Dear Nemesis, we might need to be friends again & you can do the lunch run for me & I can pinch extra food from your take away box too. The grass is always greener next door, although I have my own take away box, I still like to 'tax' my nemesis..Gosh I sound like an evil & greedy friend =)

Kitchen OEC

Sussex street food court level 1 (next to escalator)
Shop 8, 401 Sussex street
Haymarket - Sydney

Set menu - 2 croquettes, 1 karaage chicken stick, caesar salad, pasta salad

Sweeties Paradise

***** NOV 2012 - Sweeties Paradise is no longer operating ******

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The long wait is finally over, a place for Asian (HK style) dessert has arrived in Chinatown called Sweeties Paradise. Their menu has great variety ranging from sago, coconut milk, pudding, sweet dumpling, red bean, taro, sesame etc. Sweetness level is fantastic, very much my standard, i.e. low. I wish they open another shop near my place.

My recommendations ....

• No. 40 Taro Sago with coconut milk (with extra taro balls for 50cents)
• No. 43 Mango Pomelo Sago
• No. 74 Coconut Taro with Black Sticky Rice pudding
• No. 79 Mango Glutinous Dumpling
• No. ?? Sesame soup with mini dumplings

                  Sweeties Paradise
                    45 Dixon Street (next door to  Y2K)
                    Chinatown - Sydney
                    Ph. (02) 9212 3818

Taro Sago with coconut milk

FRIDAY Dinner 20/03/09

Yes...this is Friday & I can pamper myself with great food today.
Still stuffed from lunch but yummy Indonesian dinner was irresistible @ Delima restaurant.
New restaurant in town, chinatown location, good service & atmosphere.




Kangkong stir fry
Fried tofu with mixed vegies inside







Ayam Goreng Kalasan (fried chicken)