Happy New Yearrrrrr~!!
Flew to Adelaide in the afternoon on the 1st of January.
Ben picked us up at the airport and brought us to eat at a authentic (he claims) viet place.
Had pork vermicelli as usual cuz I never really liked pho, but their vermicelli is love.
Went back to Ben's house (where we'd be staying for the trip) to get some rest. Couldn't decide where to go for dinner at night so Ben decided to cook for us. Woiseh.
After dinner we went to the casino and lost some money because I insisted to play :')
*Day 2*
The next day we went to eat dimsum, which they hongkong people call "yumcha".
It looks like our dimsum but tasted so different from Malaysia's.
The xiaolongbao's skin is sooo thick sien. Cheecheongfun also thick, hah gao also thick, all the flour. And the fried dumplings' skin also thick. D:
Took some tourist photo, Ben is so good my leg looks so long here ahahahhaa.
That pig and that ball are 'tourist attractions' I saw on google, they're in the middle of the city.
Heard that this is Adelaide's(or Australia's) well known bubble tea shop, like our Tealive.
Awwww look at the packaging so pretty!! I was gonna go get some LUSH products myself but aww.
Took some rest and went to Glenelg Beach, to a Malaysian who's afraid of cold, the wind can kill, and look my legs are exposed to the wind. Felt like my cap was going to fly away any sec.
Bought some fries to chill aside and just observe everyone that passed by (may sound kinda creepy but it's not hehe)
Drove to the central market and picked up 1kg of steak because Ben said he's really good at cooking steaks. So yeah our dinner for the night:
I prepared the potato and salad. I know the potato looks kinda uncooked, cuz they're too hungry and couldn't wait any longer. But it's still okay one, edible one.
Forced to play the Walking Dead board game we bought at the city earlier today. It's actually fun if you have friend like Ben who makes the game feels intense.
*Day 3*
The next day I was so excited because we're going to the PINK LAKE!!! It's called Bumbunga Lake, I found this place on google, also Ben mentioned it. Had simple breakfast and we headed out, it's around 2 hours drive from the city.
Ben brought this set of camera with extra lens and all but you know what? He didn't bring the memory card woo well played. But it doesn't matter because when we arrived I was so disappointed like seriously wth just look:
The photo people posted on google and the one I see in real life. Though Ben said maybe it's too hot in summer so the lake dried up. Sigh can you imagine seeing this after driving for 2 hours??
Closer look on the sand/land/lake idk what to call this.
Actually the sand/land is abit pink-ish orange-ish so if you put some efforts in editing your photo it can end up looking like this. LOL but yeah I think the best solution is not to go on summer.
I drove back because Ben is tired, stopped halfway for Lunch @ Caffe Primo Munno Para, Smithfield. Found this place on Foursquare & the food was okay.
Dropped by a chinese mini mart to pick up a pack of rice because Ben is making us chinese food for dinner!! And he got me a drink because I was staring at it.
Funny that I get to try this chinese milk tea at a western country. Anyway, Ben cooked us the Ginger & Spring Onion Pork and a dk what vegetables that he got from that mini mart as well.
Altho my mom's tasted so much better, but thanks for cooking for us hehe.
* Day 4*
They stamps are Beauty & the Beast's!!! How cute!!!
Today's destination is to go Mount Lofty Summit, around 30mins drive from our place.
There's a cafe up there and that cake I ordered is not nice lol. Would definitely hire Ben just by looking at all the candid photos he took for me.
Next stop is Hahndorf, just drive a lil further from Mount Lofty. Hahndorf is known for its original German-style architecture and artisanal food (I copied this sentence from google if you must know.)
Lunch @ The Haus. Various choices of beers & other alcohols. Forgot what beer is this but it's goooood. We ordered the sharing platter, some of it is nice, some I'm not used to it.
Been discussing whether this is cooked or uncooked. Not my kind of food really.
So much to see and buy, and to take photo. Bought some souvenirs and there's this shop that sells handmade fudge, got myself a rum & raisin fudge, caramel and forgot the last one I remember it's something alcoholic (it's 10aud for 3).
Drove home to rest and pack cuz it's the last night in Adelaide.
Drove home to rest and pack cuz it's the last night in Adelaide.
Dinner @ Star of Siam (at city). Ben insisted us to try their soft shell crab (top left if you dk how soft shell crab looks like), and it's so gooooood but soft shell crab is always good. It's kinda pricey I forgot about the price. The tomyam soup is superb!! Especially the mushrooms inside the soup haha I just love mushrooms. Other than these two, the rest are just ordinary, didn't take photo of the fried rice but yeah nothing special also.
Got this bag of "Kangaroo Land" coffee bean at Adelaide Central Market, it's good I been drinking this since I got back from Australia.
After dinner went to Windy Point Lookout to see this night view, it's so windy lolll cold af and I wore skirt.
*Day 5*
After lunch there's still quite a lot of time til our flight so we went to Harbour Town, an outlet near airport. Bought a boost because summer needs to drink juice.
Anyway this makes the end of my Adelaide trip, back to Melbourne huhu.
