Hello,
Hope you had a good week.
I did have a good one. The week days zoomed as usual.
Happened to go a new Thai restaurant (http://www.thaipothong.com.au/) in a suburb called Newtown. Am sure the suburb must've been new at some point definitely not now. The restaurant was just amazing. We had a colleague of mine who had stayed in Thailand for many years. The responsibility of ordering food was left to him. For the first time I tried the Thai Green Papaya salad. Now I wonder why I had stayed away from this for so long. The restaurant was pretty unique. As we get seated the hosts tie up a couple of balloons in the table saying "Have A Great Party". A nice marketing tactic to show people that many people party there. Once the meal was over everyone was given a coupon booklet which resembled cash. The deal is - we can get a few $s off if bought stuff from the gift shop or a small amount reduced in our bill during the next visit.
Weekend was awesome. My friend Senthil and his family had come down for the weekend. He was in Melbourne on a short business trip and visited us for the weekend. This was my first airport pickup trip yesterday in Sydney - for that matter in Australia. We had made ven pongal, dosai, sambar and chutney for breakfast. A south indian b'fast after a very very long time. By the time we got ready to leave and reached the city it was well beyond lunch time. Took the train from Westmead.
Got off at Central station and headed to Saap Thai. :-) After a nice meal at Saap we moved on to take the mono rail to Darling Harbour. Figured out a new vantage point to click the complete Sydney skyline.
After a few photographs headed towards Circular Quay. After all there can be no trip complete to Sydney without a glimpse of the Opera.
We had a nice long walk from the Westfield mall to Circular Quay - a good 1 km. By the time we reached the Opera house it was fairly dark and we
got to see the Opera by night.
There was an event happening in Circular Quay with something to do with lights. There were many light oriented "sculptures" around the area. The best part was the walls of Opera were lighted from a place at least a KM away from the International Passenger Terminal. Reached back home at around 9 PM - thoroughly exhausted.
Hope you had a good week.
I did have a good one. The week days zoomed as usual.
Happened to go a new Thai restaurant (http://www.thaipothong.com.au/) in a suburb called Newtown. Am sure the suburb must've been new at some point definitely not now. The restaurant was just amazing. We had a colleague of mine who had stayed in Thailand for many years. The responsibility of ordering food was left to him. For the first time I tried the Thai Green Papaya salad. Now I wonder why I had stayed away from this for so long. The restaurant was pretty unique. As we get seated the hosts tie up a couple of balloons in the table saying "Have A Great Party". A nice marketing tactic to show people that many people party there. Once the meal was over everyone was given a coupon booklet which resembled cash. The deal is - we can get a few $s off if bought stuff from the gift shop or a small amount reduced in our bill during the next visit.
After a few photographs headed towards Circular Quay. After all there can be no trip complete to Sydney without a glimpse of the Opera.
We had a nice long walk from the Westfield mall to Circular Quay - a good 1 km. By the time we reached the Opera house it was fairly dark and we
There was an event happening in Circular Quay with something to do with lights. There were many light oriented "sculptures" around the area. The best part was the walls of Opera were lighted from a place at least a KM away from the International Passenger Terminal. Reached back home at around 9 PM - thoroughly exhausted.
Even I tried the Thai Green Papaya salad recently... well, relatively recently... in 2008 or so, in Las Vegas. Was absolutely bowled over! It was so spicy, we were panting like dogs and taking huge gulps of water. But it was also so flavorful, we just couldn't stop eating it. I have ordered it in a couple of other restaurants since then, but never found it to be as good as the first time. :( Even tried making it at home once, with limited success. For now, it is my favorite Thai dish, if made right.
ReplyDeleteHey Swami - yes...it seems that the salad tastes good only if made just right. Yes that would feature in my Kitchen at some point too. :-)
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