Pancake on the Rocks, Sydney

One of our main goals during our Sydney trip was to try different food and dishes in different restaurants. Well, we did eat a lot but we didn't take pictures of all the food that we ate. Anyway, one of the restos that stood out during our trip was Pancake On the Rocks.

I've been searching about this resto way before our trip. It was well recommended by a lot Sydney bloggers so I made sure that we will eat in this resto.

Our first try of this wonderful place was in Harbourside Shopping Centre. It was our first full day in Sydney and before watching Harry Potter in Lido IMAX, we made a stop at Pancake On the Rocks.

The place was jam-packed with people and we had to wait around 10 minutes to be seated. While waiting, my mouth watered on all the food items passed us. My stomach wasn't cooperating either. It wasn't hard to order. Almost all the tables in the resto had Steak and Ribs on it so we decided to order both dishes.

Rib Eye Steak

Pork Ribs

Our order came out this glorious! I didn't care about the long wait for the food. I wanted to stuff everything in my mouth so I can taste every inch of the ribs (OA!). The steak was well done just the way we liked it. The sidings of veggies and cajun fries made it more yummier. The Pork Ribs on the other hand was the best that I've tasted so far. The BBQ sauce was so good and the ribs were so tender.

Then, we ordered Banana-Rama which was so nice to the eyes and to the tongue.

Banana Rama Pancake

The pancake medley had ice cream and cream at the same time with caramelized banana and syrup. We instantly digged in the pancake and it was gone in minutes!

Our next trip to Pancake On The Rocks was on a Friday. It was drizzling and we had a hard time looking for the place in the Rocks. The 2nd resto was cramped a bit and it wasn't as comfortable as the one in Darling Harbour, but people still lined up to get in! Good thing we came in early.

We ate pancakes purely on our second visit. I loved it! I really think that the reason why this resto was and still is a big hit is because the taste in their food is really consistent wherever the location of the resto is. The staff was also nice and accommodating.

Food price wise I really wouldn't know because I forgot the prices already. I think it's on the site. Well, I love this resto and I will definitely eat here again when we get back in Sydney!

Pork with Eggplant and Sesame Sauce

Another saucy recipe that I think tasted very well. I'm begging to love Sesame Seed Oil.

What I loved about this recipe is the incorporation of eggplant to the sauce. I missed the taste of eggplant that's why I love this dish!




Pork with Eggplant and Sesame Sauce

Ingredients

Pork Shoulder cut into cubes
Light soy sauce
Tapioca Starch or Corn Starch
Pepper
Eggplant or taling cut into cubes
Carrots, thinly sliced
Onion
Garlic
Oil

For the sauce:
One cup water or broth
Oyster sauce
Sugar
Sesame seed oil
Starch

Steps
Marinate pork cubes in light soy sauce and pepper for 15 minutes.

In a pan, heat oil. When smoking hot, drop eggplants and fry until golden. Remove talong from pan. Drop pork cubes in the same pan and fry until starch forms from the side if the pork or until pork turns golden.

Add garlic and onion to the pan and mix well. Add the cartoys and the pre-cooked eggplant and stir fry.

Mix all the sauce ingredients in the a bowl and pour sauce in the pan. Continue boiling hntil sauce thickens.

Enjoy!

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Fish Fillet with Corn Sauce

Doms' loves corn! As in he loves it so much. He's an avid fan of the steamed corn with butter in hawker centers or food stalls. So, majority of the dishes that I'll be trying has corn in it.

Fish Fillet with Corn Sauce




Ingredients
Any white fleshy fish fillet
Salt and pepper
Tapioca starch
Olive oil

Corn kernels drained and det aside
Corn water
Butter
Tapioca starch
Salt
Dried oregano

Steps
Cut fish fillet according to the size you like. Me, I made it bite sized. Season with salt and pepper abd dust with starch. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.

For the sauce, melt butter then add starch. Make sure to stir it. Then add corn water abd cintinue stirring until sauce consistency becomes a little sticky.

Top corn sauce on fish fillets then add dried oregano for garnish.

Enjoy!

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Stir Fried Shrimp with Broccoli

Here is another recipe that I tried from one of sites that was recommended by my N@W friends. I wanted to try different dishes but I just want a simple dish that I can do. I also wanted a dish that has veggies. So, when I saw this dish I made sure that I will try it right away.

Of course in any dish that I recreate, I try to make it my own. I added other ingredients and I substituted some ingredients as well.

Credits to http://homecookingrocks.com/

Here it goes...

Large Shrimps
1 head broccoli, cut into florets
Garlic
Ginger
Canola Oil

In a separate bowl, mix the following ingredients for the sauce:
Water
Oyster Sauce
Chili Sauce
Salt
Sugar
Corn Starch

1. Boil water in a deep pan. Once it starts boiling, turn the heat off.
2. Drop the broccoli florets in the water and let it stay in the water.
3. After a while, drain the water and set aside.
4. In a separate pan, heat oil and drop garlic and ginger. Cook slowly and let the flavor come out.
5. Add the shrimps and stir fry until it changes color.
6. Add the broccoli and mix.
7. Pour the sauce and cook until the sauce thickens.

Here is the finished product!

Finally Saw a Baby Picture of Doms

I was looking at some photos of Doms' sister in FB when I saw one picture that made me laugh at loud and made me literally fall from where I was sitting.

So what could it possibly be? Haha! I saw a toddler picture of Doms! Haha!

Alvin Dominic @ 4 years old, ata!

Doms is the one wearing blue, OK? He's not the one inside the cage. Anyway, I've been asking Doms for some of his baby pictures so we can have a record of what he looks like. But up to now, he still cannot produce one clear picture of himself when he was little. That's why I was so surprised when I saw the picture above because I haven't seen picture of him before.

Doms was not sure how old he was at that time but I'm guessing, it was the year when tuck-in was "in" and high waist was cool.

This picture really proves that Doms doesn't look at the camera when his picture is taken even before.

Haha! This really made my day!

Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta

Firefox prompted me to update to the latest version. After the update, I saw a small  window that was so inviting. It was about Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta.

So, naturally, I tried downloading it and I really liked it.

The new Mozilla is like a breath of fresh air. It has more space and it looks clean! The tabs are located on top of the screen which was quite confusing but it was OK. The menus are now located in a Firefox dropdown which I think looks great because it's very minimalist instead of it being expanded through the web page.

I really hope Mozilla launches Firefox 4 already.

First of Summer

Summer has officially started!

It's the 1st of March and even if I'm wearing a jacket now because it's cold here in the office, unconsciously I know that somewhere out there, the sun is shining.

When I was kid, 1st of March means that the summer vacation will soon come and swimming activities and outings are here to stay. Now, since we don't have summer vacations anymore, March means that we can officially plan for out of town trips and vacations.

There are a lot of activities that Doms and I are planning to do in the summer months (March to May). For this month, we are planning to discover Siloso Beach in Sentosa and try out the different activities around the area.

I really hope that we can continue with our plans for the summer. There are a lot of places and countries taht Doms and I like to visit so we need to start now if we want to go on with our list.

Wifey Note # 4: Empty Drum

Always remember that an empty drum makes a lot of noise. So to those people who just wants attention, stop blabbering and fill your head with ideas with sense.

Wifey Note # 3: Tag Line

In buying products, make sure that you read the tag lines that they out in their packaging. You'll never know to much extent suppliers will describe their products.