Ippudo Sydney

this post is exactly 2 weeks overdue.

went up to meet with some friends the day before my bray-thanks for coming guys (: i actually ate a lot during the day, so i was surprised i could fit in a bowl of ramen. then again, i had ramen cravings (and currently have ramen cravings right now).

free froyo!

just made it to the line before they cut it off, and only waited 15mins which is pretty good. haven't had free froyo in a while. mine's the ugly one of the right. i did a blog post about how to maximise space, but when it's raining and you're holding other stuff, it's hard to create it delicately. the one of the left is nancy's pro froyo skills.

ended up sitting outside at Ippudo...but at least the lighting was good (:

Ippudo Pork Bun: Steamed bun with braised pork and Ippudo original sauce-$4

i remember seeing them at the Good Food and Wine Show where they had a food truck, but they sold it for $5/6...it was convenient, but i decided to wait to get it at the restaurant since it's a bit cheaper. these buns are so soft unlike your Chinese buns, and the meat is just so yum

Akamaru Shinaji: IPPUDO original tonkotsu broth enhanced with special blended miso paste and fragrant garlic oil. Served with thin noodles, pork belly, black mushroom and shallots. $16

i would say this is slightly pricey compared to other places, but it was just so good. the broth is rich in flavour and the pork is so tender. the ramen itself was also enjoyable to eat (: i don't think i need to add anything else.

Kurogoma Panna Cotta: Black sesame custard with creamy sauce $8

shared this between 4 people, since we were all super full. i used to hate black sesame as a kid, but this is really nice. not too creamy, and it was different in that it had a slightly icier texture on top.

too other news, since Cathay Pacific was awarded top airline or something again, they had a massive "Fan Fare" i.e. cheap tickets for premium econ and business class for only $100HK! that is super duper crazily cheap, only around $14AU for business class!!! it excludes taxes, which i'm guess is probs about $300AU since HK taxes seem to be a bit cheaper...but there's a limited amount of tickets, and apparently there were 130 000 people trying to fight for super limited number of tickets. my relatives were quite disappointed they didn't manage to get any. it reminded me of unsw timetable servers. but the difference here is that for these airline tickets, you need to restart your router before you purchase them, and you need to keep refreshing. my uncle's friend managed to get ticket's to Kaula Lumpur, and apparently last year he got ticket from Hk to Italy for only $50HK, which is only around $7AU! how people have such luck with internet servers, i do not understand...

had work training and skipped dancing yday. quite regret it since yday felt like a lecture, with 'lecture' notes printed out. at least it was in colour.