Star Wars: The Last Jedi

No spoilers here. Last time I watched a movie was back in July, so when I could tag along for a free movie, well why not? Not actually a Star Wars fan, and still haven't fully watched the first 6 movies...I have somehow watched Rogue One more than once, from on the plane, then on Netflix. This Star Wars plot was still decent and was followable for people who know nothing about Star Wars, but could have been more intense. As always, graphics were pretty good. 

Ben and Jerry's Frozen Flakes

Also decided to try the new cereal flavour, it sort of tastes like cereal but that sweet malty (?) version with some sweet milk. Reminds me of American cereal, not that I had any cereal in America.

Reclinable seats!

So this is why people go to Hoyts. Quick search shows most Hoyts cinemas have reclinable seats in all their cinemas, and their tickets are only $15 for adult or child. Event cinemas do still do student discounts (well not sure if they have got rid of their $8 student mondays yet...), but adults are $20+ and the seats are no where near as nice. These leather seats were quite clean and had a button on the side to adjust the height. If I sat down normally, my legs were dangling/ can't touch the ground since these seats are a lot higher. Feels so fancy like Gold Class (not that I know what Gold class feels like but one can imagine/look at photos lol)

Mad Mex chicken burrito

Not really in focus, but just a random snap because first time having a burrito from there. There's actually a lot of fast food in Aus I haven't had in a long time, but it's not like I'm in a hurry to try.

Hate how it gets so hot now. Can't study in this heat.

Barrio Cellar

Quick catch up with friends over lunch with Tacos Tuesday. The tacos are $3, normally you have to purchase 3 for ~$15. Still a good amount of flavours available, and around 3 tacos if you're looking for a lighter lunch. I think 4 to be satisfied, but I just went with 3 since it was more of a later lunch. You have to go up to the bar to order, and sometimes they were busy making drinks which made it a bit harder to get your food ordered, especially if you're in a hurry.

Fried fish w/ savoy cabbage, lime, radish, cilantro

 
Marinated steak w/ cream, guacamole and pico de gallo

 
Chicken: chipotle beer braised chicken, cream, avocado, iceberg

I went with steak not pork since I always have beef as a 'taco standard' to compare, and in case the pork was too spicy. Steak was marinated well and not too chewy but the sauces leaked out a lot, making this one the messiest to eat. The fish was the standout thanks to a friend's recommendation. Fried perfectly and moist inside. Would go back just to have the fish again, and the toppings really gave the fish more flavour. The chicken wasn't really special unfortunately, and had bits of lettuce and sauce dripping. The actual taco is a soft taco, so in general it's harder to eat. It's a good price if you come on a Tuesday for lunch.

Guzman Y Gomez-Free Burrito Day

today has been a really good day (: 

yayayay food (: first time going to guzman y gomez, didn't know it existed before. this new place in the unsw university terraces is the best so far in free food. let me quickly recount: moochi opening: paid for froyo, waited 1+hours, max brenner: free hot chocs and chocolate.

today was so good! free burritos from 11-8pm. they told us they churn out 500 in 2 hours. wow, they're kitchen was hectic. at least 20 people around this bench, then other people cooking meat. it wasn't very big in their either, but i love their efficiency! it was so fast considering how long the line was. waited for about 25min the first time, skipped the line the 2nd time, and 20min the 3rd time. each time my burrito felt hotter (in heat). line was over 25m long imo.

whilst you waited, they had free corn chips with guacolmole (ahh, so good, got at least 10 big corn chips) and live music with legit mexican people singing mexican/spanish songs. they dressed up with those massive hats and we're pretty cute. they also have free condiements when you get your burrito, but i skipped them since it was jalepenos and various levels of spicy salsa.

they're actually really heavy, despite it appearing quite small. they were wrapped very nicely and eating-friendly, nothing messy which was a surprise.

burrito 1: chicken

burrito haul! beef, barramundi and pork (spicy)

utilising my kitchen scales (: it's about 500g for a burrito. i had a bit of the pork one for dinner since i'm at home and have access to cold drinks at a cheaper-than-uni price. hey, i can stand that spicyness! slowly improving guys! but out of chicken/pork, the chicken one was better. 

how much are they normally? $10.90, but these ones had rice, so and extra $2, so $12.90 per burrito times 4=$51.60. WIN! that's about 3 hours worth of work. i only lined up for about an hour today, so defs worth it (: (i had two breaks today as well, and nothing due, except for that stupid useless hw...but yes, time to spare for free food).

i have tickets to A League of Their Own for tomorrow at moore park. it's a new comedy/game/reality show and they're doing their recordings tmr. anyone wanna come? i actually ceebs going myself. it's stupid how x-factor had their auditions during some of my exams.

end at 6pm on thursdays now. the amount of people crashing our chem/visn lectures is kinda weird. like we end late sometimes, and the lecture for chem atm are pretty basic, not sure what you guys are doing coming to 5pm lectures...

El Loco and Bourke St Bakery

i bought my first piece of clothing since eofy sales this year. everything else i got, my mum bought it for me. bought a dress originally 90 down to 30 (: also the other day, i went to a normal bloch store, saw the exact same pair of flats but they were black, and asked how much they were-$170! does anyone even buy that full price? yay for 170 down to 20 (:

Batter's 18th was at El Loco, but that was the weekend before visn exam, so i couldn't go, but i went today! 

i got a $5 beef taco. lemongrass beef which was nice, the cheese was really finely grated so (: and not too spicy. the guacamole was pretty good, except i couldn't taste any tanginess from the lemon/lime, oh wells, avocado itself it nice (:

originally we were going to find a cafe, but we didn't. we actually trekked our way up the hill to bourke st bakery. i've heard from friends their tarts re really good, and they are renowned. well even in urbanspoon, they're one of the top hits.

i got a lemon curd tart and a ginger brulee tart. something sour, something sweet. they survived all the way back to home! yay.

the pastry was so good. buttery (as expected) but crunchy and "light" at the same time, unlike those asian fruit tarts where there is 1.5cm of pastry which is not crunchy and just feels dense and hard.

lemon tart not too sour. i just had to buy the ginger brulee tart, since i've never heard of one before. the burnt sugar was a bit bitter, and surprisingly the filling wasn't super sweet. there was a subtle hint of giner, which is good, since i'm not a massive fan of ginger and i don't think this would be very popular is all you could taste was ginger. yum (:

look at how thin the base is! when i cut it open, there was this satisfying "crack" (:

ended up walking down and back up the hill to gelato messina. i didn't have the hands to google it, and i thought people new the way....i didn't get anything since i only wanted the small cake gelato or nothing. i just had outside home ice cream on sunday, so i want to "spread out" my ice cream tasting experience.

random park in surry hills (: