SushiRap

Quick snack before heading home. I missed the buy one get one free special when they first opened. This space in Regent place has changed so much in the past. This place does choose you’re own filling for sushi and poke rolls. I guess I can make sushi at home, but it’s just so much effort to prep everything.

 

Toppings I chose

Sushirap-$9.90

Inside

I found this to be pretty average. There was quite a lot of rice and it was decent in weight with cute packaging in a box and wrap, but still pretty expensive. It’s probs the equiavelent of 2.5 normal sushi rollsrolls. I guess the novelty is just choosing your own filling, but probs wouldn’t come back since it’s pretty average. 

Betty's Burger and Concrete Co.

A quick dinner walking past this side of Sydney. It has a nice retro diner decor feel.

food spread

Betty's classic: angus beef, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, Betty's special sauce-$10

I thought the burger was pretty average. The special sauce just tasted like another standard burger sauce, really didn't see what the difference was. The beef was on the lean side so not too fatty, and the bread was nice and soft.

Frozen vanilla custard ($6)+meringue, new york cheesecake, raspeberry, Persian fairy floss)-$4

 

The frozen custard was nice, but my fav is still Shake Shack. This wasn't too sweet, but melted a bit too quickly for winter. It wasn't super creamy or milky. It was expensive for $1 a topping. Should've gotten less toppings since the cup overflowed. The raspberry sauce gave it a nice acidity, and the persian fairy floss didn't taste like much and not too sweet but liked how it gave ti some height. There were only 3 pieces of cheesecake in it though. The meringue added a nice texture. It look pretty but wasn't worth $10 imo.

Yayoi Garden

Decided to come here before my Dimmi Voucher expires, and before I'm out of Sydney for the last half of the year. This Yayoi is more expensive compared to the other ones since it's at Circular Quay, and at lunch time, you see all these office people have 'meetings.' Like how do you actually have meetings when you have food in front of you, and your laptops are closed, and paper put away...Idk how corporate meetings work cause I'm not in that field.

Yayoi Gozen-$33 (Dimmi $20 off)

Back row: seaweed salad, tuna sushi, salmon sashimi

Middle: tonkatsu, beef, veggies

Front: rice, jellyfish, miso soup

2 pieces of tonkatsu

beef and some veggies

It's cute how everything is in little portions on nice plates and in their own compartments. The portions I think were pretty small, if only they gave a bit more of everything. Like other sets with only tonkatsu or beef had a lot bigger portions. They were nice but not amazing. Like I've had much better tonkatsu elsewhere. If you guys go Tokyo, there are some nice hidden family run places opened for heaps of years. Sashimi was fresh and the sauce accompanied it was nice but it was tiny. Miso soup wasn't too salty. I guess this is good for trying bit of everything but I wouldn't pay full price for it. They did see I booked under Dimmi so didn't have to remind them and they automatically took the money off. Quite a lot of other tables also used a Dimmi voucher.

Hiroba and The Smelly Cheesecake

This place is conveniently located next to the station. It's a Korean run Japanese restaurant, and has a mix of Jap and Korean food, so was glad when they had sides.

Sashimi and udon-$16

It is pricey for what you get since it's a bowl of udon and some raw salmon. Fish was fresh thankfully, since sometimes small shops sashimi might not be as fresh, which is a problem if you ate not super fresh raw fish. Udon soup was well seasoned without being salty and always reaching for water.

sides

Vegetable Tempura (large)-$15.50

It could've had a lighter and crispier batter, but it was decent and had different veggies. Thought the large size would've been bigger though.

Agedashi Tofu (medium)-$13.50

This had a nice firm skin on the outside, and the sauce with it wasn't too salty.

Cheesecakes-$23.50

Been here a few times. Didn't get the individual prices. I've had the matcha souffle and the blue cheese cheesecake before, so opted for other flavours this time.

Parmesan cheesecake

Nice and light cheesecake with a good amount of cheese and not too overpowering. It had a tiny bit of sweetness which worked. This one was our favourite.

Camembert cheesecake

Super dense cheesecake, and had a nice cheesy and slightly salty flavour. Good to share since probs way too hard to eat by yourself.

Mixed berry cheesecake 

I liked how it had seperate layers in this, and it was quite light. It wasn't sweet compared to your average cheesecake, but in comparison to the other 2, it was sweet. Would've liked more acidity from the berry flavour.

Rotation 2 Week 3 ft Dyson Supersonic

Halfway through the rotation! It does and it doesn't feel like it. It was all ok up until yday where I died, could've died even more but didn't hit rock bottom, just died but not fully dead. It still hasn't hit me yet that I'm leaving in three weeks. This is going to be the first time I'm away from home for so long by myself, and also the first time I have literally not planned anything apart from flights and accommodation. If you know me, I plan holidays right down to the hour (yes, there are some leeways, and sometimes things are shuffled around), but majority of the time I do complete my list of places to eat and things to see. This time, I think I'll only have time to plan while waiting for the plane lol. Oh gosh, first time for everything I suppose.

Exam in just over a week and haven't started studying, well I have, just can't memorise anything.

What a week it has been. From saying I can't get sick to getting sick beginning of this week (luckily it wasn't a super noticeable sick or else would be low on numbers), to buying stuff online sort of spur of the moment. My MacBook battery has also been acting up since about 2 weeks ago. Goes to 60ish % in about 2 hrs. It used to last about 10 hrs before charging...Just more annoying not having my laptop for about a week next week, and just need to continue to do my logs and reports.

 

Overpriced $500 hairdryer ft Dyson Supersonic

at least it came with a free case and free shipping

inside

Early birthday present from the parents (but of course it's a shared household item). First time going to be spending my birthday overseas. Sort of excited but sad since I won't have time to get cake, no candles and will probs sing to myself lol. It first came out at $600, and now $500, and got a case worth $40 and free shipping, so in my head, I sort of didn't pay full price lol. Also is equivalent of like 5 days worth of accommodation overseas, so if I didn't go on holidays, would've bought a lot more hairdryers lel.

Maybe it's a placebo affect, but I do think my hair is shinier after blow drying it. I hardly ever blow dry my hair and normally let it air dry, but in winter it's too cold, so I blow dry it normally was like a minute (to keep my head not soaking wet). Even then, the cheap one, it smells 'burnt' and hair dryer hot to touch, and hair is also hot to touch, and hair quite coarse as well.

This hair dryer is so damn powerful! It's got this crazy force of directed wind, and it's warm not hot, and it does dry so quickly! Hair is fully dry in about 5mins. Even though I have thin hair, if I was to use a normal hair dryer, it would take me over 20min, and keep in mind, after the first min I smell a burning smell from the heating element. This one is relatively quite and quite light weight. I love the design how it has a hole in the middle. Haven't used the styling attachments yet, but also love how it's magnetic. Mum and I were like, why did we not get one earlier lol. It's an investment, but with super bad hair quality like mine, I guess you'll try other things to help preserve it. I've never done any permanent straightening or coloured my hair, it's just naturally not smooth, grows slowly and thin. Funny how after I bought it, I see the ads of this everywhere on bus stops. Went with the OG pink/fuchsia instead of the fancier colours. 

Would recommend this, esp with late night finishes, I can actually wash my hair at night without waiting for it to half air dry then half blow dry. Next investment maybe will be an over priced Dyson fan. They're so chic, and I'm sure it'll save more electricity than my air con lol. 

Went to the July exhibition at Carriageworks. A lot of lights, and projections and different sounds. Had to take off your shoes since the ground is also a projection. Quite trippy. I'm glad Sydney has spaces to host some international artworks, since our museums are nothing like overseas where they were able to hoards hundreds of years of stuff.

the projection loops every 10min

next door had building blocks but in human/life size.

 

Still need to move on with my reports and focus on study rather than procrastinating on social media.

Sometimes I think the world is moving too fast. Literally every month since like last year, someone on fb is engaged/married/pregnancy announcement/baby born etc etc. Here I am, just trying to graduate, and literally trying to not fail.

Chef's Palette

It’s a nice cafe in Eastwood which is relatively spacious and has decent amount of seating. Nice place to just relax and chat over coffee and cake. Both times I went they mixed up the flavours of the cakes I wanted, but I’m not really picky in this sort of setting. 

Taro and matcha crepe cake-$7.95 each

The crepes could be thinner with less cream, but it’s decent for cafe standard and not too sweet. It also had a good height. Would have liked more matcha flavour, but the taro flavour was more distinct. Favourite crepe cake is still from Lady M, which is available overseas (like all good food, haha).

Taro Gelato Shake-$5.80, Iced Irish Cream Latte-$5

Souffle cheesecake original-$7.95

Taro shake was nice and thick, and loved the taro flavour in it. The other latte had some coffee flavour, but was more on the sweet side. I'm not sure what makes it Irish. The souffle cheesecake wasn't your typical souffle or as light as your Jap style cheesecake, but not heavy either like NY cheesecake. Still quite filling and it's good to share. It has some cream cheese without being too overpowering and not too sweet. 

upstairs seating