Food for Thought, Part 4

New Zealand's food: Modern Italian, American, Belgian

Toto Restaurant

 Italian "Moak" coffee beans, Toto

 Assaggini - Chef's daily tasting platter, Toto

 Organic Beef, Toto

 Baby calamari, Toto

 Octopus with lime sauce, Toto

 Gnocchi with Neapolitana sauce, Toto

 Beef ravioli, spinach, mixed mushroom ragu, truffle oil, Toto

 Agnello, milk fed lamb rullade in parma ham, stuffed w ricotta provolone, pine nuts and sultanas on New Zealand artichoke, baby peas and snow peas, Toto

Chicken Tortellini, Da Vinci's

 Spaghetti with Olive sauce and Anchovies, Da Vinci's

Lamb Shanks, Circus Circus

 Soup of the day - Tomato Soup, Circus Circus

Vegetarian patty, meatballs, steak, turkey and ham, Subway

The Chocolate Boutique, Parnell

 The goodies

  Berry Waffle, Chocolate Boutique

 Mocha, Chocolate Boutique

 Al denso, Chocolate Boutique

 Kriek, Belgian cafe

Food for Thought, Part 3

New Zealand's food: Japanese & Korean

Teppanyaki, Heizo New Market

 $12 Jap Beef Burger, Heizo New Market

Side dishes, Bon Ga Ne 

 Sam Ge Tang, Bon Ga Ne

 Bulgogi, Bon Ga Ne

Seafood fried rice, Nippon Sake Bar

 Takoyaki, Nippon Sake Bar

 Beef cubes, Nippon Sake Bar

PS: if you do go to Nippon Sake Bar, be prepared to jump out of your seat every time a guest enter/leave because they will bang that Japanese drum by the door.  I anticipated it when I left, but the proximity of the drum's location to the door, made me jump a step.

Food for Thought, Part 2

New Zealand's food: Japanese 

Grilled Salmon, Haru No Yume

 Dumplings, Haru No Yume

 Agedashi Tofu, Haru No Yume

 Karaage Chicken, Haru No Yume

 Eggplant with Miso sauce, Haru No Yume

 Salmon in Miso Sauce, Haru No Yume

 See the fire?

 The goodies inside the foil.

 The salmon, the onion, the pumpkin and the star carrots sandwiching the miso sauce.

 Sesame seed ice cream, Haru No Yume

Food for Thought, Part 1

When I wrote "Food for Thought", I meant NOT the idiom, but the food that I ate during the past fortnight, that I'll think about for the next few months.  Here goes all my food as my food of thought for the next agonising months ahead.

Melbourne's food:  I had a lot more food, but was too enthusiastic in eating that I forgot to snap pics.

 Hot Chocolate

Wagyu Burger

 Steak Burger

Gluten free Red Velvet cupcake, the Cupcake Bakery

Hazelnut Winter Chocolate & Opera Cake, Lindt cafe

Siamese Twin Eggs

This pair was found inside the door's panel.

The bear, the phone, and the thumb.

Jasmine flower is still bigger.

The "siamese twin".