There's one of these types of eateries in every food court: Chinese food. You know the drill guys; you can pick a dish off the menu board, or grab a plate of rice or noodles with your choice of toppings. Whenever I go to eat with my parents in the food court after some shopping they will always head to the Chinese food stall because that is what we are most familiar with. It seems like the safe option.

After some shopping with my mom at Lidcombe Shopping Centre, we decided to share a quick and small between the two of us. Not being as open to the other options, that's how I can say we ended up at MEE Noodle House.

It is a very popular eatery in this food court and there was never a quiet moment. My mom and I decide to go for something different in this familiar sort of choice rather than choosing the usual sweet and sour pork, black bean beef, or mongolian lamb etc. They actually have an interesting variety of choices in the bain marie with not only Chinese options, but also Thai and Malaysian! This is the same with their menu board and I recall also seeing pho so I guess we could say they also have Vietnamese options.

I have to mention it was SO difficult to get the attention of the staff working there. I must've said "Excuse me" several times after patiently waiting for them to serve other people. They really don't seem to pay attention to who has been waiting and even served people who got there after me.



I read a different review saying that MEE's a la carte menu is better than their bain marie or takeaway options. Which makes me wish we ordered something off there because this meal wasn't exactly the best. Yes we did make quite an unconventional choice but because it was in such a popular location, it could've been done a lot better. I wouldn't give this place an entire pass just yet because I hope I can come back and try their noodle soups or something next time. 

Anyway I hope this review had been informative for you! Until next time :) xx



TL;DR:
Price: Standard
Quality: Not great flavours/textures
Service: Rushed
Ambience: Busy in the bustling food court

Hidden under the escalator stairs at Regents Place is Zero Degrees. It is a Korean cold dessert shop that sells a variety of popsicles, ice cream, bingsoo (shaved ice dessert), and of course the famous puffer fish ice cream. Now I know what you're thinking - ewwww fish + ice cream?! So you'll be relieved to know that this fish component actually refers to the fish-shaped waffle the ice cream is served in. And also that's all I have ever come here for.

I'm in love with the Korean fish waffle ice cream that you can get in packages in the Korean grocery stores. If it's not that that I pick up, it would be the other variations of waffle ice cream. It's sort of a play on Japanese taiyaki. But anyway, I was really keen to try what a more… "fresh" version would be like.


The small little stall of Zero Degrees is quite trendy with its sleek black walls and rainbow neon lights. In the corner, the wall is white and there's usually a whole bunch of people using it to take their photos. Or is that just me?

It's really busy on this day that I came here and I suspect it has to do with the popularity of these puffer fish ice creams on the 'gram! The staff are actually quite nice in my opinion as they flip busily back and forth between serving customers and assembling orders. This entire little space smells like freshly-made waffles and it's heaven.

The choices on offer for the ice cream are taro, vanilla or tiramisu. Without a doubt, I chose taro! But also with vanilla because it would look pretty swirled together for the picture HAHAHA

Hello, welcome back! Or a brand new welcome if you're a first time reader! This post is around 3 months late but this is my experience at Iron Chef in Cabramatta when I invited my mom here for her birthday. I was going through Zomato for somewhere new and mildly fancy in the Cabramatta area and this is what I came up with.

Iron Chef is located on the other side of Cabramatta Station, opposite to the main John St area. It is a part of the Stardust Hotel complex. I've never really ventured out on to this side so it was very interesting to see!






My mom didn't have a clue what she wanted to eat tonight so she let my sister and I pick. Because it was her birthday we decided to spoil her by ordering a lot of delicious and expensive dishes. Unfortunately the manager informed us that many of these dishes were "sold out" tonight. I find it hard to believe that at 6pm on an empty Wednesday night, a restaurant as big as this in a suburb that is full of fresh food markets, butcheries, and other shops cannot provide MANY of the dishes on the menu because it is "sold out". He seemed really annoyed that we had ordered those dishes as if we should've known it was sold out. Half of the choices we made seemed sold out which was so disappointing. But anyway even though his attitude was giving off a bad vibe, we all still tried to see the best in things.

Our final choices don't exactly reflect what we had in mind. But let's get right into it. First off is the 2 course Peking style roasted duck. The 2nd course was meant to be Sang Choy Bow but we were informed that the kitchen was unable to make it that day so we would only be getting the rest of the duck chopped up. We all wanted the full experience but hey what can you do 😞











Look how untouched that Hokkien fried rice is. We ended up placing most of our food in take-away boxes and I'm glad that everyone was happy with their meals and feeling very full and satisfied!

Now to finish off our lavish banquet, Iron Chef served us a complementary Chinese dessert 💕

I'll be writing about one of my most favourite snacks found in Sydney today. Found inside Haymarket's Market City shopping centre, just outside Thaikee IGA we have this little hidden gem.. Rotikon! ✨

It's a little shop selling "Malaysian street food". It's not as popular as the Taste of Cho shop nearby so luckily Fran and I don't wait for too long in the line during lunch time, and also we were able to get a seated spot on the stools on the side. The staff are all very friendly and happy to see you when they serve you which I find really cute~

Fran and I opt to go for the titular menu item; the rotikons… and we're so glad we did! These are cone-shaped roti (they don't unravel) filled with salad and your choice of meat. I think I like this idea MUCH better than that pizza cone trend a few years ago. When ordering, there's so many great options on the menu for the fillings but we choose our favourites of the lot.


It was so good to try! My sister who has been here quite a few times has also told me she's tried every other option for the filling on the menu and it's all really good. Her favourite is the beef rendang. I'll second that!

Our only negative is that the rotikons are truly only a snack food item and we were still hungry after. But of course, the shop also offers really great value $9.80 meal deals, and $6.90 rice boxes which would definitely be a better option if you're just on the go and looking for a tasty lunch! There's also occasionally lots of vouchers available via Groupon for this place online, so keep it on your watch ~



TL;DR:
Price: Everything under $10!
Service: Nice and friendly
Quality: Good quality and made on the spot
Ambience: Fast food service-like