I have a bad habit of being so Asian that I always fly budget airlines. I can't justify the extra $$$ when they can go to something more delicious than 4 more inches of legroom. In saying that, I didn't get enough time before my flight to have a decent meal leaving me hungry and ended up forking some of that precious saved $$$ towards plane food.

This is what my $7 got me. Kimchi Cup of Noodles and an Instant Egg.

I think the instant noodles was falsely advertised as spicy on their menu (clearly labeled with a chilli icon on their packaging). Nonetheless it tasted pretty nice but I was really hungry. I generally look forward to set meals on my long plane rides because I have a weird liking for plane food. It's like they manage to give you a combination of food that I wouldn't go out to buy and eat but yet it forms a perfect meal. Or maybe yet again, I'm just that hungry and I devour it like Prisoner 38279.
The egg was very plastic looking, all vacuumed sealed and shiny.
First stop after we dropped off our bags was a nearby hawkers market in Newton for a late night pick me up. After being hounded to try different hawker stalls, we settled on a nice little satay joint.
Our starter for the night was chicken wings, beef and chicken satay sticks, satay and chilli sauce. The satay sauce was the star of the dish for me. It was so good my friend wanted to drink it.
This place ended up being one of our favourites. So much so that on the night before we left, we repaid this guy a visit and manage to consume 40 satay skewers between the two of us.

From left to right: Tiger Beer, Poh Piah (Fresh Egg Vegetable Spring Roll) and Sting Ray.
The Fresh Vegetable Spring Roll was nice and light. After doing some research there's a lot of art into making it and probably should have appreciated it a lot more than stuffing my face and not savouring all the flavours. The sting ray was a must try for me. Something I don't see everyday. It melted in your mouth, except for all the bones that was annoyingly left in the fish, and that thick sauce was so hot that I needed my trusted Tiger Beer to come to my rescue.

Every chance I get I try to enlighten my taste buds with some high quality snacks and this my friend is a winner!

I personally have never bought them and most were gifts to my parents from friends for the Moon Festival. At around $40+ for 4 pieces, it's a bit on the steep end but you can easily grab bargains after the festival is over.

Hands down the best frozen samosas I've had. I love the spice level as well. This isn't for the non chilli lovers as it gives a nice kick. I can imagine it being shunned for being too hot but people need to man up.

The pastry isn't as crispy as I would like but the combination inside, though familiar, just has the right amount of everything. If it's this good as a vegetarian dish, imagine it with meat inside!

To be fair, I have grown up with this in my childhood diet. Not a daily intake but I have eaten it here and there, not knowing what it was. Now that I'm looking at it and feeling less naive, I do feel a bit weird in the stomach just looking at it.

The texture is the key here. It has a crispy resilience and then a crunch as you break through. I love this description as it sums up how I feel:

"There's a pleasure of the teeth piercing the—whatever it is—and feeling the texture in your teeth. When you eat something like this, you have to really . . . enjoy even the sound that it makes inside of your mouth."

The food is listed as extremely scary to eat but if you blank out what you're actually eating.. it ain't so bad. Why not add it to your bucket lists of things to try before you die....

Wow a hotdog store in Strathfield. This I got to try...
What's a buldog? My guess is its a hotdog with bulgogi (Korean dish that usually consists of grilled marinated beef).

Since there isn't much room in the restaurant it stores all it's drinks still in boxes near the entrance. This really brings down it's decor. The service speed is reasonably ok but at least they are friendly.

I got myself the Chilli Buldog. A beef sausage, smothered in melted cheese, topped with bulgogi, salad, gravy, chilli mayo and mustard. The mustard was the icing on the cake so to speak. It definitely gave it the flavour. The bulgogi was a great addition, but who can say no to more meat. The chilli levels were quite low, which was surprising for a Korean place. Slightly toasted bread but nothing to write home about.

Overall for $7, it wasn't too bad and for a tenner you could make it a meal with chips and a drink. I'd be curious enough to revisit and test something else on the menu. 

So despite reading multiple bad reviews I thought my taste buds needs to experience the Zinger Pie.

I like the slightly burnt pastry as this added that toasty taste but definitely not pastry that crumbled and melted like butter in your mouth. It awas quite soggy and very simple.
The spicy from the Zinger fillet bits inside was a decent spice level. The inside of the pie just reminded me of gravy and thinly sliced up Zinger fillets.  

Oh Henry! first introduced in 1920 is a candy bar that has peanuts, caramel and fudge coated by chocolate.

I like the legend of how the candy got its name. Apparently originally named after a boy who frequented the company and flirted with the girls who made the candy.

So like most American Chocolate it tastes really cheap, I felt like there wasn't enough peanuts and for some reason all the candy bars I've requested are super chewy and sticky because of the caramel.

I picked up the packet as seafood crackers always seem delightful. Despite the packaging, I thought let's not judge a book by its cover and gave it a go.
This is made in the Philippines. Upon opening I'm hit in the face with a strong fishy smell.. at least they got the scent right.
The cracker itself isn't very crunchy but a bit chewy which was odd because it wasn't expected. Also if they didn't add my whole weekly intake of salt into one packet, it would have been more enjoyable to eat. The aftertaste left my mouth very dry and even halfway through eating, I felt like I needed water to wash it down.

I might be biased but I just love chicken... and to find a place that makes it great is such a gem. Will definitely be back next time with the fiancee to chow down the hot and spicy option.