I set my eyes on the Ninja Burger : Chicken, Mayo, Cameralised Onions, Satay Peanut Sauce. 

 

The chicken was dry and the sauce felt cold.  After the first bite, I was sure nothing could save this burger now.

The chips were decent for chunky cuts and the large range of sauces is always great. We settled for two, Cheese and Chili Sauce. Cheese was passable... not something I'd order again. Tasted like a cheesy flavoured mayo with no so much cheese flavour. The chili sauce reminded me of the stuff you can get at Shanghainese restaurants. Nice and spicy.

 

My friend got the Mountain Burger and despite it being a beef burger he found a bone in one of the patties. Enough to turn me off Killa Burger forever.  

 

So what we have here is a good old duel. Cadbury vs Newbie. Who will win? Which one should you buy?

Let's start off with the big, bad world of Cadbury. Their packaging is familiar (actually aren't those the colours of Crunchie?), their chocolate is sweet and milky as usual but their popcorn tastes like they left it out for days and then they coated it in chocolate. Quite unpleasant experience and probably would not buy it again. I suppose if they had no competitor this half-completed snack would have satisfied some of the masses but in the red corner we have Chocorn.

Chocorn comes in a fancy shmancy box (tarnished slightly by the Woolworths Select logo): it's attempt to be more high class and compete with Ferrero. Inside the box each flavour is individually packeted. The packaging budget must have ran out because it looks quite unappealing at this level.

We'll start off with the basics. The popcorn. OMG it was sweet and salty and beautifully crunchy. I think the show and advertising for it didn't do it justice as I reckon I could eat them by the boxful. I'm so glad that the product itself was genuinely delicious and worth my hard earned dollars.

 

Flavour One: White Chocolate with Macadamias. What a simple combination that's always worked. Nothing new and original but you're guaranteed a great flavour.

Flavour Two: Milk chocolate and Hazelnuts. Yet again a great simple combo that's always worked. I wish they marketed some of his other flavours from the show. We need something new and original.

Flavour Three: Dark Chocolate with Fleur de Sel (hand harvested sea salt). Salty, bitter and amazingly addictive. I love the contrast.

Hands down winner is Chocorn. Not value for money but quality over quantity in this case.

My friend asked for the signature bun which consists of a crispy and fragrant coffee-cream coated over light and fluffy dough with a hint of a buttery filling then drenched in condense milk. Actually his exact words was "Extra condense milk". 

The girl who served us made some side remark after he asked for extra condense milk in his Teh Tarik implying did he want diabetes. 

The Teh Tarik was a bit disappointing as my only real experience of it was from Mamak which made me fall in love with the drink. 

The bun was soft, fluffy and warm. The taste of coffee in the bun dressed with condense milk really brings back memories of my dad making jugs of iced coffee and condense milk on those hot summers when I was growing up. 

Thanks Paparoti for the flashback and I'll definitely be revisiting....

 

 Overall not a bad product to sample even though dried fruits ain't my thing.

 

Loh bak is another famous Penang Nyonya food in Malaysia. It is also one of the Penang well known hawker delights easily available at many Penang street stalls or night markets sold as finger food.

Lor Bak is marinated minced pork, then rolled in thin soybean sheets and then deep fried. I liked the fried texture of the soybean sheets. It was crispy and contrasted nicely with the mixture inside. The inside was hit and miss for me. It was spiced and seasoned well but the overall texture didn't pop or made you crave for another bite. At least there was a side of chilli sauce to mask/enhance the taste.

Will definitely revisit Albee's again as it just has that feel of being at home. Even though I'm not Malaysian.

I love my food at Cabramatta and this is just another to add to my list. My fiancee and I have our weird lil traditions/habits like buying Red Lea chips, dim sims with chilli sauce and a fruit shake which we'll call our lunch. We enjoy that kinda thing sometimes. 

 

I've had the fried banana here before and recall it being really good. It's probably all the oil on it. The banana is actually existent and not just a thick layer of flour. The sweetness is nice and best eaten warm/hot.

 

So our final day we decided to finally give that Kaya Toast for breakfast a try. My friends got a serving or Wet and Runny egg. Apparently served like that since 1944. It did not look appealing at all, nor did they know how to eat it. One of them dipped the Kaya toast in and that just looked wrong.

This was one of my must-do when I was planning on where to go - Paradise Dynasty. Finally a dumpling store that gives Din Tai Fung a run for their money. I specifically came for their 8 flavours of xiao long bao. 

I love how they have different flavours. It works out cheaper to get specific ones but for first timers, I think its best to give the tasting platter version a try. 

I really should have read the sign I photographed before I ate because it clearly shows the order in which to eat them. We just dove right in and it might have slightly ruined our experience. My favourite has to be the foie gras, black truffle and crab roe. Really great meal to start off the day. 

The décor was nice and service was prompt. Though I hated how they whack on all the service charges at the end and the bill was blown out another 10-15%.

So after venturing everywhere for food we discovered that just around the corner there was a small food court where a lot of local works go for breakfast. With the heat already rising early in the morning I feel like nothing but fruity juices to help me survive the days. 

I was happy to see this place had calamansi juice. Calamansi is a citrus fruit found in Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. Reminds me of a kumquat or a lime. Calamansi is one of those ingredients that truly make Filipino and Malaysian dishes great. In juice form is was truly refreshing and a great side to my dish.