Another Lazy Weekend in Perth

Went for Tai ji yesterday morning in Balcatta and then went for lunch at Northbridge. I enjoy going to Northbridge on a Saturday as parking is free after 12. Otherwise parking in the city is very expensive. One thing you have to be careful is to read the sign of when there is free parking as I learnt it the hard way. I parked at Brisbane St thinking that it is the same as at William St but parking charges apply for Sat and Sun too at Brisbane St and I got a ticket for $60.

Anyway we went to Quan An Viet Hoa Vietnamese Restaureant (Unit 1, 249 William St Northbridge) for lunch. There are many Vietnamese restaurants but it is one of the more popular one around. When you go there for lunch or dinner, it tends to be quite crowded but the good thing is that it is big and the turnover is pretty fast. I had my usual Beef and Beef ball noodles while my wife had the Chicken Hofan soup. I had the durian shake and I really enjoyed it. Durians is definitely what I missed in Perth although you can get frozen ones but it is expensive.

After lunch we went to the butcher across the street to get some pork as we have some friends coming over for lunch and I thought that I would make bak kut teh. Personally I prefer going to a vietnamese or chinese butcher as the pork doesn't seem to smell as bad but the services there isn't great. I asked the butcher to help me chop the ribs into smaller pieces but he refuses saying that there is no need as it is easy to cut, I definitely don't get that kind of nonsense at the butcher at Canning market or Coles/Woolworth.

Went to the library after that and one thing I like is that the library seems to be always open. I think they are opened everyday at least till 5. Except on Public Holiday. I am reading David Weber's Harrington Series and of course my usual graphic novels. I just found out that I can get all of David Weber's older Harrison books on CDs or download them for free but I still prefer reading a book. Less strenous on my eyes. There are others besides David Weber as long as the authors are from Baen.