2 of our friends are going back to Singapore after completing their masters so we met up at Burswood Resort for dinner. There are 5 or 6 restaurants there and it has a mix of medium to expensive restaureants for you to choose from.
We went to Carvers which is found in the casino floor so kids are not allowed. They have a buffet menu with 2 different types of roast, veges, pastas - basically the works. And of course soft and hot drinks. It cost $15.95 (members, $19.95 for non members) for lunch and $19.95 (members $24.95 non-members) for weekdays, can't remember the prices for the weekend.
The food is actually pretty good and if you are a meat lover, just keep on going for the roast beef or lamb and it's definitely value for money. I liked the beef and the roast potatoes that went along with it.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
My Kindle - 2
I've been using the Kindle for the last 2 weeks and I can safely say that I'm very happy with it and wished that I had gotten it earlier. The only downside is that I'm suing the American version and not the international version so I can't get instant download which frankly is no big deal.
With all the free books, I'm not too sure when I'm going to buy another new book but after reading some books from the Baen Free Library, I'll definitely get the new Honor Harrington series by David Weber and the Paladin of the Shadows series by John Ringo.
When I first came across the Baen Free Library, I've questioned the wisdom of posting free books online and wondered whether how it'll affect the book sales but after reading all the free books, I've come to realised that they actually made a good move. By releasing the older books for free, they'll definitely attract new readers to their new books and for people like me, I'll definitely pay for the new books by David Weber and John Ringo which I would never had in the past if not for reading all those free books. I've actually gotten hook on their books and have been finishing a book every 2 days since getting my hands on them.
I bought the Kindle together with the M-Edge leather cover and it's definitely a good move. It protects the Kindle and the leather looks nice and expensive, not cheap like the other stuff. Even my wife said that it looked nice too. It comes in various colour and being the conservative chap like I am, I got the luminous orange one. (No, I actually got the brown one, I think it's called cocoa brown or something like that)
With all the free books, I'm not too sure when I'm going to buy another new book but after reading some books from the Baen Free Library, I'll definitely get the new Honor Harrington series by David Weber and the Paladin of the Shadows series by John Ringo.
When I first came across the Baen Free Library, I've questioned the wisdom of posting free books online and wondered whether how it'll affect the book sales but after reading all the free books, I've come to realised that they actually made a good move. By releasing the older books for free, they'll definitely attract new readers to their new books and for people like me, I'll definitely pay for the new books by David Weber and John Ringo which I would never had in the past if not for reading all those free books. I've actually gotten hook on their books and have been finishing a book every 2 days since getting my hands on them.
I bought the Kindle together with the M-Edge leather cover and it's definitely a good move. It protects the Kindle and the leather looks nice and expensive, not cheap like the other stuff. Even my wife said that it looked nice too. It comes in various colour and being the conservative chap like I am, I got the luminous orange one. (No, I actually got the brown one, I think it's called cocoa brown or something like that)
New Tea Place
We were in town yesterday to sign up for private health insurance (that's another story) and went down to Northbridge to hunt for a stove ring (I think it's call a stove ring. It's a ring that you put on the stove for use with a Chinese wok whose base is semi-circular instead of flat.) We were hunting for it for the past week around our place but there wasn't any. So we thought maybe Chinatown would have it. Boy were we wrong ( or we really don't know where to look)! None to be found there as well!
I picked up the free Chinese newspaper and were about to head home when I saw this advert of a tea place. I've seen the advert a few times in the papers but wasn't really paying attention to it. Told hubby about it and he said that since the place is in Northbridge and we were still in Northbridge why not head over for a look.
Its More Than a Sip Tea Art Gallery, 5-7 Palmerson St Northbridge Perth WA 6003, is a 6 month old tea place. It's situated at a quiet corner in the busy Northbridge. They sell Chinese tea leaves and the tea utensil sourced mainly from China. The cups and pots are really nice and some very unique.
The lady who greeted me, Charmine, is really nice and sweet. I was invited to taste some tea and being a tea drinker I readily agreed. The tea that was served is their house special called Tie Guan Yin "Organic Glacial Tea". Its taste is very different from the usual Tie Guan Yin. It does not have the usual smoky taste, instead, it is more like green tea but stronger. The colour of the tea is a strong yellow and it is still quite fragrant after 3-4 brew. The unusual thing is that the tea leaves are stored in the freezer so you will need boiling hot water to bring out the taste from the frozen tea leaves. Boiling water is hardly ever used on Chinese tea especially the white and green tea.
I had wanted to buy some back but they only have it in a box of 25 packs, which is a little too much for the 2 of us. Moreover, we still have some tea back at home. We will go back there for a refill when our tea leaves run out. I really enjoy the taste of this house special.
I picked up the free Chinese newspaper and were about to head home when I saw this advert of a tea place. I've seen the advert a few times in the papers but wasn't really paying attention to it. Told hubby about it and he said that since the place is in Northbridge and we were still in Northbridge why not head over for a look.
Its More Than a Sip Tea Art Gallery, 5-7 Palmerson St Northbridge Perth WA 6003, is a 6 month old tea place. It's situated at a quiet corner in the busy Northbridge. They sell Chinese tea leaves and the tea utensil sourced mainly from China. The cups and pots are really nice and some very unique.
The lady who greeted me, Charmine, is really nice and sweet. I was invited to taste some tea and being a tea drinker I readily agreed. The tea that was served is their house special called Tie Guan Yin "Organic Glacial Tea". Its taste is very different from the usual Tie Guan Yin. It does not have the usual smoky taste, instead, it is more like green tea but stronger. The colour of the tea is a strong yellow and it is still quite fragrant after 3-4 brew. The unusual thing is that the tea leaves are stored in the freezer so you will need boiling hot water to bring out the taste from the frozen tea leaves. Boiling water is hardly ever used on Chinese tea especially the white and green tea.
I had wanted to buy some back but they only have it in a box of 25 packs, which is a little too much for the 2 of us. Moreover, we still have some tea back at home. We will go back there for a refill when our tea leaves run out. I really enjoy the taste of this house special.
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