Wednesday, May 09, 2007
ObentoBAN-desu, hajimemashite!
This blog entry will be a rant about Russell Street. If any of you aren't interested in reading about a street, then I suggest you take a walk. :D
Anyway, on Monday (beautiful day) Sha, Senpai and BAN went to Russell street to CHECK IT OUT. (yeah) We ended up at a little place called Teppansan, and I've got to admit, I LURVED it! Lemme see, there was a cheap lunch menu, and the bento boxes (at lunch) only cost $10, and you get miso soup, 4 takoyaki, 2 (delish) spring rolls and the bento of your choice (from the list, but here I'm betting that all of them taste fabulous). Now THAT'S value. Now all I have to figure out is: why is Russell Street always so deserted? Even during peak lunch hour? With all the suits and high heels running around, I can hardly believe that majority of working people actually miss out the fact that Russell Street is an eat-out haven! Especially for people who are sick of eating along Chinatown and the (overrated) Desert House, and worse, Melbourne Central. Gosh people! Explore a little more yeah? It's only when you really try that you manage to pick out those few jewels of eateries that are small-time businesses (i.e. not franchised so no duplicated food, and less emphasis on profits and more on service).
The waitress actually memorised our orders, the food was unbelieveably value-for-money (yes, I'm a sucker for those. So sue me). SO WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE??? Their food-savviness even went so far as to refrain from adding ice to our soya milk, cuz more ice means more dilution (e.g. they weren't too lazy to actually refrigerate their drinks instead of just adding ice).
The next time, we've decided to try out that quaint little Malaysian store a little ways up from Teppansan. I want to see if their lor mee is really lor mee. Of course, I'd be delighted to find if it WAS.
Do join us! <3
...is what I said. Savvy?
10:48 pm
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