FOODIES VLOG! - Macquarie Centre

Hey all! So all of us foodies decided to head over to Macquarie Centre one day and do a vlog of all the different choices we had for lunch together! In this vlog you find out what our choices were and our verdict on each dish! All of us bought food from different vendors including Bamboo Garden, Wok Lok, Mad Mex, Ali Baba, Yatai Ozaki and LeWrap! If you're interested to know what we had and our thoughts/opinions on our food check out our vlog below!



Group member contribution for vlog:  Anna Tran -  Filming & uploading vlog (Recording the vlog and embedding it onto blogger - as well as adding description and member contributions)  Jal Marolia - Filming & editing the vlog (Recording the vlog, adding images/screenshots to the vlog, and adding transitions to flow so that it's consistent)  Jenny Li - Production and uploading of vlog (Bringing in ideas for what to do for the vlog and its structure, and uploading the vlog onto youtube - adding descriptions, tags and annotations and ensuring that all criteria is met)  Louise Thung-Winata -  Main vlog editor (Compiling all the videos,  trimming videos and finalising the editing of vlog)  Ronnie Chan - Editing vlog (Finding and inserting background music, and adding voice overs to appropriate parts of the vlog - ensuring that this flows throughout the vlog)  Wei Xin Lee - Editing vlog (Adding appropriate captions, titles/subtitles, end credits and choosing b/g colours to be consistent) 

Kols - Forestville

Kols is a local mediterranean restaurant in Forestville. It is conveniently located at the local shopping strip which has almost everything you need. After going to the gym at the shopping strip, I was feeling hungry as it was just after 12 o'cock, so I decided to go to Kols and eat a snack pack. 

Credit Jal Marolia

Meat: The meat was amazing, I just had beef rather than beef and chicken and suffice to say, so issues apart from it being a tiny bit too dry. 

Cheese: Non-existent, although there was no cheese on the snack pack it was still pretty good.

Sauce: The sauce was great as well, as seen above, no problems there is lots of it and there was no for extra having the holy trinity (chilli, BBQ, and garlic sauce).

Chips: Most of the chips were great, although some at the end were a little soggy, but that tends to happen when you have so much sauce.

Value: For $9 (recently increased from $8) it is very averagely priced. Although the portion size could be larger as I can ear the whole thing with ease, I would to see them increase the size by a little bit. 

The Verdict: Kols provides really good value snack packs and I would recommend for any locals, travelling more than 10 minutes for a snack pack like this would, in my opinion be a waste of time. 

Address: 59 The Centre, Forestville 2087

Facebook Page: Click here to go to their Facebook Page

-Jal Marolia

Blaq Piq - Sydney CBD

Blaq Piq is a hidden Sydney cafe that you generally wouldn't come across unless you actually know about it! It was recommended by a friend when deciding on where to go to catch up, and it did not disappoint! The seating area was rather small but luckily for us it wasn't too busy yet so we didn't need to wait! When I saw the menu there were so many yummy options to choose from I couldn't decide! So my friends and I decided to all get something different each so that we could get a taste of all! My choice was the Potato Hash, which was basically homemade hash with smoked salmon, eggs, spinach and hollandaise sauce - Almost like an eggs benedict but with hash instead of bread. It was super delish however could have been a more filling dish. Luckily my friends and I got some shoestring fries to share between us which was super tasty and addictive!

Credit: Louise Thung-Winata

I also tried some of my friends dishes, the pasta special and the wagyu sausage with eggs. Both their dishes were also super yummy, particularly the wagyu sausage! I'm super keen to come back soon! And perhaps this time I'll try their famous pandan buttermilk pancakes that I was too full for last time. I would definitely recommend it to those looking for a brunch spot in the CBD. I'd probably give it 4.3/5.

Address:11 Alberta St, Sydney NSW 2000
Website: Click here to go to their website

- Louise Thung-Winata

Bao Dao - Chatswood & Eastwood

Bao Dao is a Taiwanese restaurant in Sydney which is allocated in Eastwood and Chatswood. There are almost full of customer every day during the dining hours, and this is also one of the reasons that attracted me.

Having some food in this restaurant is very impressed. The food in this restaurant is not very special but it is the most popular food in Taiwan, cheap and having the strong taste of Taiwan. Moreover, their service is just average. However, they are very effective in surfing food and taking food, therefore, you don't need to wait for a long time especially when you are very hungry or off duty.

In the end, it is an exquisite place for dining after off-duty, if you prefer Taiwanese food.

                  
                                                              Credit: Wei Xin Lee

Address: Shop 8-376 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood 2067

Website: Click here to go to their website

-Wei Xin Lee

KIN by us. - Macquarie Park

Last Tuesday before my ISYS100 tutorial, I had the opportunity to have breakfast with my friend. It ended up being brunch because it was so filling I didn't end up eating lunch. I've already been to KIN numerous times but my friend had never been so I suggested we eat there (only because I got a free ride to uni too).  Kin is a cafe that is a very short walk from Macquarie University - it's under the block of apartments adjacent to Dunmore Lang College. 

I really wanted to eat the "Mega Belly" (the waffle belly 2.0 - a bit of background info, this is the second variation of the original dish that was called waffle belly). The Mega Belly dish (pictured below) includes chilli maple pork belly, potato has waffle, shrooms and onsen egg (an onsen egg is basically an egg that has been slowly cooked in a consistent temperature of 63 degrees where the egg whites are soft and coagulated and the yolk is nice and gooey). I really wanted to eat Mega Belly which I also recommended my friend in eating. He ended up choosing the Mega Belly and told me to not order the same dish so he can "have variety in his photo" for Instagram.

Credit: Jenny Li

Thus, I had to order something else. Since I have been to Kin numerous times previously I had tried nearly everything on the menu except for the Kincheese Burger (pictured below). Even though it seemed too heavy to be eating burger and fries for breakfast, the kincheese burger was basically the only thing I still hadn't tried on the menu. Having burger and fries for breakfast was me literally asking for high cholesterol and a heart attack....but why not? The Kincheese burger consists of a double wagyu patty, kimchi waffles (as the bun), smoked cheese and a side of curly fries. The portion was huge and deliciously yummy. I was literally in a food coma and could not finish the curly fries, and as I said at the beginning, I didn't end up eating lunch because I was so stuffed.

Credit: Jenny Li

Address: 2 Saunders Close Macquarie Park (Corner of Herring Road and Saunders Close)

Website: Click here to go to their website

Well anyway, that's it from me! Hope you enjoyed reading this post :)

-Jenny Li

Chilli Sichuan Food - CBD Sydney

Credit: Ronnie Chan

Red Chilli Sichuan Restaurant is my favourite Chinese Sichuan restaurant in Sydney. I have been there three times with my friends to have super spice and yummy Sichuan food there. I would order fish fillets in hot chilli oil every times as the photos. It is really good and I love the super super and super spicy!!!!

Credit: Ronnie Chan

Except this main meal, there are many other good Sichuan food and I recommend these below:

Credit: Ronnie Chan

It is Kung Pao Chicken, which is a popular Sichuan food too. I tried once only, but it was good as well. However, it cannot replace my NO.1 favorite of fish filets in hot chili oil!

Credit: Ronnie Chan

This meal is really funny, but I forgot the name of it. There were pork and cucumber on the wood shelf. It was really good when I ate them with the special spice sauce. Therefore, I really recommend this Chinese restaurant to all of you.

Address: Level 1/8 Dixon Street Haymarket 2000
Website: Click here to go to their website

- Ronnie Chan

Tay Do - Canley Heights

My mother was lazy too cook the other day so we decided to go on a family dinner. I don't understand my mother sometimes, as if she hasn't had enough Vietnamese food everyday and now we are heading out to eat Vietnamese food. But I can't complain, I do love having Vietnamese food! It's healthy and full of flavour! My family and I went to Tay Do, a Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant. 

Credit: Ryan Truong

For starters, we had abalone. It is was standard and delicious. It was steamed with soy sauce and had ginger and green onion all over it. It is a generic Chinese/Vietnamese dish that I feel like tastes the same everywhere. 

Credit: Ryan Truong

My favourite dish of theirs is the Vietnamese sour soup with fish. The ingredient that brings out the subtle sourness is the tamarind soup base along with tomato and pineapple. Along with all those, there are other vegetables that are in it. I personally like to have enoki mushrooms in mine but they didn't have it this restaurant. I like to pour the soup over my rice and dip the fish in fish sauce. It delicious and healthy dish that I can have everyday. 

Overall, I would recommend this restaurant. The service is friendly and there is an abundance of options to choose from. 

Address: 209 Canley Vale Road Canley Heights NSW 2166
Website: Click here to go to their website

-Anna Tran