Journey to Perth (Day 3)

The air was as fresh as snow, stepping out of the house this morning wishing I could spend the rest of my days here. Took a short drive to the well-known Subiacco Markets in Perth. Well, like they always say, early birds get the worm, but unfortunately, considering how late the 4 of us stayed up till last night, we only get... Closing stores, no worms :(

Actually, it wasn't that bad, at least there were some food stores left opened, and were able to grab some omelette, rosti and burger. Didn't take us long before we departed for our next location, Harbour Town. SHOPPING TIME!!!

Bought a crazy load of stuff despite it being the first day where we finally put our money into "good use" (our cash from the past two days were literally spent on survival purposes), and which is why I'm still considering if I should do a haul when I'm back.

Came back pretty early today to catch up on the sleep I've been deprived of and I'm currently waiting for the guys to be done with the preparation of dinner while filling up this space. Hahaha.

What's new... Dan and his FOOOOOOD, as always.

Some bromance going on here.

Say hi to the grumpy sheep.

*Inserts deep caption about flowers*

Fremantle tomorrow! Hopefully I could find some interesting stuff to share tomorrow. Till then!

Journey to Perth (Day 1 & 2)

It's a crisp, cold Friday, and I'm here in the heartland of Perth, writing my first entry of this long anticipated trip. A feeling no one could explain, the irony of how warm I feel deep inside when all that surrounds me is an ice-cold ambience. I'm finally back here after 5 years!

This is the first time I'm actually away from my parents after nearly 6 years. The last couple of times I boarded a plane without them, it was due to my school's exchange programme in different parts of China. Well, being apart from them now, indeed makes me a little homesick, but I guess it's time I learn to depend on myself. Haha.

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Took off at 12.30 in the noon yesterday, and only managed to find our way to the apartment around 8 in the night. If you guys don't already know, the stores in Aus close extremely early on most days... And we, (okay me in particular) were starving so badly and all the stores were either closed or have already stopped serving food by the time we arrived. I felt terrible :(

Thankfully, we rushed to the nearest supermarket, and grabbed some food back home to cook before they put up the shutter.

Following are some photos from the airport till we got to our house in Perth yesterday!

As for today, there's only one word to describe how I feel... EXHAUSTED. I'm so drained out, and I hardly have any clue what I'm typing right now because I barely slept last night. Spent hours tossing and turning before I could finally fall asleep, but in no time, the sun rose, and the landlord's dog, Alfie was like the rooster in every children's book. *Cries*

Spent half a day finding a place to rent a car, then had lunch at this really good burger place, headed to Kings Park for some pictures thereafter, and finally got some groceries before we drove back home. Saviour/tour guide of the day has gotta be our friend back in S'pore, Amander. She recently came to Perth to further her studies, and we decided to catch up with her since we were here.

Everything still feels surreal. Really looking forward to the rest of the trip, I hope it doesn't end so quickly! Be back for more tomorrow if I could! :)

The other day at Dancing Crab

I hope this post isn't gonna disappoint most of you, if you were looking for an essay-long review on Dancing Crab, I'm sorry!!! I'm just gonna briefly talk about it and end off with some pictures!

Visited that place about a week or two ago, with Jianhao, NOC and a few others to try out the food. However, I guess it was my loss as my appetite wasn't at its best performance that day, and therefore I only had a small bite of everything... Mainly the fries and ice cream at the end of dinner. 

90% of the time, I was just busy taking random photos and didn't exactly manage to savour every moment. Despite having only a countable amount of bites, the taste from every dish I had lingered for a bit, and that's pretty commendable. My favourite were the extremely juicy and sweet prawns!!!

What I found really amusing was how plates weren't served, and all the food has to either be strewn on the table or consumed directly from the pot. Smart move Dancing Crab, saves you the trouble from washing the dishes! :p

As far as I know, they've quite a decent variety of sauces to go with the seafood, from extremely spicy to non spicy. To your own preference!

From this tiny experience, I can still safely assure you that this pleasant restaurant, with a welcoming ambience, is somewhere you should visit at least once! Great to hang out on a weekday evening, or even in the afternoon, and especially if you wish to avoid the busy crowd in town!

Prices are surprisingly affordable for such fresh, yummy seafood, and perfect to hang out with your friends or family in large numbers!

Would love to revisit Dancing Crab to give it a "real" try some time soon.

Address: The Grandstand 200 Turf Club Road (Old Turf Club in Bt. Timah)
#01-20/21 Singapore 287994
Tel: +65 6466 3303
Opening hours: Tuesdays to Fridays and Eves of Public Holidays - 5pm to 10.30pm
Saturdays to Sundays and Public Holidays - 11.30am to 3pm - 5pm to 10.30pm
Mondays - Closed