Kerik

After 5 years of no house chores for the husband, I guess yesterday's work was a bit of a shock to the system for him so today he was struck with fever. My mother thinks he has "masuk angin" (enter wind) and suggested "kerik" so we tried it out on the husband. Well I suppose you can't marry an Indonesian without ever trying kerik at some stage in your life.

A hard day's work

Well arrived at home and hard at work in the front yard. As we were trimming the trees of our yard, the neighbour asked whether the husband can also trim a little (alot) out of the big tree outside her house. It was causing her a nuisance as no light was coming in her house

Hard at work...it really was a tough day

But we had a BBQ later on in the evening so that almost makes up for it

Pancakes on the rocks

Our last day in Sydney and we thought we would have a little wonder down the Rocks to check out the view



...and also a breakfast at Pancake on the Rocks

So pho, so good

A family friend took us to this pho restaurant near Lakemba and I also used to frequent here when I lived in Sydney.

There was a little bit of a line to enter the restaurant and when we went in, we knew why, it was packed!

$12 for a huge bowl of pho? Can't beat that!

Some sides. The medium size are so big that it's more than enough for two people

The owner makes the special brew by herself so even her cooks and staff don't know what the ingredients are!


An Restaurant
27 Greenfield Parade
Bankstown 2200
Tel: none (don't bother reserving a seat, just show up whenever you feel like a pho and they will find a seat for you)

Bondi Beach

So you can't really go to Sydney and not visit Bondi Beach

...so off we went and had a little snack overlooking the beach

Ok these were expensive but they tasted sooo good!

Sydney fish market

After a mere 6 days in Melbourne and many trips visiting my parent's friends we went on a 12 car ride to Sydney. Being stuck in a car with my parents was the last thing I wanted to do on our two week trip here but I think my parents loved it, and seeing that Mother's Day is just around the corner I guess you could say she got the perfect present! The morning we arrived, I suggested we go straight to the Sydney Fish Markets so off we went.
The first raw oyster the husband has ever tried...

...before getting half a dozen!

Some fresh salmon slices we ate overlooking the Sydney Opera House

And we're off!

Not long after our arrival in Melbourne had my parents organised our itenary - who to see and what events to attend etc. First, a birth announcement from a family friend of my parents, an "aqiqah" which happens on the seventh day of when a baby is born. Normally I'm not a fan of going to these events because Inonesian small-talk involves a series of personal questions being said out loud, followed by a comment about how time is running and how old I am getting...this coming from an older person.
This one was quite alright. And a bonus, Indonesian food! A nice slide out of the Indonesian lifestyle.