Strange, dirty food.

When you're having one of the most frustrating conversations in your life, it is fitting to have one of the strangest meals.
Dirty, cheap food for dirty, cheap conversations.

What a waste of stomach space.

I ordered the Mee Kuah Mama, $7.50. "Singapore style noodles served in a special gravy with meat and egg." So, hokkien noodles in this sweet/tart, artificially red sauce with an egg whipped through it and tiny pieces of stewed lamb, which was a surprise, with a sprinkling of coriander. There were a few limp pieces of bak choi and bean shoots floating around. The liquid seemed off, something so strange about it until you ate it with a bit of everything else.
I didn't know whether to like it or not, but somehow it was addictive. I put it to the sugar that would was in there somewhere. It would be important to note that the broth was very hot, boiling hot, so it is good when you're suffering from odd discussions that it has time to cool and let the flavours develop.
My dining partner ordered the lamb curry and you can see the roti in the background. $7.50 for the lamb and $2 for the roti, which is made in house and actually very good. I didn't taste this, but I was told to try. Personally, the flavours from my meal were too overwhelming and I didn't taste this at all.
He finished it all, so it couldn't have been bad.

Totally confusing. We should have gone to Ying Thai 2 instead for something more straighforward, which I think could have also influenced my conversation as well.

Lazzat
their tagline: Indonesian, Malaysian & Indian Cuisine
112 Lygon St
Carlton, 3053
(03) 9639 5951

After the dumpling madness

Remember this?

Well, in the remnants, before I went to the gym, I fed the kids.

It was really tasty and unfortunately, I couldn't eat it. This is because if I eat before going to the gym, I usually find myself either incredibly nauseous or I throw up at some stage when I stop moving.

Really, it's disgusting.

Fried rice noodles with Chinese broccoli
(Technically serves 2)

1/2 packet of dried rice stick noodles, rehydrated in cold water and set aside
1 handful of black fungus, cut in strips, rehydrated in boiling water, water reserved

2 slices of ginger
1 bunch of Chinese broccoli, sectioned
1 1/2 teaspoons of XO sauce
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of chili oil (pictured on table)
1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce

2 spring onions, finely sliced.

Add some oil to a hot wok and add the ginger till it starts bubbling, add the chinese broccoli and stir fry for a minute with a bit of salt. Add the noodles and mushroom at this stage, tossing continuously. Add the mushroom water to soften the noodles along with the sauces.
When it is cooked and the noodles have softened, serve with the spring onions as a garnish along with extra chili. Feel free to add a squeeze of lemon/lime juice. It strangely made sense.

Ying Thai 2

It's Thai time. This is probably my favourite place to go for Thai in Melbourne. They certainly don't hold back on the chili and don't make any apologies for not catering to (excuse the racism) white-man tongue. Their menu is also extremely comprehensive and they have a separate one for lunch, where their dishes are all $9.90. The shortened lunch menu is also three pages long.

For a girl who has, in the past, eaten a whole dried blackened chili with nothing else, this place has left me unable to finish a salad when I ordered it "Hot" as opposed to "Medium."

Don't say I didn't warn you.

This is what my friend ordered. Gouy Teaw Nuer. It's actually my favourite soup noodle. Incredibly rich and deeply fragrant, it is a special beef noodle soup with brisket, beansprouts, sliced beef, beef ball and liver. I love the sprinkling of fresh herbs over the top to cut the richness.
Generally, I go a little mad with the ground chili powder here, but my friend is not that way inclined.
And note, Beef balls= processed meat held together by gluten, NOT testicles (that, I believe is pizzle...or maybe that is the wang. I can't remember).


Gouy Teaw Moo. The spicy special pork noodle with minced pork, fish balls, liver, beansprouts, spring onion, dried shrimp and crushed peanut.
Yes, I added more chili.

Whenever I come here, I think of what one of my close friends said while eating spice. She is a product of a Pole and Chinois-land.
"Oh, God...JESS!!! My Polish nose says, 'No,' but my Asian mouth says, 'Yes!'


On a side note, did anyone notice the moon last night?

Apparently a once in a life-time occurrence. Aligned with Mercury and Venus or something to smile at you while you're trying to sleep.
My housemate's mother was more than enthused to tell him, and our whole house ran out to marvel at it.



The moon, also known as the 'Alabaster Retard.'




Ying Thai 2
110 Lygon St
Carlton
03 9639 1697