Sydney trip and a surprise~

November 6, 2008 · Filed Under Daily Life, Sydney 

Hi hi~!
Meant to blog about this earlier, but life got in the way, ehehe~
It's a surprise~ click 'more' to see ;3
Ohh~ So what’s in the bag you ask? You’ll have to click on ‘more’ to find out~!

No, no, I won’t tell you just yet, hehe. City trip recap first!

First off, spent about 10-20 minutes calling up my local JB Hi-Fi store on Wednesday 29th, and slowly working my way to the city ones. The Parramatta George St store offered to order it in for me, but I said I’d get back to them ^^; called JB at the Galleries Victoria after that and bingo~! Organising a time for me to pick up [sometime between 3-4pm] since the cameras were on sale at 10% off, Natalie mentioned it was likely they’d be sold out otherwise.

Shin and I cut it quite close as we arrived at Town Hall at 3 and we had trouble finding an atm for my bank in TGV and the Queen Victoria Building >.<; finally decided just to go up to the one near Woolworth >.>;

When we arrived it turns out there was some sort of mix-up and my camera was put on display even though it was set aside for me. I still got it, and with an extra discount on top, hehe~ bought a 4gb 15mb/sec Sandisk card which was on special too, normal price was $38, got it for $29 <3. The sales girl, Natalie, was pointing out the 20mb/sec card, but too expensive, $50 x_x; do I really need that much speed at the moment? I didn't think so... Also got a carry bag, but not too happy with it as it seems a slightly tight fit =/ meh.

Went upstairs to Kinokuniya to pick up Shin's Shana novel after, but it turns out they got the order wrong and brought in the manga instead >.>;; placed another order, hopefully no mistakes this time ^^;;
Also picked up a manga ‘phonebook’, hehe, I think it’s by Kadokawa? It has a Phoenix on the spine =/ It also came with a freebie~ will post sometime soon so you can see xD;

Headed across to Ichiban Boshi after for food~

View from our lunch spot at Ichiban Boshi - TGV, opposite Kinokuniya
We arrived when it was still quite empty, so we got a really nice window spot :3

Rice green tea set for 2 - Ichiban Boshi
The rice green tea was really nice, the only problem was if you left it sitting for too long, the tea was really strong from the pot xD;; I opened it up when it was nearly finished and the bags they use are big~! Click for a close up of one of the cups, my favourite shot for the day :3

So, what did we order?
Yum yum~ Tokyo ramen from Ichiban Boshi
I ordered Tokyo ramen~ very nice, I enjoyed it, but it took me so long to eat that it was getting cold near the end u_u~

Miso ramen from Ichiban Boshi - Shinaru's order
Shin’s order was Miso ramen, I didn’t try it, but he enjoyed it. He also had the last bit of my ramen even though it was cold, want not, waste not eh? xD;

Set dish from Ichiban Boshi
We actually ordered the set which was $16 each, so our ramen each came with a plate of the above. We were so full by the time we finished the ramen, there was no space for this! We simply asked for a container so we could take it home with us, hehe~ And the container’s pretty big, we easily fit in the two dishes =D [especially as we didn't bother with the red part top left... it was spicy >.<;;]

World Square was our next stop~ and look what we found x3
Fwee~ choco cornet~ or 'Choc Horn'
Konata’s choco cornet~ :3 ok… so it’s like not totally the same, but close xD; And you can see by the label that they call it a “Choc Horn” =o

And, and~
Meron-pan~
Shana’s Melon-pan :3
We bought 2 of these, they were nice, but didn’t really have a ‘melon’ taste, it was just nice bread with sugary outside layer. If you don’t try this one, then try one of the many others available, they’re really nice~

And it looks like I’ll be revealing what’s in the bag next time xD;; Some of you may already know what it is, but I’ll be reviewing it with more details anyhow so please stay tuned~

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20 Responses to “Sydney trip and a surprise~”

  1. Panther Identicon Icon Panther on November 6th, 2008 5:32 pm

    Both ramen dishes look nice. I should have one of those soon.

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  2. Jed D`Lagged Identicon Icon Jed D`Lagged on November 6th, 2008 6:46 pm

    I see a lot of blogs of people taking photographs of their food… don’t you get weird looks from people?

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  3. Garv Identicon Icon Garv on November 6th, 2008 7:48 pm

    lol, agreed, i’d give you a weird look if i saw ya doing that, espec in sydney ;) lol

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  4. Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko on November 6th, 2008 9:25 pm

    @Panther: Ish tasty~ first time I’ve eaten there, but worth it :3

    @Jed & Garv: Lol~ ok, the bread was ’shoot and run’ sort of thing… as for the ramen, I dunno xD; Not like I glanced around, plus I was sort of in a corner so not many people would’ve seen. And Shin didn’t say anything *shrugs* lol~

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  5. Optic Identicon Icon Optic on November 7th, 2008 4:15 pm

    Hmmmm…. I have a good idea what it is but I will keep it a surprise. lol
    U got to take me to the bread shop where they sell the Melon pan bread.
    I want one. :3

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Lol, thanks for keeping it quiet, hehe~

    No worries, just tell me when and I’ll take you ;3

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  6. Snark Identicon Icon Snark on November 7th, 2008 6:13 pm

    Nice to see a fellow Sydneysider running an anime blog ^^

    By the way, where was that Ichiban Boshi place? The food looks really good…would love to try it myself one of these days =D

    Snarks last blog post..Holy fucking shit! Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Lol~ Hi Snark, there’s a few of us around ;3 [check my links :3]

    Ichiban Boshi is very nice~~ you can either visit the website to find out more [there's another at Bondi Junction], or just head up to the top floor of the Galleries Victoria, it’s right near Town Hall, you can’t miss the building :3 Use the escalator rather than the lift.

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    Snark Identicon Icon Snark Reply:

    Galleries Victoria…where Kinokuniya is? Oh god, I’ve been going there for ages and never knew >_<

    But yeah, mind if I propose a link exchange? XD

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Ya, it’s right in front of the main entrance, it’s generally packed, and with a line too, so try and make it at an odd hour xD;

    Sure~ will link you now :3

    Snark Identicon Icon Snark Reply:

    Thank you! And I recipricate your kindness! =D

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  7. gordon Identicon Icon gordon on November 8th, 2008 3:05 am

    wow the food looks very well photographed. makes me hungry already. ^^;

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Sorry Gordon~! Lol, but thank you, if I’ve made at least one person hungry then I’ve done my job x3;; [I get hungry too ^^;;;]

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  8. xJAYMANx Identicon Icon xJAYMANx on November 9th, 2008 12:22 pm

    @K: I meant to comment earlier, but life got in the way~ Must. Have. Choc. Horn. >.<

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Lol~ that’s fine xD
    Come visit Sydney for one~ :3 J/k, I’m sure there’s a place close by you can get it from =o

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  9. 6pack Identicon Icon 6pack on November 9th, 2008 10:28 pm

    like the food pics. orz. now hungry xD
    going to get a bite after hitting the submit button. wonder whats in the bag…

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Thanks 6pack, and welcome~
    Enjoy your food~ As for the bag, all will be revealed soon~

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  10. colourwheelz Identicon Icon colourwheelz on November 12th, 2008 10:38 pm

    Those melon pan looks tempting!!!

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    Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko Reply:

    Hi colourwheelz, thanks for visiting~ I’d send you one if I could x3;;

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  11. Q Identicon Icon Q on November 19th, 2008 11:44 am

    Ooh meronpan and choc horn in your area!

    But oh man, looking at those raman is not a good idea, since it’s not really available here at the moment… Just gotta wait until Xmas >_<

    Qs last blog post..Meronpan & Pineapple Bun

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