The week of excess continues

Hangover lunch by the river

Having managed to end our Ladies Night earlier than the worst-case scenario, I woke up ready for work on Thursday feeling a lot better than expected (and a fair bit better than Debbie). Still, with myself, Debbie and Jules all free during lunch, we decided that it was the perfect time to book in a girly hangover lunch, and so made a plan to meet at Brewerkz - a microbrewery and amazing burger joint by the river and very close to my work.    We devoured Sprites and pulled pork sandwiches. It was way too much food for a midweek lunch, but it was just what the doctor ordered.

Chinatown dinner 

Once Debbie had spent the rest of her afternoon shopping and sun worshipping we then met up again, this time at Chinatown for a tat shopping and Chinese food tasting session, followed by a cocktail at 28 Hong Kong Street, which is a speakeasy style bar in an old Chinese shop house, and rounded off with Japanese style ice-cream down by the river. For a chilled out night, it was incredibly pleasant.

28 Hong Kong Street cocktails 

Japanese ice-cream treats

            On Friday we were due to fly to Bali in the in early afternoon, but not until I had forced yet more bizarre local food upon Debbie. Whilst dinner on Thursday night was exotic things like crocodile in black bean sauce, on Friday I made her come along and try my beloved bah khu teh (which Nick always refuses to eat).

Bah Kuh Teh love (note the burnt thumb being dunked in iced water)

Thankfully she saw my point of view, and despite burning her hands on the clay pot and having to opt for fork and spoon instead of chopsticks due to a seriously burnt thumb, by the end of the meal she was quite happy to agree that it makes for a great comfort food option. Maybe that will be enough to force Nick to agree to try it too…it’s got to be worth a shot I suppose!