Glutton

Made and ate amazing dumplings.

So this is what motherhood would feel like.

Post suture night noms and funsies.

Out & About

Seeing the city from a tourist's perspective.

My aunt, cousin and her friend are here and I love it.

Love everything from having more people, more noise in the house, to not waking up to a house full of people still asleep, to the soft grumbling coffee machine, dripping aromatic coffee, to simply having more family around.

Coffee addicts we are. Slowly discovering all the hidden gems in Melbourne City, exploring Queen Vic Market and stumbling across a new frozen yoghurt place. Yes, I will be back.

Market Lane Coffee
http://www.marketlane.com.au

Frozen by a Thousand Blessings
https://www.facebook.com/FrozenByAThousandBlessings

Good morning, love.

Is there anything better than being woken with breakfast in bed?

Wherever you will go

This is the year of 21st celebrations.

The only constant is change itself.

7 Years of Love

1 Didn't realise how large my collection had grown. For the first time in my life, I've wanted to write and sent out Christmas cards & letters. I might just.

2 Sister made a smurf gingerbread house

3 "How big is your business?" is the question my dad asks in Taiwanese every time he walked in to the study room this swotvac. Granted, it's been mayhem. Paper, pens, books, notes - everywhere. Around 8 full days to study 3 subjects, 2 of which I've barely touched during semester. I always say this, but I really will study consistently starting from next year.

After the last biomed exam and a series of happy spontaneous coincidences and decisions, we ended up at Han Guuk Guan - the place I've always called the Parliament place, but isn't really near Parliament, I realised. I found a restaurant I've been to twice from my memory. Heh. 

4 The Lab, Bourke Street. They had limited time, Black sesame and match topping, which of course, I got.

5 The new mc cute pastel polka dot escalators

Don't you worry

1 J's 21st KBBQ. So good.

2 On the first day of swotvac, woke up at 6.30am, caught the 7am train for 8am breakfast at Seven Seeds. Swotvac dedication. I hope it all pays off.

3 Melbourne skyline on the wall of the second floor of Towoo

Towoo
603 Whitehorse Road
Surrey Hills 3217

Pre and post-biomed ball

Biomed ball accommodation.
Wanted to take photos at 2am, but I was so tired after I fell asleep within minutes.

I was half-starved when I woke up, so W and I headed to Degraves Street for breakfast.
This place was so well-lit, warm and cozy.

Degraves Espresso Bar
23 Degraves Street, 
Melbourne 3000

Strawberries & Cream

Wonderbao

Roast Pork Belly Gua Bao

So good.

Now I'm battling cravings for Peking duck, and the desire to learn how to make my own soya milk.

Wonderbao
Shop 4, 19-37 A'Beckett Street
Melbourne
www.wonderbaokitchen.com.au

I craved, therefore I made.

Auction Rooms

I only recognised Errol Street when I reached the Court House. Library hunting one and a half years ago had led to the North Melbourne library once.

How close we were from Auction Rooms! 

A mere diagonal distance away, unbeknownst to me back then.

I remembered my distaste for black coffee a little too late, but their latte is the sweetest yet.

Auction Rooms Cafe

103-107 Errol Street

North Melbourne

www.auctionroomscafe.com.au

orange & almond

It's almost become a tradition.
Orange and almond cake to celebrate my birthday each year.

鹽埕區

米糕 It has taken me more than ten years to finally figure out exactly where in Kaohsiung all my favourite childhood food is. I never thought to pay enough attention in my past trips. The streets were always a blur. Conveniently, everything is located within one suburb: 鹽埕區.

Yumcha cravings

Suddenly regretting not eating yumcha to my heart's content everyday while I was in Hong Kong.

Really... want... good... yumcha...
But alas, none within easy reach and distance.

I guess that's another one of the perks of finally being able to drive solo in less than two months' time.

Yu-u

So many hidden treasures within Melbourne I'm yet to discover and try.

http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/directory/restaurant/yu-u