Hana Hana, Haymarket

I'll have to admit, the only reason I wanted to visit Hana Hana was to play with the touchscreens.

Nevermind the fact that I use touchscreens to place order everyday at work. Or the fact that I've been to countless restaurants with touchscreens before. Or that the touchscreen ordering was only about 10 seconds of the whole dining experience.

Ontama bukkake $4.90

But it was so worth it!

I've always loved the whole self-serve system at Menya Mappen, but the addition of touchscreens at Hana Hana just make things so much more fun! The food isn't amazing, but it's good and the fun definitely makes up for the lack of amazingness ;) Noodle and rice dishes are cheap (and sized accordingly) and tasty, and there's plenty of delicious add on side dishes to customise your meal with.

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Matcha Ice Cream

Another torturous two weeks of exams are over, and there's not much to report back from my months of absence, in terms of food anyway (as I haven't been venturing into the kitchen much). The most exciting thing that's happened is that I bought sheet gelatin for the first time (yay!)- something I've wanted to buy for a while but have never known where to get it from.

It turns out that if I'd been looking hard enough, it wasn't actually that hard to find as Harris Farms stocks it.....Not that I knew of it's existence near my uni (and it's literally a 5 minute walk) until my friend, who's only been in Sydney for a couple of months, notified me of it and the fact that they have gelatin leaves :) I really ought to explore my own city more!

Interestingly enough, the week after I bought them, Aldi started stocking gelatin leaves too.....

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Takumi, Haymarket

Salmon and Avocado Roll

I really hate having to choose somewhere to eat when I'm in the city...... there's just too many choices!!! 

Takumi, in Market City, is one I've only heard of recently (eventhough I've probably walked past it couuntless number of times) and though I'm not usually much of a fan of sushi trains, $2.50 for everything, including some of my favourite Japanese fried goodies sounded much too good to resist!!

Kingfish Gunkan

We're only here for a light meal, as we've had half a meal elsewhere, but there's so many tempting options- it sort of just turned into a bit more than that!

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