July is the Birthday Celebration Month! So many kids were born in July!!! Happy Birthday to my dear Little Monster and also a bunch of my beloved kids! Happy Birthday to You! Birthday Cake for Baby Isabella from Sweet Eats by … Continue reading
My next post will be on “cakes”!!! We bought this lovely Peppa Pig birthday cake from Woolies for Little Monster’s 2nd Birthday! Isn’t it gorgeous! For just $22, it’s AWESOME!
Thank you all the staff at Gallery One for your awesome service at Little Monster’s 2nd Birthday Party! Ready for the party! High Tea for the big kids 🙂 The top tier was the lovely Petit Four Middle tier was the ribbon sandwiches And bottom tier … Continue reading
Couple of weeks ago I received a “Birthday Card” from Baguette: “You deserve a celebration on Your Birthday! And that’s why we have a gift of a FREE main course“. Wooh! After the last free birthday meal at Hakataya Ramen it’s still hard to believe a restaurant is so generous and willing to give out free meals on your birthday, not to mention Baguette is a multi-award fine dining restaurant! The birthday offer is valid in your birthday month so today is the last day to use it, we did the booking on dimmi.com.au, an online instant restaurant reservation system which has over 200,000 food reviews and at the same time allowing you to earn reward points.
Baguette’s interior decor is elegant and classy. I loved the art work, the tranquil garden setting, and even the pendant lights!
I ordered the Roast Duck Breast with Pistachio Stuffing, Baby Beets, Agen Prunes and Grilled Spring Onions. The waiter asked me whether I’m ok with pinkish duck meat and I’m absolutely happy about it! Because I think the perfectly cooked duck breast should be medium to medium rare. Yum! When the dish arrived in front of me, I knew it must be really good! And the taste was just fantastic! Juicy, soft and tender duck breast with crispy skin. Just perfect!
Mr F ordered a Black Angus Fillet Steak with Duck Fat Potatoes and Green Peppercorn Sauce and he said it’s lovely too! Especially the duck fat potatoes, crispy and crunchy!
What also interest us is the Kid’s Menu, $1.5 per year of age so Little Monster only needs to pay $1.5 to get a gourmet meal with complimentary soft drink and ice-cream Of course he’s too little for ice-cream and soft drink so the lovely waiter offered a babycino instead. How considerate 🙂
There are 3 choices in the kid’s menu: minute steak, fish and chips or pasta. Little Monster is still unable to chew any meat and he LOVES chips (which is not so good for his age :() but we thought may be for this special occasion we could relax the “healthy diet” rules a little bit.
We really appreciated the chef’s effort to cook for a one-year-old and the portion is perfect! Vegie salad has avocado, green apple and lettuce. Chips are lightly deep-fried with no salt. I am not sure what fish it is but it’s a little bit salty. Overall it has been a really pleasant dining experience, all the waiters were so attentive and the food was great, thank you Baguette!
Baguette Bistro and Bar
150 Racecourse Rd Ascot Q4007
Phone: 07 32686168
Web: http://www.baguette.com.au
What would you do on your birthday? Have a romantic dinner with your boyfriend? Going away for a luxury holiday? Have you ever thought of dining out for free? Hakataya Ramen offers free ramen on your birthday! Just show them your ID and you can choose your favourite ramen for free 🙂
We arrived at Sunnybank Plaza’s Hakataya at 7pm, unfortunately all the ramen were sold out! So we drove to nearby Market Square and try our luck! We waited for about 20 minutes and finally we got a seat!
We’ve been to Market Square’s Hakataya for several times with Little Monster, some people may worry there’s no room to fit a PRAM, yes… that could be true… but if you don’t mind squeezing a little bit it DOES work 🙂
It says in Japanese how does Hakataya produce their signature Tonkotsu Pork Bone soup base. I’ve recently returned from Kyushu, Japan and I’ve to say Hakataya is really authentic!
On their menu there are only 4 types of ramen (all in Tonkotsu soup base) I chose Char Siu Men for my freebie. If you are hunger for more noodles just order free Kaedama from one of the friendly Japanese staff.
The complimentary spicy Japanese pickles Takana was my favourite! In the old days at the Surfers Paradise shop it used to be all-you-can-eat and people gone crazy and kept refilling.
Mr F ordered a pork soup flavoured rice Ton-Meshi to share with Little Monster, it’s a bit too salty to our liking.
Thank you Hakataya! We had a wonderful birthday dinner 🙂 お誕生日おめでとうございます
Hakataya Ramen (Market Square)
Shop 13, Cnr McCullough St and Mains Rd, Sunnybank Q4109
Phone: 07 33459911
Web: www.hakatayanoodle.com
Can you believe now you can bake Adriano Zumbo’s signature chocolate brownie at home? Today is my birthday (yay!) and Mr F was going to order a surprise (not anymore) Opera Cake for me from Le Bon Choix – my favourite … Continue reading
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