I thought I would have nothing interesting to blog about but oh how wrong can I be. At exactly 18:59, I received a call from Silsil saying that they are in the line for Mamak. By this stage, I was already starting to pack my bags and was out of the classroom by the time we finished the conversation.
I jogged from UTS to Mamak while my head is going faster. One side of my brain is thanking the fact I was wearing converse and was able to run at a non humiliating pace but the other was stabbing myself for wearing the most daggiest clothing and now my 3 best friends are going to see it.
I am so glad that they are still in line by the time I got there~hey I only took 6minutes! Thank god my uni is close to Chinatown. I would cry if I went to an ungodly far place like UWS (sorry to whoever goes there but your uni is FARRRR).
We are finally seated and Erin was about to collapse from a mixture of sleep and food deprivation.
Teh Ais (Ice Milk Tea) $3.50
I was about to order Teh Tarik, the classic 'stretched' tea but it was too hot to drink in this Spring day.
Mee Goreng $10.50
Wok tossed hokkien noodles with eggs, prawns, fish cake slices and fresh bean sprouts.
I warned about the chilliness of this dish but Silsil won't listen. Serves her right! She had to swap her dish with Lucy~the mighty chilli eater in our group.
So she got this, which was originally Lucy's
Nasi Lemak with Curry Chicken $7.50
Fragrant coconut rice with an ensemble of sambal, peanuts, crispy anchovies, cucumber and hard boiled egg.
Erin's Nasi Lemak with Fried Chicken $7.50
Erin the fried chicken Queen eating her favourite food...fried chicken!
She demonstrates the art of chicken eating: stab and eat.
My Roti Planta (Butter roti) $6
Our roti desserts...
My/Lucy's Roti Pisang + Ice cream (Banana wrapped in roti) $7.50
You can also select the sweet rotis with curry...like WTF?
As I predicted, I was about to spew up after eating my second roti. My piggy Erin came to the rescue and finished it for me.
Silsil's Roti Kaya (Pandan and coconut wrapped in roti) $7.50
I call it diabetes on a plate. It was sooooooo sweet and everyone had this OMG IM GONNA BE FAT look while Silsil was indulged in her plate of sugary goodness.
Erin's Roti Bom (A fatter, richer, sweeter version of our rotis) $7.50
WTF is this? It was really dry, maybe it was from the thickness and the sticky substance (or glaze) on top was a weird caramel thingy but salty o.0. We actually waited around 20minutes for this =.=///
When it was time to pay the bill, we realised that we are ALL broke. It's so sad dining with bestfriends because everyone think someone will cover their bill for them and pay them back later so when reality hit us, were just staring at each other and tried to dig to the bottom of our bags for coins.
After we finally gathered up enough money, Silsil paid with her credit card anyway. She thought it was too embarrassing to give the guy a handful of coins but if I was her, I wouldn't give a fk. Besides, all restaurants want coins anyway.
So what was I going to show you today prior to being informed about the surprise dinner gathering?
This...
White Chocolate Mocha $4.85 with....FREE toast
Gloria Jean's Ultimo Branch is having a Summer Special where you get a free toast with every Regular or Large drink purchase. I was about to ask for a Babycino but stopped myself as I thought I was taking too much advantage of their free offers.
Vegetarian Pad Thai $8.50
Gosh this thing used to be $7.50. It came in the world's largest container! Couldn't even finish half of this monstrous serving. And yes...I'm eating at the computer table at uni tsk tsk.
Mamak
Location: 15 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Opening Hours: Lunch 11:30am to 2:30pm, Dinner 5:30pm to 9:30pm, Dinner on Fri and Sat till 2am
Phone: 02 9211 1668 (No Reservations)
Gloria Jeans Coffee - Ultimo
Location: 2/646 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2000
Phone: 02 9212 6495
