Eat, Deli Kitchen and The First Emperor Exhibition with Terracotta Warriors

Shuffling myself around the City from Star City to Townhall, to the Apple Store then getting pissed off at A**** cause he spent so much time looking at gadgets and forgetting that I was starving. I dragged him to Westfield for a big sammich called the 'The Reuben' at Eat, Deli Kitchen.

The Reuben with Fries $15.50

The thing is massive with layers of Wagyu Salt Beef, swiss cheese, pickles, sauerkraut, mustard mayo squished in between two fat slices of rye bread. A**** wasn't that hungry and I was starving so eating half each was perfect and he polished off the fries.



With a full stomach, I was energetic again and pretty much skipped all the way to the Art Gallery of NSW for an exhibition that I was dying to see.

Art Gallery of New South Wales - First Emperor Exhibition

Art Gallery of NSW

The First Emperor Exhibition showcases 120 rare artifacts and objects found in the tomb of the First Emperor in China; Qin ShiHuang.  10 terracotta warriors are also displayed which was the highlight of the exhibition.

No photography was allowed so I don't know how much trouble I'll be in if they found out that I posted this on my blog :(

The General

The terracotta warriors were arranged according to rank with The General in the front followed by Officials, Soldiers, Crossbowmen, Archers, Chariots, and two types of horses in battle formation.

Crossbowmen

Every terracotta warrior have their own unique look, facial expression, clothing, hairstyle and position which is pretty amazing because there are 8000 of them!  When they were first discovered, they still retained their vibrant colours but soon lost it due to oxidisation. :( The Chinese government has stopped unearthing them unless we can find a way to prevent that from happening.

Sword with Decorative Gold Handle used for Worshiping

Chinese Cyan Bronzeware

Something for the blokes to see...

Battle Helmet 

Battle Armour

The exhibition is truly amazing and there is activity sheets for the kids to take home.  I personally took some back myself...*cough*. It was a paper armour set which I had difficulty squeeze in cause of my big head :P

***The First Emperor Exhibition finishes on 13 March 2011 so go fast!!

Eat, Deli Kitchen

Location: Level 5, Corner of Pitt Street Mall and Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: 02 8236 9200

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Location: Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000

Opening Hours: 10am - 5pm 7days (Until 13 March, 9am - 8pm for Saturday and Sundays)

Phone: 1800 679 278

Website: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

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