Getting back to life.

Getting back to life.

As I get towards the last week of work this cloud has lifted and I feel like a new person, my attitude and sense of humor has come back and I feel that I can now return back to blogging. Next week we will be going away for a few days before I start at the new company.

We have been on the hunt for waffles recently and I came across this place in Oakleigh called Pagoto. Its mainly a gelato place but i saw pics on Instagram and it looked amazing. It opens at 12pm and closes late so we went in for lunch. It was fairly quiet when we arrived and the two girls serving behind the counter seemed fairly relaxed until we ordered 9 waffles and a bunch of crazyshakes. They did a great job at serving our food with having to serve gelato at the same time.

You could choose any gelato flavor and they had a awesome range. The waffles are large but the batter was light and sweet inside yet slight crispy on the outside. They had random flavors of the crazy shakes.

We had so much sugar I almost had an overdose. We loved it so much we went a week later and got gelato and coffee. The coffee is smooth and has great flavor which is not what I expected.

We will go back as we had a great time.
Kind E-gards
Dale

Cultural Commons

Cultural Commons

Springvale is full of amazing restaurants  and has a large selection. You can get most type of Asian delicacies, from dumplings to crabs and lobsters, pho' and  noodles. They have cafe's as well. You can spend ages looking at all the different places. We wanted something different and normally if we want burgers we would go to Glen Waverley or Ringwood but we decided to go to Cultural Commons. It is a large restaurant that is still fairly new. Its menu selection is good and has a fair range of beers.

 I ordered a Budweiser and Kim got the Nutella Milkshake, the reviews i read said the milkshake did not have enough Nutella in it so i asked them to put lots in and it was amazing. So sweet, chocolaty and nutty. 

For dinner i ordered the Hot Chick Burger which was spicy buttermilk fried chicken, jalapeno and spicy mayo.

The batter was light and crispy, the chicken was moist and tender however the jalapenos are not really hot but i still enjoyed the meal.

Kim ordered the Shroominator burger which looked really good and she enjoyed it.

The chips are crispy and the Aioli was creamy. 

We enjoyed our meals will be back again .

Kind E-gards

Dale 

Dandenong Festival Of Lights

Dandenong Festival Of Lights

Last night we caught up with some friends and we had some dinner then decided to go to the Chinese Lantern Festival, it was a cold windy night with patches of rain but that did not stop us.We arrived at about 8:30 pm  and it was fairly busy but as the rain started it emptied out quickly. Its good when its quieter as no one gets in your way when taking photos.

As you entered there was a row of moons on each side and each moon had a different facial expression.

The castle was made up of plates and cups which must have taken a long time to make which is worth a visit to see.

They had a Finding Nemo section which i did not expect.

 

The man turned around and would "pee" at certain points which was random and funny, I have never seen children being so excited about being peed on.

They had plenty of Pandas.

 The African section was random but that's what i like anyway.

I was not a fan of the Australian section.

The zodiac section made us all laugh.

I am not sure why but the rooster they called it cock not cockerel but this is not the first time. My friend had a animal chart that has animals on it. It also says the name of the animal like cat, dog, fish, bird and also says cock.

 The festival had a mystical section

Did you go or have been to a festival like this?

Kind E-gards

Dale Stewart