Anyone Game? It’s my Sep 2013 Blog! I'm home; with a TR link in #1189, 10/14

[ACDSNY]

The Trunk or Treat event looks awesome and fun. Clever idea!

We are ok after Sandy, water damage, and food spoilage, from power being out, but overall very lucky..

I glad you OK and I hope you get some power soon.

 

[dgbg100106]

The Trunk or Treat event looks awesome and fun. Clever idea!




I glad you OK and I hope you get some power soon.

Our power has been restored, and we are doing well, thank you for thinking about us..

 

[zaccy]

Indian Delights





I ordered the Indian Rojak; a salad with the wonderful spicy sauce made from sweet potato. As with some of the Asian dishes, the sauce is a combination of sweet, salt and acidity. I had no complaints with my meal.

The open kitchen also afforded us a view of the cooks making Indian Roti. Some in our party ordered:

Dosai - a rice flour pancake, usually filled with black lentils served with various curries. They made it right in front of us.....and cooked the batter similar to how crepes are cooked.

Murtabak - Roti Chanai that is filled with various items in the middle. This one was filled with chicken and various vegetables. The curry sauce on the side was delicious!

My cousin did order just Roti Chanai with curry - the bread dough is rolled out flat and then folded over and cooked on a broiler. It comes out similar to a soft doughy version of puff pastry. Not for the faint-hearted....lots of oil involved during preparation and cooking!

Sadly, he sat at the opposite side of the table to me, so no picture.



In the heady smells and sounds that emanated from that kitchen, we were all transported back to being in Asia. And judging from the cacophony from the rest of the clientele of the night, we weren't the only ones tripping down memory lane!



All in all - a great familial, convival dinner night to remember.

HI Princess

I just stumbled across this - would you care to share where this place in the burbs is..... Having spent 5 years living in Asia I NEED some of those dishes. Mmmm Roti Chanai with curry sauce - comfort food at its best

Happy planning for your next trip (although you are away at the moment are you not??).

 

[PrincessInOz]

I really like the sheet also. The unknown has always been a little scary, and then there it is smiling at you...


We are ok after Sandy, water damage, and food spoilage, from power being out, but overall very lucky..

Glad you're okay.

What a fun event! Love the skeletons and the dry ice in the pumpkin is a great idea. The Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland family.....

Hope you have a great trip.

Thanks SadieDog. I've got two days left on this trip and then head back to Melbourne. Naturally, the PTR/TR updates will/is happening on the Disneyland subforum.

That trunk or treat looks fun. We are scrooge like misers. We unscrew the porch light and hide in the back of the house for Halloween. Mostly because we don't want to deal with the cats getting out of the house on Halloween night. The other thing is that I "thought" we didn't want extra candy in the house, but Fran went to the grocery store last night and bought a 5lb bag of tootsie rolls and a huge bag of Reeces!

You know....I never did get round to trying the tootsie rolls. We have Reeces in Melbourne but I'm not sure I've ever seen tootsie rolls. I might need to go look in the USA Foods shop.

Hello there! I must say i have never been to or seen a trunk or treat in a very long time and not one that is near as fun or decorative as this one. I love all your pics. Enjoy your trip!

Hey! Welcome to my thread. I hope you'll stick around so that we can plan our respective trips together.

I'm late to the game, but I am joining in! We will be there Oct 3, so we are crossing over dates! Don't have time to read now, headed to the dentist, but I will be back to catch up!

Welcome to this 'blog'. Thanks for joining in.

Are you going to be there in October as well?

The Trunk or Treat event looks awesome and fun. Clever idea!

We had a lot of fun. I think it might be on the social calendar for us again next year.

HI Princess

I just stumbled across this - would you care to share where this place in the burbs is..... Having spent 5 years living in Asia I NEED some of those dishes. Mmmm Roti Chanai with curry sauce - comfort food at its best

Happy planning for your next trip (although you are away at the moment are you not??).

Hi Zaccy! Nice to see you here.

The place we ate at is called India Delights. It's out near the Forest Hills Shopping Centre. I do have the address at home; so it may be a couple of days before I can give you a specific address. Will PM you.

Yes. I'm in Silicon Valley right now. 2 more (shopping) days.

 

[Nancyg56]

PIO- I just caught up on your PTR and I just have to say if you "overpacked" I am doomed! Jeff bought a luggage scale to deal with my over weight limits and Buddy refuses to be anywhere near me and the suitcases when we check in. I did some shopping last week and Marisa already is whining about how much may have to fit in the car or the way over.

 

[zaccy]

Hi Zaccy! Nice to see you here.

The place we ate at is called India Delights. It's out near the Forest Hills Shopping Centre. I do have the address at home; so it may be a couple of days before I can give you a specific address. Will PM you.

Yes. I'm in Silicon Valley right now. 2 more (shopping) days.

Thanks Princess

Enjoy the rest of your shopping days

 

[TigerKat]

Hi there! It may take me a while to go back and read, I had no idea you had this TR!!

 

[PrincessInOz]

PIO- I just caught up on your PTR and I just have to say if you "overpacked" I am doomed! Jeff bought a luggage scale to deal with my over weight limits and Buddy refuses to be anywhere near me and the suitcases when we check in. I did some shopping last week and Marisa already is whining about how much may have to fit in the car or the way over.

Actually, I ended up with one top too many in my bag. So, it wasn't that bad.

Thanks Princess

Enjoy the rest of your shopping days

Thanks zaccy. The shopping days were limited but I did manage to nearly fill my bag on the way home.

Hi there! It may take me a while to go back and read, I had no idea you had this TR!!

This one is the PTR for NEXT year's F&W trip (of which I'm hoping that my dates correspond with yours).




The TR for my California trip is here http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2614243.

Hope to see you there.





Folks - I'm not exactly neglecting this PTR; but I'll be updating activities when I do get out and about and also about next year's plans. However, I will be reporting on the California trip TR.....there should be a bit of food porn.

 

[PrincessInOz]

To everyone celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving. May you have a golden roasted turkey and loving family around you.

 

[franandaj]

Thanks for the wishes we will do our best!

 

[dgbg100106]

To everyone celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving. May you have a golden roasted turkey and loving family around you.

Thanks PIO - have a great day down under also

 

[PrincessInOz]

We're Booked!



It's another one of those proper post about planning.


We're booked in for next year. We check-in on the 2nd October and check-out on the 9th October.

Our home resort is Beach Club Villa.


We've decided that because it is Food and Wine; and also because there might be a couple of cooked dinners as part of the DisMeets, we're going to pay OOP for our food.




About the only other news is that DH and I have definitely decided that this is going to be a 4-week trip. Aside from WDW, the 4-corners area from Sedona to Durango is on the table and I'm also looking at 2 nights Mickey Cheating with Harry at Universal.

We still have to work out if the East Coast is doable.

 

[bobbiwoz]

4 weeks! Great! Who will care for your cat? I was away for 4+ weeks this past January, Tom was home for most of it with Belle, but I really missed her. I'm away for 3+ weeks this year, had to cut it a bit shorter.

 

[PrincessInOz]

4 weeks! Great! Who will care for your cat? I was away for 4+ weeks this past January, Tom was home for most of it with Belle, but I really missed her. I'm away for 3+ weeks this year, had to cut it a bit shorter.

We have a pet service that comes here. They have a key to our house and will visit our cats twice...once in the morning and once in the afternoon. They pretty much feed them, brush them, pet them and play with them; if the cat wants.

And they will also open and shut curtains, empty out my mail box, put the trash out (for the first week) and keep an eye on the house.

I did wonder about getting strangers into the house at first; but now I don't know what we would do without their service. Its nice that the cats stay at home and are comfortable; plus we like knowing that there is someone going in and out of our place twice a day. Our neighbours know about their comings and goings and say that the person that does our place is very nice.

You're away for 3 weeks this year? Hope you'll be in Dis-communication!

 

[skier_pete]

Congrats on the booking. Too bad we will not be overlapping trips though. I will look forward to seeing where/if you end up in the Northeast at all. Niagara Falls is quite beautiful in the fall.

 

[Eoywin]

Congrats on booking!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Congrats on the booking. Too bad we will not be overlapping trips though. I will look forward to seeing where/if you end up in the Northeast at all. Niagara Falls is quite beautiful in the fall.

Thanks Pete. I'm also equally as curious to see where I end up. DH and I are definite on the 4-corners area.
I need to work out departure dates and arrival home dates next; before I can work out where we go!

Congrats on booking!

Thanks.

 

[PrincessInOz]

November Bits and Pieces



It's been a month of two parts.

The first couple of weeks of the month was all excitement and freedom as DH and I headed to California. DS decided he wanted to stay home with the grandparents. I've been spending some time on the Disneyland section of the boards writing the TR of this trip. It is bittersweet to revisit the holiday whilst living in the second part of the month.

The second part of the month has been much more normal and mundane. Work, home and life in general has just consumed all my time. With the impending silly season, all things Christmas has been foremost on everyone's mind.....coupled with the usual end of year events.


So far. We've had to attend the end of year concerts for DS (he learns both guitar and piano).

I was asked to take pictures of the kids in the guitar concert, officially in an unofficial capacity....if you know what I mean.

And we've been catching up with 3D friends. What is it about Christmas that makes everyone rush to catch up with each other?


This was my dinner plate from the one of the catch-ups. Would you believe that the server told me that this was a "reasonable" serving?

Yup. I couldn't even make my way through one of those slab!



I'm going to resort to rabbit leaves between now and Christmas!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Milos



Milos Karadaglic is in town. This young’ish man has taken the classical world by storm, with two excellent recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label and a major concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He seems intent on making the classical guitar accessible to the masses.


The formal “informal” concert was held last night at the Melbourne Recital Hall and we had tickets to go see him. True to standard policy, my dSLR is verboten in that venue so there are no pictures in the hall. But the performance was brilliant and the crowd did not let Milos off the stage until he completed two encores. If you like listening to guitar music and he happens to come by your neck of the woods, I highly recommend that you get yourself a ticket for his concert.




However….I was walking about town on Tuesday night and passed by a record shop. I rarely walk in this part of town but by some quirk of life, I did so. There was a poster in the window of the record shop and it caught my eye. Turns out that Milos was going to be doing in-store signings at that store on Friday night. As I was going to be in town on Friday, it seemed like a good idea to head on down and get some bonus Christmas present for me and DH sorted out.


I’m so glad I did. It was a little more than the standard in-store signing. Milos ended up doing a mini interview and played two pieces.

It was a chance to get up and personal with him.......along with about 30 others.

He played for about 10 minutes and was so charming and gracious with us all afterwards.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that he is easy on the eye!

 

[dgbg100106]

Eye Candy is always good!