Yet another last minute call up to fly. Like what's new? I kinda anticipated it anyway so I didn't really unpack after coming back from Perth. But anyway, it's not that bad because when I'm back tomorrow...
SIX OFF DAYS.
Yes yes yes! I miss Singapore!
Perth this time was pretty awesome because I got to meet up with a few secondary school classmates and we had a wonderful time!
Reeyi and I going to Fremantle for Fish and Chips.
This time around, I came well prepared.
Yah I'm very kiam siap. But seriously!
One bottle of chilli sauce from supermarket: $1.90
One serving of chilli sauce for 1 person : $1.70
Nuff' said!
And what better way to wash down all the fried stuff than some good old Cold Rock ice cream?
Complete addiction. I just had one 5 minutes ago!
Walked to Fremantle Prison. I think I almost died just walking there. They think that just because you're visiting a prison, you have to be punished first. Every single sign says '100m to prison' and after yet another turning, it says the same old thing. Not forgetting I was still nursing a sprained ankle!
Have you seen a better parking than this??
Of course got lah. There's this guy called Jermaine Tan Liren. Don't know heard from where but his parking sucks too.
Going through ancient times punishment!
Basically, punishment last time was just leaving that victim in this position for days. And trust me, it was damm uncomfortable! Some more your lao niang here is so fat! Can you imagine!
I suggest all airlines have this on their flights. So if passenger get rowdy and unreasonable I will just tie them there for the whole flight!
Inside the prison:
I see a very familiar date below:
Mas Selamat reincarnated??
Following day met Reeyi again together with Jeremy. It's amazing, almost 6 years since graduating from SHSS. And it feels like yesterday, doesn't it? Maybe Reeyi feels it because she will remember sitting just behind me in class and tahan-ing my nonsence, like playing with a plastic fork in class. Hahaha!
Shit lah I feel like playing volleyball. But confirm rusty.
Anyway first stop was lunch at JUS BURGER!
Trust me, it was the best burger in the whole wide world. No joke!
Dont be fooled by its plain-looking and simple burger. One bite and I tell you, at that moment you just feel like taking a shotgun and going around the world and shooting down all the Macdonalds for selling you tasteless shit burgers all these years of my life.
And the best part? It's even bigger than Carl's Jr!
Shopping at Harbourtown! Boots for the gal.
Quite cool eh, if wear to Zouk. Haha. Anyone wants? Sarah?
And now comes the best part. DINNER.
Finally got a chance to go Ciao Italia. Everyone's been raving about this restaurant, how it's like the best thing ever in Perth and that I must never leave Perth without trying it. So took the chance, cabbed all the way there and it was my first time taking cab in Australia. I tell you, I don't know which was faster - the cab ride, my heart beating, or my eyes just looking at how fast the meter was running. Gosh, I could never comprehend how expensive cab rides in Western countries are. It's like, 10 cents every second? My gosh. Imagine what happened when I hit a red light. My heart literally stopped.
But at the end of the day, you'll see it was well worth it lah!
You'll know, I'll actually go as far as saying this - BEST MEAL IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
Let's go through it one by one.
First up was the calamari rings. It was actually one of the priciest dishes in the restaurant, but it's not hard to see why. One bite and oh, same thing. I so wanna take a machine gun and shoot down all the Fish and Co in Singapore for putting me through tasteless and chewing-gum-like calamari. THIS IS THE REAL SHIT OK. Real, soft, tasty calamari grilled the way it should be and I don't know where they got the calamari from but it must have been fed with cavier or something. Bagus!
cala-cala-cala-cala-cala-cala-chameleon-o-meter: 5/5 !
Next was Fettucine Ciao Italia. Yeah I know you're probably gonna expect me to say that this was the best pasta I've ever eaten and I'm gonna take my machine gun and shoot down all the Pasta Mania in Singapore. BUT COME ON. I mean, I've never been a pasta fan, but this was just bootylicious man. At least for once, it was decent, well-cooked and tasty pasta with generous chunks of chicken. A winner as well!
pasta-maniac-o-meter: 5/5 !
I got the honour of choosing the pizza and went for the spiciest option available - chilli prawns pizza. And what came was the most humongous pizza I have ever seen in my whole life. The pizza itself, let me just say I'm pretty sure this was the most popular pizza in the restaurant as well. Succulent prawns on a spicy chilli sauce base - why didn't anyone think of this before?? It was sooo good that I actually da bao the remaining pizza onto my flight home!
piss-on-my-pizza-o-meter: 5/5 !
Alright here comes the fun part. Chilli mussels. When we first ordered, we thought it was gonna come in a big plate, at most. Little did we expect a giant pot of mussels! And trust me, the pot looks bigger than it is in the picture. I'm not exaggerating. I ate so much mussels that I almost puked on my flight home ok. That pot was never ending! After eating mussel after mussel, there were still millions of mussels left over! Gosh. I think that pot was enough to last a lifetime, and maybe enough for my next lifetime as well. It became so bad that all of us were bickering over who should finish the mussels.
'Eh, stop eating the pasta lah. It makes you more full. Eat the mussels leh!'
'Eh, da bao the pizza lah. Mussels cannot da bao! Must finish now!'
I think I will never eat a single mussel in my life again.
russell-looks-like-a-mussel-o-meter: 5/5 !
And to save the best for last...
Everybody who raved about Ciao Italia didn't mention anything about the main meals, but it was the tiramisu that got everyone talking. But because our stomachs were already swimming with chilli mussels, we only had room to share one tiramisu.
The only regret we had? That we didn't leave enough room for this damm dessert!
Now I finally tasted how tiramisu is supposed to taste like. Not bland, overpowering coffee cakes but this one was so blissful that one bite, and it was like being transported to Italy, sitting on the river banks indulging in this delightful dessert and sipping a glass of wine. OOOOOOOOOOHHH.
tira-miso-soup-o-meter: 5/5 !
The total damage was $116, which was pretty much far less than what we expected. Yet another plus, and yet another reason to go back there again! Just that next time, we better somehow hire a car or something man!
Reey told me that sometimes, her friends crave for Ciao Italia so badly that they actually called the restaurant to deliver to their place! Unfortunately, the deliveries only apply to South Perth and they got so upset that they cried!
And I know how it feels because I haven't had dinner and they don't have Ciao Italia in Cairns and so I'm gonna cry!
