Adelaide Day 4

After so much delay, I finally have the time to continue on my Adelaide trip.

30th June 2007
Adelaide Day 4 started off at about 10a.m. My sis and I met up with Danny and Sharon before we went to buy bus tickets to Melbourne.

After we managed to grab off two tickets for next day bus, we wanted to have a light breakfast; dim sum.

"Zero Point"?

We walked pass this small lane and saw this three little girls having a morning exercise. This reminded me of my cousins and I who used to play "Zero Point"! Yea, I did play that before. ;)

Central Market, Adelaide.

Since we were too early for dim sum as the restaurant only opens at 11a.m., we decided to roam around the Central Market.

What do you want?

Fruits?

Donuts or cheese?

I simply love the Central Market here. Unlike the market in Perth (Subi Market) which is very small and always packed with people during peak hours, the central market here is quite huge with lots of different products being sold.

Gouger Palace.

Leaving the Central Market, we went to Gouger Palace Chinese Restaurant for dim sum. I thought dim sum is for breakfast? How come they only open at 11a.m.? So early!

The interior.

It has a very elegant and spacious interior design. The only thing that disappointed me is, they don't have the traditional dim sum trolley which goes around the restaurant.

Har Gao.

Siu Mai.

Wu Gok.

Char Siu Puff.

Har Gao Skin with Siu Mai Filling (Don't know what is this actually. :P)

Again, the dim sum disappointed me. They didn't taste as good as the dim sum I had in Perth. Just look at the Siu Mai, it's just like the Siu Mai in Miri. They were not really up to my standard. In addition to that, I couldn't remember how much but the dim sum here were quite pricey though.

Anyway, we were running out of time for the day. So, we took a bus and headed all the way to the famous, Hahndorf German Village.

Carrots, please translate!

We reached Hahndorf after a 45 minutes (?) ride. Carrots might be thinking, "Why you all wanna go to this "Kuman" Village?" haha!

Brothers reunion!

We went straight to this The German Arms Hotel as Melissa told us earlier that before 2p.m., there would be some kind of feast there.

What feast?

We rushed into the hotel, looking left and right, up and down, trying to look for the feast. However, we couldn't find anything. Is there any feast actually? Perhaps Joe can answer me this.

Spot the differences.

We decided to just forget about the feast and start to explore the village.

Cheese, cheese and cheese!

We went to this cheese shop nearby.

Various cheese.

They sell all sorts of cheese and jams. They even offer free tasting for the walk-in customers.

Cheese-s

Jam tasting.

Being the typical Malaysians, we tasted some of the cheese and jam but didn't buy anything at all. :P

A small cafe corner.

The cheese shop does not sell cheese and jam mainly. There's a cafe corner where you can order a cup of coffee and a piece of cake and just relax for the entire day.

Chocolate Shop.

We stopped by at this Chocolate Shop after strolling passed few shops. Chocolate Shop, we thought we might have something to buy.

Lovely presentations.

Rose Chocolates.

This shop sells assorted chocolate which you hardly can find elsewhere. Of course, you have to expect the price to be a bit high too.

Chocolate Bars.

Just look at this. Four unique bars of chocolate. Emergency, Bear Bear, Lusty or Smooch chocolate. We bought non of those.

We proceed on to look around the places...

Operates since year 1839? 168 years ago!

So this is Old Hahndorf Village?

We couldn't go in!

Red Nose Day is a charity day.

Sharon forced me to do this!!! :P

After so much walking, time for high tea! Or was it lunch (we had not have our lunch at 3p.m.)?

Otto's Bakery.

We went to this Otto's Bakery to try out the Ham Jim Beng (no idea what's the name of it) which was highly recommended by my sis.

Simple pastries.

All the cakes and pastries look so sweet to me. I know, cakes and pastries supposed to be sweet, but look at the photo, don't you feel they're really sweet?

No customers?

There was almost no customers when we reached there. Good, so we could "fully book" the whole cafe. :P

Three cakes and pastries for four persons.

On the very right is my sis' favourite Ham Jim Beng topped up with a bit of pinky cream. Inside, there's this blueberry jam. No doubt, out of the three, this Ham Jim Beng is the best.

What's that?

After that, I wanted to try their must-eat-German-sausage. However, when we reached the stall, everyone was looking up instead of queueing for the sausages. Don't tell me German sausage falls from the sky?

Little possum.

No! It was a little possum on the tree! Everyone started to take out their camera and pointed it towards the possum. "Chik chak chik chak"! All taking photos of this possum and forgot about the German sausage.

Sausage on a baguette.

Ok, finished with the photo taking, back to the German sausage. This stall was operated by this man. He's kind enough to give us more information about each type of the sausages. Beef sausage is just the normal sausage, Bratwurst is the pork and beef traditional German sausage whereas Kranski is cheese sausage.

Kranski sausage on a banquette.

I ordered Kranski while Sharon had the traditional Bratwurst. I didn't try out Sharon's Bratwurst but my Kranski was absolutely delicious! The outer skin was a bit crunchy while the meat was juicy and yummy! When I took a bite of the sausage, the melted cheese was oozing out from the sausage. Marvelous!

Satisfied with the German sausage, we went to few more shops in the village before we headed back to the city.

The three and the photographer.

G'day mate! Cheers mate!

I'm Queen Sharon 2007?

This is amazing! When you point at the "stone", it'll know your name! Just like what Sharon did. Ok, I made up this. :P

Final shop, we went to this "Taste of Hahndorf".

Taste of Hahndorf.

All sorts of products.

Lap Cheong (Chinese preserved sausage)?

After wondering around for almost 5 hours, we left Hahndorf. It is an interesting place and definitely a tourist spot in Adelaide. If I have a chance, I would like to visit Hahndorf again for its Kranski! ;)

Hey! Don't go off yet! My Adelaide Day 4 didn't end like that. Sharon and Danny parted with us shortly after we reached Adelaide City. My sis and I went back to take a short rest. Then I asked my sis this question.

"Where to have our dinner ah?"

She had no choice but to answer me every single day when I was at Adelaide. Haha!

Hong Fatt B.B.Q Restaurant.

Both of us went to Hong Fatt B.B.Q. Restaurant for dinner that night as my sis preferred a Chinese meal.

Beef Fried Kueh Tiaw.

My order, Beef Fried Kueh Tiaw. It's really beef fried with kueh tiaw. I thought they might at least add some vege but no! Only bean sprouts. Alamak! Worse, this kueh tiaw was a tad oily. I regretted ordering this actually.

Omelette with B.B.Q. Pork Rice.

My sis had this Omelette with B.B.Q. Pork Rice. I've never seen this before in Perth and I think it's cute! Haha! It's just an ordinary dish though. B.B.Q. pork rice topped with fried omelette and gravy. I tasted it and it's better than my Beef Fried Kueh Tiaw.

Done with dinner, now what?

Victoria Square.

I requested my sis to walk to Victoria Square for some photo. The fountain was just too nice at night. With my shaky hands, I took 10 or more photos of this fountain and only 1 or 2 looks nice. I think I've a reason to change my camera now. ;)

The night was still early, so, I asked my sis to just walk around Rundle St.

All the cute "Me To You"!

That was my last night in Adelaide. I couldn't imagine 4 days just fly off like that. I don't know when will be my next trip to Adelaide. Maybe during my sis' convo? Maybe few years later? Or maybe not at all...

I enjoyed my very last night in Adelaide. We went home and slept after a long day.

Till then, Adelaide Day 5 (final day) coming soon...