Friday, October 9, 2009

Dining In INFERNO!

in-fer-no [n] : hell, a place or region that resembles hell.

complete crap.

For a jolly group of year 12 music students, Mr Wong, Miss Lee and Mr Best, Inferno Cafe, situated conveniently in Macquarie Centre, just next to the bus stops, was heavenly indeed. I had weird expectations when a buffet consisting of pizza and pasta was mentioned, until I arrived and got told otherwise.

Already quite hungry and eager to see
what Inferno Cafe had to offer, I politely asked for the menu and got a strange look from the waiter. Then an interesting conversation occurs:

(waiter arrives holding one menu)
Waiter: Here you go. Though I'm not sure whether you know what happens here at Inferno Cafe.
Me: Um...
Waiter: See we come along with pieces of woodfire pizza and you just take what you want. Kinda like Yumcha but with pizza and pasta.
=__=" jusstt cos we were asian wasn't it?

Miss Lee, Shaun, Justin and I arrive first and though we were hungry, out of cour
tesy, we wait for others to arrive. Justin gets a call from Cleo and I pick her up from the bus stop. With four on the table and an impatient-looking waiter asking us if the rest were going to turn up, we decide to start eating, thinking that there'd be more food when they arrive. How right we were!

zomg. i hate moving pictures around blogger. cut and paste doesn't seem to work atm ==" why can't i just move them pictures around like in Word?!

So, the pepperoni mushroom pizza =) or this might be the Inferno Pizza, not sure :S


















Pretty sure this next one was the Morrocan Lamb, taken just as Harry takes a piece =)


















Sorry it looks kinda eww :P but it was REALLY nice. this was one of the pastas we had.


















INFERNO! =D
























Salmon Fettucine which everybody loved :)


















More pictures coming, but just a comment on the food.
I really liked how it came, like Yumcha, little bits at a time, that was, until they started giving us whole pizzas at a time. Before, it'd b just pieces and we'd all look around like meerkats whenever they come around. Then, like vultures, we would ask for everything we had, ignoring what pizza it would be and simply shouting YES WE'LL TAKE IT =) it was that good :)

The pizzas were really well made, did i mention woodfire ;) Each piece was REALLY big and though I swore I wouldn't be able to get full, by the time we'd been there for 2 hours, i was starting to see the effects of eating almost a whole woodfire pizza (much much bigger than the ones @ Pizza Hut...duh :P) and many bowls of pasta :)

soft drinks and refills were free too!

the very very yummy Teriyaki Chicken Pizza. Absolutely wonderful. The chicken wasn't too dry and it left much space for the sauce to sink in. Each bite was very cheesy, though not overwhelming.


















Tandoori Chicken Pizza. Though it looked very red and even a little dry, again, it wasn't. I really want to know how to make food look yummier :P Photoshop i know, i guess i'll have to play around with it. Maybe one day someone can do a very helpful blogpost on how to make food/photos in general look pretty - for photoshop nubs like me :)


















My camera was being very very naughty that night and most of the pictures I took of people were blurry and not good. Maybe I should have used flash, but I dislike it because it makes the background so dark. Somebody tell me if i'm doing it all wrong, but I like to set the ISO really high as it seems to take prettier photos.

I learnt that using Flash in the daytime also serves good purposes too! Makes everyone look really bright :P and lights up all the shadows especially @ Balmoral where there were shadows everywhere when taking photos!

Richard, Cleo, and Ringo (who ate HEAPS) :P oh, and a friendly bus stop who decided to chime the photo ;)


















Our Music Chocolate Mud Cake, bought by Mr Wong. It wasn't rich at all, but by dessert time, we were well and truly TOO full. apparently year 9s and Ringo ate the rest (around half)




















Thus ends the Inferno Cafe Dinner Party.

I have to say, it was one of the yummiest times I went out. and guess what the total price of it was for an individual...

$19.90. Good price eh?

So now I delve into another topic which is quite exciting for me.

HONG KONG

Yes. The lovely city I visit once a year. There, my fashion sense becomes distorted, my music taste is simplified to catchy tunes and simple ballads, and my hunger for more yummy food is satisfied - at long last!

I'm happy to let you all know that i'll be staying from

10 December to 15 January

Might come back if there is a need for me to. Say, for example, my horrible UMAT marks were wrong and I get, say, an interview D: =)

i'm also pleased to announce that I'll be working! I'll be working on my FIRST ever JOB and I'll be wearing a suit EVERY DAY to work! No wonder Belle and others were excited at the prospect of wearing a suit!

My dad organised for me to work @ a small Law Firm as an assistant to the Chief Executive...course not. I'll be doing filing, paperwork, and occasionally looking @ some past cases. I'll be paid....wait for it. $100 for my daily services for this very important law firm :P 100 HK that is, hehehe

I'm happy with it. I'm just glad I'm not going to be spending every day pigging out on 5 meals a day, shopping till my arms drop and mucking around all holiday. Sounds good I know, but it's much more rewarding to be doing some work and getting experience with it. As a result, however, I think I'll only be allowed to go out with friends on weekends and even then, I have to bear my Music GAP year in mind and practice piano a lot of the time.

I really hope to go out with you guys in the holidays and so, please invite me to stuff :)

I have to play the piano now. Hope you enjoyed this quick post =) see you all soon =D

16 comments:

  1. Those pizzas look DELICIOUS =P
    That waiter...just an example of the types of people who irritate me.

    Haha not bad with your job. Got to start somewhere.

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  2. 1) Hehe, I cracked up at the photo of Richard. Why does he always look retarded?

    2) Higher ISO settings allow you take pictures with less light but this balance out by your photos becoming more noisy (your pics will look more grainy). I find i funny how you PERSONIFIED your camera and called it naughty.

    3) How exciting! Chris finally suiting up! Good luck with it! Please explain "my fashion sense becomes distorted" :P Does that mean less puffy jackets or more puffy jackets? :P

    4) And I HAVE INVITED YOU TO STUFF. Tell me what you want to do in the 1-2 days we have together :D

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  3. Chris, about half an hour ago I was craving fast food so bad I told my mum I really wanted to eat a burger and she gave me a really weird look like 'what am I meant to do about it?'I got scared so I ran from the room ahha.

    But geez, this didn't help. At all. I want to try this place ;)

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  4. Holy crap. Only one pizza? You should've sneaked some. Invite us there someday.

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  5. Hi Chris.

    Inferno looks great! I might try it one day- not really a fan of pizza though XD

    HK- $100HKD A DAY?! WHAT BLASPHEMY ARE YOU KIDDING. I GOT PAID $100 FOR 45 MINS IN HK. WHAT WHAT. Have fun filing XD. SUITS= awesome; none of that fobby stuff you wear (like bosco mentioned, the puffy jackets- STAY AWAY FROM THOSE)

    :D BOSCO/MAWSON have made some uber awesome plans :D

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  6. Man don't fruiterise yourself in HK. I know its tempting given the fashion options :P

    We MUST meet up in HK. Have fun in your work.

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  7. TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE ONE DAY, CHRIS! (:

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  8. $100HKD per day wtf...doesn't HK have minimum wages D:
    I get paid $33 an hour!

    Those pizzas look very tasty :P I wanna try that tandoori pizza! I wonder if they actually have a real tandoori oven tho :O

    And yes, about your fashion sense :P
    Too bad you wont be able to distort your fashion sense earlier, say, from Nov6-16.

    let me recount who is coming:
    1) Me of course
    2) Eddy
    3) Edison
    4) Ambert
    5) NOT CHRIS

    oh did i mention you weren't coming xD
    Well just to make sure, ill repeat the list again:
    1) Me
    2) Eddy
    3) Edison
    4) Ambert

    Oh i might as well put a list of who's not going:
    1) Chris Au
    2) Christopher Au
    3) Kris Au
    4) Krissybubbbles Au
    5) Kar Long Au
    6) A person of a small stature who is currently in holy matrimony with a said individual (J.A)
    7) Bubble Butt
    8) Person who enjoys pulling out their plate with saliva threads still attacehd and dripping it onto everybody

    Yeah, i think thats it :)
    Have fun studying !

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  9. Forgot aznkalos48@gmail.com

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  10. ahhaah hi chrisau :)
    this was like YOUR BEST BLOG EVER !
    I THINK I WAS
    SALIVATING .
    mygot it looks so good !
    and i love italian fooddddddd !
    must go now hehehe
    i hope youre studying hard (:
    and all i ever do in china [which i presume is the same as hk], is eat and eat . i dont even shop lols .

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  11. James: believe me they WERE delicious ;) yeah..well =) hope it's all a lie and they'll actually pay me more :P

    BOSCO:
    1) hahah i caught him when he was eating :P
    2) does it make my pictures blur easier?
    3)LOL i only wear puffy jackets when it gets cold! i don't usually like wearing them cos it gets in the way, but it keeps me warm :) SUIT SUIT =D
    4)I CAN'T DECIDE! you decide hahaha cos i've been to everywhere you mentioned there, except for a junk boat cruisee..and jumbo kingdom (wth is that?)

    kowontons(eddy): LOL i should have brought a takeaway box eh? :P

    BELLE: hii :) not a fan of pizza?! why not? yeah..100HK a day seems a little measley know that you mention how much you got per hour...damn! i'll try to negotiate ;)

    ALANGAYLORD: YES. WE MUST MEET UP =D

    SY: yess ma'am =)

    KOWONTONS (nathan): D: i want to get paid more too! but it's not actually an official job, i think. like i said, i'll try and negotiate :) we'll go to that cafe together one day =) it's mighty good!

    .... I DO NOT drip my saliva on everybody! hmmph!

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  12. janet: thank you ^_^ LOL i get soo sick of yumcha by the time my HK trip ends. and then the endless buffets :P but food is always good :)

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  13. Leeanne: i know eh? you know when i get really sick, all of a sudden in the middle of the night, i'd wake up and really crave apples. so amidst coughing and blowing my nose, i'd slowly peel myself an apple and eat it. my mum would find a half eaten apple in a bowl and apple peel in the bin next morning and go wtf? :P

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  14. cool, italian, yum cha style

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  15. damn. my namesake/asian boy always does cool things.

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  16. It was a wonderful night and dinner! The pizza pictures look so yummy!

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