Demie's All-Day 20th Celebration: Tapas at Long Room

I didn't have much time to rest after high tea since dinner was at 6.30pm. Again, Demie didn't know where we were going until Berlin and Tom brought her there.

Long Room

Georges Building, 162-168 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC

03 9663 7226

http://www.thelongroom.com.au/lr/

I was very, very disappointed that the website didn't say anything about the mains menu not being available on Wednesday nights because of their Midweek Tapas Feast, which meant that everyone dining there on Wednesday had to pay $28/person for an all-you-can-eat tapas fare. I did make it very clear to one of the waitresses there about how I felt, but then again, there's only so much she could do about it. I did advise them to do something about their website though, because I went there expecting there to be at least a choice of what we could eat.

However, the waitress who served us, Megan, was great. She was friendly and helpful, and she was very nice too. Her great service made up for the pretty bad food timing.

They had plenty of tapas. Each person could only order 2 at a time, which I felt was a smart thing on the restaurant's part, but a little unfair to the customers. It took at least 20 minutes between each serve to arrive, which means the food would've settled. We only managed to take 3 rounds and we were stuffed to the brim.

Just a few pictures of the tapas we ordered. (Not very good pictures.. I've yet to learn how to use my camera properly. Someone teach me, por favor?)

I had the Spicy Garlic Prawns, Chorizo Romesco, Champignon Mushrooms, Albondigas, Chilli Chicken, Mushroom Empanada, and the Lamb Kofta, and they were all pretty food.

It was a good thing the food there was good. The others seemed pretty happy with their food, though they kept missing a few orders.

Food: 7.5

Coffee: N/A

Ambience: 8

Value: 6

Staff: 8

And the guests:

Adam and Iryan, thanks for being on time :)

Berlin and Tom, thanks for everything!



Ky-Lynn and Zack, you guys always have the best pictures!

Max and Arif, sorry I caught you mid-blink! 

Jason and I. Doesn't he look so schmart awujiwujiwuu

Of course, not forgetting Demie..

You guys seriously do not look alike at all!

<3

And that's the group of us.. The other two pictures were really weird!

We headed back to Iryan's place for 'coffee' without Berlin and Tom. 'Coffee' turned out to be us surprising her with the cake that Berlin brought to Iryan's earlier in the day.

oooo sparkly

I think i'll start putting all my pictures in collages now.. It takes up less of my upload limit.

Gave her the presents after that.

Reading her Disney princess card, it sings 'Every girl can be a princess'. 

Cheesy, but it was very fitting since Demie's such a princess and since she wanted a Disney's princess themed birthday in the first place. (Not sure how that would play out since the majority of her invited guests were guys..) It was too bad the others weren't able to sign the card :(

Thomas Sabo's pearl, clover and heart with a diamond charm with a holder from everyone, to represent Love, Luck and Clarity. 

Tiffany's Letter 'D' pendant from Iryan, Adam and I, just cause we knew the blue box would do the trick.

I hope you enjoyed your day out, Demie! You're 20 and while you've already been independent and mature in many ways, maybe it's about time you start taking better care of yourself emotionally, and physically too (you know what I mean). It's been a pleasure to be your friend. You may annoy the hell outta me a lot (trust me), but you'd be glad to know that I do care (I hope your day was enough to prove it lol), even though I'm not always physically there.

Exams are in less than a week, so updates will definitely slow down for the next two weeks or so. I've also spent a little too much for the past week, so I've gotta eat dust for a while to make up for it.

wish me luck for my exams! and good luck to everyone else!

may.

Happy Birthday Sieu Minn (Part Two), at Strange Wolf.

Headed to Strange Wolf for dinner with a relatively big bunch of people for dinner. 

Strange Wolf 

Strachan Lane, Melbourne VIC 

03 9662 4914 

http://www.strangewolf.com.au/ 

Mon - Fri, 12pm - late, Sat, 8pm - late

 

The place is actually a bar, lounge, and a disco. It was really, really dark when we walked in and it took me a while to adjust to the surroundings.

It felt as if i was in a dungeon, really, just with air conditioning and alcohol. We got this massive table for our group at 16, and it felt as it we were dining in a castle with the candles and everything.

Their menu is really limited, just 6 burgers. Out of 6, the we ordered 5. I guess no one was interested in a pumpkin and pinenut burger (Fairy Godmother, $14). The burgers came pretty quickly, almost instantly in fact.

Most of them ordered The Wolf, $12 (bottom right), and by the looks of it, they seemed to like it. Or maybe they were just really hungry. Only Yusri and Russell ordered The Golem, $15 (top right) and Jo and Debra (i think) ordered the Bacon, $15.

I had the Shroom Burger, $12 (bottom left). It was pretty good. The bun was sweet and soft, and the massive portobello mushrooms were cooked well. I enjoyed the caramelized onions the best though. Portions were pretty big as well, and the chips were really good. Thin, crispy, and not too salty.

I'd say the Mongrel Deluxe, $18 looked the best (top left). It was massive!

Food: 7.5

Coffee: N/A

Ambience: 7 (considering it's a bar)

Value: 7

Staff: 8

Now, I intended this post to be a people post, not a food one, so that's where the food ends. 

Hi Aunty! Here's the picture of Minn and her food that you asked for.

We headed back to Minn's place since she was too shy to have her cake at the bar. The cake was a Mango Sorbet cake, from Bread Top. Good job Kit Yen for recommending this! It was really good!

Birthday girl with her birthday cake.

Out of all the candle blowing photos I've ever taken of people, you definitely look the best. Usually, it'll just look inappropriate.

I didn't get a proper reaction photo when she took her iPod out of the plastic bag, but I guess this will do. Thanks Debra, for choosing and handling Minn's presents!

Sherwin's gift to Minn.

Such a typical thing for Sherwin to do. It made (a very drunk) someone on the tram on the way back pretty happy though.

And inside that massive box..

Earphones. Noice. I hope you liked all the presents you got this year, Minn :)

/ people pictures start here /

Ian and Amy

Jocelyn and Sim

Kit Yen and Pock

Josephine and Russell

Eugene and Debra

Yusri and Jocelyn

Joo Lee and Sherwin

Minn and Joo Lee

Amy, Jocelyn and Minn

  

Mark and Minn

Jason and Minn

Minn and Josephine

Minn and Sherwin

Minn and the girls

Minn and the boys

Minn and all of them!

I've gotta say that among all my friends, she's the most camera-shy (more like camera hate) so the fact that I do have this many pictures of her is a big, big deal. Thanks for being cooperative, Minn =p. 

Love you long time. It's great that after a year in Melbourne, we're finally going out more! Don't be too stressed out about exams. I'm very sure, knowing how you were like in high school, that your exam demons will be battled down without a doubt. Now get off my blog and go study.

should i really get a name card?

may.