A couple of weeks ago, I was headed to Parramatta Westfields and decided to grab PappaRich with a friend.

If anyone wants to check it out, there are located just outside of Parramatta Westfields near Max Brenner and right next to Nandos.

Living in South-West Sydney, I drive past Canley Heights quite a bit. Canley Heights is sort of starting to build a reputation of becoming an area where little gems, restaurant wise, are starting to pop up. Through my numerous drives through the area, I noticed that a new restaurant 'Ryoma' was opening.


 I first experienced Japanese BBQ in Japan and really enjoyed it. The meat is cut a lot thinner and is more fatty due to more marbling than the meat that is served for a Korean BBQ generally. This makes for some great tasting meat as well as some great fire photos. The sauces are also quite different to Korean BBQs with the sauces given for Japanese BBQ being more oil based than the Korean sauces.

I visited Ryoma about a week ago with a couple of my friends. Tables were full but we didn't really have to wait for long - just long enough for the wait staff to get our table ready. Their menu is posted outside their restaurant so you can check out the menu and decide on what you want before getting seated. We decided to get Pork Ribs (it really looked like Pork Belly), Wagyu beef Inside Skirts and Rib Fingers (2 plates of the Rib Fingers), Ox Tongue, Mixed Vegetables, Baby Octopus, Karaage Chicken, Takoyaki and Lemon & Lime Bitters as a drink.


The Karaage Chicken was really nice but I'm not too certain if it's the best Karaage Chicken that I have had. The Takoyaki was really nice and quite bigger than what I have gotten at other restaurants. I found the inside quite nice and fluffy. The Lemon & Lime Bitters were served in a glass bigger than I'm used to so it seemed like I was getting more.


The Mixed Vegetables consisted of 3 types of mushrooms (that I can't remember at the moment), pumpkin, onions, eggplant and corn. The pumpkin took forever to cook and I wished that they partially cooked it to a degree so that the BBQ could just brown it and finish off the cooking process. The corn was just regular corn on the cob but I love corn so I found it really tasty especially with the meat and such also infused in ... but that may just be me.


My favourite meats had to be the Wagyu beef dishes especially the Inside Skirts. They were just so tender and juicy and when dipped into the soy-oil sauce (at least I think it was), it was just heaven on your tastebuds. I highly recommend that you get at least one Wagyu beef dish. I really liked the Baby Octopus as well since it was nice and tender when cooked. The Pork Ribs were okay, not the best but they were nice to eat. With every BBQ restaurant, whether Korean or Japanese, you will get frozen meat and for us that came in the form of our second plate of Wagyu Beef Rib Finger. It wasn't totally frozen but I could tell that they got it out of a freezer due to the hardness of the meat. However saying that, it still tasted great.


The wait staff at the restaurant were really nice and welcoming especially when we initially entered. However, when we ordered our second round of dishes, one of the wait staff forgot to finalise our order since it is all done via a tablet and this resulted in the kitchen not getting our order. So I would definitely check that orders are finalised when ordering more dishes after your initial order of dishes.

Ryoma is open between 5:30 and 10pm and is located on Canley Vale Road, Canley Heights. The pricing is pretty average, nothing too outrageous in my opinion. With all those dishes that I mentioned above, it came to roughly $28 per person and there was 4 of us eating. I would definitely recommend you visiting the restaurant if you fancy eating or trying out Japanese BBQ.

Again, this past week was pretty chilled with my focus being on uni work especially with a presentation due and an upcoming essay due as well. However, this past weekend I attended two 21st parties so I thought I would show you what I wore since it's probably the most exciting thing that happened the past week.

The first party was held at 'The Argyle' which is a somewhat more fancy bar, than the average bar, in Sydney as it is also used for work functions. Due to this, I felt like I should dress up a little bit that resulted in the outfit below.



The party was good in the way that I got to catch up with various friends that I haven't seen it a while. It also let me whip out my awesome dancing skills but they had to be regulated into a corner with my friends as nobody in the bar could handle the awesomeness that it was LOL. Really, we danced by ourselves as we aren't really into dancing in the way that is seen in clubs/bars these days ...

The next day, I attended another 21st that was a little bit more chilled. We experienced the newly opened 'Escape Hunt' in Sydney and then went to Madang for dinner.



The 'Escape Hunt' was a good experience where you are placed in a room with friends and have to use clues found in the room to unlock locks and gain a key to exit the room. As it was our first time, we were slightly confused about what to do and had to ask for assistance. Overall, it was a good experience and I would definitely be willing to come back again and test my detective skills again. They have another branch in Melbourne with another one in Brisbane opening soon. If you are interested, you can check out their Sydney website here.

We then travelled to Madang for Korean BBQ. It was a good experience but I felt like our waiters were a little overwhelmed as we were on the floor with other large parties. I would definitely go back again but maybe with a smaller group next time and maybe in the summer time as they had an option for bibimbap naengmyeon and it set off a craving within me. I didn't order it then as it the last couple of days in Sydney have been cold and wet which is not the best weather for a dish that has crushed ice as it's soup.

Sorry about the lack of details for the clothing, if you were interested in them, but I purchased them all a while back and can't remember the pricing of them (clearly seen in the 2nd photo with the scuff marks on the bag and fadedness of the shoes). Also, I'm still experimenting with my brother's DSLR and editing of the photos so my apologies for the photos not looking the best.

Until next time, keep safe especially if you are driving in wet weather/conditions :)

About two weeks ago, I celebrated my 21st birthday. If you know me, I am a very chilled person and that reflects how I celebrate my birthday. I'm not into the big parties or anything but prefer smaller outings where my friends and I can just relax.


My birthday was kicked off with Rosa, Catherine and Bryan coming over to celebrate at midnight. Rosa gifted me with a mango and lychee giant pudding 'cakes' and the Happy Kitchen Mini-Cake. We sat around talking and laughing especially when my primary school photos were whipped out. I strangely look the same in Kindy and once my mum started cutting my hair, my looks took a drastic turn especially in year 3 *shudders*.


For my birthday dinner, a group of my friends went to Gigino's which is located in Fairfield West on Hamilton Road. They do Italian food and we ordered 4 types of pizza and 2 salads for our meal. I loved the pizzas especially the spicy pepperoni one. I love wood fired thin crust pizzas and Gigino's definitely delivered on that. I think what sets Gigino's apart is their customer service. Our waitress was attentive to what we needed and was knowledgeable about the menu and what we would like when we ran into some trouble picking. The owner (or maybe it was the manager) came around to each table and talked to each party about what they liked and did some general chit-chat. We then all came back to my place and played board games making fun of one another and just having a nice time being around one another.

As part of the dinner, I got gifted my first ever luxurious bag with my friends gifting me a Coach mini tote bag. I was seriously overwhelmed when I got the present and could not thank them enough. It even comes in its own protective bag (that's when you know its fancy, LOL) and I'm still too scared to take off the protective bits or bring it outside. They also got me a Junior Masterchef hat and apron set and surprisingly, I could fit both. Don't know whether I should be happy or upset about that.


The day after my birthday, I embarked on another Italian meal with another group of close friends. We ate at Savanas at Stocklands Wetherill Park. We had eaten there before but had pizzas. We chose to have the pasta this time around. It was okay but nothing amazing in my opinion. It may have just been the pasta that I ordered. For dessert, we went to What the Fudge? in Cabramatta. I ordered the Nutella Waffles. I unfortunately didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would but I think that was mostly because I was still slightly full from the dinner. We spent about 2 or so hours there just talking about random topics that popped into our heads.


This birthday was probably one of the best, just because I was able to spend it with so many of my friends and it was just a nice relaxing way to enter into another year of my life but also celebrating all the friends and the memories that I have accumulated with them. Spending my birthday with my friends makes me so grateful that I have them as part of my life and reminded me that having a good group of friends, along with family, really allows me to spend everyday in a happy mood.

On Monday, myself with two friends decided to go and catch-up at Macquarie Hotel Liverpool Bistro. What drew us into this bistro is that it offers 'Buy One Get One Free' with mains every night for dinner and the whole day on weekends. This pretty much results in a very cheap meal.

The meal was pretty good and the servings definitely made the money worthwhile. The mains pretty much range from high 10s to low 30s with the high 20s and low 30s being for different types of steaks. The seating was very relaxing with an interior and exterior option. The two are separated by bifolding doors and loungers (which looked very comfy).

We ordered the Inferno Wings and Chips, Portuguese Grilled Chicken, Salt and Pepper Squid and Creamy Boscaiola Schnitzel. I didn't personally have the Schnitzel so I can't comment on that but everything else was pretty good. The Portuguese Chicken wasn't as spicy as I would have liked but it was still delicious to eat and I really liked the Salt and Pepper Squid. The Inferno Wings were okay but to be honest, that may have been because I was getting full by the time I decided to have one. We had chips and salad with each dish but you have the option of mash or chips and salad or vegetables for the Schnitzels. I really enjoyed the chips but I pretty much enjoy all chips unless you really stuff them up but the salad for me was something that I could have gone without. I'm pretty certain that it was the dressing as I could eat some parts of the salad with no complaints but I would get to one portion of the salad and I just couldn't stomach it.

Overall, I would go back if I wanted a cheap but fulfilling feed - potentially trying the pizzas next time I visited.