We always look for street food whenever we were travelling and NZ street food are not spared. While strolling alongside The Waterfront, hubby spotted this small hut near to the Service Above Self , without think twice we sat down and ordered our food.

We ordered the freshes and crunchy aromatic  Fish and Chips for brunch. Yummmmmmmmmm!!!!

Here hubby enjoying his food.

I had a dozen of Steamed Mussels. So fresh and juicy!! I must say its better than the one I had in Havelock.

If you are in Queenstown, you must not missed FergBurger. The queue is long always and you have to take your number and wait for them to prepare your burger. Ferg merchandise is so cool too, but too expensive for me

The Fergburger is as big as my face!! fml, my face so chubby.

 Yum!!!  The best burger ever!!! I can eat this everyday!! 

 If you are a small eater, share your Ferg.

I am a small eater I manage to eat half of it only

Here we are at Queenstown. Thank God finally I am writing on Day 9 dy. 

Queenstown is the busiest tourist town in New Zealand, a shopping haven for souvenirs and also NZ local products made from manuka honey, sheep placenta and lanolin to name a few.

At last a town that is normal to us, Queenstown is the liveliest town of all that we visited as the shops here closes at 9PM! Wonderful!!

On the mainstreet there are many outlets offering extreme activities, Book your Bungy Jump anyone?

The Queenstown Mall, rows of boutique shops for  souvenir shopping haven and dining experience.

Exploring every nooks and corners.

We’re not crazy over souvenir shopping, we still buy some for our family and  close friends.

The Waterfront, Queenstown Lake Wakatipu. Hire a boat here for a day fishing, kayaking or a ride on the Steamboat.

Bought this Alpacas soft toy for Wendy. I borrowed it to take a photo of it. Cute right?

Took a walk at the Queenstown Garden, here’s the memorial gate of the Service Above Self

Relax Tepi Longkang.

Why the water so clean??

Sat a a bench at the Waterfront just enjoying the view.

This year CNY celebration, Hubby’s cousin brought her London boyfriend back to Malaysia to meet the relatives and friends. The boyfriend name is John.

While he enjoy the sun and beach here, there are some Malaysia experience he wont quite understand nor will he forget.

Here’s what the Angmo told us before he goes back to London (after he was a bit tipsy from all the drinks we serve him at home- alcohol la what else hehe… John  drank 2 bottles of red wine alone, and tried many glass of Choya as he never tasted one and like it, also my Hubby the Bartender made a  concoction of Midori liquor)

 

After our day at Wanaka, we drove about 70kms to Queenstown just an hour away.

Our Accommodation in Queenstown, aspenlodge backpackers.

We booked our rooms by sending email to the backpacker and paid cash on arrival. That save us money on unnecessary service charge from online booking sites as the backpacker offers the same price.

This is our room, Small Double Ensuite @ $78 only.

One of the dining area at the backpacker, away from the mainhouse. We decided to eat out at Queenstown so we didn’t cook.

The small pantry / kitchen, of course the mainhouse has the larger ones, but this one is quieter.

What I like about Aspen Lodge Backpackers.

• Very Friendly and Happy Staff!! Love their Happy energy. Instantly lifted my low battery mood.
• FREE FREE FREE Internet
• Free off street parking. We were allowed to park here even after we checked out. Save us the hassle of finding parkings at the town centre.
• Within walking distance to town centre, only 8-10 minutes walk away. So near
• Bed Linen provided ( Not all backpackers provide free linen, in case you didn’t know and most of the time private double bed includes towel too)
• Free towels for all guest

We have to remove the bed linens, pillow case and towel and put it back at the bin provided at the lobby before we leave. No wonder the Staff stays Happy and its totally fine with us.

Win- Win!!

The happy Mandy who greeted us!!!

 I cannot believe I am still writing on Day 8… I almost missed out writing about this place I went before heading to Queenstown. With pretty much time to spare and in no hurry we drove to the nearby Wanaka National Transport and Toy Museum not far from the town.  We didn’t did not pay an entrance fee to look at the toys, I think its not worth paying at all for the Toy Museum so we just browse inside the Museum Shop.

Next to the Museum shop, yup just next door and walk over is the Wanaka Beerworks Brewery.

We did not have time for the Monteith Brewery factory visit, so we went for this one.  The owner is so busy layan the customers and here we paid $10 for a cheese platter and 3 tastings of beer in the menu. The factory tour is free btw.

After the tour, we bought a box of 6 bottles of different beers – The Limited Edition, it cost us $20 only.

 Next – head to Queenstwon

A Day to Celebrate Love

&

See if my Husband Dare to Ditch me today!

F**cker!!

 Is that your reaction?

Knowing I have not finish blogging about NZ since coming back last November? I never thought writing NZ post can be this lengthy!! I hope you are not bored yet as I am sharing here FOOD I ate in NZ which is awesome!

We have plenty of time in Wanaka, so we park our car at the public parking (allowed for 2 hours free parking). Went to the i-site for F&B advise. Just a quick question like which rest we should go and they pointed Relishes Cafe which is just across the Lake Wanaka. What a spot on recommendation, Good Food, Beautiful View!

Here, a plate of Veal Balls.. whoops .. Veal Meatballs (I hope I remember correctly)

 A perfect plate of Fried Squid with Thai sauce. The squid batter was thin and cooked perfectly, Squid never taste better than what’s serve here.

 Hmmm… I forgot What’s this.

My order which I share it generously (heartbroken actually). The best Egg Benedict I ever eaten! Uuuu lalala

Double thumbs up!!

 After having our lunch, sitting by the lake enjoying the view, the people watching and bought my silverfern Thomas Sabo here we head to Mt Iron Walking Tracks because it says : 45 minutes hike return.

Easy walk!!! Can’t wait to get to the top! Next time I’m here I am going to run up with my dog. (halucinating like I’ve migrated and reside here with a dog)

This photo taken by Hubby camera.

 This one taken by me using Canon G11.

Stunning Lake view here. Beautiful Wanaka I’ll be Back!!

 The question is when?

Answer:    

Most of us know that New Zealand is welknown for Sheep and its Dairy and their ever popular apple cider. In this post, I just want to talk about Milk.

On the first day in NZ, I went to buy a bottle of fresh milk at a grocery store in Merivale Christchurch.  Due to my previous experience in Melbourne, I dare not try the slim milk anymore as I can’t stomach it and I vomitted it all out. Slim milk make me nauseous.

There’s so many brand and type of milk available at the counter not knowing which is good. I thought it’s just milk and how bad can it be? Just avoid the slim milk right? Finally I chose the cheapest bottle a ‘common’ Low fat milk.

Back to our room:  ’I open the bottle of fresh milk’ Gulp Gulp Gulp

The next day and every day after, trying other brands like Anchor, Pams, Meadow Lea

Conclusion:

Only Dairy Dale Trim Milk taste like grass. Other brand taste perfectly fine! wahahahha

To add to my list: Avoid

1. Slim Milk
2. Dairy Dale Milk