One of my well known characteristics is that I’m very sensitive to the cold. At school, in winter, you’ll often find me with at least 4 layers on (2 of which are thick wollen jumpers) and will not take them off unless it gets hot enough that most people aren’t even wearing jumpers. In summer, you’ll sometimes still see me with a jumper on, even if I’m sweating until someone points out that it’s too hot to wear a jumper- in which case i’ll take it off (not that it makes too much of a difference).
This is quite different to my mother and sister who are extremely sensitive to the heat. Summer leads to a lot of inactivity and my mum dreads any baking or ironing that needs to be done. So on another typical hot summer day in Sydney, we, for some crazy reason walked from one side of Eastwood to the other (from Chinese side to the Korean!). This of course ended up with a lot of sweat and we had hardly enough energy to take any more steps. The reason for this craziness? Food. Or rather my want of Korean food (I just happened to drag them along!)
By the time we reached the other side, out criteria in choosing a restaurant were not in the food itself but in the level of air conditioning. The shops with their doors closed were most likely to have air con but the newer looking restaurants did look cooler than the old ones.
This was the reason we ended up at Arisana.
Like most Korean restaurants, they gave us the (free) appetisers. I never liked pickled radishes before- the spicy ones were hot and tasted very rasidh-y. Although, in a strange way, it was still nice. The yellow ones were much sweeter- I’m much more familiar with these ones as we buy them at the Asian supermarkets (we usually put them in sushi!) Interestingly, we saw people sprinkling vinegar onto it- maybe that’s the traditional way to eat it? Interesting, the menu at does not comprise of only Korean food, but also Taiwanese food! And, the menu was in Korean, Chinese and English! (Although it’s mostly in Korean) The food was reasonably priced- most of their dishes were around the $30 but we went for the less expensive options of noodles/rice which were around the $12 mark.
Fried Dumplings $10
The dumplings were nice- crisp and crunchy. However, they don’t stay like that for long. We were distracted by the other food that came, and by the time we got back to these, they had gone soft.



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6 Comments
I'm the same as you-I don't like the cold at all! Not looking forward to Winter here, even if we have comparatively mild Winters! I really like the look of the black bean noodles! 🙂
March 5, 2010 at 1:17 AMOh I"m the opposite – I LOVE the cold!! I hate the heat – it makes me so grumpy!
I love dumplings and that Black Bean Noodle dish looks so interesting… I really need to be more adventurous with where I eat and WHAT I eat… yum!! 🙂
March 5, 2010 at 9:24 AMoh the seafood rice looks delicious. I absolutely love the cold. I am a winter girl. Although I do love the beach and summer too.
March 5, 2010 at 12:04 PMHi Von… I much prefer the cold, at least then I can rug up in front of my tv with a hot cup of milo.. 🙂
March 5, 2010 at 5:46 PMThose black bean noodles look really good.. must try it one day..!
Oh my God, I know, 250 cupcakes! My eyes almost popped out of my head 8D But I accepted and I'm so excited, I'll be baking at my teacher's house next Sunday, freezing the cupcakes there to keep them fresh, and then coming back the day of the party to frost them. So excited.
The eight yolks made the cupcakes so tasty and rich…my mom is mad at me for leaving dangerously fattening and tempting pastries around the house. Heh.
I'm with you on the cold. I need spring to come around, badly. It's my favorite season for baking! And really just about anything else 😀
March 6, 2010 at 7:52 PMLove the black bean noodles! This place looks good.
March 12, 2010 at 9:35 AM