We were on our way home after one full day of touring around all the very interesting places outside of Auckland but on the way, we stopped by this place…
– one of the many around. It used to be called Food Town, I was told and according to this newspaper report, the biggest one is at 17-25 Victoria St West, just across Queen St from the Whitcoulls Corner, with its customer entrance beside Brookfields House and that particular one was the largest supermarket in the city.
Well, Christmas was round the corner, so there were all the Christmas delights all around…
– the traditional mince pies…
….the fruit cakes and puddings…
…and there were ready-made pavlovas too…
…as well as the regular cakes and lamingtons, should anyone prefer those…
I checked the prices of SPAM there…
…and at NZ$5.69, multiply that by 2.5, give and take a little, that will be around RM14.20 which is, in fact, around the same as what we pay at a supermarket here.
I saw this Malaysian restaurant next door…
…and as the name implies, it would be a place of Malaysians who miss our mouth-watering local fare…but no, I was not missing anything at the time, not at all. Hehehehehe!!!!
Back in the house, we had these beautiful dish of scampi for dinner…
…and my friend cooked this very nice risotto served with scallops…
…and so it came to pass that smallkucing‘s aunt, his father’s sister who is currently living and working in Auckland, wanted to drop by to see me that night so she graciously accepted my friend’s invitation to join us for dinner and she brought along with her this very nice salad dish with smoked salmon added…
…and just look at what she brought for me to take home!!!
Oooo….I loved those Macadamia Brittles! First time trying, and I really liked it!
Gosh!!! People are all so kind and generous to me that it makes me feel bad that there is no way I can reciprocate. Sigh!!! Thanks so much, nonetheless, my friend – sure am glad to have made the acquaintance and hopefully, the feeling was mutual. Cheers!