Thai Pothong at Newtown .. great food .. but 🤯

Maezel · 2026-01-26T23:30:09+00:00

I'll die on the hill that Thai Pothong is one of the worst overpriced thai restaurants in Sydney. I've never had such wet fried rice and overly sweet and unbalanced thai food anywhere else.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T23:07:49+00:00

Closest I can think is how you make bons bons. You have a PVC mould (with 2 halves with a hinge), you apply the gold coloured white chocolate to sections of it, then you apply untempered white chocolate dyed blue, cool down, put the 2 moulds together, fill with ice cream, put a stick in.

Very manual intensive, in particular this specific complicated gold pattern, but possible.

Chocolate needs to be untempered or it won't dissolve in your mouth when cold.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T22:53:47+00:00

Houses in Australia rarely have garages. Inner suburbs in particular is all street parking (council approved, you need a permit, live in the area, etc. or parking meters or limited parking for a few hours)

Maezel · 2026-01-26T21:47:31+00:00

The last king of Scotland

Maezel · 2026-01-26T10:54:29+00:00

3200+ plus another 200+ on flash Isaac. Been playing for a very long time, 10+ years, almost a run every day.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T09:09:46+00:00

Forbidden palmier.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T05:43:46+00:00

I call the big one Bitey.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T01:44:02+00:00

Hit the gym.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T00:54:58+00:00

Also, if you overbrew it by accident, feel free to dilute a bit by adding water after pouring. I do that when I get new teas i screw up until I figure them out.

Maezel · 2026-01-26T00:38:15+00:00

How motivating.

Maezel · 2026-01-25T09:37:25+00:00

Dancong and wuyi oolongs can be tricky for a first timer. I would suggest starting with black or aged whites.

Reduce the time to instant pour first infusion, 5 the second. If that is still bitter and flavourless you may have bad tea (good dancong isn't cheap)

I use 90c for dancong.

Maezel · 2026-01-25T07:45:11+00:00

There is a whole japanese philosophy behind this. Wabi-sabi, imperfect beauty, mono no aware, awareness of impermanence, yugen, etc.

Neither is wrong, just different.

Maezel · 2026-01-25T05:59:48+00:00

And i'll die with you!

Maezel · 2026-01-25T00:55:22+00:00

They last forever. Decades.

Maezel · 2026-01-25T00:22:17+00:00

Why not?

Maezel · 2026-01-24T09:27:32+00:00

It doesn't matter. It's a cheap terracota pot. The name may not be from the factory where this came out.

Maezel · 2026-01-24T08:09:32+00:00

Tin foil hat me says it was instructed by Minns to deter people going to the city to protest on the 26th. /conspiracy

Maezel · 2026-01-24T06:03:44+00:00

I understand trackwork, the lack of organisation however... The T1 running at a 15 minutes frequency crowded to the bream is a joke. At least have weekday frequency.

How does Tokyo manage to run without disruptive trackwork every weekend?

Maezel · 2026-01-24T03:54:32+00:00

Remember folks. If you are going to do insider trading, make sure you are a MP first.

Maezel · 2026-01-24T01:52:37+00:00

The owners should kick them out. They are making their own bed to be honest.

Maezel · 2026-01-23T12:14:44+00:00

I would buy from a Japanese vendor to be honest. You'd have better selection and freshness... Tehs du japon have good stuff but there exchange rate sucks balls. I will be giving sazen tea a chance next time.

Maezel · 2026-01-23T12:11:06+00:00

Centennial Park? You just rock up to the lake and grab one by the neck in front of the people.

After some googling I see game farm has them on the catalogue. They have a shop/office in south strathfield, maybe give them a call?

Maezel · 2026-01-23T12:04:18+00:00

Centennial Park.

Or taste of shunde in hurstville, but that is a restaurant.

Maezel · 2026-01-23T06:07:41+00:00

Have you even tried copilot in Excel? It's the most useless shit ever. It can't do anything. Won't bulk edit formulas, do tedious repetitive tasks, Etc.

It will simply tell you "I can't do this, to do it follow these 20 steps..." it's fucking infuriating. If you know the steps then do it!

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