EFENDY - MODERN TURKISH...

Oishii sent me a link to some new Turkish restaurant in Balmain. The immediate response was we need to go. Slight problem was finding the day and time. Once this got sorted we decided to head over to Balmain for some Turkish food. Yes I don't get enough of it at home! LOL

Being the middle of winter 2008 (Yes I'm a year behind my life at the moment), I picked up Oishii while it was raining. Hope of finding parking outside the restaurant was limited in Balmain. Some how we managed to find parking opposite the restaurant. We grabbed my umbrella's and stormed over in the rain for some Modern Turkish food.

Outside of Efendy's Restaurant:

We walk into a very peaceful restaurant. Any hope of a bellydancer storming out is immediately crossed off the list. We are shown to our seats which is literally at the end of the restuarant hidden in a corner spot. This is great. We can have all the laughing fits we want now!


Menu's on the table explain the concept of "Efendy"....



To my left is a vase that looks like someone's ashes have been filled up in. Is it Sarah's?




As usual we started over ordering and this is what we ended up with:

Above - Fresh Baked Bread and Olive Oil to dip it in...

Above - Mezze to share....

Of course a glass of nice red wine...

Along with the mains came a salad to share. My main was a Lamb shank. I was dreaming of the lamb pasta from Mykonos at this stage:



No Turkish meal would be complete without Turkish tea and delight:


You think that would be enough for us but we were pretty excited about chocolate Baklava. Only when it was delivered we figured out it was a brownie with some pastry on top. What a rip off!

I think by this time I was ready to vomit! We managed to rack up a bill that could pay for a trip to the Gold Coast. Storming out of the restaurant there was no energy to have a laughing fit over the bill.......

MEY'S BIRTHDAY BASH

It was Mey's big birthday bash at Bavarian Bier Cafe and some how I was put in charge of organising the birthday present. We should all know that anything I buy would well be abit weird compared to others.

So after much researching I came across what I thought described Mey best! Yes as you can it's a watergun cock! Now Mey can have all the squirting action she wants!


Within minutes Mey had the watergun cock in her hand with a MASSIVE smile on her face!


We all know how much Mey loves her waterguns! haha Adding to the package was a teddy bear with a penis hat and Shrek the DVD. Shrek was only added to the package to shut Amy up who claimed we had to go in with at least one decent gift. If it was up to me it would have been a
g-string or something! hehe

The cream on top was provided by one of the guests on the night to see if Mey would well....



For some reason Scarface decided to get involved in this fiasco. I have no idea why! Maybe she just wanted to grope the watergun for her own pleasure! Meanwhile Mey was ready to be charlie's angel with the watergun.

Scarface hands off the cock!

CELINE DION

So I finally broke the news to Cherry. The first response was “So are you choosing Celine Dion over me?”. My response – “YES”. After much screaming and death threats I think she calmed down! Freakin Celine Dion ruining my life.

So we rock up to the concert, note this is the next night following Maroon 5’s concert. Talk about over exhausting Acer Arena. We stroll in to check our seats. Obviously we didn’t have the best seats in town as we only paid $150 a ticket. I think gold tickets were going around $400. I would of loved to pay that much to be up close and personal but honestly that’s a trip to Queensland haha

The good news – our seats actually face down to the stage so they aren’t too bad. At least we are not on the opposite end of the stage.

The pre-act is Anthony Callea. Now let me just say this. I like Anthony Callea but I’m not a huge fan. I wouldn’t rush out to buy his CD. However Anthony was amazing on Stage. His voice projection was stunning. I was blown away literally. Honestly given the opportunity I would now definitely pay to go watch Anthony Callea live on stage. I think it’s worth the money.



Pictures of Anthony Callea:




Celine Dion makes a dramatic entrance onto stage sending the crowd into a mad screaming attack. The atmosphere totally to die for. Worth the $150 and more. Direction, audience interaction and show totally amazing. Following her first song we get an apology and explanation to her absence on stage last week. Poor thing coming off a plane and getting sick.

A special Celine Dion moment:

Stage shows:

My favourite part of the show:

The dancers were amazing. Definately would watch her in Las Vegas!

The moment we have all been waiting for - Titanic:

Once the whole Celine Dion concert was over, it was a mad rush to the car to get out of here. You see we always get stuck in that car park for over an hour. With my heart racing we had a goal - to make a special guest appearance at Cherry's birthday bash.

Luckily we dont get caught up in the car park mess and speed our way to Leichhardt. We park to stroll to find one drunkin Cherry sitting on Gus' lap:

MAROON 5

I was geared up to go to Celine Dion’s concert and then I received this SMS:

“Celine Dion Sydney shows postponed!”

OMG what the hell was that about? The worst part was to come. The concert had been postponed to the week after. Slight problem! It was on the same night as Cherry’s birthday bash. Looks like I have to break the news to her.

Meanwhile it was time to hit the Maroon 5 concert. I went through a period at work where I just kept buying random concert tickets and I couldn’t stop. I actually had to stop myself from logging onto the Ticketek website. It got deadly at one stage when I actually started considering buying tickets to the Backstreet Boys concert haha

So we arrive at Acer Arena for the concert to notice that I actually scored pretty good seats. I couldn’t believe it. Normally I score tickets in the nose bleed sections. I can actually see the people on stage! The only other time I got excellent concert tickets was Enrique’s concert.

So we sit down and the pre-act starts. I can’t remember the name of the dude but he was quite good. Just before Maroon 5 was about to start this sign came on:

No idea what this was about and I don’t think anyone actually figured it out?


Finally Adam Levine hits the stage the crowd goes nuts. It’s a different atmosphere in the front rows. People actually go psycho! Haha


Below Pics of Adam Levine - Maroon 5! Copyright to NB Productions.

Adam Levine's final act - throwing is guitar. Only if it feel on someones head! haha

PUPPY'S 30TH BDAY BASH

It's pups 30th birthday and I know I'm going to get shot for mentioning the number haha

After much screaming tantrums I managed to convince her that we need a party. Ok so it's really me who needs a party. So it was up to me to organise something as we know Pups organisational skills aren't that great haha

It only feels like yesterday that I organised her suprise 22nd birthday bash at a Turkish restaurant. Only special thanks to my mum it wasn't a suprise haha

So I organised Zenobia's at Leichhardt for her birthday bash. We went there for our xmas party last year and the food was amazing. I was so looking forward to it.

I rock up to Pups house to pick her up when I realise she's in her room trying to figure out how to sew a button onto her brother's shirt. This should be interesting pups trying to sew hahaha

As usual we leave the house late to only rock up at Zenobia's to find all the guests have arrived. We get escorted into the cushion room as that's what I had requested. Mind you half way through the night I realised the cushions weren't that comfortable. My ass was screaming for a chair at one stage.

The Mezes start to arrive:

I'm ready for some wine:

Aleyna & Tugba:

NV & Aleyna:



Pups trying to take a picture of something?:

Pups & I posing for a photo:

In our cushion room was a large group of hens. What's the bet I'm going to make out with the hen? hahaha

The Hen found her victim for the night:

The food starts filling up on the table when the bellydancer comes out. Halaby swings his way into the cushion room and we manage to get Pups up to dance with him.

Of course the Hen had to get up:

As Halaby exits the next bellydancer comes out. Magda swings her way in:

After much fuss we pull out the birthday cake I organised to wish Pups a very happy 30th!

The mess these two created putting the left over cake into the box: