RJIE 6: Teppanyaki Noodles @ Chandler Markets

I alternatively love and hate Sundays. I nearly always finish my night shifts on them and its hard to find anything to do on a Sunday, because nothing store wise and restaurant wise is open, either at all or until much much later in the morning.

On the upside, there are a ton of markets to go to. Park Road, New Farm, Woodridge, Mt Gravatt, Salisbury, Nundah, Manly, Southbank Lifestyle, Chandler, and probably more I can't name. I'll go to at least one market a Sunday, Park Road is my go to, since its just near work, its pretty terrible for produce but the food is great, the entertainment is lively, they hold Boggo Prison history tours and there is a lot of couples with their dogs here.

New Farm, I heard are great for produce, especially around 11am where everyone starts doing specials to offload their excess. L., and D., go here a lot to pick up stuff for the week.

Woodridge is where my mum and aunt love to go, its just pure ethnic produce. Its up at the crack of dawn, there's a lot of people who have just spread out a blanket or a table and are selling stuff from their garden. The produce here is always amazing but you really have to be there early to get the good stuff. The food pretty much consists of fried chicken and authentic back door Thai food, but it looks all a bit dodgy so go straight to the vegetables and fruit produce. I've often found cool stuff here like devils cucumber and finger limes.

Mt Gravatt, is my other good to go to produce place, the food is terrible, the random crap is pretty much just crap but the produce is always solid. Plus its mostly under cover which helps when it rains.

Salisbury, I've read is one of the biggest random crap markets ever. Its apparently like a giant flea market, and I'm keen to go there one day.

Nundah, I've heard is particularly good too. A gourmet food and produce place, but it looks a bit far to get to via public transport.

Manly, I'm not a fan of. Produce is terrible, food is just cheap chips and coffee type venues, random stuff is overpriced, but VGirl and I got some nice fake Pandora charms for Dr H once.

Southbank Lifestyle, is always a bit of a tourist trap, overpriced clothes and the occasional cool place but mostly a tourist trap.

Chandler, is far away, we had to take a bus to Westfield Carindale before taking another bus to the Chandler Aquatic centre, but its great for those random knick nacks you find in markets. There's old books, dodgy knock off toys, cheap cookware and the like. The produce is great, and I always find myself heading out with bags of seasonal produce especially lots of fruit, being a massive fruit eating fiend. The food there is fantastic though.

YAKI UDON FTW

YAKISOBA IS GOOD TOO. 

The cooks doing their thing

There's this one stall that has been there every time I've gone, a small little Japanese Teppanyaki noodle place. I'm not sure if they have a shop somewhere, but they all have t-shirts with the name on them, so I'm pretty sure they do. I'm just not sure where it is since I'm a Southside girl. They sell sushi, some drinks, and freshly cooked beef/chicken/vegetable teppanyaki udon or yakisoba. I've had both and they are equally delicious, they're a bit light on the meat, and the vegetable ones are cooked on the same plate as the meat, so not the best for vegetarians. The free range fried eggs, for an extra dollar, are beautifully fresh with bright orange yolks and a great creaminess.

So much delicious, so much mayo

The lack of posts is due to my computer screen dying recently. Every so often when I move my computer from place to place, the cables stop working so my monitor works, my processor works, they just refused to work together. Maybe its time to bite the bullet and get a new PC?