Scout Images

I have been very quiet on the photographic front lately, so I thought I would share some of the images I have snapped in my day to day wanderings. Nothing special.

Mamak is a Malaysian restaurant in Sydney that I really love (for more information please visit their website), fast paced food that is simple yet delicious. Here are some pictures taken using my Fuji F100fd.

More recently, I had some fisheye fun in the Queen Victoria Building. My Nikon D60 + Tokina AT-X 10-17mm. These were taken more for myself than for anything else, and experiment with zooming whilst shooting, often used with other lenses.

I was out for dinner a few days ago and had an experience to be savoured and remembered. We visited Chinta Ria at Darling Harbour (Sydney, Australia) and were pleasantly suprised that unlike most of the other asian restaurants that I have visited of late, the quality of food and service has improved. The and environment and food at Chinta Ria have always been good, but it was the shining example of GOOD service (brilliant service) from the attentive, friendly and helpful waitstaff that made this evening one to be savoured.

Being a Friday evening, it is not unlikely to have to wait for a table, but our wait was minimal, distracted by the plethoria of food, smells and the buzzing activity of the venue. We asked our waiter for a wine recommendation, I was a little suprised that one of the most expensive wines was recommended, but it was a good choice, smooth,easy on the palate and with a distinct taste as described. The two events that really clinched this good write up was:

-my dining partner dropped her chopstick, after picking it up and turning to find a waiter to ask for a new pair we found a waiter offering a replacement pair of chopsticks

-I left my security swipe at the table, and upon my return I was instructed to head back out to have a look whilst the head waiter asked his staff, they were so efficient that I had my swipe back before I made it back to the table where we were seated.