Happy Chef peg ordering system.
Chicken Laksa.
Spicy Beef Laksa with Wontons.
Relentless rainy weather and laksa cravings drove us to call a few fave laksa houses, but being a public holiday they were closed. Google led us to Happy Chef (Sussex Street Food Court), what many believe to be Sydney’s best Laksa. Was it the best Laksa I’ve ever had? Nope, but it was good and it warmed up the soul.
Excitement! New 86 @ Zen Garage.
Angry face, ugly colour but!
Boxer heart. Lots of room to play with in here, that big box in the middle at the front is there just to quieten down the induction noise which suggests some pretty conservative design which I’m sure tuners will amend in a hurry.
Later that Saturday this Toyota 86 dropped in to Zen. Everyone dropped what they were doing, myself included, and ran out to gawk at it. For all of us it was the first time we’ve laid eyes on one, and as much as I wanted to not like it so much… I liked it so much!
It’s not as small as everyone’s making it out to be, interior is neat enough, it’s got an angry face which reminds me of a mini LFA, it’s got fat pipes and it’s boxer engine sounds meaty on revs too.
All of a sudden I want one, again!
Alfa’s Euro.
The lens loves it.
Manning the shop alone today. Beastie Boys on full blast, hot cars, sun’s out too!
Narada and I packing all the APA books into padded bags.
Gotta love IKEA bags. Each book is 800g, we had too many books for 2 bags!
We got stung HARD at the post office! HARD! :(
APA books FINALLY got sent out today. My hand got so cramped up writing addresses, then filling out declaration forms for each and every parcel to go overseas, reminded me of being back in high school doing the HSC!
We’ve got quite a few books left over, so we’ll be selling them to try to re-coup our massive loss (we paid out of our own pockets for printing and shipping). If you’re curious, you can view the entries here: http://automotivephotographyawards.com
Self inking.
Lovely.
On our plain brown paper shopping bags.
We love our new rubber stamp :) Massive thanks to Speedy Stamps, awesome service, crazy fast 1 day turnaround!
I broke the Lucky Cat @ Zen Garage. Doesn’t help that I’m superstitious :(
Justin, working hard… oh wait! He’s bludging on facebook!
Meet Justin Narayan, the new guy @ Zen Garage. Justin has a background in writing for various automotive magazines; Zoom, Extreme Performance, Hot Fours, Custom Hod Rods, Custom Choppers and The Circuit to name a few. He’s a down to earth car nut, and a real man too as he smokes Marlboro Reds. Look forward to feature articles from Justin (we might have to give him a new name too as having two Justins in the garage has already been quite confusing!).
Mini Countryman.
Sergio dropped into Zen with this Mini Cooper S Countryman and I couldn’t resist taking it for a spin. It’s pretty big and you sit pretty high up in it. I’m still not a fan of the mini’s interior. It’s crazy over the top, kitch almost and the massive speedo in the middle of the dash is just plain silly, tradition, or not. This Countryman was an auto which really did take the fun out of it’s zippy little engine. Whilst I’ve been loathing driving a manual on bad traffic days I’m not sure I could ever handle a full auto again… clutchless manuals (like the DSG gearbox in my old GTI) are a great compromise me thinks.
Mock-up.
JDMyard are having their 10th Anniversary soon and Zi’s asked me (nicely) to mock up a design for some stickers and T’s. I’ve always wanted to use the hipster cross on something!
Yesssssss. El Jannah’s.
Take away Baklava from Abla’s Pastry – the pastry is soooo thin and crunchy, perfection!
Nanami and I were having a lazy Sunday in front of the TV. We were watching Food Safari and during a Baklava feature I recognised Abla’s Pastry in some footage. Instant cravings! Sunday + wet weather usually brings out the worst Sydney drivers and traffic, but after checking some live traffic camera footage we decided traffic might not be so bad after-all so we made the trek out to Granville and were handsomely rewarded for our efforts :)