WHAT IN THE HELL DO THESE SYMBOLS MEAN?!?! I Googled the model of my oven to see if I could get some help and they had a sheet that went over the symbols for their ovens, some of which I had and others I didn't, so I had to take a wild guess which setting to use. Man oh man...seriously, where is the simple bake option?
Felt like Mexican so went to another part of town. I'm not giving up on my quest for good Mexican food and tasty chips and salsa.
Ordered chips and salsa (not free) and got the same bagged chips as the first Mexican place I ever went and the salsa was comparable to chopped up tomatoes. Better than eating tomato paste on the chips, but still--this was not worth paying for.
Felt like Mexican so went to another part of town. I'm not giving up on my quest for good Mexican food and tasty chips and salsa.
Ordered chips and salsa (not free) and got the same bagged chips as the first Mexican place I ever went and the salsa was comparable to chopped up tomatoes. Better than eating tomato paste on the chips, but still--this was not worth paying for.
However, the Mexican food was absolutely delicious. I would totally go back and get "food!"
More fun things I have found out:
-If you order a dish and it comes with chips what they really mean are fries. Not sure if you want chips what you ask for, but you will not be getting potato chips with your meal that much I do know.
-If you order a glass of wine they will set the glass out and fill it to a line that is etched into the glass. All places have this--I guess they are serious about only giving you so much and every place being the same.
-They abbreviate everything, for example the first time I meet people and I tell them my name is Tiffany, they say well it's nice to meet you Tiff. They do not ask if it's ok they call me this, it's just something they do, so everyone calls me Tiff and I mean everyone. I go to the coffee shop on the 1st floor of the building I work in and they say, Good Morning Tiff--you want your regular (I must say I am impressed they know what I order as well as my name). Not sure if this has to do with my accent that the lady says she totally loves or what, but I find it impressive! I received an e-mail the other other day and one of the words in the e-mail was unfort, I sat there for a minute until I realized they meant unfortunately. Sometimes reading e-mails is like reading code since everything is abbreviated.
-I've only been to one movie theater here so I can't say it's like this everywhere in Australia but the only options you get to eat and drink are popcorn, ice cream, candy, coffee or soda. I'm used to back home where you can get anything under the sun, pretzels with cheese, chicken fingers, pizza, beer, wine and the list goes on. OH--and here all of the seats are numbered so when you get your ticket you have an assigned seat. You do get to pick front, middle or back, but that's about it. One thing the local theater does is every week there is a movie of the week and it's at a very reduced rate and since I'm a member I can get that rate if I want to see the movie. So far, every Thursday when the movie of the week comes out I go and see it. It gives me something to do and as you know I love the movies.
-Not sure what we do different to our chocolate back home (probably the amount of sugar or type of sugar) but their candy tastes weird here. I have gotten my two favorite things, Peanut M&M's and Twix's and I could barely eat them (ok...this is a lie, I ate them because I paid for them but I won't be buying them again) because the taste is so different. If anyone is interested in doing a taste test let me know and I'll bring home these candies and let you taste for yourself.
-You know how fountain soda is just so much better than bottled soda and it just hits the spot?! You drive down to QT and get a .79 soda and it fulfills your need? Well...it's like going on a wild goose chase to find a fountain soda here. I kid you not, the only place I have found downtown is Subway, so....sometimes I go there for supper just to get a fountain soda and pay the extra $10 for the fountain soda (ok...it's not really that much, but it's way more than the .79 you pay at QT:(
More fun things I have found out:
-If you order a dish and it comes with chips what they really mean are fries. Not sure if you want chips what you ask for, but you will not be getting potato chips with your meal that much I do know.
-If you order a glass of wine they will set the glass out and fill it to a line that is etched into the glass. All places have this--I guess they are serious about only giving you so much and every place being the same.
-They abbreviate everything, for example the first time I meet people and I tell them my name is Tiffany, they say well it's nice to meet you Tiff. They do not ask if it's ok they call me this, it's just something they do, so everyone calls me Tiff and I mean everyone. I go to the coffee shop on the 1st floor of the building I work in and they say, Good Morning Tiff--you want your regular (I must say I am impressed they know what I order as well as my name). Not sure if this has to do with my accent that the lady says she totally loves or what, but I find it impressive! I received an e-mail the other other day and one of the words in the e-mail was unfort, I sat there for a minute until I realized they meant unfortunately. Sometimes reading e-mails is like reading code since everything is abbreviated.
-I've only been to one movie theater here so I can't say it's like this everywhere in Australia but the only options you get to eat and drink are popcorn, ice cream, candy, coffee or soda. I'm used to back home where you can get anything under the sun, pretzels with cheese, chicken fingers, pizza, beer, wine and the list goes on. OH--and here all of the seats are numbered so when you get your ticket you have an assigned seat. You do get to pick front, middle or back, but that's about it. One thing the local theater does is every week there is a movie of the week and it's at a very reduced rate and since I'm a member I can get that rate if I want to see the movie. So far, every Thursday when the movie of the week comes out I go and see it. It gives me something to do and as you know I love the movies.
-Not sure what we do different to our chocolate back home (probably the amount of sugar or type of sugar) but their candy tastes weird here. I have gotten my two favorite things, Peanut M&M's and Twix's and I could barely eat them (ok...this is a lie, I ate them because I paid for them but I won't be buying them again) because the taste is so different. If anyone is interested in doing a taste test let me know and I'll bring home these candies and let you taste for yourself.
-You know how fountain soda is just so much better than bottled soda and it just hits the spot?! You drive down to QT and get a .79 soda and it fulfills your need? Well...it's like going on a wild goose chase to find a fountain soda here. I kid you not, the only place I have found downtown is Subway, so....sometimes I go there for supper just to get a fountain soda and pay the extra $10 for the fountain soda (ok...it's not really that much, but it's way more than the .79 you pay at QT:(
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