🔜 Soon Lee

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Malaysian Chinese Aotearoa (New Zealander), geek, food, wine & microbes interest. Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram (Onedrive): https://tinyurl.com/AucklandRestaurant TL50

Sauces station is a trestle table with bowls of different sauces: homemade chilli sauce, sesame & soy sauce, Lauganma chilli in oil mixed with Hoisin sauce, and a small bowl of marinated soy sauce.
View from the top of Maungawhau on a cloudy winter's day, looking across the top of the volcano's crater toward Auckland City Centre with Sky Tower poking out of the city centre.
Main escalators & stairs up near the station entrance.
Dessert: Tongan vanilla bean gelato, with almond & apricot biscotti.
Nepalese goat curry bone-in (NZ$23)
Small Hearty triple combo (noodle soup, braised beef, beef tripe, pork intestine) from Bench Noodles.
Calm morning at the Whau River mouth with boats moored. Slightly moist bus window gives a water-colour look to the serene scene of light blue sky blending to yellow on the horizon, from the rising sun.
Whau River mouth this morning. It's calm but the sky is barely light enough for this blurry photo.
Apheresis machine display showing 665 out of target 667mL already harvested from me.
Dinner as described: a round white soup plate has white rice, red curry chicken & kumara, sambal eggplant. a white bowl has the mushroom & bokchoy soup garnished with spring onion slices.
As described, photo is of the Whau River mouth as the sun comes up on a clear sky & makes the sky on the horizon golden.
Wāhine depicts a Māori woman performing a karanga (call of welcome).
Dinner prep: chicken in upright rotisserie ready to cook, a plate of bokchoy, a ramekin of homemade chilli sauce.
Whau River mouth around dawn with the north bank dark like a silhouette. Boats are moored, the river's surface is still, the sky is turning blue above, with the horizon light coppery from the sun rising.
Image is a Pokemon GO screencap showing Gym Leader badge for defending gyms at 1,000,330 hours.
Side profile of shiny Psyduck from Pokemon GO is blue and with a lifesaver around its waist.
The spicy salami pizza on a wooden board.
Tweet by Alex Blechman: Sci-Fi author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale. Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Whau River mouth at dawn with boats moored on the calm river and the dawn's golden light making everything look beautiful.
Four fresh rolls on a round white soup plate, with a ramekin of Nước Chấm dipping sauce to accompany.
Whau River mouth at around dawn, with the tide in & boats moored. The water is calm, the sky is mostly clear with a few clouds, and the light has gone golden on the horizon.
Dinner as described served on a round white soup plate.
Poached chicken breast pieces with rice, homemade chilli sauce, soy sauce, ginger & spring onion sauce, and cucumber slices.
Dinner as described served on a round white soup plate.
Dinner served on a white plate: chicken leg cut into pieces with ginger & spring onion sauce spread on top, steamed broccoli with garlic, a small dish of homemade chilli sauce, a mound of steamed rice.
Dinner served on a round white plate: roasted chicken leg with crispy skin, oven-roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli.
Photo of Whau River mouth as described in the post.
Dinner as described on a round white plate.
Green tea tiramisu (NZ$15)
Dinner as described on a round white soup plate, garnished with parsley & grated cheese.
Question from MissJJ to Sam Neill: "If it gets too hot for pinot noir, are you emotionally prepared to start making chardonnay?" Answer: "We had two acres of pinot noir at our Fusilier vineyard which has never done terribly well, so this season we pulled it up to plant chardonnay. In a couple of years, we’ll have our own organic chardonnay ready to go. I want to live long enough to pour my first chardonnay, so I’m looking forward to that."
A very cold morning on frost on the lawn of a local sports field. In the foreground is a sandwich board sign saying, "Dogs prohibited on sports field".
Blue sky day at Auckland Viaduct with calm blue water reflecting skyline including Sky Tower.
Dawn photo with "Mānawatia a Matariki!" text. Across the bottom is a dark strip of fence & horse paddock silhouetted against the sky. Sky Tower is visible as a small spike popping up above the distant horizon. The rest of the image is the sunrise sky turned golden on the horizon fading into blue as you look up.
Duckduckgo translates "Mānawatia a Matariki" as "Matariki is a magnet"
Duckduckgo translates "Mānawatia a Matariki" as "Matariki is a magnet"
Boats moored at Whau River mouth as seen from the bus window, but the view is slightly spoiled by a lamp-post that got in shot.
Photo image as described in the post.
Dinner as described on a round white soup plate. A small dish of red chilli in soy sauce is perched on a pair of wooden chopsticks lying atop the plate.
View of Whau River mouth before sunrise. Boats are moored & the sky is golden on the horizon shading into grey-blue as one looks up.
Dinner as described on a round white plate. A pair of wooden chopsticks lie on a diagonal atop the plate.
View of Whau RIver mouth from bus window this morning, except it's completely grey because of heavy fog.
Pokemon GO screenshot showing Ranger medal at 100,000 completed Field Research tasks.
Dinner as described in a round white bowl. A pair of wooden chopsticks lie on a diagonal atop the bowl.
Pizza on a wooden board: Leftover soy pork belly, onion, garnished with baby rocket leaves.
View of Whau River mouth before sunrise from the Western bank. Tide is in, boats are moored, and the sky has lightened to gold on the horizon. 'Soft-focus' because the bus window was a bit fogged up.
Cappeletti, prawns, mussel, chilli, garlic, lemon ($38)
Dinner as described on a round white soup plate.
The view from by bus window this morning as described.
Looking through the Winter Light Cathedral tunnel & there are no obstructions at either end.
Pasta of the day: celeriac agnolotti with artichoke, truffle, lemon & chicken jus.
Chawan mushi in a cup topped with a prawn, a slice of shiitake, a broadbean & tobiko.
Dinner as described served on a round white plate.
View of Whau River mouth before sunrise. The tide is in, boats are moored, the sky has lightened to gold on the horizon.
Dinner as described in a bowl, with a pair of red chopsticks on a diagonal atop the bowl. A small saucer with soy sauce & chilli is balanced on the chopsticks.
Dinner as described on a squareish black soup plate. A pair of red chopsticks lie on a diagonal atop the plate.
Whau River mouth before sunrise with boats moored. The eastern sky (left of image) has begun to lighten to gold but the rest of the sky is mostly grey.
Dinner as described served on a round white plate.
Beach view at low tide looking across the water toward Auckland CBD. The sky is grey, overcast & drizzly, so the Auckland skyline is completely obscured and only grey is visible.
Pizza on wooden chopping board: a whole chicken & sundried tomato pizza, and two slices of a brie & broccoli pizza.