AU2009 - Crystal Thai Cuisine

For dinner, we went to try out a new Thai restaurant in Wollongong, Crystal Thai Cuisine. It seems that Thai restaurants are so popular nowadays that its growing like mushrooms (apparently on King Street, Newtown, there are 51 Thai restaurants, giving it the name “centre of Thai cuisine”). Looks like Keira Street, Wollongong will be the next Newtown (but only 5 Thai restaurants, for now).

 

Dinner menu

 

Other than the signboard that is not quite noticeable from the outside, the restaurant itself offers a delightful ambience. The interior design looks like a fusion of all the different Asian cultures.

 

 

Nice interiors

 

They even had a fireplace full of Christmas decorations.

 

Christmas deco

 

Price-wise, it sort of follow the standard pricing of most Thai restaurants with mains costing between $15 to $25.

 

Mixed vege

 

Yellow curry with chicken

 

Sweet and sour fish

 

This could be the first Thai restaurant that serves rice in a bowl, instead of a container.

 

Although I wouldn’t say that they made the best Thai food (from those that I have tried in Australia), it is a nice place if you are planning for a quiet dinner.

AU2009 - Stuffed-Toy Car

On our way driving to Sydney, we saw this interesting car fully decorated fully with stuffed toys.

 

Would you ever decorate your car like this?

 

Not sure if its actually going for a parade, a show, or if its even legal to load so many toys on the exterior of the car.

 

Each giraffe has an alphabet and actually say Go Sharks!

 

Anyway, with the words “Go Sharks”, I would assume that the driver is a huge fan of Cronulla Sharks, an Australian National Rugby League Squad (since I am sure the team member would be wealthy enough to buy a newer car).

AU2009 - Sexpo

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Sexpo is back again (check out my previous post here) and we decided to check it out to see what’s new.

 

Sexpo banner and entrance

 

Although the exhibition seems to be smaller than before, as usual, they offer a hall full of stalls selling show bags, clothing, toys and other interesting novelties, …

 

Naughty pillow cases

 

Naughty pillows

 

Naughty slippers

 

Naughty towels

 

Machine gun penis from Sex Machines

 

The bonking calendar from Condom Kingdom

 

… besides a preview of their respective products from Mad Hatter Customs, ...

 

Vehicle customisation by Mad Hatter Customs

 

… and Sportsheets.

 

Step 1: Find a victim to lay down

 

Step 2: Tie the victim and do whatever you want with him/her

 

Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 and 2 …

 

… but in a reversed role.

 

Step 4: Redo everything from Step 1 …

 

 … but with a different position …

 

… and leave the victim there to suffer!!

 

New to the show are the Strip Poker …

 

Strip Poker Arena

 

… and the Laporium. For those who are game enough, they get to test their poker skills while loosing their clothing and see what’s left wearing when they finish the game.

On the other hand, the Laporium is an exclusive room dedicated to Lap Dancing, where non-stop pole dancing and one-on-one lap dancing takes place.

 

Laporium

 

We also get to meet Jesse Jane and Tarra White at the Pornstar Arena. According to her profile information, Jesse Jane is a superstar in her own right, who played a leading role in “Pirates”, which made her a household name thereafter.

 

Jesse Jane

 

Tarra White, on the other hand, couldn’t wait to become a porn star ever since she was 16. She filmed her first movie on her 18th birthday and since then, she had starred in over 90 hard-cores movies and won 3 major adult industry awards.

 

Tarra White

 

Outside the hall, an adult carnival took place with the Sexpo Sex Train, …

 

The Sexpo Sex Train and the Gerbill going through a haunted house

 

… Whack a Dick, …

 

For those who wanted to venge their anger

 

… Naked Surfing, …

 

Naked surfing 

 

… Drop Your Balls,

 

Drop Your Balls

 

… and many more (but wasn’t operating).

 

Money Shot

 

We tried the Drop Your Balls game and unluckily, were only 1 point away from winning a prize.

 

The places to drop the ball

 

However, we were instead given a discount voucher as a consolation prize.

 

Our consolation prize

 

Moving on into the other hall, visitors were greeted by a whole host of performances at the stage, …

 

Performance stage

 

… including the penile painter, Pricasso, …

 

Pricasso painting a portrait

 

… Miss Suzie Q, the current Miss Nude Australia, …

 

Suzzie Q with her acrobatic moves

 

 

… and Queensland Bad Boys.

 

 

Also on stage was the Sexpo Pole Dancing Competition.

 

 

And since the exhibition is a full day event, food is also served in the catering section. Instead of having entree, mains, and desserts, visitors get to try their Lubricants, …

 

 

… Morning Glory breakfast, Sexy Sambos with salads, …

 

 

… Hot and Steamy mains and Randy Tarts dessert.

 

Interesting way to categorise the menu

 

Lastly, as we exit the show, the customer service personnel passed us a souvenir bag while saying “… have some porn mate … help fight breast cancer ….  and anything with boobs…”.

 

Contents of the souvenir bag

 

All in all, for the $25 that we paid for the entrance, we get to window-shopped around for discounted products, entertained live by world-class entertainers and received $19.50 worth of adult magazines.