Today I spent most of my development time trying to fix a problem in my code. Normally bugs are relatively easy to fix once you put your mind to it, but today was different. No matter what I tried I could not fix this particular bug, and in fact by the time it was time to leave for the restaurant I think I may have taken a few steps back. I now think that the code is in a worse state than it was this morning. I hate it when trying to fix things actually makes them worse. I hope that I’ll be able to get things sorted out tomorrow, but it’s looking a bit bleak that I’ll get this app released before the new year.
On a positive note though, tonight was eating out night. Next up on the schedule was Indonesian. This was supposed to be last week’s food, but we ended up at a place that was more Malaysian than Indonesian, so since this week was supposed to be Malaysian, we swapped them around and this week became Indonesian. We did research and asked around and there were many suggestions. Last week we couldn’t figure out the difference between the regional varieties so we went with a restaurant that was in the middle. This week we wanted to find a restaurant that was specifically Indonesian. We were going to go to a place called Jimbaran in Randwick, but at the last moment we decided to rather go to Kingsford because there was a greater amount of Indonesian restaurants down Anzac Parade. We figured that we’d have more choice and if we didn’t like the look of one place we could always move on to the next.
As it turns out the place we ended up going to, Ratu Sari, was very close to the bus stop. We walked a little further to Ayam Goreng 99, which has some great reviews, but it was closed for the festive season and that kind of answered that and we went back to Ratu Sari. I won’t go into it much because there’ll be a blog post specifically about that in the next few days, but let’s just say that the food there was awesome. We’re very happy we chose that place. In a way it’s a pity that there are so many restaurants around, because as nice as Ratu Sari was, it may be a long time before we get back there. With the food blog we have a 27 or something week roster of different cuisines, which means that it’s going to take at least 27 weeks before Indonesian comes around again, and when it does I’d rather try another restaurant than waste blog eating time on somewhere that we’ve already been. But that doesn’t stop us from going there again on a non-blog night!
Next week is pub food night. There’s a pub next door, but what I really want is to go to the Austrian Schnitzelhaus in Gladesville. Do you think that qualifies as pub food? They do a schnitzel at the pub next door. The schnitzelhaus serves beer. I think that qualifies it as pub food! What do you think? Schnitzelhaus, or a good burger, pie, bangers & mash or steak sambo at the pub?
Either way I doubt it will happen on our usual Wednesday evening. Wednesday is a common night for all the boozers to booze it up and smoke up a mushroom cloud of tobacco (and other) smoke, usually ended by some tosser pulling out the plants, or knocking over a sign in the garden of our building next door. And I think it may be difficult to get to the Austrian Schitzelhaus by public transport on a weekday evening. Well, ok, not getting there so much, but getting back. I’ll have a look and see.
