Tropical Getaway

Been back to school for a week.. First question asked by everyone you met in uni was 'how was holiday?' so, here it is some food posts from my holiday to cairns.. I went to Cairns for 5 days.. It was a very quick getaway but nonetheless it was a very fun holiday with my friends! First meal we had in Cairns was grilled baramundi with prawn satay, they were served with salad as well to neutralize the fishy thingy. As expected, Cairns' seafood was nice. It was very fresh and yummy. What makes it better was that it was on special price for only $ 11.95. I highly recommend this! You can find this at Ala Turka Restaurant, around Esplanade, Cairns. Here's the look

Then we chose Golden Boat Chinese Restaurant to dine in, it is very popular in Cairns and it is recommended by our friends who had been to Cairns before, furthermore the review was 9/10 that's why we decided to give it a try. We ordered prawn stir fried in XO sauce, stir fried veggies, pork belly with sweet sauce, salt and pepper fried squid and steamed fish with wine and xo sauce. They all turned out to be very very delicious! The taste stuck in our tongue and we just really satisfied though the price was expensive. It was really worth your bucks. Here's a capture of the very yummy Chinese dishes 

Moving to the next day, we had free bbq from the tour we assigned to, too bad did not get the shot for the juicy steak. At night, with a very big appetite we went to Ochre, which is very well known in Cairns for the steak (again?!). Well, we did not come to Ochre to eat beef steak or lamb or pork, but wallaby, kangaroo and crocodile. I decided to order slow roasted wallaby that night, then my friends chose variety of meat. Some of them who are as curious as me ordered kangaroo steak and crocodile. While some who were not brave enough chose pork belly and crab ravioli. All food was great except my wallaby which turned up to be left on my plates. It was really chewy and dry. Overall, I recommend Ochre since it is unique and every meal was nice (according to my friends) except my chewy wallaby. 

On the next day, we went snorkeling in Green Island, The Great Barrier Reef. It was very magnificent. The clear sky, clear blue sea and beautiful fishes, you name it. Me and my friends was very excited to go down to the sea that we forgot to have our lunch. We did not regret it at all, we bought some snack to save us from the hunger. Finally, dinner time! We decided to have our dinner at La Fettucina that night since we want something carbo and fat to spoil the starved tummy. I ordered fettucine ala marinara with creamy sauce. Not much to say, it was amazing! All tummies simply satisfied

Well, I guess it's time to go. Will posts the rest, soon! Keep updated and just hold your saliva :P 

Ala Turka
4/77-81 The Esplanade
Cairns, QLD 4870
Ph: (07) 4041 5331

Golden Boat Chinese Restaurant
34-40 Lake Street
Cairns, QLD 4870
Ph: (07) 4031 8833

Ochre
43 Shields Street
Cairns, QLD 4870
Ph: (07) 4051 0100

La Fettucina
41 Shields Street
Cairns, QLD 4870
Ph: (07) 4031 5959