Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XXXIV!
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Originally posted by the Bear:
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I want to eat crab too.....Originally posted by the Bear:we did.. went earlier coz mom wants to watch her serials or something
i wasn't complaining coz can watch football
the crab was GOOD
Not that we can just go to the market and get some to cook it at home either.... sigh.... -
awww....
uhh.. actually, i was watching a documentary where there was this australian fella who was basically living like a swagman who went into a joint venture with someone who was "torturing" him, a vietnamese fella..
they caught these huge mud crabs to export to the asian countries..
i think they were in NT or something.. -
A couple of days ago, I bought a black pepper crab pastry at a Polar outlet.
I had eaten it halfway when I realised that it wasn't black pepper.... they had accidentally given me cheesy crab or something.
I went back to the counter and showed the girl my half-eaten pastry.... she realised that she had made a mistake and insisted on exchanging it for a black pepper crab pastry.
They tossed out the wrong cheesy crab pastry after giving me the correct black pepper pastry.
I feel kinda bad that half a perfectly good pastry went to waste, as much as it wasn't the one I wanted. They might as well have let me finish it and give me the black pepper crab pastry anyway. -
i did that more than once..
i usually don't mind and just eat it
in other news, i'm still stunned that Herschelle Gibbs hit 6 sixes in an over against the Dutch.. okay the Dutch cricket team isn't like their football team but heck!! 6 sixes!!
i think only Sir Gary Sobers has ever done that... and not in an international too!
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Yeah, you can catch mud crab in Tropical North Queensland and probably NT too. We went to Cairns for our honeymoon and one of the activities we did was to join a fishing/crabbing tour. We ended up bringing home 2 large mudcrabs but unfortunately due to limited size of pot/pan and ingredients we had at the apartment we were staying, it didn't turn out as good as we expected it to be. But it was fun doing the fishing/crabbing. We spotted a few crocodiles too.Originally posted by the Bear:awww....
uhh.. actually, i was watching a documentary where there was this australian fella who was basically living like a swagman who went into a joint venture with someone who was "torturing" him, a vietnamese fella..
they caught these huge mud crabs to export to the asian countries..
i think they were in NT or something..
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yeah.. sometimes utensils kinda stop you from stuff...
should have just killed the critters and barbequed them whole
oh.. i remembered mom was aghast when i was preparing crabs once.. i basically just ripped off the shell and chopped the thing up
mom was saying that i should stab the things to kill them.. then many years later, on tv, a chef was doing exactly the same thing i was -
That's good customer service though they should do what you suggested like what happened to us at the Melbourne airport. We ordered 2 ice chocolate but they mistakenly gave us 2 ice coffee. We ended up having both ice chocolate and ice coffee for only the price of the ice chocolate.Originally posted by fudgester:A couple of days ago, I bought a black pepper crab pastry at a Polar outlet.
I had eaten it halfway when I realised that it wasn't black pepper.... they had accidentally given me cheesy crab or something.
I went back to the counter and showed the girl my half-eaten pastry.... she realised that she had made a mistake and insisted on exchanging it for a black pepper crab pastry.
They tossed out the wrong cheesy crab pastry after giving me the correct black pepper pastry.
I feel kinda bad that half a perfectly good pastry went to waste, as much as it wasn't the one I wanted. They might as well have let me finish it and give me the black pepper crab pastry anyway. 
On the other hand, I also had some bad experience in a dumpling restaurant in Glen Waverley (Victoria). We ordered a chicken dumpling which was supposed to have 10 serves on the plate. When it came, we didn't count it but only after my hubby and I had one each we realised we only had 6 left on the plate. So we told the waitress about it. They told us they gave us the seafood dumpling instead of the chicken and they asked (in English) if we wanted to have another 2 dumplings. We said yes (since they offered).
As soon as they turned away, the waitress had a discussion (in Chinese which I could understand) with her colleagues and they decided not to give us the 2 dumplings but they never came to tell us about it. My hubby and I finished our food and we just waited for the 2 dumplings they promised to give us (though I already knew they were not planning to give us after hearing their conversation, I just wanted to see how long it took them to come and tell us). Anyway, after 15 min of waiting, we decided to leave and we went to the counter to ask for our bill as well as questioning about the 2 dumplings we were promised (just a matter of principle). We really didn't mind if they didn't give us the 2 dumplings but they should come and tell us about that instead of just let us wait.
Ok, this is what pissed me off. When we asked the person behind the counter about the 2 dumplings, instead of apologising, she started accusing us for cheating (indirectly anyway). She said: "How do I know how many dumplings you guys had eaten??" I tell you, I have never feel so insulted in my life before. The dumplings are not very expensive, only $6.50 so why do you think we want to cheat???!!! I was really furious so I just gave her a piece of my mind, paid the bill and told her that I would never set foot at that restaurant again.
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It took us a while to figure out what is the most humane way of killing the crabs. I remember mum used to stab the things to kill them (like what your mum said) or just chop them in half. My hubby, on the other hand, suggested that we just leave them in the freezer for a while as that pretty much put them to sleep and they will eventually die.Originally posted by the Bear:yeah.. sometimes utensils kinda stop you from stuff...
should have just killed the critters and barbequed them whole
oh.. i remembered mom was aghast when i was preparing crabs once.. i basically just ripped off the shell and chopped the thing up
mom was saying that i should stab the things to kill them.. then many years later, on tv, a chef was doing exactly the same thing i was
Since we haven't got a cleaver to chop the crab, we did what my hubby suggested and put them in the freezer. True enough, it killed them.
So in the future, if you want to kill the crabs, just leave them in the freezer for an hour. That's supposedly the most humane way of killing them. -
talking about lousy service being reinforced..
a bunch of hawkers in Newton got hammered with suspensions because of "touting"
they got hammered because they were asking people looking at their stalls if they wished to order stuff...
the hawkers were complaining that if they asked, they'd be done for touting.. if they didn't ask, they'd be done by STB for being rude and arrogant...
frankly, if i'm looking at a hawker stall and they ask me, i figure it's natural and good service.. but some asswipes (i think the NEA) don't think so
no good deed goes unpunished -
that's what mom does.. but if you want them fresh from the market, got to do slaughter the things
mom's just too... uhh.. queasy to do soOriginally posted by honeymouse:It took us a while to figure out what is the most humane way of killing the crabs. I remember mum used to stab the things to kill them (like what your mum said) or just chop them in half. My hubby, on the other hand, suggested that we just leave them in the freezer for a while as that pretty much put them to sleep and they will eventually die.
Since we haven't got a cleaver to chop the crab, we did what my hubby suggested and put them in the freezer. True enough, it killed them.
So in the future, if you want to kill the crabs, just leave them in the freezer for an hour. That's supposedly the most humane way of killing them. -
was one of the stalls the one we went to?Originally posted by the Bear:talking about lousy service being reinforced..
a bunch of hawkers in Newton got hammered with suspensions because of "touting"
they got hammered because they were asking people looking at their stalls if they wished to order stuff...
the hawkers were complaining that if they asked, they'd be done for touting.. if they didn't ask, they'd be done by STB for being rude and arrogant...
frankly, if i'm looking at a hawker stall and they ask me, i figure it's natural and good service.. but some asswipes (i think the NEA) don't think so
no good deed goes unpunished -
Yeah, I don't mind being asked. What I hate about when going to some department stores in Singapore, instead of asking you if they can help you, they just keep on following you everywhere you go. Pretty annoying.Originally posted by the Bear:talking about lousy service being reinforced..
a bunch of hawkers in Newton got hammered with suspensions because of "touting"
they got hammered because they were asking people looking at their stalls if they wished to order stuff...
the hawkers were complaining that if they asked, they'd be done for touting.. if they didn't ask, they'd be done by STB for being rude and arrogant...
frankly, if i'm looking at a hawker stall and they ask me, i figure it's natural and good service.. but some asswipes (i think the NEA) don't think so
no good deed goes unpunished That's one thing I like about here in Oz, they will only ask you when you enter the store and when you say you're just browsing, they will leave you alone. -
Evening...
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i dunno.. dad was talking about it during dinner..Originally posted by av98m:was one of the stalls the one we went to?
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there is a need to train people how to serve...
and unlike what some idiots in management think, service is not silly sycophancy.. all the reasonable customers want is some polite professionalismOriginally posted by honeymouse:Yeah, I don't mind being asked. What I hate about when going to some department stores in Singapore, instead of asking you if they can help you, they just keep on following you everywhere you go. Pretty annoying. That's one thing I like about here in Oz, they will only ask you when you enter the store and when you say you're just browsing, they will leave you alone. -
Dun ask usually ppl wun comeOriginally posted by the Bear:talking about lousy service being reinforced..
a bunch of hawkers in Newton got hammered with suspensions because of "touting"
they got hammered because they were asking people looking at their stalls if they wished to order stuff...
the hawkers were complaining that if they asked, they'd be done for touting.. if they didn't ask, they'd be done by STB for being rude and arrogant...
frankly, if i'm looking at a hawker stall and they ask me, i figure it's natural and good service.. but some asswipes (i think the NEA) don't think so
no good deed goes unpunished
Sometimes I wonder who are the ones complaining over such things? It's not as if they went on to 'kar lang' -
oh.. in other news, the Signboard Seafood at West Coast has damned good crab...
the quality of the crab is superb... mom says it's better than the No Signboard Seafood places which this stall is ripping the name off
(thought av might want to know)
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THAT is touting?!?!?Originally posted by the Bear:talking about lousy service being reinforced..
a bunch of hawkers in Newton got hammered with suspensions because of "touting"
they got hammered because they were asking people looking at their stalls if they wished to order stuff...
So how? Every time I go to a hawker center, and the stall vendor yells, 'Hello boss! You want mee goreng? You want chicken rice?', I can get him nabbed for touting?
Damn... those NEA fellas had better wake up their bleddy ideas. -
i wonder too
but dad's prone to exaggeration so i'm not sure what exactly happenedOriginally posted by fudgester:THAT is touting?!?!?
So how? Every time I go to a hawker center, and the stall vendor yells, 'Hello boss! You want mee goreng? You want chicken rice?', I can get him nabbed for touting?
Damn... those NEA fellas had better wake up their bleddy ideas. -
Not the 1st time
I think Bear remembered what I mentioned bef abt the No Smoking Zone I said on the Day thread before -
wa sehOriginally posted by the Bear:oh.. in other news, the Signboard Seafood at West Coast has damned good crab...
the quality of the crab is superb... mom says it's better than the No Signboard Seafood places which this stall is ripping the name off
(thought av might want to know)
wu jio pai vs bo jio pai -
I think how the NKF criminal lawsuit is going on is like on a see - saw
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All right people.... I am off to bed. Have a good weekend everyone!!! Good night!
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dunno what NEA is up to.. from mosquitoes to hawkers
goodnight honeymouse.. have a great F1 weekend