High Fidelity

First roll through Olympus 35 RC - Canberra Trip

My latest addiction - rangefinder camera. Got this Olympus 35 RC from Ebay for $40. It claimed to be the smallest 35 mm rangefinder with automatic exposure control and manual override. I brought it along on a short trip to Canberra and had a chance to test it.

The camera is actually older than me (it's from the 70's) but is still functioning well and the AE exposure is accurate. Shooting on film is so different from digital camera because you never know how the photos would turn out until they are developed.

Food from 3-day Bangkok trip

They are absolutely tasty, and cheap. Most street stalls don't have refrigeration, so they have to re-stock everyday - meaning you are eating possibly the freshest vegetables and meat.

One of my favourite is their crispy skin pork - similar to the Chinese - but the skin is much more crispier and with less five-spice taste. I also enjoyed those charcoal-toasted bread and satay-alike meat skewers. The use of charcoal for grilling is still very common there - that gives the food the taste and smell that you can't get from electric or gas grill.

Another observation: noodle dishes like pad thai or other stir-fry noodles are generally not strongly seasoned. Instead, you can add and adjust the final taste yourself by adding sugar, dry chilli flakes, fish sauce and some sour sauce with some pickled chillies in it. 

Where is this, Melburnians?

Where is this?, originally uploaded by yongtze.

Yes it is kind of dark. But you all should know. Anyone?

Sunday afternoon in a familiar place

Wei in Queen Victoria market, originally uploaded by yongtze.

This is one of our favourite Sunday places - Queen Victoria Market.

 

  In front of a deli shop.

Never say no to fresh fish.

PeiWei and YongTze