Yes, is time to say goodbye to westcoast, i departed to Queenstown today.
it is a long trip, took the whole day to travel from Fox Glacier to Queenstown, but the trip was enjoyable!
I got a very quick stop after travelled for an hour, the bus stopped at a famous salmon farm and cafe for breakfast
i bought a smoked salmon roll and hot chocolate for myself, sitting at the corner of the cafe enjoying my salmon and saw this nice creature!
the salmon was alright, i do think it was quite pricy. But it was a good deal for the fresh salmon which the cafe sold, too bad i couldnt bought it =(
And look what i found! Well, i have no idea what kind of bird is this, but really happy to spot it.
anyways, time to continue my bus trip.
Before lunch, i got to stop at the famous Knights Point, West Coast for photoshooting
Then another good short stop at Thunder Creek falls where our bus driver got exchanged with the bus driver who driving bus back from queenstown travelled to Fox glacier.
The new bus driver is very polite too, intercity bus service never dissapointed me during my almost 6 yrs stay in NZ.
Lunch time at the Makarora Country cafe, I really like the concept of the interior design in this cafe.
They used old unique car plates to decorate the cafe
the vegetable soup was very highly rated by the bus driver, so i ordered one...
but please dont try it if u make yr next stop here next time, it was expensive and yucks, and nt filling at all....><!
Perhaps it was at country side, beside amazing view, there's nothing at all.
Even other food in the cafe was also very pricy....
before arriving Queenstown, the bus also purposely made us stopped at the local fruit store at Cromwell
and guess hw much i bought this dry gold kiwi?
Cost me NZD8!! for this small little bag! But i must admit it is good....
around 5pm, I finally arrived at Queenstown.
Look at my view from my backpacker! I stayed at the absolute lakeview backpacker, which is just right beside Queenstown lake.
for this time, i also finally visited the minus 5 degree celcius bar~
it is really cold in the bar, grateful that the warm puffy jacket and water-proof glove are provided
The bar actually is very small and everything is made from ice!
there are also many talented ice sculpture in the bar.
and i only learnt that the bar only allowed certain number of ppl visit at one time, and we are only allowed to stay for 20mins for each visit.
It was quite pricy for every visit, NZD15 for entry and another extra NZD15 for the bar cocktail
but for me, i got half price as i bought a grab-one 50% discount voucher.
the cocktail i chose - Chilly Vanilly is good to drink with the ice-glass, i felt like biting the glass like crushing an ice while drinking XD
i also met a friendly lady who willing to help me to take a photo and also chatted with me for a short time.
the experience in -5 degree celcius was wonderful with a tasty cocktail =)
then i made my step for dinner, and decided i wanna have meal at Ikazaya!
I went in Yakitori Daruma at town, and had the special menu - spicy fish roe pasta with grilled pork belly!
I must have forgotten the concept of Ikazaya, everything is small ==
but this pasta is really yummy! and the pork belly very crunchy and tasty!
following that, i ordered a plate of grilled beef tunk, hehe =)
oh well, chewy, and i wonder when will be my next time to try such a good textured beef tunk ....
lastly i got the special dessert menu - peach cheese cake...
but i think it is more like a cheese mousse cup. haha, but the flavor was not too bad...I was quite full after these and walked around this beautiful tourist attractive town.
see what i got again, lol...i must gained a lot after this trip!
Patagonia Chocolates must never be missed even my stomach actually dint have much space to be occupied anymore.
i bought the macadamia chocolate gelato again =P
good view, good gelato, good nite.
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