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Everybody needs good neighbours.

Published at December 1, 2008 in Cranbourne and The House. 2 Comments

Our neighbours fixed their front yard!!!!

 It was one of the niggling annoyances at the house of Raph and Rachel, that our neighbours who have been living in their house since about six months before we moved in, had never done anything at all with their yard. Im talking five foot high weeds, an unusable garage due to lack of driveway up to lip of the garage, and no leveling out of the soil.

 Their front yard really was an eyesore, to the point where complaints may have been lodged with the council.

Well last week, they finally got the weeds all removed, a driveway installed, and the ground levelled. They even seemed to have a house warming party on Saturday night. Course I didnt really appreciate the very bad music coming at massive volume at 1am, and even less, the car parked RIGHT ACROSS MY DRIVEWAY, but at least their yard is looking ok.

I suspect the old residents moved, and there are new residents. i could be wrong, but theres no longer 10 sets of shoes outside the front door. Maybe we should introduce ourselves, but i dont know yet. The neighbour on the other side is a delightful fellow, but this houses owner has been recalcitrant in every aspect of neighbourliness. I wont forget how weaselly he was in attempting to not contribute fencing costs.

More on the house soon.

Chinese food - Cranbourne style.

Published at May 26, 2008 in Cranbourne and food. 1 Comment

Well we have been settling well in Cranbourne, and slowly trying the neighborhood restaurants, so slowly, I shall be reviewing some of these.

 First off the bat is Yue’s Chinese Restaurant.

First thing you notice in Yue’s is the decor. It is distinctly chinese restaurant looking. With one minor difference. Not a chopstick to be seen, forks and knives at every table, standard Australian commercial radio going.

Thats when, if you are like me, you also notice that instead of a asian person, service is provided by a matronly suburban Australian woman.

Now you would be forgiven here for assuming this is a recipe for a memorable meal, memorable for all the wrong reasons, however, when you make an assumption, you sometimes are just making an ass out of u and mption….

The service is very very friendly. The food is rather good. I wouldnt say brilliant, but it is definitely good chinese. I half suspect they have a poor chinese chef chained to the kitchen, as the flavours are 100% chinese and very well presented. Chopsticks are provided on request if you want, and the food comes out in a very timely fashion.

I will definitely be going back there again. The prices are very very reasonable and service friendly.

It seems to be a thing about some of the restaurants in Cranny, decent food at very decent prices, with very friendly service.