Worth another visit... but on an empty stomach!

Kevin and I decided to go for a drive during the Australia Day weekend to visit a few suburbs which we haven't visited for sometime.  First stop was Marrickville.  This suburb seemed to be quite rundown and it looked deserted being a long weekend.  We had lunch at one of their small Vietnamese restaurant (I can't remember the name...) but the food was not too exciting at all.  The suburb also lacked "activity"...

After a look around and Kevin buying an Australian flag as he was feeling patriotic, we then drove off with the flag flapping in the car towards Campsie, trying to stop at Petersham at Sweet Belem for a coffee fix but alas, it was closed.  It was lucky that we found a parking spot quite quickly and in front of Albee's Kitchen as well.  Albee's kitchen has been around for a looonnngg time and I remember trying it a long time ago.  Campsie was a much livelier suburb compared to Marrickville and we were instantly rejuvenated.

After taking a short tour, we decided to have afternoon tea at Albee's Kitchen (even though we were not very hungry ... but the excuse was that Kevin has a long drive ahead).  Must say the menu looked quite good with a few Malaysian delicacies... there were curry puffs sitting on a hot stove and Malaysian cakes staring at us...we wished we had come here for lunch instead of Marrickville.

As the weather was quite humid and sweltering, we each ordered an ice kacang.  It came in a tall glass but lacked all the usual ingredients (it didn't have the sweet corn or palm seeds!) which I was used to. 

We then shared a seafood egg-sauced hor fun.  I was a bit sceptical after popping my head in to the kitchen and noticed that the kitchen staff does not really look Malaysian or Singaporean.  However I must say I was quite surprised as the hor fun tasted really yummy...

I think we need to pay Albee's Kitchen another visit to try the fish head curry but this time on an empty stomach.