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  • Hi guys!

  • I'm heading out now to go have some brunch with Jenny,

  • and then we're going to do some temple-hopping around Sydney.

  • Chinese New Year is just about a week away,

  • so I thought I'd show you how we celebrate Chinese New Year here in Sydney.

  • This is the Tramsheds at Harold Park,

  • which opened up in September last year.

  • The thing that I love about this place,

  • is that it combines my two favourite things:

  • the romance of travel

  • and lots of yummy food.

  • This site was originally the Rozelle tramway depot,

  • which has now been restored and transformed into what we see here.

  • There are so many options for food at Tramsheds,

  • but we decided to pick this little cafe out the front.

  • Here they serve their own specialty blend of coffee:

  • The Little Marionette,

  • alongside a changing seasonal menu.

  • Next door we have Messina,

  • which most Sydney-siders are already familiar with

  • for their amazing gelato flavours.

  • We got the special "Coming out of the Cabinet" flavour,

  • which consists of malted white chocolate,

  • with peanut cookies and milk chocolate peanut fudge.

  • This is a local Chinese temple in Glebe.

  • This is a really nice temple.

  • It's pretty quiet today because obviously everyone's at work and stuff...

  • So we get to have this place to ourselves, I guess.

  • So we're just leaving the temple now.

  • that is "Guan Dai Miu" (關帝廟).

  • If you come here on Chinese New Year's Eve,

  • it gets really packed out.

  • You'll barely be able to walk through,

  • everyone will have incense,

  • if you have kids, they'll probably get incense all over them,

  • you'll smell like incense,

  • but it's meant to be really good luck to come here.

  • We're just leaving the Wong Tai Sin Temple.

  • It's currently not open today,

  • I think they're only open when there's actually an event happening.

  • I managed to grab a few shots through the gate for you guys,

  • but New Year it will be open for sure

  • and it's a really nice temple that...

  • it's a small temple!

  • but a lot of Hong Kong people like to visit it.

  • If you've ever been to Hong Kong,

  • you would have heard of the Wong Tai Sin Temple there

  • which is one of the most popular temples.

  • Here we are at one of the largest Chinese Buddhist temples

  • in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • I grew up visiting this temple,

  • so everytime I come here

  • it brings back a lot of memories.

  • Here they give you some complimentary incense to burn,

  • but they do limit you to 3 incense per person.

  • It is customary to leave a donation at the temple.

  • So I'm just going to light an incense now.

  • Here I got three...

  • I usually try to offer one incense stick per shrine,

  • but when you don't know how many shrines there are,

  • three is always a good number.

  • This is a small local temple,

  • dedicated to Tien Hau -

  • the goddess of the sea.

  • If you want to learn more about the Buddhist temples of Sydney,

  • don't forget to visit my blog for more information.

  • This is my favourite temple to come on Chinese New Year's Eve

  • because it's actually really nice

  • they light lots of fireworks

  • and have lion dances

  • and firecrackers

  • and there's lots of people

  • and food

  • and it's just a really nice place to come.

  • This is a local Vietnamese temple.

  • What's special about this place,

  • is that it was the first

  • Buddhist nun temple in New South Wales.

  • Hi guys! So it's Chinese New Year's Eve today,

  • and we're just heading out to go have some family dinner

  • and then afterwards,

  • hopefully if the weather holds up,

  • we're hoping to go visit one of the local temples

  • and I'm hoping there will still be some lion dancing,

  • firecrackers and fireworks.

  • And so I'll show you guys soon.

  • So this is the knafeh flavour,

  • there's some pistachios on top

  • with some...I think they're crumbs...

  • and sugar syrup

  • Staff: I'll go underneath? A: YEH YEH Go!

  • A: Woah! W: Woah!

  • A: My legs! Thanks man!

  • This is from the "Gelato Lab"

  • and this is rosewater.

  • A: Hold on, let me focus...

  • A: Ok

  • A: How is it?

  • M: Odd yeh?

  • The rosewater's really strong

  • it tastes like Turkish Delight

  • yeh, rather than Knafeh

  • Knafeh has more of a custardy flavour

  • whereas this doesn't have any custard at all.

  • A: OK

  • It's a little bit odd.

  • It's actually quite nice and refreshing though

  • and as you're eating it

  • the rosewater gets up and you can smell it through your nose

  • it's good!

  • Look how busy it is today!

  • This year,

  • we decided to get our fortunes told

  • using Chinese fortune sticks.

  • The aim is to ask the gods a question,

  • and shake the bucket

  • until a stick falls out.

  • And your question will be answered.

  • Happy New Year!

  • Happy New Year!

  • Here's to a healthy and prosperous new year

  • filled with lots of new adventures.

  • Happy New Year guys!

  • Again!

  • It's so good to have TWO New Years,

  • Today we're just heading out to the local temple,

  • to get some lunch.

  • This is something that we do every year.

  • Usually, we're really lucky

  • because Chinese New Year falls on a weekday

  • so there's actually less people.

  • But because this year it falls on a Saturday,

  • so we're expecting it's going to be really crowded

  • and there's going to be a lot of lines lining up for food

  • and everything

  • but it's just something that we do every year

  • and it's fun to get into the spirit, I guess.

  • So we're at the local temple

  • and this is Bun Bo Hue

  • which is normally a spicy beef

  • but then it's a Vegetarian version.

  • Cos' it's Chinese New Year.

  • So we got some tofu and...

  • ...some fake meats.

  • I'm not too sure what they make it out of. I think it's mostly made out of tofu(?)

  • And there's bean sprouts,

  • and noodles.

  • So this is really tasty, they only make it for New Years

  • and I can't find it anywhere else.

  • A: And they got the same thing

  • W: Yeh my dad got the same thing. We ran into my parents here.

  • But my mum got the tomato one which we saw the huge pot of.

  • This local Vietnamese temple,

  • is the Sydney branch of Ho Chi Minh City's

  • biggest and most vibrant

  • Buddhist Institution.

  • This is our second temple

  • and it's also...this is a Vietnamese temple as well.

  • And here they have...

  • ...Vegetarian pho.

  • So usually Pho is beef or chicken,

  • but then here we have the Vegetarian version.

  • I can already smell the broth, it smells the same as normal pho.

  • They got tofu and carrots

  • and mint and rice noodles.

  • And then we also got a...

  • rice!

  • So this one's a glutinous rice,

  • and then we got purple sticky rice.

  • Here we are at one of the biggest Vietnamese temples in Sydney.

  • This place is beautiful!

  • Second day of Chinese New Year today,

  • and we're heading to Wollongong

  • which is on the south coast of New South Wales.

  • Right? South?

  • and um...we're gonna visit the biggest temple

  • the biggest Buddhist temple that's in Wollongong.

  • it's so pretty!

  • Did I ever tell you,

  • the lotus is my favourite flower?

  • The Nan Tien temple in Wollongong,

  • is the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • During the New Year period,

  • you'll find lots of Vegetarian food stalls

  • outside the dining hall.

  • Let's see what we got here...

  • This one's a vegetarian pancake,

  • radish cake,

  • taro cake

  • spring rolls.

  • It's really windy here...

  • A: OH! go get it!

  • A: Alright!

  • W: Fail number 2 A: What time do they close?

  • A: Yehhhhh!

  • I was so excited

  • by all the decorations

  • they had put up around the temple.

  • Look how pretty it is!

  • Wandering

  • Winny

  • Thanks for watching guys,

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Hi guys!

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