tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post5417666077662578618..comments2024-03-19T14:35:15.841+11:00Comments on Green Gourmet Giraffe: A day out: Pancake Parlour, Frozen and StarbucksJohanna GGGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-5648360598402539942013-12-31T10:36:24.331+11:002013-12-31T10:36:24.331+11:00Thanks Cakelaw - I don't go often and when we ...Thanks Cakelaw - I don't go often and when we saw the prices we decided to enjoy our visit as we wouldn't be back in a hurry - but it is a nice nostalgic treatJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-66148371544187295332013-12-31T10:35:45.280+11:002013-12-31T10:35:45.280+11:00Thanks Linda - I think it is sweet that your daugh...Thanks Linda - I think it is sweet that your daughter went to frozen - it was a fun film (probably more fun than the sales) - was she one of the girls with interesting coloured hair :-) Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-39799225203183443282013-12-31T10:34:21.885+11:002013-12-31T10:34:21.885+11:00Thanks veganopoulous - I think it is only because ...Thanks veganopoulous - I think it is only because I go there so infrequently now that it took me so long to discover their maple syrup underhandness. We bought some of the pancake mixture when kids and loved and and I actually took it on holiday a couple of years ago and still loved it.<br /><br />I like the sound of the noise cancelling ear phones. Yesterday on a noisy train Sylvia told me dolly has two iphone - one that plays music and one that has silence - I really want to find one of those iphones that play silence :-)Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-35973006413236837762013-12-31T10:32:10.809+11:002013-12-31T10:32:10.809+11:00Thanks Kari - my problem is that I want both sweet...Thanks Kari - my problem is that I want both sweet and savoury. I would love to try the fancy ones but sometimes remember when we all had a fluffy duck as kids and my brother got a coke and that simpler was better :-)Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-84170175549114940882013-12-31T10:30:44.448+11:002013-12-31T10:30:44.448+11:00Thanks Louise - it was a memorable outing - good l...Thanks Louise - it was a memorable outing - good luck with dietary changes - I have been on the chocolate diet lately but it wont last :-) I did read some of the kipling post but must get back to finish itJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-73663419571663013412013-12-31T10:29:29.413+11:002013-12-31T10:29:29.413+11:00Thanks Charlie - it does seem to go on and on at ...Thanks Charlie - it does seem to go on and on at this time of year - I have haggis to make for new years and leftovers to deal with and a birthday party coming up but we will get more of a rest now. I am sure quite a few of us thought we were at the height of sophistication going to the pancake parlour when we finished school :-) I think some of the franchises also call it the Pancake KitchenJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-74716172622697593082013-12-31T10:27:22.558+11:002013-12-31T10:27:22.558+11:00Thanks Jac - hope he loves it - Sylvia was up and ...Thanks Jac - hope he loves it - Sylvia was up and down but she kept watching the film which was good - I think part of the reason we waited so long to take her to the cinema is that we were worried it would be hard to keep her attention for a full length movie but she is getting betterJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-36060130385612449192013-12-31T08:07:57.112+11:002013-12-31T08:07:57.112+11:00Sounds like a great outing. I haven't been to ...Sounds like a great outing. I haven't been to the pancake parlour for years.Cakelawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205068748520541380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-76867251046785357102013-12-30T20:20:48.054+11:002013-12-30T20:20:48.054+11:00My 17-year-old daughter went in for her first Boxi...My 17-year-old daughter went in for her first Boxing Day sale (I can't think of anything I'd rather not do!) - and she also went to Melbourne Central to see Frozen yesterday. I was a bit confused, because I thought it wasn't the sort of thing a group of 17 year olds would want to see, but they loved it. (You may well have seen them!Linda from the Lentil Institutionhttp://lentilinstitution.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-19404214031151568222013-12-30T15:30:41.873+11:002013-12-30T15:30:41.873+11:00PP was one of my favourite places too and I loved ...PP was one of my favourite places too and I loved their maple syrup before discovering it was maple *flavoured* syrup. Gah! I think that's where I would have had my first taste of maple syrup too. "Pure Vermont maple syrup", they used to call it. I always got the Alice in Wonderland as a kid then short stack with the butter as a grown up. Of course nothing there is vegan apart from the outrageously expensive glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. Husband goes there with the kids when he gets one of those vouchers for the free short stack. Also PP was responsible for me learning about buckwheat, though my early buckwheat pancake efforts were awful and tasted nothing like PP. Actually even the packaged PP flour mix tasted nothing like the restaurant pancakes!<br /><br />When we go to the cinema we take headphones for the kids, they're noise cancelling (about $35 from Aldi) but without that functionality they still reduce the volume a bit. I hate how loud cinemas are!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-75899071933958034132013-12-30T12:17:41.291+11:002013-12-30T12:17:41.291+11:00I have actually been to that pancake parlour - bei...I have actually been to that pancake parlour - being me, I ate, of course, sweet pancakes ;) I'm glad you enjoyed Frozen and skipped the shopping bedlam. It makes me want to cry too!Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887621874869110597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-25197281838064996542013-12-30T10:20:57.573+11:002013-12-30T10:20:57.573+11:00Hi Johanna!
Oh how I love this post and that parl...Hi Johanna!<br /><br />Oh how I love this post and that parlor! So charming:) I think it's just wonderful that you and your family had such a memorable outing. I love your win/win solution. I'm making a few dietary changes in the New Year. Thank you so much for sharing, Johanna. <br /><br />P.S. If you get a chance, you might want to pop by my blog. I did a post about Rudyard Kipling. ~~louise~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/07335196139849995706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-3008107472561265042013-12-30T07:31:50.766+11:002013-12-30T07:31:50.766+11:00I think we're all guilty of indulging in far t...I think we're all guilty of indulging in far too much rich food at the moment. I have another dinner on tonight and a then there's NYE and then a lunch on Thursday - it goes on and on. And I'm loving it! We have Pancakes at the Rocks here in Sydney and yes, I have many fond memories. We also went there at the end of Year 12! xxHotly Spicedhttp://hotlyspiced.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-28797169342292368952013-12-29T23:58:08.153+11:002013-12-29T23:58:08.153+11:00I hope Cooper enjoys it as much as Sylvia did. He&...I hope Cooper enjoys it as much as Sylvia did. He's been to the cinema a few times, but usually gets restless about 3/4 way through.Jacqueline Meldrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748535381400208316noreply@blogger.com