#theres a fried chicken place near me that ive been meaning to try out........ i could get some chicken.......

[borealing]

ive been soooo hungry this week idk whats wrong with me i want to devour three entire pizzas one after the other

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Australian Fast Food Tier List

Idk ive got work tonight so I’ve got fast food on the mind, found a listing for aussie fast food tiers. Theres a few not on here, so I’m going to slot those in where appropriate- it doesn’t say so when you click on it, but the url implies that this is Victoria-centric so makes sense that some of the smaller Perth-based shops aren’t on there.

(the tier list can be found here)

Never Been/Not in Perth

I mean this one is pretty obvious. Just the ones I haven’t been to or that I’m pretty sure aren’t in this side of the country. Apparently Lord of the Fries is pretty good, but to my knowledge there’s only one around and its in the middle of the CBD so fuck that.

Lukewarm Trash tier

Like, at least with hot trash it’s fresh. Or recently microwaved at least.

I don’t really have a solid comment for Pizza Hut, but there aren’t many around anyway. Like, at least in my parts of Perth, it’s 10 Dominos for every Pizza Hut. So I don’t really know- maybe it’s fine, but I haven’t had it much and when I did it wasn’t great.

KFC is overrated but I’m also extremely biased. I just don’t really like fried chicken like other people do, I didn’t grow up on it at all. I’ve had burger from there like twice, one of them was awful, and the other is tied to an overall shit experience, so.

Hungry Jacks (aka burger king for the not Australians) is also pretty bad, but they at least have pretty good chips. I just feel bad for the people working in the HJs building that my work used to inhabit, that store is a shithole and I do not miss it.

Chicken Treat isn’t on this tier list, but this is where it would go. I think it’s just a WA thing? I’m genuinely not sure how that company/franchise is still alive, I never see anyone go there. It’s just Red Rooster but like, infinitely worse.

Hot Trash tier

Dominos, babyyyyy. Maybe you’d get a few more points if I didn’t have to deal with your ads everywhere constantly. It’s just greasy and awful pizza, and I’ve been having/making homemade pizza since I was a kid, so I know it isn’t hard to make it not shit. Unfortunately, it’s also a common default option.

Maccas is just about as bad as HJs/KFC, but I get a discount since I work there, and I know what to not order as well. Not that I ever get anything aside from the occaisionaly coffee. It’s not that bad, surprisingly, unlike the fries (I refuse to call them chips) which are the worst out of any fast food place I’ve ever had.

Oporto is like, another chicken place, but there aren’t many of them around, and they’re comically overpriced for somewhere that’s going to be not especially high quality. Wouldn’t recommend.

Acceptable tier

Mad Mex is extremely overpriced and not that great! That makes it the worst of the Mexican type places. The other Mexican places are substantially better.

Krispy Kreme has a funny history around here, but at this point, the novelty of having it around again has worn off. Their donuts just aren’t that great, especially all the fancy ones they try to do- leave that to the better shops, hey? Original glazed is still ok, at least.

Subway has lost a lot of luster over the years, and finding out their bread is as bad as ours at maccas (possibly worse??) was a hell of a feeling. It’s just super mediocre, and this is coming from someone who used to go there all the time. The one on campus is always comically busy, too.

Red Rooster gets on here largely based on nostalgia I think, because that was the one we went to when I was younger. It also has the best chips of anything on this list, only beaten out by Jester’s Pies, which isn’t on this list (I assume it’s a WA thing). Jester’s would be on this tier- the pies are decent, not my favourite, never going to beat a local bakery, but yknow the chips are great.

This is also the place on the list where I’d put Pastacup- they’re pricey and it’s only gotten worse over the last little bit but it’s filling and warm and solid so I’ll give them a bump.

Decent tier

A cheeky nandos never goes unappreciated, but I think the reverence some people have for it is a bit much. With that said, I dunno how people go about ordering the very hot sauce, like I’m not the worst with spices but with Hot I could barely taste my paella through the burning.

Guzman y Gomez are probably better than I’m giving them credit for, but last time I went I ordered no beans and they gave me beans. Fuck you, boys.

Cold Rock is… wait what is an Ice Cream place doing here? Didn’t I already talk about these… wait but apparently I missed this one. Cold Rock is a group I didn’t know were in Australia for a long time, having visited one when I was in California at some point (i…think?) and they’re pretty solid as far as ice cream chains go.

This is also the tier where Wokinabox goes, being just like a good stir fry place but as a chain. I wouldn’t go there over a local shop, but it’s solid in spots where there aren’t any around.

Good tier

I didn’t talk about New Zealand Natural in my Ice cream review deliberately because I didn’t think there were any still in the city, but no apparently there’s like 3, just nowhere near me. I’m going to bias a New Zealand based company over a US one, sue me.

…wait, papparich is a chain? And it’s fast food? ….okay????? I didn’t know but sure it’s real solid

Zambreros over GyG might be a controversial pick but Zambreros packs those burritos real thick and that’s the way ya boi likes it. Putting it up in top tier next to Grill’d (its just decent burgers mate) makes me look like a basic bitch but that’s ok.

Top tier

….nothing, mate.

There isn’t a single chain of fast food places I’d put at top tier, because that’s reserved for places I’d go out of my way for, and none of them make that cut. Don’t believe in it. It’s a bit wank maybe, but fuck you? Gottem.

For real though, there are a few shops I can think of that do takeaway that I would put in the top tier, but they aren’t chains at all, so I’m not gonna bother for this. Just throw your local Thai place in, the local fish and chips, that one kebab place that gives you extra hummus. You know the ones.

[shytiff]

Feb 2021 Wins

1 - osce study with clara almira, tryout 9 fkui, tryout review with clar, study sesh with clara that finished at about 10 pm. watched some youtube vids together til 11:15 pm. no longer sleepy, so i made my cv and finished it at about 3 in the morning lmao, bcs i saw this interning opportunity and i was like “damn i should make my cv”

2 - woke up at 7 am, didnt shower lmao, off to kiara for vaccination. Waited for a bit and i finally got it. ate mamdaging pesto rice with beef at kamkan w/ ren ness ara akisyah. talked at studied osce a bit. waited for mom to pick me up. until when do i need someone else to pick me up. i feel helpless and i hate that i cant just ride my motorbike because its too tiring. went back and dad got mad at me bcs i didnt greet him when leaving and entering the house. I truly didnt see him when i entered even though i heard sumn lmao. He said sumn along the lines of "you can always leave if u dont like me" (which is lowkey appealing). I cried bcs i felt sad and annoyed with our terrible emotional parent-daughter relationship. Hold the tears for a bit to study with clara. Darkened the room and slept still in my going-out clothes. I did not shower today lmao,,,,

3 - woke up at 10 am. Tryout and review w clara. Psych coaching. Psych practice with irun. Called lau and dajen bcs hes leving to medan. Randomly checked my email and my intern submission, which i emailed yesterday, that turns out the doctor replied at 8pm yesterday asking for interview today 11 am. And i saw it @ 6 pm. Aka super late. The stupidest thing ive ever done in FKUI. No cap. :( i panicked and it gave me a reason to talk with dad (asking how to reply) so i guess its a form of effort to banish the awkwardness between us. Studied w clara. I hope the doctor can forgive me. Its one loose end after the other lately.

4 - went to starbucks with atikah. got treated matcha latte yayy. cicil osce. called clara to learn imunisasi. went to kaleyo w atikah clara, ate bebek muda cabe ijo yumm. talked abt a lot of things in a span of 1-2 hours. we’re all pragmatist lmaoo. 

5 - osce briefing, DV osce practice w irun, watched run bts again lmaoo since knowing my osce schedule is thursday. read buku osce biru. 

6 - slept and lazed around til 1 pm. went to flavola since the construction was so noisy. osce simulation with UKMPPD Wibu. turns out flavola’s siomay is very fulfilling.

7 - todays construction noise escape is jco. Bought jcool double with almonds and chocolate crunchy. A bit of psych practice w aisyah. After maghrib practiced neuro w irun

8 - had no mood to study in the morning. Went to flavola, kopsusss coklat as usual. Reviewed osce materials (theres some tea about what might come out). Reviewed again at home (even tho i procrastinated from 6-9pm). Asked my bro for some ovo bcs i bought a mini keyboard in tokped lmaoooooo so random

9 - went to merra (ara and nessa’s place) but mom drove dad to the airport first. stome osce study, group consolidation for osce, tried mad bagel (the garlic cream cheese and tuna salad). the bagel was quite dense and fulfilling. the garlic cream cheese is quite heavy. arrived at home by 9 pm, went straight to sleep

10 - omg dr eva contacted me again :”) and i got the chance to be ecmocard research assistant. osce study. line call with ara. matcha latte. studied in juan’s room bcs it was so noisy. the keyboard i ordered arrived lolll cant wait to try. i dont know if its the anxiety or fear but i cant sleep and forced myself to sleep 11pm-ish

11 - osce. Went early to learn sumn more w ara tri. Osce (i forgot opv for the 5 mo old baby in peds station 😭 there was dr yogi omg) prayed zuhur and ashar in merra while waiting for pick up (i rly wish i could just bring my own vehicle but motorbike is rly tiring). Finally tried the mini keyboard, with earphones on. Practiced the song aku bukan untukmu by rossa lmao bu sihar taught us that in 33. I felt rly excited and not sleepy afterwards (that "normal" feeling with nothing looming). Its been a while since i tried something new, voluntarily. I guess its kind of what i felt when i tried the korean duolingo. That lasted for a couple months. Lets see how this keyboard thingy goes

12 - finally finished reviewing to oneshot (took ages lmao). Lazed around

13 - inten ukmppd w ness ren ara @ merraaa always. Went through 5 pdfs. Tried fastfit chicken burger and sweet potato fries. Quite fulfilling. Went back home and straight to bed (didnt eat anymore)

14 - started my day late as usual on weekdays lmaoo. flavola kopsus coklat as usual at my usual seat facing the window. did padi final tryout, score: 69. booty call with fianti, did mindset tryout, got 76,5.

15 - lazed tilll i start my day as usual @ 11-ish. Reviewed to padi final answers. Wow it sure took some damn time. My attention span is rly horrible when im alone in my room

16 - second dose of vaccine today. the rain was POURING. mom and emir waited in mcd. read half of aipki citation. 

17 - finished aipki citation, read CBT 2020 batch I and 2019 batch III questions. read a fantastic slow burn dramione fic. reviewed the last to solid.

18 - accompanied clara for swab antigen near airport train station (we came with motorbike since clara’s car was used). got called over by the police bcs we were in the car-only road lmaooo. went over optima tryout 2021. 

19 - cicil ukmppd at flavola with the usual menu, read some more afterwards

20 - ended up going to tamel bcs the flood in tb simatupang toll. Stayed w nessa and henny. Ate garlic carbonara spaghetti by bittersweet najla. Quite good for the price. Went over mediko questions with nessa and first session citation. Atikah sent some krispy kreme donuts 🥺🥺

21 - woke up at 4 bcs henny and nessa already did. Ate cold kanayam for bfast. Did ukmppd. I flagged quite a lot of questions huaa. I hope i can pass, aamiin. Went to tamel to get stuff (nebeng oca uye), climbed jembor to get to akis et al. Went to aeon (super crowded tffff), followed by ikea (parked at decathlon). Ate at both places (shared portion w kris lmaoo we get full quick). Aeon sushi and ikea meatball. So fulll. Went out of ikea to be briefed by dr Debby (ecmocard) and put my stuff to mom's car. Went in ikea again. And finally we went back. such a good sleep yall

22 - relaxed and i mean RELAXXXED. woke up and slept again. showered to prepare to go to harkit for intern briefing. i was late (thanks daan mogot road) and had to grabbike from untar. put on some sheet mask (natrep rose) bcs im realizing i need to fix my face and look decent for this new environment lmaoo.

23 - left home at 7 am, went through highway (i aint repeating daan mogot tragedy again). walked a bit backwards bcs the hightway exit was infront of dharmais. super slow progress on entering medical datas. took half a day to get one. and another half for the other. ate marugame udon, somay, chicken katsu and otak otak. we finished after maghrib and im writing this while waiting for mom

24 -  tried salted egg dori rice from salt inc. its quite salty and eneg inducing (a bit more than eatlah), but for the price (19k after cashback) i wont complain. Went back home before maghrib but there was still some medical record stuff i did in my room.

25 - magang as usual. Tried chicken egg salad from salad hut. Bought ice french hazelnut coffee from lawson coz i just cant take it anymore (the slump and sleepyness). I feel like the moment that sugary beverage enters my system i rise like a freshly watered plant. First meeting with dr eva and the others

26 - felt so tired even in the morning. Its 9 am and im already ordering janjiw coffee (with hazelnut and milo, quite sweet. Like a mix of kopiko and milo). Slow progress today i dunno why. Lunch is nayam rica2 and egg for 21k. Went back home by tj and mom picked me at gajah 2

27 - i hate to say this but bcs for 5 days now ive been fighting sleeping instincts, i snap out of sleepiness easier in the morning. Nasi uduk for brekkie. Moved some stuff up bcs the noise, played keyboard. Learned the (difficult) chords to tyler's see you again and im feeling satisfied. Went to racheel's place. Got fed chicken noodle. And then off to silvi's with devi also. Got fed chicken rice and dimsum. Thanks to friends im eating superwell today🥺

28 - relaxed at home. Skipped breakfast bcs i fell asleep and ate heartily in the afternoon. Evening run w racheel at citra 6