The shop was a decent size with variety of chicken & poultry products for sale but what caught my eye was chicken tenderloin strips for $6.99/kg & I bought 1/2 kg. When I got home to clean, I found some strips that were whitish on one side & didn't look fresh so I marinated them & used it for steamboat that I was cooking that night & froze the rest. Was not impressed with the quality.

They have a wide variety of meat, poultry and deli produce with very reasonable prices & less for bulk buying. I bought 3kg of chicken drumsticks for $8 and a kg of diced beef for $10. They were fresh & the service was good & friendly.

Approximate cost: $18

My friend & I had the Beef & Vegetables with chilli Ramen in clear soup & the Roast Pork & Vegetables with chilli Ramen in Miso Soup. They were tasty & the serving was large. We were given complimentary pickles. The Japanese tea & filtered water is free if you help yourself. It is busy & the shop is small but we were lucky to get a seat at lunchtime. Service is fairly quick.

Approximate cost: $12

There's plenty of parking and the store is huge but when we were there, the escalator going up wasn't working, we had to go upstairs to look for a small item we wanted although we found it after sometime. Checkout was reasonably quick but would prefer to go to a smaller store if not purchasing much as it would save time.

I discovered this greengrocer yesterday when we went there for the bananas that were advertised for $1.99/kg. They have a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. It is also a convenience store & the prices are very reasonable and good quality except that the oranges that were bagged for $0.99 were not fresh. However, the service was good & the owner is friendly. It wasn't busy as we were there mid-morning on Sunday.

I had lunch with 5 other ladies yesterday & we ordered the mixed bruschetta, pasta frank sinatra (seafood), stuffed mushrooms and wood-fired pizza ferrara with coffee & tea for 5 at the end of the meal. The bruschettas were nice, pasta & pizza were alright but would have preferred a more crusty base for the pizza. There were only 3 stuffed mushrooms (entre' size). When asked if we could give them a cake to be brought out for my friend's birthday, was told that we would have to pay $2.50 extra per person to do so. We decided to do it ourselves since we had brought the candles & matches. The service was ordinary although they changed our plates 3 times which was not really necessary. The total bill came to over $120 & with 25% discount on the Entertainment card it came to $90.64. If not for this I would say their prices are expensive

Approximate cost: $30 - 50

He was quick to quote me a fixed price for removing my old Smeg gas stove & fitting a new Ilve gas stove, inclusive of materials & labour. When he came he needed to connect an extension to the gas pipe which would normally cost $27 according to him but since he had agreed to charge only $150 for the job, he did not charge me extra. The job was done in just over half an hour & he checked that there was no gas leak & that all the burners lighted up properly when ignited. I would recommend him to anyone as he's prompt & did a good job.

Approximate cost: $150

This is a cheap discount variety store next to Aldis in Winston Hills shopping mall. I was attracted by the 50% discount on winter fluffy slippers & bought a pair for only $3. It's a small store but good for bargains on household goods.

This is my first visit to this hair studio & it is smaller than the other one at Epping. It doesn't have as good an ambience as the Epping studio but I had Michael cut & colour my hair as well using half of my own colouring solution. Initially some of the colour didn't take so I had to have it massaged into my hair & wait another 20 min or so but after it was washed out, everything turned out good & I was happy with the way he tidied up my hair after blow drying & styling it. A tip about the parking - make sure you display the parking ticket on your car windscreen. I wasn't aware of this as I haven't been to Carlingford Village for a long time but luckily I was told by a friend who came into the shop & she was able to do it for me before I got a parking fine!

Approximate cost: $50

Came here after a long time after visiting the hairdresser to shop for fresh Asian vegetables & ended up with some frozen dumplings, seafood, noodles & preserved mustard. Prices are reasonable though I thought the mustard was 99c but when I got home & looked at the receipt, I was charged $1.19. Whether their mistake or mine, I don't know but I won't go back to dispute as it is not close to where I live or usually shop. Other than that, the shop has wide aisles and service is good as there were very few people in the shop, being a Monday.