Indulge in reminiscence: Tonic restaurant at Kamo

What's the MOST EXCITING thing at work today? Believe it or not, after lunch, I had a script for a paste that I need to make. Okay, it took me about 45 minutes to produce a 100g of 40% salicylic acid in WSP. After that, I was asked to make a messy liquid so obviously, it made the sink area 'blotchy'. After cleaning up and dispensed 600ml of 8% magnesium hydroxide liquid, I found another cream that awaited me. When I looked at the script...OMG...Salicylic acid and coal tar in 1% hydrocotisone cream! Grr...and what's more 500g! Okay..I took my sweet time because I need to make sure that my end product is free from lumps. Yes! done! I bid farewell happily to my collegues and said "I won't come back again after making these 3 products in a row"

When I returned to the dispensary (at the bench) with my finished product, I cheerfully said that I finally see the light here! Sigh..I said too soon because there's a suspension that need to be made up too! I took the script from the tray and went back to the compounding room to find my colleagues say "Hey, you are back again!" ..yeah I am...This is a fairly easy one. It is 75 ml of terbinafine suspension. Okie! Done! Before I left, I was just making a statement, "I am expecting folic acid suspension because it is a weekly pickup"

Then returned to dispensary and skali banar ada folic acid suspension's rx. Me and my big mouth...Okay...I need a break first. Therefore, after my 10 mins break, I started this suspension. It was really quick cos' I basically do it almost every single week. I just went out again and checked a patient's file to see if she might collect her thyroxine suspension or hydrocotrisone suspension today. I was happy that she still has about 3 days worth of her suspensions. Hence, with a sense of relief, I finally was at the end of the tunnel.

After dispensing one script, my colleague asked me the standard mixture for shingle. I said 3.6% of aspirin in chloroform. In my head...Oh no! don't tell me it is another one. yes! It is a compounding too! Okie! I closed a series of compounding event with 100ml of 3.6% aspirin in chloroform liquid. What a day! 6 products man!

Enough about those products and let me take you back to 2 weeks ago when phoebe's friends came over from Whakatane and Sydney for a short visit. I joined them for dinner at Tonic at Kamo on the day before they left. I am lazy of writing now so let pictures do the talking.

The two best friends

Roast chicken on fresh homemade Pasta with bacon and Mushroom cream sauce. (Usually I would order steak when I dine in an English restaurant but this time someone made me crave for Italian. *wink*)

Slow cooked lamb shank with potato mash and mint glaze

Parmesan crumbed Veal schnitzel with sauteed potato and garlic butter

OPP

Pork rib eye with spiced red cabbage and kumara puree

The menu

Toffee Creme Brulee with Praline crusted ice cream. yes, I ordered this! It is nice but too sweet.

Yes! I love brulee but I love chocolate cake more. (nah actually cheesecake!) lol

I would go back to this restaurant again for its food and desserts! I rate the food and service A! After that we went back home for phoebe's home made delicious egg tarts. Thanks!