Manly Freezers

Great for a one stop party shop. (Is that a song? — should be)
D1 was having an Australia Day party for 70 of her closest buddies. Manly Freezers was recommended and had a very helpful 3 star Unilocal review — so off we went.
The lady is scary, I asked if there was a trolley I could use? Quote reply —
«two trolleys in ‘ere luv an’ you’d ‘ave road rage»
I’m not mad on being called luv and a trolley would have been helpful.
I wondered aloud to D1 if this woman also did security. Unfortunately she heard me and we could no longer be friends, but D1 and I picked up a carload of stuff at good prices.
Brünhilde questioned whether we should get the «good» pies because the party was only for D1’s ¹⁸⁄₁₉ year old friends and the cheap kids ones would do. So now D1 hates her too although, as it turned out, some of the blokes would have been better fed with with infant pabulum.
Still, (I’m trying to give this place a rap, its good) we got everything we needed. Quality napkins, good sized and sturdy plastic cups and plates, great party pies, monster sized bottles of sauce.
Traditional Aussie «you know nothing and I know everything» service doesn’t do it for me but in the end — the stuff is good, the price is right and its all in one spot.

Party time! Stock up on bulk frozen party food. Technically, this is a food service operation, but it’s open to the public and a good cost effective alternative to putting together a whole lot of fiddly finger food. ‘Asian tapas’ is a good theme — lots of spring rolls, samosas and curry puffs, but you can also choose traditional and pack your trolley with mini pies and sausage rolls. Finish up with a slab of cake — the usual flavours in oversize packs. I wasn’t a huge fan of the mini cakes, though — maybe the bulk recipe doesn’t translate so well so cupcakes.
Not worth it for this alone, but you can also get your bulk party accessories here — napkins, paper plates and plastic cups.
Even if it’s not a party, feeding a family from the freezer is a necessary evil sometimes — good frozen pies and quiches or fill-​the-​coolbox seafood and meatballs. Skip the supermarket price hike on frozen fruit too — berries and mango cheeks in massive packs are perfect.