Wednesday, September 12, 2012

WEEKLY DIARY : What I love

WHAT I LOVE :

"Photographer Dina Goldstein’s series “Fallen Princesses“ looks at Disney fairy tale princesses and their harshly realistic modern day lifestyles. Seems not everybody lives happily ever after. This project has won several awards, been published internationally in magazines, analyzed by experts in the field of Fairytale literature and studied in High schools and Universities."
Taken from :
http://theblueboxboy.tumblr.com/post/26492018863/photographer-dina-goldsteins-series-fallen









I Love www.amymebberson.tumblr.com  and her amazing collection of drawings and illustration of Disney. I particularly love her work on the Disney Princesses ! So adorable! These below are my favourite of hers.


I LOVE Peel by YOY


"Imagine a story unfolded in a room. The japanese design unit YOY by space designer Naoki Ono and product designer Yuuki Yamamoto creates products that tell a hidden story. Peel is a wall lamp, but it looks as if wall paper was peeling of the wall and it feels like it can lead you to another world, where you will start imagine your own stories."

I love these bus stops with swings!

This is amazing!!

And how funny is this! :)

I love these quotes about life :

"Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly."
-- Paulo Coelho

“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”
— Maya Angelou

“To find the air and the water exhilarating… to be thrilled by the stars at night, to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
— John Burroughs

“When you move your focus from competition to contribution, life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.”
— Buddha

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."
--Mary Oliver

A quote which I love, from the poet Mary Oliver (New and Selected Poems), that goes:
 "Tell me, what is it your plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

“You either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.”
— Daniel Franzese

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Food diary JULY and AUGUST

Red velvet cake from Sweet Infinity. I love having black coffee (or black tea) with my sweets as it balances off the sweetness. This cake is the prettiest cake in the display. The red colour  and the cream cheese oh my goodness I just have to have one :)

Mini macarons (salted caramel, peanut butter milk chocolate, green tea latte) from Sweet Infinity. I love their macaroons because they are not sickeningly too sweet. They are spot on and just the right sweetness for me. All threes are so addictive! :-)

King salmon salad from Cloudy Bay Fish Co at Sydney Westfield. Fresh, tasty, healthy and the salmon tasted beautiful. If all salad is this good, I can imagine myself having salads more often haha :) The offices and park view is quite lovely too :) . All and all a beautiful lunch.

Now back to pizza :p At least there are some salads on the side :p. Moroccan Lamb Pizza from Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar, Sydney Westfield. Hmm I love lamb and yoghurt together :p

Adriano Zumbo's V8 cake (black sesame dacquiose, brown sugar crunch, lychee gel, raspberry sponge, raspberry jelly, liquorice cremeaux, rose chantilly patisserie). 
Pretty in pink (omg) and tasted so divine!! And look at the rose petal. Look. Look. Oh I wish I can bake a cake!

Adriano Zumbo Macarons (or as they say it Zumbarons) : Salted butter popcorn, Malted milkshake, Peach ice tea, Pancake & maple syrup. This is cuteness and awesomeness in a box. I especially love the salted butter popcorn as (you may know or you may not know) I love butter like the french chefs love butter and even a tiny bit more. Butter rocks!

Elvis The Fat Years (peanut butter gelato with banana jam and fried brioche bits) & Chocolate absinthe.
From Gelato Messina. YUM! I love love Gelato Messina because they always have new interesting flavours like every freaking day! I always go to their shop (either in Darlinghurst or The Star) at least once in week otherwise I would feel sick.

I just have to take picture of this!

From Gelato Messina. Bread & Butter pudding (cinnamon and sultana custard gelato with buttered vanilla brioche) AND Persian rocky road (white chocolate & rosewater gelato with rosewater & pistachio rocky road).
Butter, custard, rosewater (and gelato) ! They are like my favourites! I am so sold and converted!

Also from Gelato Messina. Salted coconut & mango salsa, Sexual chocolate (dark chocolate gelato with white chocolate fudge and freeze dried raspberries).
Sexual, chocolate, fudge and gelato all in one sentence. How could you not stop and take notice?

Pasta marinara from Flying Fish & Chips at The Star. The squids are so so so sooo tender (almost as tender as fish) . Seafood and pasta and a glass of white. I am a happy lady!

Movenpick Double cream & merengue flavour ice cream. 
Damn, I forgot to ask for extra whipped cream on top ><

Peanut butter chocolate ice cream from Baskin Robbins. My absolute favourite no1 ice cream flavour! Sometimes I would buy them in a take away pack and would eat them daily while watching the news. Kidding! I don't watch the news :)

Baskin Robbins strawberry cheesecake thickshake. I know this is super fattening but I can't help it ( please don't judge me) it just tastes so good beyond words and sentences. The strawberry cheesecake ice cream is my no 2 fav after the peanut butter chocolate ice cream. I've had the no 1-10 favourite sorted, noted and remembered :)

Coffee eclairs from Becasse Bakery at Sydney Westfield. Have I told you how much I love the coffee at Becasse bakery? (Yes I have in my last post!)

Coconut frozen yoghurt with yoghurt chips and mochis. From Wowcow.
Oh man! It's winter and yet I eat lots and lots of gelatos, ice creams, frozen yoghurts, ice peach teas and icy cocktails! I don't understand but you know as they say YOLO ^^

I love having the donut at Deus Ex Machina Cycleworks at Bourke St for breakfast. It is big, fresh, warm, sugary. I don't normally use the knife tho I just use my hands. Life is good :D

And afterwards, I love walking down/along Bourke st and go to Bourke St Bakery to have the Ginger brûlée tart. I love this place and I love this tart! Sometimes there is a queue but I don't mind queuing for food at all. I always bring a novel in my bag just in case I need to queue so I can read.

I was lunch-ing, having a mezze plate out in the sun overlooking the beautiful Darling Harbour at Georges Mediterranean Bar & Grill. Gosh Sydney is so beautiful. And I was so full.

The other day, I was having a lunch yumcha at Palace Chinese Restaurant. Their yumcha is one of my favourite as the place is nice and they have lots of varieties of dishes. I was having this super huge steamed oysters with XO sauce. I've never seen oysters that big!!!!! I couldn't stop talking and telling people about it after (and writing about it now). Not big but huge!

My favourites to order are the sesame prawn roll and the prawn toast. And my friend loves to eat salt and pepper squid so we ordered that :) I also on occasions order and love the panfried rice noodle (I love the peanut-y sauce. Are they peanut? who knows!) , the dumplings, the dimsim, the tripe and of course the chicken feet :)

Baked Corn Tortillas, queso, beans & chorizo grits from Reuben Hills Surry Hills. This place is always buzzing with people! The food is great, reasonably priced, the coffee is awesome and also since there is not many good mexican place in Surry Hills, so I love to come here. 
Ohh btw I ordered this one because I thought 'baked' means healthy? What are your thoughts?

My awesome cappuccino at Reuben Hills. And Yes if you have to ask, I love Jackie Collins novels :)

Brioche dipped in kirsch syrup with custard and raspberry, covered with soft merengue. From Le Breton Patisserie, Mosman. 
I can't (yet) pronounce the name of the shop but I can point at the cake and I also know how to put the cake in my watering mouth.

I am so proud of myself for being able to hold my appetite and take these 2 pictures first. That's called self-resistance. I can now include patience among one of my characters ;-)

Maharaja Thali at 9 Marys Modern Indian food, Sydney Westfield. I love the butter chicken. Man I just love butter. Period. I can definitely devour a big bowl of butter chicken sauce with naans. 
Period.

Reuben sandwich (Wagyu salt beef, pickles, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, mustard mayo on rye bread) with some duck fat roasted potatoes. At Reuben & Moore. 
This is the/my perfect/the ultimate sandwich. I tried to balance the fat and carbs by drinking some coconut water but who am I kidding!!!

Yes as you can see, I go to Sydney Westfield food court a lot. That place is like my second home. Sometimes I would walk around the food court ten times before (?!?!?!) finally deciding what I want to eat on that day. The choices are endless and I can't help but feeling confused and overwhelmed! And when I (finally) decide on one stall, I then have to think long and hard (10-30 min) on what I should order.
Then I eat. I am happy. The end.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

27 WAYS TO MAKE ME SWOON

Taken from :
"41 Ways to Make a Woman Swoon" at www.menshealth.com

These are the 27 that are my favourites :)


1. Ask her to dance.

2. On windy days, brush wayward strands of hair from her eyes and mouth.

3. When she's coming down the street, across the room, or up the stairs to meet you, walk toward her as soon as you see her.

4. Put your arm around her when you introduce her to your friends and family.

5. Grasp her hand when a scantily dressed, beautiful woman walks by.

6. Call her when you're feeling sad.

7. Ask to see a picture of her when she was a child.

8. If she's crying on the phone, go over to her place. Immediately.

9. Buy her your favorite rock album of all time on vinyl.

10. Order coffee for her, remembering exactly how she likes it.

11. Put her to bed when she falls asleep in the car.

12. Mention your upcoming anniversary before she does.

13. Send her something in the mail. Anything.

14. When she's feeling insecure, stare into her eyes and tell her there is no one in the world who could be as right for you as she is.

15. Call her just before you get on the plane.

16. Pick her clothes up off the floor.

17. Try desperately to make her laugh when she's feeling down.

18. Take her to see your favorite sport live. Pay more attention to her than to the game.

19. Touch her arm when you leave the table to go to the bathroom. Touch her again when you come back.

20. Hug her when she gets jealous. Hug her hard.

21. Hand her two towels when she gets out of the shower. (The second one is for her hair.)

22. Keep her favorite cereal on hand.

23. In the middle of a conversation, tell her you love her.

24. Take her to a cabin with a fireplace. Build her a fire.

25. Offer to fix something in her apartment that you realize is broken.

26. Notice when she's wearing something new.

27. Kiss her hand in front of your most die-hard bachelor buddies.
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”
— Anatole France