Friday, March 30, 2012

Fuel for the Body

 Cookies by Le Cordon Bleu. Bought from City Super in Hong Kong.
 Yummy. Choco chip cookie meets buttery shortbread cookie.
 Pancake with custard filling.
 Bought from Isetan during one of their food fairs.
 
 What a waste of money and calories. Hrmp.
 Lunch with a friend at Pedas Pedas. UOB Building or whatever it's called (at Raffles Place).
Pomfret or tilapia. It includes veggies, tempeh and fried beancurd.
 Tempeh was good.. so we ordered a packet each to take away.
 Couldn't resist, I ate them before 4pm!
 Dinner at Olive Vine. (located inside the link mall linking marina square to citylink mall.)
 Prawn aglio olio. Hmm so-so.
 Look at that prawn, so gray, so un-fresh.
 Carrot cake. Looks ordinary, but this was surprisingly very good!
 Maki rolls from Aussie Roll at Chevron House. My new favorite!
It's buy 2+1 free after 6:30PM from Mondays to Fridays.
I ordered korean beef (yum!), squid head (felt like chewing on a piece of rubber), and tuna (okay lah).

It's 2.40-2.80 per piece of roll, and you get to take as much wasabi as you want.
 Instant wonton noodles. There's 3 measly wontons.
I don't think I'd buy this ever again. 



 Tuna croissant sandwich from Delifrance. Bought from Groupon at SGD3.60. Yummy!

 Uber vibrant fruits.
 Sunday night tabao dinner from Din Tai Fung. Not as yummy as before, and definitely not as yummy as the porkchop from Delicious Kitchen Hong Kong.. but still a good dinner for me.
 After dinner dessert from Mc Cafe. Choco raspberry. Not something I would order again. It's too mousse-y.

Kasugai beans I love. But somehow the wasabi is not as spicy as before...
SGD3.30

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Nice Window Displays

 I'm really impressed with the window displays inside the malls in Hong Kong.
This was at Pacific Place

 Cute bag! (shape of a solitaire ring)
Another mall, forgot the name.  Loewe window display

Hong Kong Trip March 2012

 There's just something about Hong Kong that makes me miss it.
 It's super crowded, it's polluted, people can be unfriendly (except staff working in those 5 star hotels) but there's just something that only Hong Kong has.

 Anxiously waiting for my luggage. Been waiting for 10-15 minutes, that's why I was getting worried.
 Brunch at Burger King inside the airport.
 Took the airport express going to the city. Not a good shot. This picture looks so backward.
 Ahhh... that's the Hong Kong that we know.

It was a 4D3N trip which started on 15Mar2012 and ended on 18Mar2012.
Took a Jetstar flight from Singapore to Hong Kong. When we landed in Hong Kong, we had to get off the plane via tarmac. Oh gosh gee, I wasn't expecting it, so I was just wearing a regular polo shirt. The cold March wind almost literally slapped me in the face as I got out of the plane. Brrrr....

Peking Duck Dinner at Mandarin Court

My friend treated us to a peking duck dinner for her birthday at Mandarin Court, Mandarin Orchard (24Mar2012).
One whole duck for 3 girls.  Sounds like a lot of duck.
But actually, the picture above is supposedly the whole duck.  I see skin, and I see some meat.. but where'd the other meat go? I guess the duck was super skinny, you know, the skin and bones type.
 Didn't like the restaurants lighting. 

 Ooooh, I used the pic collage app again. Love it!

 DIY duck roll. Mmm...
 The custard bun with the swirly green thing.

Flowy custard, but I didn't like it. It tasted just like condensed milk and baking powder+baking soda.
There was a period of time when I got addicted to baking my own bread, so I became familiar with that smell and taste.


 Darn restaurant lighting.
This was the noodles. Noodles for long life!
 Hot and sour soup. Tasty.
Lovely to look at. Full Stop.

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Overall, it was just an okay dinner. It cost a lot, but for me, the quality just wasn't there. Actually, I'm generally not impressed with food from hotels. Well maybe except the dimsum from St. Regis, which was yummy.

YSL Medium Muse in Black Patent

 First day home.
 Black outer dust bag.
 There's a built-in white dust bag inside, sewn to the black outer bag. Nice!
 My muse!
Disclaimer: She's not very photogenic. It's 5 times more pretty in actual.

 It looks super glossy, but in actual, it's just relatively so.




 Just the right width for me.
 I love that its got feet. None of my current bags have feet.
 
Back view.

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I think that this bag is so me. It's not flashy, it's simple and functional, it's a classic design, it's light and I believe it's a relatively no-fuss bag.

I was torn between plain black calf leather or this black calf leather in patent.  Me being me, I chose patent because I think it would be easier to maintain. The plain leather one may become dull after a while and I'm not sure if I'd have the patience to apply those leather oil (or whatever).

As of writing, I haven't used the bag, but I think it should be okay.

I hope the strap length could've been longer, by just a teeny bit, but then, it might look a bit off. So anyway, the length is something I can deal with.

I got this in Hong Kong last March 16 from the mall connected to Elements (I really couldn't recall the mall name). It's about SGD300 cheaper compared to the YSL shop here in Singapore so hooray for that!