Graduation, Kansai Japanese Restaurant, Vivid Sydney

Many things happened yesterday, so busy... Well, busy having fun haha!!!

It was Claire's graduation, as usual, the big gang got together and shared the joy with Claire!

Congratulations Claire!

Claire's always favouorite pose - the jumping pose!
It' so cool to have a big group jumping together at the same time! You'll get to see diferrent jumping styles and some really funny poses ^^
Isn't it super cool?

After Claire's graduation, we decided to head to city for Vivid Sydney! Vivid Sydney is festival of light, music and ideas where the colourful and creative lights will be projected on the Sydney Opera House! Well before that, we gotta go and feed ourselves =P

Went to this restaurant where they have a special deal - All you can eat deal and it only costs $28. Sound really worthy! So how does this deal works? You pay $28 and you can order anything from the menu except the sashimi (there is another option if you wanna have sashimi, just add $10 = $38). There are so many things on the  menu which making us hard to decide what to get. The guys, of course, got the $28 all you can eat deal! Rina and I didn't go for that deal cause their meals are all quite big and it would be less worthy for us to pay $28 (since we can't eat that much, might as well just order a set meal!).

The restaurant - Kansai Japanese Restaurant.

My dinner - Terriyaki chicken & sushi.
I like the salad on the terriyaki chicken plate, so nice!
So big right!!! I couldn't even finish them, for the sushi, I only ate those sashimi on top man haha!!!

Not too bad! The guys could really eat man! I felt full for them ok!!! 

So if you think you are a big eater then I suggest you to visit this restaurant la!

Kansai Japanese Restaurant

Shop B1, Hunter Connection

7-13 Hunter Street, Sydney

Okey Dokey, done with dinner. It's now the highlight of the night! Here comes the Vivid Sydney~ (special thanks to Trevor for awesome photos! You are genius!!!)

At Circular Quay.
Great night scenery

Opera House with lights

Don't think this light projected to the Opera House are all still o!
They are actually moving! Can imagine that?

More lights...
I think the patterns changed every one minute??? Not sure, just guessing didn't really look at the timer =P

WARNING: The following section is rated as R18+

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R18+??? Not sure...
Continue seeing the photos!

Super hero also came!!!???
R18+ O_o
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Why are they standing so still???

Another super women??? Some fighting is it???
Too violent for 18 and under???

Excuse me!!! Don't poo on the street!!! Go toilet!

Oh DEAR!!! Someone's dead on the street!!!

R18+!? Yes definitely YES!!! Too STUPID that I don't want this stupidity to be spreaded to the young ones. These were so stupid!!! Tell you why! As you could see some of them photos were blur, some blur half and some were really clear! Know why? I have no idea idea how they call it, but it's like taking a photo without flash in the dark and keep really still (really really still, if you move a little, even tiny movement then your photo will be blur) for like 10 seconds. It's so hard seriously!!! The last photo was really funny! Someone (can't tell the name here, it's confidential) lied on the street like a dead and Gavin used the light to trace arround the dead. It was so stupid! All the people were looking at us man!!! 

A very kind uncle used his green laser to project on us and we became part of the Vivid la!
So cool la!

Had really GREAT fun with great people! And a group photo before we went off. Smile~

Suwahre Rice Cake @ Eastwood

Have always LOVE to eat hot and spicy food. Went to but some groceries today and got my lunch as well. And my lunch was Ddeokbokki (Korean style rice cake in hot chili paste, gochujang). If you have had chance trying Korean food, you will know how hot their food are! Even myself (who can really take hot) can't stop 'crying' from eating them haha!

I don't know how spicy you can tell from the photo... Anyway... Just have a try (any Korean Restaurant with this dish and then tell me how it tastes ok lol)!

Ddeokbokki - A popular Korean dish of rice cake with vegie and fish cake in hot chili paste. 맛있는 (Delicious)!!!

Here's the restaurant! It's a small shop that fits a small group of people dining in, people normally take away though. They also sell other Korean street food, snacks and all kind of rice cakes. Walk in and have a look if you are nearby ^^

Suwahre Rice Cakes
18 Railway Pde, Eastwood NSW 2122

Bon Appetit

Weather is getting colder and colder... I've always think of ways to keep myself warm. You know, add more clothes, quilt...all basic stuff. And people always say that red meat (beef and mutton) keep you warm...Too bad, I don't eat either! That's why I have to think other ways...haha! And my very special way of keeping myself warm is eating hot dessert!!! Very logical... when you feel cold, will you still eat cold thing to make yourself even colder (well, I do sometimes. I love eating ice-cream when it's cold! I thought it's really exciting  =P)? For sure, most people choose hot stuff over cold stuff! My second logic...dessert is sweet, sweet gives you energy and it's quite filling!

So all my logics make this dessert! Let see what we've got~

Red Bean Paste + Glutinous Rice Ball  红豆汤圆甜品

As chinese, we normally eat glutinous rice ball during Winter (lunar calendar)and every year after you have eaten glutinous rice ball, you are 1 year older. Glutinous rice ball which is tang yuan 汤圆 in Mandarin also mean reunion, people also eat it when someone's getting married - tuan yuan, tuan yuan (reunion) is a good sight! 

Erm, I know  it's still not Winter but I really feel like tang yuan BUT BUT BUT doesn't mean that I get 1 year older after I eat them ok!!! Eating tang yuan with red bean paste...first time making it this way...wonder if it's gonna be nice...

YES YES YES, it's super nice! Very satisfied yum~

DO YOU WANNA MAKE ONE???

You know I'm very kind, I'm more than happy to share my love~

And here's my love!

Ingredients: (2 people)

• 1/2 cup of red bean 
• 3-4 cup of water
• crystal sugar (depend on you preferred sweetness)

• glutinous rice ball (any flavour you like, I have black sesame and peanut) or you can make it yourself with glutinous rice flour + water (just mix them and make into small balls)

Steps:

1. Wash red bean and soak in water for ~30minutes (this saves your time in boiling the red bean, the longer you soak it, the faster you can get it cooked and soft).
2. Boil red bean for around 1 hour or until the red beans are cooked and soft. Check and stir every 15 minutes so the water don't dry out. 
3. Add crystal sugar into the red bean paste and stir.
4. Add glutinous rice ball. Cook until they float on the surface (means it's cooked!). Turn off the heat and it's done!'
5. Serve while it's hot~~~

Bon Appetit ❤

Blink a blink your eyes~

I've been using mascara for quite sometimes (but don't really use it on daily basis, maybe just for outing and you know some events etc). This is why it's so uncommon for me to talk about cosmetics on my blog (cause I don't use them often), but I guess I should really start investing on the cosmetics and you know look pretty everyday, everywhere. For some culture, make up is a manner. A Japanese friend of mine said that it's respect to others when you have make up because you are delivering a good image to the other persons. That's really interesting! And I guess this is why we see pretty girls everywhere in Japan =)

Erm, I'm not selling or promoting cosmetics brand here, not tutoring how to use it either. I'm posting this today is just to 'show off' a pressie from Tanya haha. She gave this mascara to me yesterday when we had our Malaysian food nite at Sambal. I was quite surprised when she gave that to me. She said no reason la, cause she knows I use mascara and I guess this is some new product or whatever, that's why she's sharing love (she always do).

Rimmel - Glam' Eyes Mascara (Just read it from the label). And yea, it also said 'new' on the label so my assuption of new product has passed lol!

Haven't really use this brand before but I really like the look of the mascara! A crown and some patterns on the lid, with the colour...It looks just girly and 'princess' I guess. Since it said Glam eyes, the effects must be making your lashes look glamorous and dramatic!!! Will try one day and see how it goes haha.

Thank you Tanya ❤

Friday night indulgence @ Sambal Malaysian Restaurant

Craving for Malaysian food after leaving Malaysia for a while??? I understand that feeling...

No worries, all fellow Malaysian! There are actually quite a few Malaysian restaurant which I think quite authentic HERE IN SYDNEY!!! I think the most famous will be Mamak (City Haymarket & Chatswood)??? Another famous one is Sambal Malaysian Restaurant (well at least every Malaysian at Macquarie know about it). All I know about Sambal is that the boss is from Penang so if you are from Penang and really miss Penang taste, then you should come to Sambal!

It's Friday night!!! So we (Tanya, HD and myself - small group was good) decided to indulge ourselves again with good food (well, not so often right? Just once in a while). We were not really craving for Malaysian food but when we reached there and saw the menu, we were like crazy women (only applied to Tanya and I cause HD is not a Malaysian who is happy to try any food from any country)! We were not craving the Malaysian food but deep inside us did!!! Haha~

Have a look at what we ordered. These are all famous Malaysian local food!

Char Kuey Tiaw - Fried rice noodles.
This is one of the most famous food in Penang, Malaysia.
A friend of mine from Penang told me that the most famous char kuey tiaw stall in Penang uses duck eggs to fry the rice noodles which makes the noodles smell really nice (the typical char kuey tiaw uses chicken eggs instead) but it also costs 4 times the normal char kuey tiaw.

Assam sotong - Assam squid.
Assam tastes hot and sour. Eating it with rice = SUPER NICE!

Inchee Kabin - Deep fried chicken served with a special sauce.
HD (who is not Malaysian) said it's like KFC but healthier than KFC!
Well, he's half correct. It's like KFC when you bite it (cause it's crispy) but don't really taste like KFC. This is 100x yummier than KFC! ^v^

Rendang Lembu - Beef rendang.
Again, I don't eat beef so I can't tell how is it taste like. But I've had chicken rendang before so I definitely know how rendang taste like. If you are not Malaysian, Singaporean or Indonesian, you might get mix up between rendang and curry. Well, they are not actually the same. Both rendang and curry are spicy but they taste totally different because of the spices used. Another thing that distinguished curry from rendang is curry has lotsa sauce (erm, not sure if sauce is the best word...anyway, I meant lotsa water I guess =.=")

Belacan eggplant.
It's a hot dish again.

After all the savoury... Let's have some sweet for dessert!
Ais kacang - shaved ice, one of the most popular dessert in Malaysia!
It's a cold dessert with shaved ice, Rose syrup (sirap Ros - this is what we called in Malaysia), coconut sugar syrup (Gula Melaka) and carnation milk on top of the ice.
And don't think it's just ice!
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The 'treasure' are all at the bottom! There are red bean, grass jelly and atap chi (I don't know what it called in English but it's some kind of sea coconut).
These are just some of the things we have in Ais kacang. There are all kinds of Ais kacang in Malaysia. I love the one with ice-cream and peanut on top of the shaved ice the most ^^

Not too expensive restaurant (if you don't compare to the Malaysia price cause if I compare, honestly, I could have seafood banquet already!). The restaurant also opens for lunch with Malaysian hawker centre food like asam laksa, char kuey tiaw, kuih muih etc! Anyway, Sambal is definitely a good choice if you really miss Malaysian food or if you like to try new things!

The Happy Ever After

Marriage - The very long journey requires both parties to always fall in love with each other many many times, over and over again. 5 years of loving each other, holding each other's hands, and always always be there for each other... Finally, it's your BIG DAY! Lotsa feelings flowing out of my mind... I've seen your love grown each day, nothing seemed to be able to take away your love. The long distance, the fights... You have overcome all the obstacles. I'm proud of you and really really happy for you!

I'm so sorry that I can't be there wishing you all the very best  and blissful marriage but you know my SPIRIT will always be there ^v^

You will definitely have a blessed and blissful marriage (you know that ---> your husband is just so nice!). This is the fresh first year of your marriage, I hope that in the coming 5 years, 10 years,.... 50 years... you will always always as loving and holding each other's hands till the end of the world ❤

Congratulations Dear Amanda and Jerry

Marriage is a door which looks out upon a beautiful view. As that door is opened and the horizon unfolds before you, know that nothing is sweeter than the warmth of one hand within another -- Collin McCarty

From now on, you will not need the umbrella anymore...
Cause you have found someone who will be your umbrella no matter it's sunny day, rainy day or even tsunami! He will always be your umbrella~

All you like Udon

Ever think of begin cooking with just a simple dish? Tell you what. I think the easiest cooking is stir fry or fried rice or noodles or something similar. Know why? ...... Because the only thing you need to do when cooking is putting everything into the wok or pan! Sounds reasonable? Haha, anyway that's just personal view. You might say 'well, the easiest cooking is INSTANT NOODLE!' - Ermmm, agree with that but you know, something easy other than instant noodle :P

Presenting you my yummy lunch~ Fried Udon - Quick and Easy! Wanna try cooking yourself?

What you need:

• Udon noodles
• Crab meat stick
• Corn
• Seaweed
• Garlic (1-2 cloves, chopped)
• Oyster sauce
• Pepper
• Sesame oil

You can choose any ingredients that you like, the list above was what I used in my udon. You can always use meat and vegetables (Tips: if you are using meat -pork or chicken, you may wanna mix a very little cornstarch - this makes the meat tender when you bite).

Finished choosing your ingredients? Let's move on to the next step!

How? 

1. Boil water and cook the udon for around 8 minutes or until it's cooked. You can add some salt into the boiled water.
2. Strain the udon with cold water and leave aside for later use.
3. Heat oil in your wok/ pan and fry garlic.
4. Add your ingredients (crab meat stick, corn etc) into the wok/ pan and fry with the garlic.
5. Add seasoning (oyster sauce, pepper, sesame oil) and little water - making sauce to the udon.
6. When the sauce boiled, add the udon into the wok/ pan and mix them well.
7. If it's too watery, turn to high heat and keep frying until the noodles have soaked all the sauce.
8. Add seaweed for decoration (well of course, you can eat it! Seaweed brings a really nice taste to the noodles) and it's ready to be served! 
9. Serve while it's hot.

Tadah~ Here's my fried Udon ❤

First time cooking? No problem, this is easy! Try it today ^v^

Cook. Love. Food.

Well, if you know me well then you would know I'm a food person. I love eating, well, I think most people do! I don't mind eating cheap or expensive food, as long as they are yummy, I'm more than happy to spend that money. Right, I mean I choose quality over price O(∩_∩)O

Yes, when I say I'm a food person, I also mean that I love to cook (still learning to be a good cook though), from appetiser to dessert, any cuisine, as long as I think that's new to me, I'll try doing it! So throw me with any food recipe, I'll come out with something for sure (may not be super yummy but come on, be confident =P).

I've started collecting recipe books or any online recipes few years ago. Well of course, I've cooked or made or baked some of them. Am currently very interested to the recipes by Kit Mak (麥潔兒) - you might heard about her before. Yes, she was one of the judges in the HK show, Beautiful Cooking 2.

Introducing Kit Mak. Gosh, she is definitely a pretty chef!

Kit Mak also published a few recipe books to share her cooking ideas. She is very well-known with new ideas on cooking; incorporating traditional ways of cooking, she brings in new ideas to make different tastes to the 'traditional' dishes. Here are some of her books which I really hope I have them (apparently they only sell them in Hong Kong >.<). I only see them only and didn't really have the chance to look inside the book T-T. Well, not promoting these books, just to let the other cook person who also interested in Kit Mak's cooking (like me) and is living in Hong Kong, know about them.

This is interesting. Kit Mak worked with another writer to actually linking her cuisine to love stories and I heard (well not really heard, these are all what I read from the book description) that there are 40 recipes in it which have been decribed through romantic love stories ❤

Right, all I know about this book is making desserts with all kinds of flowers. People normally use flowers as gift, decorations, fragrance or tea, this is the first time I know that we can actually make desserts with flowers. Interesting~

Kit Mak gave this book with the name of 'The Taste of First Love' so I guess there must be something that make you feel 'in love' when you're making or tasting it. So wanna have one too!!!

Ok, here are some recipes that I searched online. Someone was very kind to share these online *thank you*. I'm not sharing the recipes here cuz it will take me very long time to edit them (as the picture sizes are really small and there are many of them) but I'm more than happy to share a few of them if you are interested ^v^

Show you some pictures here... How is it? Feeling hungry already?

Molten Chocolate Cake (巧克力心太软)
Yes, this was the one I made few weeks ago. I have the recipe in another post if you are interested.

Chicken Diavola (魔鬼烧鸡)

Rich Tomato Soup (番茄浓汤)

Chicken Steak with Apple and Herbs (苹果香草鸡扒)

Wow! Making me so hungry *drooling*

Yum Cha English Style @ Crossroads Bar, Swissôtel Sydney

Last minute decision of our (Tanya and I) high tea session and location -----> The Crossroads Bar at Swissôtel~

Two hours all you can eat high tea buffet brought out the old, the new and the ancient cameras clicking everywhere before any single things had been eaten.

Welcome to the Swissôtel~

Chocolate fondue with a selction of fruits ❤

Meringue~ Didn't get this on my plate (am not a big fan meringue) but they look really GOOD!

This pyramid-like thingy with lotsa macaroons, creme brulee, puffs, cupcakes and jellies attracted me alot! Not because of the sweets but the way they presented it. Pardon my lousy camera...didn't really get the beauty of it with my cam

Creme caramel, tiramisu and apricot slice (i guess)

Bluberry cheese cakes, choc mudcakes and fruit tarts. Gosh, these three are BOMBS!!! Especially ❤ that blueberry cheese cake

Savoury~ A selection of sandwiches --> ham & cheese, smoked salmon, tuna, egg mayo, chicken and some rolls. Good to have these when you feel really stuffed after all the sweets! I guess it neutralised the SWEETS abit.... SO YOU CAN EAT MORE =P

A glass of champagne comes with the buffet. Cheers~

First, having some savoury... My plate

A lil' sweets after some yummy sandwiches~ My plate again.

Time to have some fun with the chocolate fountain~~~

Marshmallow and strawberry with chocolate... AND have some fruit salad! Great! Too much chocolate really stuffed me up *burp*

Don't worry, rest for a while, have some savoury and then CONTINUE!!! Don't forget we have 2 hours to really taste everything. Well, we didn't really taste everything. There were too many sweets!!!

Yes, don't doubt! It's my plate AGAIN!!! Just tasted everything with small bites. Love the scones ^^

*burp* So full! Here, cheers~ To our weight gained after today XD

Awww~ Glad that we came! Great service, great food and fair price ($55/person with a glass of champagne), very worth eating! Looking for place to have high tea? Don't be hesitate! Swissotel is simply a good place to have an afternoon relax and enjoy good foood ❤