Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Tetsuya's Sydney (VERY PIC HEAVY)
Yesterday was my beloved boyfriends 30th birthday and we celebrated it in style by enjoying lunch at top Sydney restaurant Tetsuya's. The poor timing of our lunch did not escape me at all – while his family and I were sitting down to a wonderful Japanese meal, Japan is reeling from the devastation caused by the worst earthquake and tsunami in their history. Tens of thousands of people are missing, families and homes torn apart and the looming possibility of a nuclear accident. All my petty life issues pale in comparison to the scale of this disaster. It really makes you re-evaluate what is important in life and to value your family, friends and your health as you never know what mother nature will throw at you. Still, a celebration was in order as my boyfriend only turns 30 once =) This is going to be one heck of a post so read if you dare!!
Tetsuya's is the world renowned restaurant of chef Tetsuya Wakuda and is famous for his 11 course degustation. The cuisine is "based on the Japanese philosophy of natural seasonal flavours, enhanced by classic French technique" and is just simply in a class of its own. The degustation is currently priced at $210 per head (not including drinks) and it's literally 11 courses and 4 hours of PURE FOOD HEAVEN! My boyfriend didn't want a party or big celebration so I booked a good 5-6months ahead of time to ensure we could celebrate his 30th at his favourite restaurant. I was just as excited as him to experience Tetsuya's again!
The restaurant is right in the city but you wouldn't know it at all. The restaurant overlooks a beautiful Japanese garden and you just feel so peaceful and serene as soon as you step into the restaurant.
The service and attention to detail at Tetsuya's is absolutely impeccable and just plain fantastic. The waiters are of course wonderfully professional and knowledgeable but still super friendly. Dining at Tetsuya's is one of those food experiences you never forget - I still remember in great detail everything I ate and drank plus the excellent service and ambience from the 1st time I went.
Tetsuya's is the world renowned restaurant of chef Tetsuya Wakuda and is famous for his 11 course degustation. The cuisine is "based on the Japanese philosophy of natural seasonal flavours, enhanced by classic French technique" and is just simply in a class of its own. The degustation is currently priced at $210 per head (not including drinks) and it's literally 11 courses and 4 hours of PURE FOOD HEAVEN! My boyfriend didn't want a party or big celebration so I booked a good 5-6months ahead of time to ensure we could celebrate his 30th at his favourite restaurant. I was just as excited as him to experience Tetsuya's again!
The restaurant is right in the city but you wouldn't know it at all. The restaurant overlooks a beautiful Japanese garden and you just feel so peaceful and serene as soon as you step into the restaurant.
The service and attention to detail at Tetsuya's is absolutely impeccable and just plain fantastic. The waiters are of course wonderfully professional and knowledgeable but still super friendly. Dining at Tetsuya's is one of those food experiences you never forget - I still remember in great detail everything I ate and drank plus the excellent service and ambience from the 1st time I went.
Catrice Just Married NOTD and Rise Omakase degustation
Thank God it's nearly Friday! I don't know about you but I'm sooooo looking forward to the weekend! I showed you Let's Mauve On! a few posts ago from my fabulous swap with Fleur's nails&stuff and today I tried another pretty Catrice for my NOTD.
Catrice Just Married is a soft pink shade with subtle gold shimmer and a somewhat frosty finish to it. You may not know but I love pink polishes =p The formula is a bit streaky and a little difficult to work with though - the 1st coat was streaky but a 2nd thicker coat evened it up. I had VNL so I applied a 3rd coat and got the full effect of the colour but you could just do 2 if you aren't fussed about VNL. Below is 3 coats without topcoat. I love the name of this polish as it really is a beautiful colour that would be perfect for a special wedding day =)
Last weekend I went to Rise Restaurant with my boyfriend and his family. Rise is a Japanese fusion restaurant located in Darlinghurst, Sydney and specialises in a 7 course Omakase
Degustation. It was my first time sampling fusion cuisine and I must say I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the food was delicious but there were just too many different flavours all in one hit, a mish mash of flavours. Plus the waiter we had was trying WAY too hard to be funny and the atmosphere was a little lacking in my humble opinion. Here are some piccies for you though! The lighting was very dim so they didn't turn out too great. Only after we'd finished eating did it occur to me to use my mobile flash for lighting =p DOH!
Salmon tartare with poached quail egg and gochujang miso sauce:
Tom Yum style soup with scallop tortellini and mussle:
Assorted fresh sashimi:
Soy milk flan with shittake sauce; Rice paper rolls of steamed chicken baton, avocado, cucumber and sesame sauce and Fish cake with daikon and wakame salad.
Soba salad with soft shell crab and ponzu vinaigrette:
And I totally forgot to take a photo of the main! But it was Roasted duck breast with polenta and mushroom croquet and red curry sauce. It was quite delicious.
I can't remember exactly what dessert was but essentially it was kaffir lime and chilli granita with mango icecream; and a green tea and chocolate mouse with kumquat jelly. My favourite course by far! The green tea and chocolate mouse was DELISH and I don't even like mousse!
Thank you for stopping by! Hope you guys are having an awesome week =) Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here!
Catrice Just Married is a soft pink shade with subtle gold shimmer and a somewhat frosty finish to it. You may not know but I love pink polishes =p The formula is a bit streaky and a little difficult to work with though - the 1st coat was streaky but a 2nd thicker coat evened it up. I had VNL so I applied a 3rd coat and got the full effect of the colour but you could just do 2 if you aren't fussed about VNL. Below is 3 coats without topcoat. I love the name of this polish as it really is a beautiful colour that would be perfect for a special wedding day =)
Last weekend I went to Rise Restaurant with my boyfriend and his family. Rise is a Japanese fusion restaurant located in Darlinghurst, Sydney and specialises in a 7 course Omakase
Degustation. It was my first time sampling fusion cuisine and I must say I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the food was delicious but there were just too many different flavours all in one hit, a mish mash of flavours. Plus the waiter we had was trying WAY too hard to be funny and the atmosphere was a little lacking in my humble opinion. Here are some piccies for you though! The lighting was very dim so they didn't turn out too great. Only after we'd finished eating did it occur to me to use my mobile flash for lighting =p DOH!
Salmon tartare with poached quail egg and gochujang miso sauce:
Tom Yum style soup with scallop tortellini and mussle:
Assorted fresh sashimi:
Soy milk flan with shittake sauce; Rice paper rolls of steamed chicken baton, avocado, cucumber and sesame sauce and Fish cake with daikon and wakame salad.
Soba salad with soft shell crab and ponzu vinaigrette:
And I totally forgot to take a photo of the main! But it was Roasted duck breast with polenta and mushroom croquet and red curry sauce. It was quite delicious.
I can't remember exactly what dessert was but essentially it was kaffir lime and chilli granita with mango icecream; and a green tea and chocolate mouse with kumquat jelly. My favourite course by far! The green tea and chocolate mouse was DELISH and I don't even like mousse!
Thank you for stopping by! Hope you guys are having an awesome week =) Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here!
Konad-ing
Hi ladies! Apologises for the lack of updates but I've been busy preparing to start uni next week. I have all these readings to do before Tuesday! I'm going to be pretty busy for the next 2 months or so as I'm studying fulltime (3 subjects) while still working fulltime so my posts most likely won't be as frequent =( but I will endeavour to post as much as possible of course especially when procrastinating hehe.
Well I have now officially entered the addictive world of Konad! After work on Wednesday I purchased a kit containing 2 plates, 3 special 5ml polishes, stamp and scraper and also a liquid pump dispenser (not part of the kit). It would have been cheaper to purchase them on Ebay through seller jr8686 but you don’t get to choose the plates and I didn’t particularly want the ones in the kits.
I got plates m36 and m59 to start off with and polishes in black, white and purple. I also got a konad 2 way nail buffer thrown in for free too. My 1st attempt with the black polish failed abysmally as I didn’t scrape the polish away properly and the black just got everywhere! So I gave up with the black and tried the white instead. The white polish turned out much better, at least you could tell what the design was supposed to be! I feel like such a noob but here is my 1st attempt and just experimenting with the colours:
Not so good 1st attempt!
How much polish do you need to put on the plate ladies? I think I may be putting too much because it didn’t all scrape away cleanly like in the how to video.. I tried CG Ruby pumps with the plates and I thought it worked way better than the special polishes! I’m dying to try out some more designs and with other polishes. What plates do you have and what do you recommend?
I tried out a new(ish) little Japanese restaurant opposite Capitol square last week that I've been wanting to try for a while. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the place but it's on the corner opposite Umi and Harry's Pies. They have alot of bento boxes which I like as they have something of everything. I got the wagyu beef bento which included: 2 wagyu beef skewers, salad, seaweed salad, 2 takoyaki, 2 grilled cheese sausage (YUM!) and rice. The boy got the grilled lamb cutlet bento which included : 3 lamb cutlets (YUM!), salad, seaweed salad, soft shell crab, 2 takoyaki and rice. Each bento was only about $16 so quite reasonable and it was very filling.
Wagyu beef bento
Grilled lamb cutlet bento
I've been totally procrastinating tonight so I thought I would make ruby grapefruit iced tea. It's made with just ruby red grapefruit juice, earl grey tea and some sugar and I add some fresh (or frozen) berries to garnish. It's delicious and really refreshing!
Back to study now! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
If you enjoy reading my little blog please follow me!
Well I have now officially entered the addictive world of Konad! After work on Wednesday I purchased a kit containing 2 plates, 3 special 5ml polishes, stamp and scraper and also a liquid pump dispenser (not part of the kit). It would have been cheaper to purchase them on Ebay through seller jr8686 but you don’t get to choose the plates and I didn’t particularly want the ones in the kits.
I got plates m36 and m59 to start off with and polishes in black, white and purple. I also got a konad 2 way nail buffer thrown in for free too. My 1st attempt with the black polish failed abysmally as I didn’t scrape the polish away properly and the black just got everywhere! So I gave up with the black and tried the white instead. The white polish turned out much better, at least you could tell what the design was supposed to be! I feel like such a noob but here is my 1st attempt and just experimenting with the colours:
How much polish do you need to put on the plate ladies? I think I may be putting too much because it didn’t all scrape away cleanly like in the how to video.. I tried CG Ruby pumps with the plates and I thought it worked way better than the special polishes! I’m dying to try out some more designs and with other polishes. What plates do you have and what do you recommend?
I tried out a new(ish) little Japanese restaurant opposite Capitol square last week that I've been wanting to try for a while. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the place but it's on the corner opposite Umi and Harry's Pies. They have alot of bento boxes which I like as they have something of everything. I got the wagyu beef bento which included: 2 wagyu beef skewers, salad, seaweed salad, 2 takoyaki, 2 grilled cheese sausage (YUM!) and rice. The boy got the grilled lamb cutlet bento which included : 3 lamb cutlets (YUM!), salad, seaweed salad, soft shell crab, 2 takoyaki and rice. Each bento was only about $16 so quite reasonable and it was very filling.
I've been totally procrastinating tonight so I thought I would make ruby grapefruit iced tea. It's made with just ruby red grapefruit juice, earl grey tea and some sugar and I add some fresh (or frozen) berries to garnish. It's delicious and really refreshing!
Back to study now! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
If you enjoy reading my little blog please follow me!
Homewares haul and Japanese dinner
After seeing the Dr this arvo, I decided to kill some time before meeting the boy for dinner by doing a quick browse at Pitt St Mall. My sis has been bugging me for aaaaaages to buy her a new muffin tin so I thought I would finally get her one.
Muffin pan and basting brush
I went to Myer and what do ya know - they had 30% off all bakeware! I didn't get anything special, just a simple 12 cup muffin pan and a basting brush as extra little something.
I also finally picked up a Bodum iced tea maker which I have been lemming for MONTHS and months at 30% off! =D
Bodum ice tea maker with filter
I 1st saw these at T2 and sooooooooo wanted one but I refused to pay $29.95 for a plastic jug. I'd checked out Victorias Basement a while ago since I know they stock Bodum goods but alas they didn't stock this particular item. As luck would have it, Myer has 30% off all Bodum tea and coffee stuff atm!! The RRP at Myer is slightly more at $32.95 but with the 30% it only came to $23.10!!! Now I can properly present my fruity iced teas yay!
The boy and I had a quick dinner at Umi in Chinatown tonight.
We had wanted to go to Wagaya where you order things via touch screen but as always they were booked out. Umi however, is always a great backup. Umi is a sushi train but also has a la carte menu items which we usually go for. The food is always fresh and extremely yummy, however it is a little exxy so it comes under the "once in a while restaurant" for me.
Tuna nigiri
I started off with one of my favourites tuna nigiri from the train.
Special of the month: Salmon and prawn rolls
We then had one of the specials of the month "salmon and prawn rolls with salmon roe" or something.
Kingfish carpaccio
Kingfish carpaccio - another one of my favourites mmmmmmm. The dressing is tangy and combined with the crunchy roe, onions and kingfish is sooooo good.
Lotus root chips
Lotus root chips - Hmmmm another one of my favourites! We seemed to be getting all my favourite dishes tonight =p I devoured 99% of these myself as they're "full of carbs" which was fine by me!
Assorted sashimi platter
Assorted sashimi - this was demolished in about 2minutes. We have no self control when it comes to fresh juicy sashimi!
At this point I was full but the boy powered on with 2 serves of the cheese oyster large size (this smelt SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO darned good!!) and seared salmon nigiri.
Cheese oyster
Seared salmon nigiri
Before we headed home, we decided to browse Miracle supermarket at World Square and I saw this little Mochi plushie at the mochi store they have there and just had to have him:
Mr Mochi. I may be an adult but I still have a soft spot for cute plushies ok!!
All in all a very productive day. Hope you guys had a great day!
I went to Myer and what do ya know - they had 30% off all bakeware! I didn't get anything special, just a simple 12 cup muffin pan and a basting brush as extra little something.
I also finally picked up a Bodum iced tea maker which I have been lemming for MONTHS and months at 30% off! =D
I 1st saw these at T2 and sooooooooo wanted one but I refused to pay $29.95 for a plastic jug. I'd checked out Victorias Basement a while ago since I know they stock Bodum goods but alas they didn't stock this particular item. As luck would have it, Myer has 30% off all Bodum tea and coffee stuff atm!! The RRP at Myer is slightly more at $32.95 but with the 30% it only came to $23.10!!! Now I can properly present my fruity iced teas yay!
The boy and I had a quick dinner at Umi in Chinatown tonight.
We had wanted to go to Wagaya where you order things via touch screen but as always they were booked out. Umi however, is always a great backup. Umi is a sushi train but also has a la carte menu items which we usually go for. The food is always fresh and extremely yummy, however it is a little exxy so it comes under the "once in a while restaurant" for me.
I started off with one of my favourites tuna nigiri from the train.
We then had one of the specials of the month "salmon and prawn rolls with salmon roe" or something.
Kingfish carpaccio - another one of my favourites mmmmmmm. The dressing is tangy and combined with the crunchy roe, onions and kingfish is sooooo good.
Lotus root chips - Hmmmm another one of my favourites! We seemed to be getting all my favourite dishes tonight =p I devoured 99% of these myself as they're "full of carbs" which was fine by me!
Assorted sashimi - this was demolished in about 2minutes. We have no self control when it comes to fresh juicy sashimi!
At this point I was full but the boy powered on with 2 serves of the cheese oyster large size (this smelt SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO darned good!!) and seared salmon nigiri.
Before we headed home, we decided to browse Miracle supermarket at World Square and I saw this little Mochi plushie at the mochi store they have there and just had to have him:
All in all a very productive day. Hope you guys had a great day!
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