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Sunday, January 24, 2010


An Arabian dessert made of thin "noodles", goat cheese and "honey" that Bud smuggled from Israel.





I finally went ice skating at Bryant Park

Sunday, January 17, 2010















I get a free piece of Godiva chocolate every month! Why didn't I know about this sooner...

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Chocolate mint squares are just plain and pretty boring. Chocolate mint squares with whipped cream is a different matter altogether.


Hummingbird cupcake (banana, pineapple some nuts... etc) Chocolate sprinkles cupcake


Shoyu Ramen


My favourite shop! Anthropologie.



I saw this book at Barnes and Nobles weeks ago and I was totally going to buy it for alot of ideas on how to decorate my new house... if I ever have one. And guess what! They are selling it at Anthropologie! And my new favorite jewellery designer Yayoi Forest's favorite place to shop is guess where... Anthropologie! :D She makes some beautiful wedding bands!

Sunday, January 10, 2010




My favorite fleamarket. I always manage to dig up some vintage/antique treasures.




A Londoner who doesn't speak nor look like one. A really sweet soft-spoken man who (according to a man who takes pics of him every week) shops at the flea market and nearby in totally different "weird" outfits.

Socarrat Paella Bar.


Sangria... err.. not a huge fan of alcohol but they ordered a pitcher. I didn't finish it. Had a slight headache after that.

THIS! THIS IS IT! This is my favorite food in the world besides fried white carrot cake, honey chicken wings, har gao, char siew soh, chee cheong fun, ju kueh, THE vegetable dumplings, mee pok ta, hainanese roasted chicken rice, fish soup at the bak ku teh store, auntie's cereal prawn, charzarella sandwich etc. - SEAFOOD PAELLA. There was a fancier name for it. I can't remember. This savoury yellow rice absorbed the sweet seafood juices. what more can I say?

socarrat. /sokarat/ n. 1. seductive caramelization of the bottom layer of a perfect paella when the liquid is absorbed and the rice is done. OOH LA LA MA MA MIA!

Shan's cousin Jo Ann and her ABC husband Ricky. Really sweet couple who bought the dinner. :)

Crème caramel, flan, or caramel custard is a rich custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top, as opposed to crème brûlée, which is custard with a hard caramel top.

Filled with chocolate, A beignet (pronounced [bε.ɲε], is the French word for fried dough). In American English it refers to a pastry made from deep-fried dough and sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. It is a kind of French doughnut.

Some eerie mannequin display at Chelsea.