smalllust

Attended my first few events today for the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week
Photos up soon, but wow, i forgot what a kick it was!
Wait till you see what Ruby Rose wore.

Was wandering around City Square waiting for my next event to start
when I was asked to have my shot taken for a street style segment.
What a compliment!

Can see the article
here


i wore a oversized Bonds tank as a dress, oilve green leggings, Clarks booties and a navy Ungaro blazer. My bag was from Morissey, and ring was a gift from Mum when she visited from Singapore on Sunday. My hair was kindly done by Falcone hairdressing and makeup, from Bri's place. Was in a rush this morning so i was blindly grabbing her makeup from the bathroom and rubbing it on. Literally!


Also went out on Saturday night as it was Yurika's last night here in Melbourne
Wish she visited for longer, had a lot of fun hanging out with everyone.



Have also discovered a love for board games.
Was desperate to continue playing after last night's Pictionary bonanza
but going to go cram for my cons exam for tomorrow morning instead

love!

maze

Had dinner at Maze last night
was really looking forward to it, as due to a series of unfortunate events I hadnt been able to eat at Maze yet, and i hadnt seen my friends in ages!

Night got off to a good start. Service was good, had an attentive Korean waiter (Lee, totally your type)
and i fell in love with the herby salted whipped butter for the bread.

We all had the degustation, and cause Jou and I wanted to get back early we requested it to be speedy, and it was!

I didnt bring my camera, so ripped these photos off the website.



I had

Marinated beetroot with goats curd,
cabernet sauvignon vinaigrette, toasted pine nuts

Applewood smoked kingfish,
fennel purée, pickled celery,
globe artichoke, finger limes- this was good. Miles better than the yellowfin tuna!

Pan seared scallop,
caramelised kelp, samphire, mussels,
Champagne - as in picture. Good, but couldnt identify which part was champange

A quail dish- wasnt very good. A little tasteless unfortunately, though it was tender.

Ox “tongue and cheek”,
caper and raisin, carrots,
horseradish pomme purée- as in photo: not a beef person, but Nick loved it. Horseradish mash was superb.

Exotic fruit vacherin,
passion fruit and banana sorbet- as in picture: this was terrible. Sorbet has a Vicks vapour rub aftertaste. Couldnt finish it!

maze “lamington”, rosella jam- as in picture: YUM. loose interpretation of lamington, but the coconut covered chocolate ganache, coconut icecream, sponge, coconut biscuit was a winner in my books.

Were given lolly bags at the end and some strawberry chocolate covered icecreams, was a nice surprise.

Food was a little hit and miss, was underwhelmed. But general consensus was it was better than Attica or Fifteen, and the service (and lolly bag) really does go a long way towards the dining experience!

And look!



my new place for now :D

GOR

When Lee was here, we went on a Great Ocean Road tour.
Super fun, but our driver was shocking, i needed some Travacalm eventually.

HAHAH, because Chanty couldnt make it, i substituted her with the koala.

Highlight of the trip? Helicopter! HelicopterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRR. okay i was trying to inject some onomatopoeia to sound like one. RRRRRRRRRRRRRrRRR

So gorgeous and perfect weather for it!



Took a lot of nice photos too, was constantly snapping away.


At some shipwreck cove thingy.

Leezers and I have a vehement talk where i was calling her ' a big chicken LOR ' while she argued something about having no space to lie down while Bri waited patiently with the camera.

Very pretty wasnt it?

Am really suffering from the lack of my camera now.

I have a terrible memory, i started taking photos and blogging so i could recall things years down the track

now that i ve left my camera at my parent's place, i feel uneasy without it.

Went for dinner with Bri and Hen at the Brasserie on the weekend. Dont even remember what i had! Some meat i remember some Also watched a movie. Karate kid? Hen has hugged Jackie Chan! But dont remeber much, Oh right we went to Sorry Grandma to club.

See, i need photos!!! Hazy memories!

BFFs

been on a bit of a hiatus lately, cause things have been incredibly crazy.
moved into a new place in the city
(hooray no more early morning commute!)

i would have never guessed packing and moving to a new place, setting up internet, unpacking and getting comfortable, and all that PAPERWORK would be so exhausting.

totally worth it though, i m literally a two minute walk away from the dental hospital
room is like a little shoe box
but its quite cosy and starting to grow on me.
surprisingly peaceful too, and quiet.


have some photos from when Lee and Clare were here
an insane amount were taken!
i made little composites as mentioned previously, so here they are!


Money Order office. Coincidence, but grey scarves seem to be the way to go. We all had one! Booked the private dining area, behind the drinks bar. I had the salted duck breast, duck leg terrine, polenta, wilted baby bok choy portabello mushroom & harissa butter for my main. Now that the Brasserie has gone downhill (will be closing down in Feb ahhh!) this is my favourite duck dish. Lee and Clare had the cepe & porcini mushroom risotto, eggplant & vine ripened cherry tomatoes, swiss browns, broad bean & herb puree, heard it wasnt bad either. Ah MOO. I like!

Melbourne Supper Club. Spent hours and hours there just sitting around and chatting, ordered an insane amount of stuff. Even doubled up on their cheese platters as the first wasnt enough. The thing is with MSC, once you get a good seat, you wont want to leave for ages

Bistro Vue- my favourite oysters, Bri's love: the tarte tartin and a quail and foie gras pithivier. Creme brulee, chocolate souffle and i think we pretty much ordered everything on the dessert menu!

Hwaro for korean bbq. Lee's 'hansum oppa'. Yi goes there a crazy amount of times, but at least we get free stuff out of it! ;) lemon soju is tasty, just like a soft drink but sneakily lethal.

Henny's birthday dinner at Dundas and Faussett in Albert Park. Felt like a New Yorker, running out of the dental hospital in the rain to snatch a yellow taxi and carrying a million bags ( dont know why i had so much stuff that day, i meant to carry light, honest!)

Madame Brussels- astroturf, waiters in Fred perry and tennis whites. Fondue was pretty bad, as were some cocktails, but very pretty place and a view. They give out fluoro pink match sticks!

Hanging out at one of the little cafes along Degraves


We ve been into Titanic since young, so visited the museum exhibit. Loved it! Was slightly tragic that we pretty much knew the information given out and recognised a lot of the names, but i guess we were really into it! Also did a quick scan of the other exhibits, stuffed animals creep me out.

Went to the National Gallery of Victoria, closed on tuesdays, i had no idea! So pottered around the puzzle house for a bit before going for tea.

Had tea at my place. Lee and Bri, are the passionfruit cupcakes calling out to you??!




Day trip up to Mt Dandenong. Stuffed ourselves at Miss Marples, shopped at the tea shop, picked up some oilve oilve- (Kalaparee oilve oil is incredible, once you ve had some of the garlic infused you ll never look back i promise) and were frozen solid at the peak! GPS took us by the creepiest, darkest, most undeveloped way down the mountain possible, was worried i would drive off the side, but we made it ;)


lol


Driving around Rye, went up to Arthur's Seat, to the Gunnamatta horse trails (raining so plan failed!) and to the strawberry fields. Had dinner at Pacific House after, Yi ordered an eggy fried chicken which is off the menu so you have to ask for it, but it was GOOD.

Visited the Montalto Olive festival! LOVED it, we sat on bales of hay listening to the band play while sampling wines and oilve oils. Wanted to photograph the animals in the petting zoo but they were put away really early! At least io got the duck.

awww. BFFs.