Cream Tangerine

Flashback to Australia Day!

Where do I begin? I was invited to Cream Tangerine thanks to Vivian (@  adelaidecravings.blogspot.com.au )  and Trisha. This was a very exciting opportunity to welcome Australia Day on a brilliant, sun deck roof of the Grand Swiss Hotel. This roof top looked out towards the Bondi Beach and the not so clear sky that day, unfortunately.  

View from balcony

However, the gloomy weather did not stop Viv and I from enjoying the great view, food, music and 'FAMOUS' set-up. (Yes, the party was sponsored by Famous magazine and it was very hard to not see this theme being plastered on everywall and stage.) We arrived there early, so we had the chance to try out their delicious variety of BBQ sausages. After that day, I now know that Chorizo sausages accompanied with tomato relish is deeelish! I made not one, but two trips back to the bbq zone :S . What can I say, I was fuelling my energy for the so called 'mosh pitt'. There was a DJ, with a nice little area for the mosh pitt in front  (it's just a dance floor, but I like the sound of mosh pitt better hahaha) and this area led up to a summery bar.

Stairs lead up to a bar

When I stood up there, I did feel like a star. The casual onlookers from the main shopping floor kept looking up to see where the music was coming from and why there were so many people (who arrived later on, during the day). On another note, I really love the fake grass that covered the ground, it was very very green and easy on the feet. Anyways, I really enjoyed having a catch up chat with my sweet friend Vivian, whilst enjoying the view, chill music, BBQ and gossing over the magazines. 

Vivian & I

We also received these two coins for complementary cocktails and a ticket for a goodie bag(which was filled with great stuff, like phone cases, perfume, spray tan and much more). 

Pirate Coins Arrr!, Goodie Voucher, Access Band 

 In the Afternoon, we hit the dance floor and joined the crowd. The DJ was great, he mixed some old school   hits to fresh songs that everyone loves like "Everyday People" by Arrested Development to "Don't You Worry Child" by Swedish House Mafia. It was fun to dance amongst people who were really into the music, they started dancing using the Hawaiian wreaths and some guy even danced with a toy flamingo hahaha (that made my day). But I was surprised that no one jumped into the little fountain/ mini pool adorned with floaties yet.

We left the party early, but I really wonder how much more the party would've kicked off during the night, when the fireworks were launched. It must've been even crazier than the guy with the flamingo!

Anyway, it was a very special day! I've never experienced anything quite like that before! (:

Beauty Haul!

 Hello there!

 Let me start off with a little showcase of these lovely lipsticks! My mum's friend, who works at the pharmacy, gave these amazing lip colours to me! MANY Thanks! 

Lancome Color Fever Lipsticks

close up

#300 Pink Drip (Sparkles series)    &    #334 Lancome Rose (Cream series)

Pink Drip (bottom) & Lancome Rose (top)  -Without flash

Pink Drip (Sparkles)

Lancome Rose (Cream)

My review: 

The Pink Drip was slightly more moisturising than the Lancome Rose, as the Rose was more matte and pigmented. The Pink works well as a gloss with a subtle, beautiful pink hue with gold sparkly glitter detail. I quite like the colour, although it is a lipstick, the light pink colour is versatile enough for every work wear. 

I absolutely adore the Rose cream since it's a very vivid and light fuschia colour (the bright fuchsia is not very apparent in this shot). This colour contrasts against your teeth to give it a whiter appearance. However, you have to have reasonable soft, non-flaky dry lips to wear the Rose since chapped lips are a no-go with the pigmented cream. 

I prefer this stick because it makes my teeth look whiter! ^ ^

Ooh la la! Such a cute palette (: . Many thanks for this palette! Forever grateful! I have yet to try this one though, waiting until mum uses it first xD .

Napoleon Perdis Prismatic Eye Shadow Quad - 1

purrdyy!

Now for some more products :D ! Hurray!!

I am still very excited! I just received some more goods in the mail today. Woohoo for online buys!

Here are some photos, reviews on all soon!

TonyMoly Intense Care Snail BB Cream

Easy squirt nozzle

Etude House Collagen Eye Patch

Baviphat Juicy Mask Sheet (Strawberry)

I can't wait to try these out! 

Also the other day I went to Darling Harbour, Harbourside shops and followed a sweet scent all the way into a candle/scent oil store. The store sold natural candles, scent stones, scent oils and they are all Australian made. I grabbed three 'Scentlogs', which are scented waxy sticks that are to be melted on top of an aromatherapy burner. Apparently you only need to cut off a small section of the log to melt, which means I can mix and combine different scents (like a potion :D ). I took a long time sniffing up all the 30 or 40 different scents.. and an even longer time choosing which three sticks to buy. I ended up picking Honey Suckle (apparently purchased the most), Mango and Pomegranate(for my sister). I didn't even need to melt the sticks before my room was engulfed in the sweet Honey Suckle aroma, I only left the pure bar on the table for 30min. I quite like these sticks. 

Scentlogs in Honey Suckle and Mango

Just a little aside, if you guys ever go to Harbourside stores, you should try a Chewy Strawberry Bonbon at the British Lolly Shop (second floor). I am hooked on these chewies *guiltily stares at my jelly tummy*, it's worth it ;) .

Chewy Strawberry Bonbons

Anyway, thanks for surviving through my not so professional photos!

Red Sichuan (Canley Vale)

We (Mai and I) tried out Red Sichuan in Canley Vale for the first time. The Red Sichuan was established a while ago, but we never really ventured in there because they always had a few customers, even on a busy night like Saturday night. We were the only ones at that time... and it was already 7pm. But who am I to be judging them based on their customer count haha.. We ordered the Summer salad, Chicken salad, Bean curd  noodle Salad and the Vegetable pan fried dumplings.

Summer Salad

Chicken Salad

Vegetable Pan Fried Dumplings

Bean Curd Noodle Salad

 Firstly, let me just start by saying the SUMMER SALAD IS AMAZING! I love it! From start til end I could not have enough of it! The unique Sichuan flavoured dressing tasted great with that chilli and garlic flavour.

 On the other hand, the Chicken Salad and Bean Curd Salad tasted mediocre. I can sort of taste the flavour in the Chicken Salad, however, it isn't that strong as I would've liked it. I do prefer the signature "mouth-watering chicken" dish from other Sichuan stores over this salad. The Bean curd salad tasted quite plain as well, it was only slightly salty and the herbs on top mildy flavours this dish only.

The pan fried dumplings were quite nice, they didn't live up to my expectations though. The dough on the outside tasted very soft yet crunchy and I really admired that. The filling didn't taste that nice though, it tasted rather stale. This plate took the longest to make, it was quite sad that we almost finished the other salads before this dish came out. I'm not sure if they hand-make these daily because we had to wait about 15-20 minutes for it.

I would only recommend the Summer Salad.

That is all for today (: !

Scavenge for desserts!

Thursday night - Desserting with Mai (my little sister)! After having dinner at Thainamic, (sadly I forgot to take photos of our meals) we went on a little walk down the road for a decent dessert cafe. Unfortunately there isn't much to choose from in Canley Vale. We settled with Little Star, a relatively expensive store compared to the dessert cafes in Canley Heights.
I ordered ice cream in pineapple! I chose two ice cream flavours: Lychee and Thai Milk Tea. 

Ice cream in pineapple

 The ice cream tasted average, like something you could get from any Asian gelato stores. However, they had Thai milk tea flavour which is hard to find. When I finished the ice creams, I munched on the fruit salad of watermelon and pineapples underneath all that ice cream. (: I guess this was worth it for $11.50.
My sis ordered an iced coffee, it was an average one with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. However, it was a generous serving, a really big glass of it. 

Mai Tran the pretty :3
eagerly waiting for the ice coffee!
(my sister)

 demolished, empty pineapple shell
(me)

 Apparently we look like twins hehehe! 

Friday Night-Ron (my little cute guinea pig, jokes, my adorable boyfriend) and I hit up Max Brenner at Macquarie Center. We chose the Chocolate Fondue for two and a chocolate Soufflé! The chocolate dips- just delicious - as usual. The strawberries were slightly sour that day :/, anyway the delicious milk chocolate dip made up for it.

Fondue for two

Chocolate soufflé 

 This cake is very rich in chocolate and it has a very soft and super rich centre! I am not a big fan of this cake though because I thought the outer rim of the cake tasted a bit crumbly and not that moist. I prefer Lindt's Chocolate Lava Cake, which tastes similar but is more moist and rich.

That is all for today (:, I hope I put you all in the mood for dessert >: ) !

Makanai Chatswood

Quick lunch at Chatswood!
I had a dish that was on their special summer menu, I forgot what it was called :P .

This dish was a cold noodle dish garnished with seaweed, corn, bbq pork, tomatoes, fried eggs, green leafy plant and shark fin salad on top. They poured a salad dressing all over these noodles. I regret choosing this dish, the Teriyaki chicken would've tasted much better and in a bento I could've even delved into some delicious sashimi *drool*. Bad luck for me, anyway the items on this dish tasted better alone than tossed into this strange salad. The meat tasted as though it belonged to a different dish and was simply added to this one for variety. The tomatoes were terribly soft and jelly-like. I will not choose this dish ever again, no wonder it isn't on their permanent menu. At least the texture of the noodles tasted nice.

Moving on, Ron chose Tonton noodles (also on their summer special menu), however it tasted much better than my one. It was a savoury, sour miso soup that went well with the noodles. Makanai's Tonton noodles does not taste as good as Ichiban Boshi's Tantan Tsukemen (which is the same equivalent dish).

I guess this store is okay to eat at, if you know which dishes to have. It was quite convenient too!

I don't live near Chatswood, but if you guys ever travel from Epping area to Chatswood area there is a very nice drive that takes you through a beautiful national park area. (: You can see the mountain range and a miniature valley on the way there. (:

I will finish my night with a delicious coconut! 

My FAVOURITE! Coconut flesh!


Enjoy! (: