I LOVE my new nails!!!! Thanks again to Lala Nails in Chinatown, my usual nail salon.
The theme was SUMMER. This weekend in Sydney was stunning! People were going to the beach, wearing shorts, definitely feeling summer.
So I asked my Japanese nailist Miyu to use turquoise and use hot pink and lots of blue. Then we came up with those nails!
She used pearl white as base colour, added hot pink, blue, turquoise blue and purple and used sponge to make those marble nails. I think they are just perfect colours!
And of course, the way she created the stones.... amazing! The stones bring the gorgeousness and Miyu certainly knows how to place them!
If you ever want to get pretty nails - call Lala Nails on 02 9211 2102 for your appointments.
This weekend's my another pick was those gorgeous shoes from NINE WEST. They are very light and soooooo easy to walk! Must say the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn!
I've been looking for sandals made with hemp cloth, looks so summer!
I was already tried them on after 5 second got into the shop. I could choose the colours between black and gold. I tried both of them and I couldn't get over the shining gold when I thought about wearing bright colour summer maxi dress, peeped gorgeous gold sandals...... done deal.
NINE WEST is one of my favorite shoes shop. They always have latest look designs but you can get them very reasonable price. Besides they do have sale pretty often!! I've got them only $119! Bargain!!!
NINE WEST is named because it was established at 9 West 57 Street in New York. www.ninewest.com
First night I wore the shoes, I was taken out to Cara & Co for another my birthday dinner, recently opened hidden restaurant in the Westfield Sydney and recreating the successful boutique/shop/department store formula originally created in the grounds of Moscow's Centre of Contemporary Art.Basically to get the restaurant, you will need to go through the shop. Belgium chef Dave De Belder invites us to the real Flemish fine dining experience.
We had a booking at 8pm on Saturday night. No one was there and we got the best seats in the restaurant. The very good looking Slovakian waiter looked after us so well.
We had 2007 Tuscany bottle red to start followed by goat cheese and orange candy ball and walnuts soup. They are little surprises from the restaurant. Very thoughtful:-)
I haven't had fole gras long time, so I got so excited when I was recommended to order this dish. Started with great presentation, felt so bad to start eating... Tasted one of gold powder coated fole gras... delicious!!! Ummmm--- so mild. It melts straight when you eat them. The taste/smell and texture of fole gras was just perfect. Only disappointment was the oyster, was too small. Same as truffle, I wanted to get sliced!!! Not shaved!! But I have to say, the one hour cooked egg yolk was really tasty. Tasted very rich egg yolk, perfectly cooked.
For main, the waiter recommended to order beef and lamb. So we did. Beef Story ($48.00) - Sirloin (28 days O’Connor dry aged Angus beef), pumpkin, black garlic, celeriac Vin Santo and Just lamb (neck, rib, steak) ($49.00) - Pistachio and onion puree and baby vegetables.
I MUST say, the beef was amazing! It was just perfect. I really wanna come back there to have this dish again. Because it is (28 days) dry aged, the sirloin becomes very soft and doesn't smell like "meat" at all. Perfectly cooked beef (nice and pink) with the pumpkin and celeriac Vin santo (no idea) sauce was just sensational! And you can't forget the crunchy potato chips on top of the beef. They are just perfect combinations. This dish was my highlight of the night for sure.
Lam was also amazing. They cooked perfectly and you get to eat pretty much whole part of lam in one plate. My favorite was neck. The presentation was really good and again the sauce was die for.
Both have good portion and in that point I was getting full. But how can I miss desserts when you come into a good restaurant? Besides I can fit sweets anytime anyway.... ?
Because we trusted the waiter so much, we asked again what we should order.
He suggested Nutty Lemon ($22.00) and In rhubarb we trust ($21.00). A bit surprised he didn't go for the chocolate though, I thought if the chef was from Belgium they would recommend Belgium Chocolate desserts. Well, anyway as he said we ordered those two plates.
A little sweet surprise for me... the message of "Happy Birthday" on the plate of my rhubarb dessert. How lovely... they remembered that was my birthday dinner. The yoghurt and lime fresh my mouth and the lightness was prefect for the end of the night.
On the other side, Nutty Lemon was more dessert dessert plate. Chocolate crumbles and hazelnuts were perfect match with lemon ice cream, loved they coated hazelnuts with gold and silver powder. Looked really pretty.
It was really lovely lovely diner and I really enjoyed every second. Ended up they had only 2 tables and us to serve that night, it was very quiet but it was good for us though:-) When we arrived the restaurant, the shop was still open but the end of the day the shop was closed and made a little pathway to exit. Felt like I was in the hidden place... very cool.
I wish I can come back to eat there again! or I will....
ｼﾄﾞﾆｰはもうすっかり夏です。
って、ことで、今回のﾈｲﾙは夏使用にしてもらいました。いつもお世話になってるﾗﾗﾈｲﾙのﾐﾕちゃん、ありがとう☆☆かわいいのが出来上がりました！ﾀｰｺｲｽﾞが夏っぽいよね。ﾏｰﾌﾞﾙはﾋﾟﾝｸ､ﾀｰｺｲｽﾞﾌﾞﾙｰ､紫と水色を混ぜてもっらったょ。小さいﾀｰｺｲｽﾞはやけに丸くってﾌﾟｸってしててかわいい（とれやすいかも？）。それに続いて、ﾅｲﾝｳｴｽﾄでｻﾝﾀﾞﾙ買っちゃいました。こういう麻で出来たｻﾝﾀﾞﾙずっと探してて、このｺﾞｰﾙﾄﾞ加減とｻﾝﾀﾞﾙの軽さ（超歩きやすい）それに加えてｾｰﾙだったっていうので、即決め。そのｻﾝﾀﾞﾙを履いて出かけたのが、最近ｼﾄﾞﾆｰに出来たﾃﾞﾊﾟｰﾄの中に入ってるｶﾗ&ｺｰっていうｼｮｯﾌﾟの中に、ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰの服、香水、ｱｸｾｻﾘｰのｺﾝｾﾌﾟﾄをそのままﾍﾞﾙｷﾞｰの有名ｼｬﾌが料理する隠れﾚｽﾄﾗﾝ。料理はめちゃくちゃおいしい。お値段もそこそこだけど、この量と質で考えるとお手頃☆まだあんまり知られてないのか、土曜の夜にも関わらず私達以外に２ｶｯﾌﾟﾙしかお客さんいなかったて、とってもゆっくりできました。ｼﾄﾞﾆｰでﾓﾀﾞﾝﾖｰﾛﾋﾟｱﾝ食べたかったらここは相当お勧め！
A little sweet surprise for me... the message of "Happy Birthday" on the plate of my rhubarb dessert. How lovely... they remembered that was my birthday dinner. The yoghurt and lime fresh my mouth and the lightness was prefect for the end of the night.
On the other side, Nutty Lemon was more dessert dessert plate. Chocolate crumbles and hazelnuts were perfect match with lemon ice cream, loved they coated hazelnuts with gold and silver powder. Looked really pretty.
It was really lovely lovely diner and I really enjoyed every second. Ended up they had only 2 tables and us to serve that night, it was very quiet but it was good for us though:-) When we arrived the restaurant, the shop was still open but the end of the day the shop was closed and made a little pathway to exit. Felt like I was in the hidden place... very cool.
I wish I can come back to eat there again! or I will....
ｼﾄﾞﾆｰはもうすっかり夏です。
って、ことで、今回のﾈｲﾙは夏使用にしてもらいました。いつもお世話になってるﾗﾗﾈｲﾙのﾐﾕちゃん、ありがとう☆☆かわいいのが出来上がりました！ﾀｰｺｲｽﾞが夏っぽいよね。ﾏｰﾌﾞﾙはﾋﾟﾝｸ､ﾀｰｺｲｽﾞﾌﾞﾙｰ､紫と水色を混ぜてもっらったょ。小さいﾀｰｺｲｽﾞはやけに丸くってﾌﾟｸってしててかわいい（とれやすいかも？）。それに続いて、ﾅｲﾝｳｴｽﾄでｻﾝﾀﾞﾙ買っちゃいました。こういう麻で出来たｻﾝﾀﾞﾙずっと探してて、このｺﾞｰﾙﾄﾞ加減とｻﾝﾀﾞﾙの軽さ（超歩きやすい）それに加えてｾｰﾙだったっていうので、即決め。そのｻﾝﾀﾞﾙを履いて出かけたのが、最近ｼﾄﾞﾆｰに出来たﾃﾞﾊﾟｰﾄの中に入ってるｶﾗ&ｺｰっていうｼｮｯﾌﾟの中に、ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰの服、香水、ｱｸｾｻﾘｰのｺﾝｾﾌﾟﾄをそのままﾍﾞﾙｷﾞｰの有名ｼｬﾌが料理する隠れﾚｽﾄﾗﾝ。料理はめちゃくちゃおいしい。お値段もそこそこだけど、この量と質で考えるとお手頃☆まだあんまり知られてないのか、土曜の夜にも関わらず私達以外に２ｶｯﾌﾟﾙしかお客さんいなかったて、とってもゆっくりできました。ｼﾄﾞﾆｰでﾓﾀﾞﾝﾖｰﾛﾋﾟｱﾝ食べたかったらここは相当お勧め！
