the strange and the orangey…

second visit to rasa malaysia~

this time, the food was still amazing (and for better prices save the fish which blew a HUGE hole in my pocket) but, the service was a bit strange.

It was the same pair of waiters, but i think it might have been because i went without my other friend (a regular there) so…we had ordered soya milk but only received half a glass each time! i don’t understand. but, other then that, i think it was fine…

anyway! today, i had a veryyyyy extravagant breakfast

grand marnier french toast with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and maple syrup on the side.

yummy subtle orange flavours~~~ just look at the steamy action (haha! cheap thrill, i know)

this was followed soon after by lunch…provencal tomatoes with toast.

not too pretty this time, but it’s simple and relatively quick~ \(‘-^)

 

choco frenzy!

hehehe

Green & Black’s Organic Raisin and Hazelnut Chocolate (41%)

delicious~ it’s really creamy and unlike most raisin choco i’ve had (not particularly my fave, so mnnn =_= ) it wasn’t sickeningly sweet and actually has a good texture to it with the gummy raisin and crunchy nut. (^-^)b

Green & Black’s Organic White Chocolate (30% but really, it’s technically not even chocolate)

freckled with those itty bitty vanilla beans, this choco is absolutely brilliant! never really liked white choco before coming to the UK because it tasted like chalk to me. But now, after a party game that involved this choco, mittens, culery and a whole bunch of crazy students destressing…i really love white choco! (in moderation though) it’s smooth and the vanilla in this packs a real punch at the end too~

Green & Black’s Dark Chocolate (70%)

“Made with the finest Trinitario cocoa beans for an intense taste”

they weren’t kidding…

i very VERY muchly prefer the mildness of the Criollo bean so…yeah, learning to step it up and get used to this more ‘intense’ flavour…still, it’s got a beautiful colour with amazing sharp flavours.

AND and a bonus~! (hehehe, couldn’t help myself from getting one more bar that day~) Montezuma’s Organic Dark Chocolate infused with Orange & Geranium.

seriously.

geranium + orange in chocolate…SPECTACULAR! the chocolate’s got a lovely colour and is so so smooth. the flavours are so delicate and it just melts in your mouth at first bite~ the dark chocolate only kicks a bittttt later and even then, it’s very tame.

that’s all the choco i’d gotten on a mini splurge in town~ looking forward to my next mini splurge already! xD question is…what should i go for?! @.@

 

wishing i could…

…bake like that…

 

 

 

i never have cash on me…ever. (well hardly  ) so i’ve been walking pass a local bakery for the longest time, and only ever being able to afford the glorious smell of freshly baked bread (literally, it’s all baked on the premises~). but, i’ve finally made it a point to get some proper bread this time so after a quick visit to the cash machine…VOILA~

nice loaf of bread (and at 25cm in diameter, it’s humongous too! ) definitely will be back for more soon!

 

rasa malaysia definitely BOLEH! (^-^)b

finally got down to trying the no-longer-newly-opened-but-still-new malaysian restaurant just across the street~ it’s amazinggggg!! we first got our drinks…soya bean! (^-^)v

then the fried fish with THE BEST chilli sauce ever…apparantly it’s belachan, lemongrass, chilli padi, onion, garlic and…soya sauce? (^-^); so many ingredients so i think i’ll just do the friend’s recommended recipe instead \(‘-^)

ohohoho~!

sambal kangkong!!!!!

all this we had with rice…the plate of kangkong was gianormous~! i think i finished abt 3/4 of it (^-^);> because i could hardly sit upright after this. the staff then offered us free soya bean!!! (^_____^)b being kiasu, i happily gulped it down but…oooooooo, so full! *pats tummy*

after settling the bill, we had complimentary dessert too~ not too sure what it’s called, but it’s like pulut hitam with beads of sago as well~ really good again but by this point, i was so full i just had a couple of spoonfuls before we left.

ahhh~ i got home mighty full *pats belly* but happy…good food in liverpool and so close to home too!!

(^-^)b

while online this morning, talking to a friend because i was still too full to have breakfast  (やっぱ食べ過ぎたかも。。。) i was screencapped so many times! hahaha, the food was still giving me an energy high the very next day lar!

here’s one showing off the flyer~

and another when i was told to hold still and not dance it around the screen xD

when i was told there was a spelling error on it…

when i COULD NOT read it without my glasses and giggling at the silly but cute spelling errors…

but in the end…TOTALLY NOT CARING because their food is DELICIOUS!!!!!

yesh~ hahaha, so that’s enough rubbish from me for now…until i next go back to try their other dishes and spam photos of them here at least~

以上です!

 

everyman & the broken toaster~

Lunching at Everyman’s bistro~

it has been awhile since i was last there…and all i settled for was pizza…

BUT!

the pizza was good~! mushroom, garlic and goat cheese (^____^)b yummy! the slice was reasonably sized and PACKED with goat’s cheese~! the other dish is what we now know was VERY EXPENSIVE economy rice…it’s a chicken oyster-sauce stir fry that cost £8-something!

yesh….definitely the most expensive economy rice i’ve come across (=_=);

then, the moment i was waiting for….DESSERT!

tada~~~ \(^-^)/

a peach frangipane ‘tart’ (well, it’s in a ramekin so there’s no crust of course…) instead, it came with biscuit fingers~

 

the peach was soooooo sweet that i forgot i absolutely DESPISE peach. xD to be honest, i didn’t know what the dessert was because i just picked out the best looking one at the counter (^-^);> the custard beneath the peach was really nice too~! (^-^)b really light and creamy. i just found myself eating it with my eyes closed because i have this -thing- with custard. i think it might be the colour that gets me feeling puke-y because it reminds me of butter! 

anyhoo~ back to the bistro…

pretty, no? 

we usually sit at the sofa over in the back though (^___^)

…

eventually, when i got home around dinner time, i was faced with the broken toaster & my bagel. 

toaster….bagel…BROKEN toaster! (T____T) *weeps* 

so~ i heated a pan and just lightly toasted it there. burnt it a little but it works…hahaha…

 

yo! …sushi?

no prizes for guessing what suzanne, simon and i had for lunch today at liverpool ONE

…

 

yep yep~ kaiten-zushi! i was desperate for some unagi and since Yo Sushi! was having a summer discount special (40%) i figured it was a good chance to try out the restaurant. It was rather expensive though! 4 plates of food and one refillable cup of tea had left me £9 poorer after the discount

(=_=)

 

 

but! but! i had gotten my unagi-fix!

(i didn’t care how it tasted)

 

 

and there was poached salmon too~ which was ok except for the dill which usually is wonderful with salmon….but…doesn’t go particularly well with sushi rice. 

 

 

dessert followed soon after though…it was a Mango & Kiwi Cake that had melted under the intense spot lights that lined the conveyor belt (^-^); it didn’t taste like mango OR kiwi….kind of like a tangy mouthful of artificially sweetened mousse really…well, at least it looks pretty?

so! the dining atmosphere there was good…just~ i’m no sushi expert but i’m convinced that it could really do WAYYY better with the flavour of the sushi. however, there was a major lunch crowd so they must be doing something right…that said, i’m in no rush to go back anytime soon~

 

i….need a drink.

first pills…

now drinks…

not too sure what is worse right now…(^-^);

ahhhh, i’m far from being an alcoholic…i just like hanging about vegetating and if there arn’t any affordable starbucks, TCCs or any other cafes to hang out at…why not the pub? lol, i’ve upgraded from having orange juice (last year) to this…this year…

the glory that is pimm’s…i HEART! it doesn’t taste alcoholic and is only a litttttttle carbonated tasting…bad cause if you drink it too fast…WHAM! lol…i’m terrible with alcohol lar…which is brilliant because i don’t need to spend alot of cash to get drunk if and when i want or need to

(^-^)b

mnnn…been busy…been sooooooo busy…

HDD died and took my assignments with it (which thankfully is proving to be good news because if it didn’t, i would have handed in a SHOT report as i’m learning this very minute…PHEW!)

i did brilliantly well on my last osteoarchaeology assignment that even earned a ‘fantastic’ from the lecturer who attacks us like a rabbid dog on smack for the smallest issues. so i think that’s quite an achievement…

i just hope i do as well in the exams less then 2 weeks from now which i have yet to even GLANCE at because redoing these essays are taking more time then i predicted…what with the books being impossible to locate and my brain shutting down for 2-3 days on end because of the NBA…(GO MAGIC!!!)

*ahem*

been in a relatively bite-ie mood lately too…it’s not the all round GRRRR thing…but it’s targeted at certain people…i don’t know why…you know when you suddenly notice all of a person’s faults and read into all of their actions…negatively? i don’t know why…

well…i do…kinda…

i find it nice that people like me spending time with them, but when i say i’m busy with work…I AM busy WITH work for god’s sake…i like my coffee time as well…they then take it out on my work…

“oh~ why work so hard? i work so much less and get roughly the same results…”

the hell..i’m sorry i’m dumb but i need time and work in order for something to stick in my head…

“You guys seem so free all the time”

DO I?!?!?! i’m sorry you’re never around when i’m taking a break from workbut…i really don’t like to be interrupted when i’m actually on a roll and get indirectly accused of being anti-social (which, to begin with, i am sorta anyway!).

“I see you have a new buddy”

am i not allowed to have other friends…i’ve been through this before and it didn’t end well…even after close to 5 years, we’re still not as close as before…argh! am i THAT bad a friend? 

this is why i sometimes like being by myself…i don’t have to answer to anyone.

haix, i HAVE to remember…that at the end of the day…i am here to study! those are MY priorities. i’m not going to risk it because i want to be popular or whatever…those are my work ethics, and i really wish some people could understand that.

ok…*breathe* ranting’s done…i’m gonna go and try to get back into working mode now…but not before i do this…

&^&*@%&*$@OY*^!*%@!$$&@(*&@*!GEHU!I£!*(^*£&!

 

shleepy…(=_=)

hahaha, this was what i found…cause 25p is all i have left this week cause i got tickets to see “funeral for a friend” in december (^-^)b, and lent my friend £10…yeahhhh…

thank god i’m done with grocery shopping hahaha…if not, damn sad lar…i realise i only spend £5 a week on groceries and that’s for ALL my meals…breakfast, lunch and dinner…lol..

anyhoo, i woke up late again today…been so tired lately…BUT, i still got to lecture on time..yay for me usually waking up 3 hours before class to get ready…even though i live 3 streets away from my furthest lecture…1 is the closest…hehehe

sad…but this was the first meal i had with meat since i got here…from last week…^-^; i tend to upload all my pictures at the same time…was gooddddd, i think they used mature cheese cause it was *chokes* VERY thick…but other then that…(^-^)b

going further back in time (can tell i only upload my pictures once every 2 weeks? hahahaha) this was from cheshire oaks…i had got this for my sis…cause it was DAMNNNNNNNNN good…and DAMNNNNNNNNNN cheap…it was 99p…but when i got home…i realised it expires the following day…

so…ehehehe, i ate it…but cause i think it’s fresh choco…it started tasting odd after awhile…

then there’s this…from last when arh…friday i think…while waiting for rekha, i went to get breakfast…OMG, this was good!

anyone want?

(^___________________^)

and more recently…in a bag of carrots i got…i got the tiniest carrots!

chibi carrots man!!!!!!

had them in my curry on sunday….and i’m still having them tonight for dinner…^-^;;; made several servings lar…

nyaha!