2014年8月11日 星期一

香港尖沙咀食記 Dining in Tsim Sha Tsui - Delaney's Kowloon & Lab Made

星期五晚,當然是相約朋友的最佳日子!
所以,今晚和朋友一行三人,一起前往尖沙嘴一間Bar & Restaurant名叫Delaney’s Kowloon吃晚飯。

Friday night is always a happy night to hang out with friends!

Therefore, tonight my friends and I went to a bar & restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui - Delaney's Kowloon.
Map of Delaney's Kowloon

Delaney's Kowloon是一間愛爾蘭酒吧,所以又怎少得喝酒(笑)?!我們叫了一杯Guinness Beer和一瓶Apple Cider。因是Happy Hour的關係,飲品餐牌上的飲品都是七折!
Delaney’s Kowloon is an Irish bar, so how can we miss drinking alcohol? We ordered a glass of Guinness Beer and a bottle of Apple Cider. As we were still within Happy Hours, all drinks on the drink menu got a 30% off discount.

飲品來的時候都忘了拍照……可是Apple Cider來錯了,變了Irish Cider,因此將錯就錯,心想嘗嘗另一種飲品也可就喝下了。可是,一喝下來便覺後悔……雖然已經加了冰,但還是有一股咳藥水的味道(吐),到後來,所有冰都融掉時,實在是喝不下去……(汗)
I forgot to take pictures when the drinks came… I found out that Irish Cider came instead of Apple Cider, but I thought, ‘why not grab the chance to try another drink?’. Right after I had the first sip, I totally regretted… It tastes like coughing medicine to me even with ice… So when all the ice melted later, I could not stand drinking it…


我們三人共點了三樣食物:炸魚薯條、凱撒沙律和美式薄餅。
We three ordered 3 dishes: Fish & Chips, Cesar Salad and American Pizza.


 
凱撒沙律的味道還可以,我們加了雞肉,肉質還好,但那個沙律醬的味道不太像其他餐廳吃到的味道,可能是愛爾蘭口味(謎)。我個人來說不太喜歡這個味道…因此都只是雞肉加上沙律菜吃。
The Cesar Salad was okay. We added chicken as the side. The meat was quite ok but the salad sauce didn’t taste like those in other restaurants, maybe because it was the Irish flavor (mystery). Personally, this is not my cup of tea, so I just ate the chicken with the veggies.



美式薄餅是三樣食物中最好吃的了。正方形的薄餅,十分熱騰騰!可是這個薄餅麵包較多,餡料較少。薄餅的醬料味道不錯,和薄餅很配!
The American Pizza was the best among the three dishes. The square shaped pizza was very hot when served. But it contained more bread than toppings. The sauce of the pizza was quite nice and matched the pizza quite well.



炸魚薯條的外表好令人期待,好像折禮物的樣子。把包著魚的紙解開,便可看到熱騰騰的炸魚。
The Fish & Chips looked very yum. We unwrapped the paper and saw the hot fried fish.



最期待的炸魚薯條很令人失望啊!魚塊是很大,可是炸魚的外層和內裡的魚肉都分離了。而且外層一點都不脆,軟軟的外層吃下去好難受呢……跟以前在澳洲隨便買回來吃的炸魚有很大的分別!薯條藏在炸魚下,原本脆的薯條因炸魚的熱氣變得軟軟的,所以口感也變差了……
The highly anticipated Fish & Chips was very disappointing! The fish was big but the fried layer and the fish meat were separated… And the fried layer was not crispy at all… It is so different from those I randomly bought in Australia. The fries were placed under the fish and the supposedly crispy fries softened due to the heat of the fried fish, so the texture was also not good…



個人認為,餐廳環境挺寬敞,頗適合與朋友聊天。侍應的服務都不錯,但食物一般,不是太值那個價錢……還有一提,如果大家有儲Asia Miles (亞洲萬里通里數),記得付款時把你的Asia Miles會員卡一併給店員,這樣才可儲到!(不過,要金額過HKD300才可以儲。)

In my opinion, the restaurant is quite spacious which is suitable for friends to gather. The service is ok but the food is really so-so which isn’t quite worth the price. One more thing, if you have the membership of Asia Miles, remember to show your membership card to the waiter when you check the bill. In that way, you can earn the miles if you spend more than HKD300 in the restaurant.

晚飯後,大家決定另找甜品再吃!經過了幾間甜品店,只見滿滿的人群在外等候,所以我們都沒有等下去,結果行到美麗華旁的Lab Made吃分子雪糕。
After dinner, we decided to get some dessert. Passing a few dessert stores, we only found a large crowd waiting outside, so we went to Lab Made Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Laboratory which is near MiraMar Tower to have nitrogen ice-cream.

Map of Lab Made




Lab Made會定時轉換雪糕口味,這次我們試了黑白豆腐花和流沙奶黃包兩種傳統香港點心/糖水味道。在場等候時,還可以看著店員即場製作。

Lab Made changes the flavor of the ice cream regularly, this time we tried black and white douhua (i.e. Douhua which is also called Tofu pudding is a Chinese snack made with layers of tofu.) and salted egg yolk custard bun. These 2 flavours are originated from the traditional Hong Kong dim sum/dessert. While we were waiting for the ice cream, we could see how the staff made the ice cream.



  

這是流沙奶黃包味,外貌看來像是雲呢拿雪糕。但吃下去的時候,就有濃濃的奶黃包味!不愧為分子雪糕!簡直就像在吃凍冰冰的奶黃色!

This one is salted egg yolk custard bun flavour. It looks like vanilla ice cream but when you lick it, you can taste the authentic salted egg custard bun flavor! It just feels like eating a frozen bun!


而這個是黑白豆腐花味。上面的一球吃下去有點像豆腐雪糕的味道,感覺很健康!雪糕上面還撒上黃糖,和吃豆腐花時一樣!下面的一球則有芝麻糊的味道,和上面的豆腐花一起吃,味道很特別!

And this one is black and white douhua which black stands for black sesame soup and white stands for tofu pudding. The top scoop is the tofu pudding flavor. It tastes like tofu ice cream and made me feel so refreshing and healthy. There was even brown sugar sprinkled on top, just looked exactly the same as douhau. The lower scoop is black sesame soup flavor. Mixing with the douhua ice cream, you can enjoy a very special taste.


2014年7月6日 星期日

香港買到的Scrapbooking/ Card making材料

香港不像其他地方一樣,很容易可以買到Scrapbooking/ Card making的材料。難得這次在大眾書局見到一個小展覽,馬上陷入一個瘋狂狀態(羞)。但我還是很有節制地只買了一些,因為家裡實在有太多庫存未用。
Unlike other places, it is not easy to get scrapbooking/ card making materials in Hong Kong. As this time, it is so lucky that Popular Bookstore has a small exhibition, showcasing different materials, of course, I immediately fell into madness. However, I still got myself into control as I got a lot of stock unused.

現在看看我的戰利品。
Now, let's take a look at what I got:

右下方的Pattern Paper很美,全都是粉色系列的。而且Pattern都是很容易用的說。
The paper pack in the lower right corner is very pretty. It is of very soft colour and all the patterns can be applied easily.


我還買了些字母貼紙,要知道字母很容易就用完。
I also got some letters stickers as you know letters are very useful in making scrapbooking pages and cards.

有閃粉字母,兩種字型,三種顏色。
Some shiny letters of 2 font styles and 3 colours.


還有點點字母
Dotted letters


圓點字母
Letters on a big dot


還有一個A5貼紙Set,來看一看裡面有甚麼。
Also got an A5 sticket set. Here is the inside peek.


有字母方塊頁
A sticker page with square letters




裡面還有句子貼紙
There are also stickers of different phrases.


而且有很多其他的貼紙,果然很實惠。
There are also other stickers, no wonder it is a value pad.




最後便是一些閃石貼,顏色很漂亮。
Lastly, I got a pack of 120 jewels stickers of pretty colours!

希望可以很快用它們造一些作品出來!
Hope that I can use them to create something very soon!

2014年6月23日 星期一

香港迪士尼新商品 Hong Kong Disneyland New Products

日本迪士尼遊戲Tsum Tsum熱潮終於吹入香港迪士尼樂園!最近迪士尼一商店就有一角落放置Tsum Tsum公仔!
The big hit Japanese Disney game Tsum Tsum finally landed in Hong Kong Disneyland. Recently, there is a corner placing a lot of Tsum Tsum toys!
很多很多的Tsum Tsum!超萌!
So many Tsum Tsum looking at you!! Super cute!
還有售賣較大的Cushion!
There is also a cushion size!

不得不提,多了很多Frozen的商品!有印刷了Frozen的T-shirt。
Not to say, there are many Frozen products! There are T-shirts with Frozen printed on them.
 迪士尼又怎少得公主裙?
Of course, princess dresses is on the list too!
愛莎女皇的裙!
This is Queen Elsa's dress!
 安娜的裙!
Anna's dress!
個人認為,Elsa的較優雅,而Anna的有點民族感覺!它們價錢一樣,可是感覺很不同。
Personally, I think Elsa's is more elegant while Anna's is more like folk costume. They are of the same price but different styles.
Frozen的產品還有文具和公仔。但要留意,Frozen的產品是限購的!而且一上架,很快就會被清光,能否買到心宜的要看看大家的運氣囉!
There are also stationery and toys for Frozen. Also, there is a limit of buying Frozen products. Whenever the stock is refilled, it will soon be all gone. So whether you can buy your favorite depends on your luck :P


Duffy也新增了新產品!首先有些BB衣服和兒童衣服。
Duffy also got some new products! First, there are baby clothes and children clothes.

 還有小孩的背包!怎麼沒有大人的Size?(淚~)
And kid's backpack. How come there is no adult size?
還有一些置物袋。
 Also some pouches.




 有畫風Feel的Toy Story公仔鎖匙扣。它後面有一個小圈,拉一下小圈,它的腳都會前後搖動,很可愛的呢!
There are Toy Story key chains. At the back of each character, there is a little ring, when you pull out the ring, the feet will move! It is really cute!
 因為今年的九月,香港迪士尼便踏入9週年,所以有不少9週年的商品!以下拍了一個行李牌給大家看!
Because Hong Kong Disneyland will step into its 9th anniversary this September, so there are many 9th anniversary products coming out! Below is a luggage tag.

還有一些怪獸大學主題的寶寶衣服!
There are some baby clothes of Monster University theme.

最後給大家送上迪士尼的藍天!
At last, sending you the blue sky of Disneyland!



更多其他有關香港迪士尼商品的網誌:

香港迪士尼Duffy和其他商品(九月更新)Duffy and other products in Hong Kong Disneyland (updated in Sep. 2014)


2014年5月6日 星期二

DIY Card Making: Thank You Card 感謝卡‧親手製

這張感謝卡其實可稱為一本小相冊,因為不是只有單一頁,而是有多些頁數可供作寫Message或貼相的用途。
This Thank You card is actually a mini album as it has a number of pages that I can write messages or stick photos.



















材料 Materials:

1x Card Stock (You can actually pick whatever colour you like)
Several pattern paper
Different stickers
Different markers
Foam stickers

製成品 Finished 'album':

封面 Cover:
運用了不同的Pattern paper去剪貼一個放射式的背景,在周圍加上蕾絲貼紙加添質感。
I have used different pattern paper to create the radiant background and stick the lace fabric stickers on the edges to create a different texture.

































內頁 Inside pages:
利用和封面一樣的Pattern paper去製作內頁的背景,加強一致性的感覺。
Use the exact pattern paper to create the background of the inside pages, increasing the consistency of the whole album.