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Home and Garden: Interior Design

Daily Style: A Cat In A Human Body

20 Mar 2011

Parisian Hunt





















Ganache Chocolate

250 Toorak Rd,
South Yarra, VIC 3141
Australia

Ph: 03 9804 7485
Web: Ganache

After shopping on Chapel Street we always to go to the Soda Rock Diner for milk shakes and hot chilli and cheese wedges. It's been a family tradition for hubby and I to order the same old dish and drinks everytime we visit. Since a chocolate shop opened on the opposite side of Toorak Road, we are addicted to that little place instead. Now we have another perfect spot to taking a rest and enjoying nice drinks. Ganache for all chocolate lovers! It's warm, it's lovely and it's Parisian chic!

Sitting in a place surrounded by chocolate sweets, chocolate cakes, chocolate marcarons and chocolate drinks, the smell was so amazing and it almost melt my heart. I was like day dreaming in a chocolate sea. Lucky me!

The ambiance was great inside and for a lazy afternoon, it was a perfect hiding hut for desserts and hot chocolate. Rusty natual raw brick walls with a French mirror hanging at the end of the room. High ceiling with shelves of chocolate products on display. Small tables with marble tops and iron bases. Flowers in small glass bottles on every table and water served by friendly wait staff in silver jar. That was quite romantic. The only thing missing was a beautiful French music playing with a female singer in softly. Well, that was in my imagination.

I love chocolate but who doesn't? I don't eat too many sweets, I love to look at adorable chocolate and desserts and appreciated their beauty, but I'd prefer dark chocolate. I addicted to the bitterness in dark chocolate. A bite of good chocolate is really great pleasure and enjoyment. The hot chocolate (original) here was the best I have had in Melbourne. Rich and creamy. The texture was silky smooth and the liquid was thick and luxury. Pure chocolate and pure joy! The smell was so marvelous! So beautiful that I've holding my cup near my nose and couldn't put it down. It was served with an almond cookie. Crunch and sweet!

DH had the iced chocolate which was made with chocolate ganache and gelato. Same as the hot cocholate, it was rich and tasted fantastic. A bit too sweet for hubby, but still a nice drink.

We also had the chocolate platter which served with five of their most popular handmade products. The marcaron was in the middle, the golf ball had almond inside and covered white chocolate, strawberry, almond and dark chocolate. Very sweet!  No kidding, they both looked and tasted sweet. Not for me but definitely for someone with a sweet tooth.


Ganache Chocolate on Urbanspoon

Cuisine: French, coffee & desserts
Food: Good
Service: Good
Atmopshere: Good
Value: $
Recommend: Good


*Rating: Excellent, Good, Average, Poor, Very Poor

Home Sweet Home





I collect shells since I was a little girl and now I've got them everywhere at home.
I dream to live in a cozy cottage near by the sea and every afternoon I would sit on the beach and read my favourite book. Shaking head by Pita Pata "unless bring me"! haha...

As Sweet As


Oroton crocodile print leather clutch
Oroton animal print pony hair belt
Crocodile belt from Jacaru


Stillwater Sweets: Kiss Wrapped Sweets
87 Esplanade
Cairns QLD 4870, Australia
(07) 4041 6686
Open Daily 4:30pm-9:30pm

The one I've got was the mixed kisses : banana kisses, cherry kisses, green apple kisses, mango kisses, strawberry kisses, orange kisses, pineapple kisses, lemon and lime kisses, etc...

Smooth and delicious Mixed Flavour kiss wrapped sweets with a soft chew packed in a real wooden gift barrel. Mixture includes a random mix from the most popular fruit and berry flavours. 
Price: $19.95
Size: 300 gram
Made in Australia



Eyeing on Oroton 2011's New Collection
The Kimono Clutch
$495
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last image via Oroton

Walrus Chinese Restaurant











Walrus Chinese Restaurant
泉記海鮮菜館
20/28 Queens Ave
Springvale, VIC 3171

ph:(03) 95408981

What we had:
3 pound lobster cook in two ways ($75/pound)
Lobster sashimi and lobster with ginger and shallot on two serves of egg noodles
Japanese beancurd and vegetables with crab meat sauce

Lobster sashimi was live, took out from the tank and went straight to the back kitchen. The chopped up fresh meat was placed on crushed ice and served in large pieces. Yum! It was smooth, tender and sweet. Good heavens, those was the most marvelous food on earth! The yellow stuff in the middle was the lobster's brain, it looked a bit weird but very delicate and delicious to eat raw as well. Just dip it in the wasabi and soy sauce, it was a little salty and spicy with the sweetness of the raw lobster, it was well balanced. So so nice!

The ginger and shallot lobster is a popular Chinese dish. The same recipe apply to scallops, crabs, abalone, etc. The lobster was well cooked and tasted wonderful. It was an expensive dish and we never wanted it to be over cooked. Here in Walrus, it never disappointed us with their seafood. They have very professional chefs. The egg noodles underneath the lobster absorbed the great flavour from the sauce. DH would eat many bowls of the egg noodles alone.

The Japanese beancurd and vegetables with crab meat sauce was one of my favourites here in Walrus. The beancurd was so soft and it melted in my mouth. The crab meat with egg yolk was smooth and tasted fantastic. The vegetable could be different each time as they use the best seasonal produces. Really worth a try. We love seafood and we love Walrus!

Walrus Chinese Restaurant on Urbanspoon

Cuisine: Chinese
Food: Good
Service: Good
Atmopshere: Good
Value: $$$
Recommend: Good


*Rating: Excellent, Good, Average, Poor, Very Poor

Apartment Tour









Vogue's Lauren Santo Domingo's apartment tour
images via vogue

The Fringe Belt












on me: decjuba silk parka, c washed tee from general pants, valley girl skinny jeans,
chanel studded wedge shoes and cuff, ebay belt, witchery earrings,
ysl and elizabeth taylor rings, alexander mcqueen aviator sunglasses.