Food Venture!

Konnichiwa!!

I have been very lazy with posts but I have set myself a new goal of posting atleast one post every fortnight so please bare with me and my tardiness lol

Anyways...

Its already 2015!! WOW! Time sure flies by when you're a mum lol I'm starting my 2015 posts with some catch up posts of food.

JAN 2015

I went to Sticks'n'sushi Covent Garden in Jan with some friends.

This is so random but its tap water with charcoal inside, the charcoal acts like a filter and takes out the bad stuff.

MAKI DE LUXE

This set contains 8 pieces of each of the following : Hell’s Kitchen, ebi panko, shake aïoli, salmon ceviche

FOUR MEAL DRIVE BIG

This set contains the following: 8 salmon ceviche, 8 ebi panko , 4 formidable, 4 ebi cocktail, 8 pink Alaska, 8 spicy tuna, 4 gypsy big, 4 tuna, 4 sea bass, 4 salmon, 4 seared salmon, 4 shrimp, 4 sweet shrimp Soy, wasabi & ginger

This wasn't all of the food sorry as everyone was starving so the food was going really quick and I couldn't take the pics. The food was very good from what I remember and I would love to go there again someday especially with the staff! They gave such a welcoming atmosphere and was so helpful :) 

http://sticksnsushi.com/

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After a long day shopping we had some food at Big Moe's Diner in Newham.

I ordered a Fresh Strawberry Lemonade. It looked really pretty but tasted like normal lemonade which was disappointing an everyone else had coke.

We ordered the Big Moe's Platter for our starter. The BBQ wings was nice and sweet but everything else tasted oily.

C ordered a Kids Texan Burger which she said tasted very nice.

I had Big Moe's Fish Strip Burger which was covered in grease. As I bit into it the oil came pouring out from the fish strip and the strip kept falling apart from the burger.

Z had the Kids Chicken strip meal which he loved as he finished nearly all of his meal except for the chips as he found them not crispy.

S ordered Big Moe's Diner-Mite Burger. He couldn't finish it because it was so huge! lol but he did eat most of i so it must if been good.. shame I ain't a fan of bacon so I never ordered it.

Overall we agreed not to go back as the food took over an hour to come out and that was just the starter, we had to ask where our food was as the table who came after us got their food before us. They handed balloons out for the children but Z didn't even get one! I don't know if they 'forgot' about us but the food wasn't great and the staff was clueless.

http://bigmoesdiner.co.uk/

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FEB 2015

On a random date night S and I went to The O2 and visted Spur Steak and Grill

I ordered the Yellow Jacket Mocktail and it was very refreshing and S ordered a beer like usual -_-

Spicy Cheesy Nachos!! Yum!! I couldn't get enough of this especially how spicy it was! I love spicy food so this was amazing!! There was a lot of crispy tortilla chips and it was covered in cheese, salsa, guacamole, sour cream and lots of jalapenos! 

S ordered Half Buffalo Wings in Peri Peri Sauce. I don't normally eat wings but I had a couple and it was so tender and juicy! 

We was very disappointed at the Hot Crispy Garlic Roll and you can guess why. We thought it'd be like a tear and share but its just a baguette covered in cheese.

I didn't order a main as I wanted dessert and I can't remember what he ordered but he did finish it so it must of been good.

OMG! This Sticky Toffee Pudding Cheesecake is amazing!! I'm not a big fan of cheesecake but I wanted more of this and yes I finished the whole thing including the ice cream! The cheesecake help cut the sweetness from the toffee sauce and the biscuit base gave it a crunchy texture.

We visited the restaurant on a Monday night and it wasn't very busy so food came out quick and piping hot except the garlic roll and my dessert obviously and the service was decent as there was 1 guy serving us and a big table of about 12 people who wanted to pay for their own food from the one bill. 

http://ukspur.co.uk/

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February is the month of love and as for our first valentines day together S treated me to my favourite food.. SUSHI! I didn't want to go far as he had work the next day so we went to Sensuru in Greenwich.

We ordered a Dragon Roll and Caterpillar roll. He loves these rolls and I knew we couldn't finish off the meal if we ordered more but these were so fresh and tasty.

S ordered Teppanyaki Fillet Steak in Spicy garlic sauce. I'm not a big fan of steak but they had put fish flakes on which looked as if it was moving and dancing due to the heat coming from the pan. 

Kyushu Seafood Udon in Soup was so refreshing and they had arranged the seafood into a smiley face lol! 

I've been to Sensuru many times before when it used to be called Ginza and I would continue going especially when they do buffets on Sundays! But I've never been so I will try it someday.. All you can eat sushi yum!

http://www.sensuru.co.uk/

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Every once in a while I crave for desserts like most people do so we visited Kaspas Catford. They had just recently opened when we visited and it was very busy, they told us that there was a 10 minute wait but it was shorter than that!

L had the Banoffee M&M Waffles. She said it tasted very good and even finished it.

I had a Sticky Toffee Pudding with Custard which was very sweet but the cake was so warm and soaked up the sauce just right.

S had a double chocolate cake with custard which he didn't finish off as his not into sweet things. I know silly of him to go but he only went after knowing how much I love desserts <3

Z had a Ferrero Rocher Sundae which he picked himself. His never had a sundae before and I was afraid that he wouldn't like it but he loved it! 

http://www.kaspas.co.uk/

Enjoying his first sundae :)

TC

xx

Sapporo Ichiban Catford

Hey!

Sorry haven't been blogging much but its been so much easier to just tweet xD

Anyways..

Yesterday I went on a dinner date with my cousin and sister Sapporo Ichiban in Catford, London.
I have heard so much about this place but never ventured there.

As you walk through the first set of glass doors you get greeted by a small fish pond and then another set of glass doors. We were greeted by the hostess in a very polite manner, she then showed us to our table very quickly.
The area in which we sat at had a fun atmosphere as the tables had a whole on the ground so you was sitting on the floor

We sat down at our table and went through the drinks menu as she brought us the buffet menu to order from. This buffet is an order to make buffet so the food is as fresh as it can be as other buffets leave their food out for who knows how long.

The seating area had a homey feel with cushions on the floor, a lot of ornaments on the side and a japanese outfit hanging on the wall; it was so homey half way through the meal i took off my shoes and sat cross legged xD 

So anyways..

Back to the food.

We ordered a Milk Ice tea Bubble Tea (£2.50), an Cream Iced Coffee Bubbe Tea (£2.50) and a Jasmin Tea (£1.20).

I had the Cream Iced Coffee Bubble tea I thought that it was ok but I did wish they added some ice to it but if they had I would've got less drink.

The buffet price was £12.90 per person (Mon-Fri). You can order up to 8 items maximum at a time and trust me you do NOT want to keep ordering 8 dishes as some dishes are huge and there is a wastage fee of £1 per sushi or £2 for any other dish.

On the buffet menu it tells you what you can order but not what it consists of so if you do come here I do suggest that you keep one of the main menus so you'll know.

The above picture shows the exact same salad but with different seafood. The top contained tuna flakes whilst the bottom contained seafood sticks. The salad was made up of a lot of celery, some carrots and some lettuce drenched in mayonnaise. It was fresh yet after eating it all you get stuff easily.

Carrying on with salads I ordered a pickled salad. To be honest I wasn't all that please with it as the radish were cut into square chunks and it wasn't spicy vinegary enough for me but thats just me! My mum makes this but she slices the radish and carrots thinly and adds a lot of fresh chillies. But you know what people,' No one can beat your mother's cooking'. LOL  

We had two different Gyoza's a pork one and a vegetarian one as I'm not a big fan of pork.

If you was wondering what gyoza's are then the only way to explain them is that there like chinese dumplings.

Both plates of gyoza came with a vinegar sauce.

The reason we came here was for sushi and it did not fail us here..

The above picture shows the selection of sushis we had. They were nice but on the buffet menu didn't have alot of choices compared to the main menu but you can always add it on. We had a really strange one and didn't expect it to be nice but to our surprise it was. I can't remember the name but it had papaya, melon and avocado. 

The main dishes were huge! I never expected my Yaki Soba to be on a big plate and so it took me ages to finish MOST of it. The noodles weren't very greasy and it contained a lot of vegetables; where normally you get big chunks of onions, you get big chunks of Pak choi. We also a chicken Katsu. The Katsu came out on a plate with lettuce underneath but it didn't have any sauce. The chicken was tender and moist in the middle but because there was no sauce the batter was very dry and it was hard to eat especially when they give you 2 pieces, one on top of another.

You all know the image above.. Yes it Aromatic Duck with Pancakes. There was a lot of duck compared to the vegetables! By this time we were so stuffed and couldn't eat anymore but we didn't wanna pay the wastage fee so forced it down our throats!

My cousin ordered a bowl of boiled rice thinking that there was going to be sauce on the katsu was finding inventive ways of eating the rice and here is one of them..

 Ta Dah! An Aromatic duck and rice burrito! lol

But at least we didn't have to pay wastage fee as she did manage to finish the bowl of rice!

So would you be trying out a new restaurant? If so let me know how it goes. 

- TC x-

Tayyabs WhiteChapel

Helllooooooo..!!

The other day I went out with my friend and her family to celebrate her birthday. She had booked a table at Tayyabs which serves Punjabi cuisine. 
The location for this place was very random as it was in a secluded road away from other restaurants  we had to wait an extra 30 minutes even though the table was booked for 8pm! The restaurant was so busy that there wasn't enough walking space for 2 people. LOL. 

The menu contained  few dishes which would of made it easier to decide what you'd like but it was harder as it contained dishes but no description of what each dish contained so we decided to order a bit of everything to try. The waiter came over without the need of a pen and paper and repeated our order just from memory! It was fun to watch as he also sounded like the guy from the £1 fish song! xD

We had to bring in our own alcoholic drinks as they didn't serve alcohol but had to pay for coke even when we bought our own. The bottled water was FREE though so it wasn't bad.

Tayyabs own bottled water, Mango Lassi and Vodka&Cranberry Juice

As we waited we snacked on complimentary poppadoms. The sauces served with this was spicy mint sauce, mango chutney and red spicy sauce (sorry didn't know what it was), but within a 10 minutes our orders started pouring onto the table as both the starters and mains came out the same time! This was really filling as  it made you want to eat faster so you'll get fuller easily.

Chicken Tikka and mixed meat grill

In all the bill was good for the amount of people who went and we was all stuffed even though there was alot of food left! I would recommend visiting them but book in advance as you maybe waiting for over an hour just for a table without notice.

Visit www.tayyabs.co.uk for more information and pics!

Take care and let me know what you think 

xoxo

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eBay Haul

Howdy!

I'm so happy today as my online purchases have been arriving since yesterday.

I am currently going through a phase of nail art so I made some cheap purchases through ebay as I feel that there is no point in paying out for expensive versions of my items as I change my nail designs every 3-4 days! lol.

So here it is:

Nail Gems

Every girl needs some sparkle in their life. I paid £1.49 for this set which comes in a clear plastic container and 2 sheets of nail transfers. You can stick them on anything! 

Dotting Pens

My absolute love! These pens are used for nail designs and I only paid £1 for 5 double ended ones. 

I was on Bank website last week and saw that there was an extra 20% off selected sale items and so I found myself purchasing a Pauls Boutique bag for £15! I am very pleased with it as its a good size for someone short like me. lol. I did have to try several times as it kept running out of stock! But now its here its all sm:)es.

I'm so happy with my purchases and the amount of time it took to deliver was very fast but most of all the amount of money I'm saving.

Anywho..

Take Care
xoxo <-- Oh how I miss Gossip Girl :(