Monthly Archives: May 2012

Angelina – Paris, France

11 Friday May 2012

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The only drawback of staying in Malaysia is the constant heat. Yesterday’s heat was terrible. I felt like I was melting even after shower. oo… how I miss winter !!! (A lot of people think I’m weird. But, I love COLD weather so much !!!)

And when I think of winter, I start missing Angelina’s hot chocolate! Thanks to my friend Jim & Jenn for introducing La Maison Angelina to me.

Now, whenever I am in Paris, I will definitely drop by to grab a cup of hot chocolate. (The restaurant is near the Tuileries Metro, along Rue de Rivoli) The place is super pack especially during lunch / tea time. So, it might be a good idea if you call in to make reservation. Personally, I am not a big fan of queues or making reservation (it’s never possible to know your time when you are on business trip)

So, what I normally do is just grab a cup to go. I enjoy sipping it slowly while taking a nice stroll in the garden, enjoying the view and cold air. Hub was not very impress with the hot chocolate, but, he really likes the mont-blanc pastry. (No picture – as he wallop the whole thing before I remember to snap…) It tasted chestnut-ish filled with cream in the centre. my turn to be not overly impressed. (hehehe)

aih… and now, I miss Paris too.

Fischhaus – Altstadt, Dusseldorf

09 Wednesday May 2012

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Fischhaus – One of my favourite restaurants whenever I am in Dusseldorf. It’s located along Berger Strasse in the old town, Altstadt (it is quite convenient to get here if you are well verse with the Germany complicated train system…Hehehe.) 

This place is always packed during dinner. And, if there is any international show / exhibition on-going in the city, forget about going there unless you have made reservation in advance. 

My trick is to head straight to Fischhaus 1 or 2 days before the exhibition start or when the show is over. 

The restaurant is open from 11:30am to 12 mid-nights (everyday). If you can ran off for a nice long lunch (which I don’t since I’m usually there for work…), you can try going there for lunch or have early dinner to avoid the crowd. 

 Original französische Fischsuppe (EUR 7,50) Fish soup 

Plateau de fruits de mer “Fischhaus” (EUR23,50) Fresh Seafood platter Gegrillter Tintenfisch (EUR 14,50) Grilled octopus 

Hummerpfanne Fischhause auf Safran-Reis (EUR23,50) Lobster pan with saffron rice

They also serve the traditional paella (don’t remember price)

And my all time favourite Oysters!!! (I usually just check with them which type of oyster is really fresh and what style of cooking they recommend) 

Thanks to Innovative Baker for introducing this place to me. 🙂 That’s me and her catching up… hub took a picture of us without us realising it. hehehee…

 No… the three of us didn’t eat all these food. hehhee.. it’s just a collection of dishes I have tried and like in this restaurant over some time.

the Feature Wall dilemma

03 Thursday May 2012

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The advises I got with regards to where the feature wall should be is as below.

1) Should be the wall which is most solid (i.e. no windows / doors and etc)

2) The first wall you see when you walk into a room

3) The place where you wish to draw people’s attention to

Most of the rooms was quite easy to decide on our feature wall. (e.g. For the bedrooms, it is where we plan to put our headboard)

The tricky bit for us was the living room downstairs and the family room upstairs. Generally, most people place it on the wall where they hand their TV. However, for us, that wall is full of holes !!! (Big giant sliding doors)

Finally, I decided to make the wall along the staircase our feature wall. The reason is because I would like to create illusion of continuous flow from downstairs to upstairs. One Giant feature wall connecting 2 spaces !!! Not to mention, I bought some really nice funky wall lights which gives out interesting shadow that would not have stood out if the wall was white. (Fingers cross that it will work out as I imagine)

After deciding on the wall, it was the color next. Generally (in my opinion), it is either you opt for the harmonious effect or the dramatic results. 

As I recently pointed out to my BFF, I find out when it comes to my living space / home, I am actually not very adventurous. hehehe… Hence, I sticked with harmonious effects. So, No daring bold colors for me! (i.e. No neon pink / Chili Red and etc)

But, this doesn’t means that our feature wall ended up with boring tone. You can still get a pretty significant standout feature wall by choosing a darker shade of your overall color scheme. In our case, our house is based on Brown and Greyish scheme.

After some serious paint hunting, here is our feature wall. Painted in ICI Dulux Pentalite Easyclean – Smokey Glass (50YR 22/052). In another shot, it actually leans towards grey… how interesting, eh?

So far this is just the first coat and we are happy with the results. I can’t wait when the whole place finish painting…