My absolute favourite toffee candy ❤️
Currently, each box comes with 1 of 16 different collectable photos of Japanese bridges.
When I was a toddler, I would insist on wearing these grey pants with red and blue stripes, because they reminded me so much of the wrapper paper used for HI-SOFT 😂
I wanted to find a photo of the pants to include in the post, but I couldn’t find it the last time I looked.
YAY!!!!!
I got to try the long awaited Mince & Cheese Georgie Pie today!! 😀
They are available at selected McDonalds.
I have had quite a few requests from readers, friends, and family to review the pie~~
And so here it is!!
TADA!!!!! 😀
I got mine from McDonalds at Westfield St Luke’s food court.
The pie is priced at $4.50/pie
Mmmmm~~~ Cheesy goodness~~
Looks and tastes like the original Georgie Pie, except maybe the crust is a bit more flaky and greasy 
It still has the same granular-tasting mince and alot of sauce for filling~~~
To be honest, if it was up to me, I would call it the Gravy Pie! 😛
It is probably a pie that I would only recommend to those who misses the original Georgie Pie franchise~~
I hope you found my review useful! 🙂
Hello Everyone!!
I had just come back from a conference at Coogee Beach in Sydney!
It was absolutely wonderful! I had such a great time and gathered so much new knowledge!!
Everyone was so friendly and lovely! 😀
Below are some of the photos taken from the trip.
I had taken a lot of them while in Australia, and it is very hard to select which ones to put on the blog.
Due to the large number of photos I have, I had decided to start a Facebook page to include the ones not on here .
I hope you enjoy look at them! 🙂
Duty Free Confectionery Shop at Auckland airport!! ♥
The chocolates are made/shaped in front of customers~~
Enjoyed a nice cup of Cappuccino before taking off 🙂
HELLO SYDNEY!! 
My hotel room at Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach
The window view~~
The hotel lobby
I was early! 
The Pizzas were delicious!! 
Room Service!! 
Buffet breakfast at Bluesalt restaurant
It was wonderful being able to watch the Sunrise~~ 
Decided to have dinner that night at Bluesalt restaurant as well
Roasted quail, it was so tender and juicy!
350g of grilled angus reserve rib eye cutlet with red wine jus!! 😀
Rosewater panna cotta, Persian fairy floss, and baklava~~
So Yummy!! It had caramel coated nuts at the bottom~~
A cup of warm tea for me is the perfect way to end a lovely dinner~~
Day 2 Breakfast
Their croissant is very addictive!! One thing for sure, I won’t be saying how many I had~~ 
Networking dinner at Ceviche restaurant
Seared scallops, avocado & snow pea salsa, wasabi dressing
Prime fillet of beef, truffle infused mashed potatoes, vegetables, creamy green peppercorn & bacon sauce
For dessert I had Vanilla crème brûlée with pistachio biscotti
The homemade sorbet, brandy snap, seasonal fruits, and mango coulis others had looked pretty good too!
Tea after dinner is a must for me!
Shop filled with Duty Free Chocolates at Sydney airport!! ♥
Sydney tower in the distance~~
Bye bye Australia!!
My mother and I attended Louis Vuitton’s event on Wednesday night~~
This time it was about accessories and styling, there was a stylist who taught us how to wear our LV scarves.
I believe there was a photo session at the end as well, but mum and I didn’t stay until then~~~
Here are some of the food photos I took:
I got to take a book home (^-^)
Couldn’t take a very good photo of this one, because I was in a hurry, the waiter was standing right there waiting for me to eat the lamb and take back the spoon
There was a grape inside the goat cheese~~
Dark chocolate with popping candies on the top, and a small cake base at the bottom~~
The dark chocolate was so creamy and delicious~~~
It was a great night!!
Guess where we went for dinner!
I am sure anyone who knows me well will know we were at One Tree Grill~~
Here is a restaurant review I did earlier!
All the menus are now on iPads.
Now time for some photos!!
Complimentary Cured Salmon from the Chef
For Entrée Mum and I ordered Portabello and Celeriac soup~~ It was SO good and had shaved Black Truffle pieces in it~~~
A piece of Black Truffle
Dad had fresh Bluff Oysters
For Main I had Black Angus eye fillet
Mum had Snapper and scallops
Dad had Grilled market fish which was Hāpuku
Dessert was of course Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée for Mum and I!! 😛
Dad had the house made ice cream and sorbet
We also shared some Manchego (sheep milk) cheese which came from Malagon, Spain
Yum yum!! 🙂
I love a good family dinner!!
Especially after a fun day of shopping~~ 🙂
We went to a Chinese Seafood Restaurant called Golden Jade. They have a well recommended dish called 全家福 which rougly translates to “The complete happy family”.
Here are some photos of the dishes we had tonight:
Starter Soup with Pork chop and Epiphyllum Flower
The Epiphyllum flower gives the soup a thick and pleasantly mucousy taste. I know! I KNOW!! My description of the soup doesn’t sound very appetizing~~ It actually tastes quite similar to Okra (Ladyfinger) which is a key ingredient in gumbo~~~
Their Black Pepper Beef was very agreeable~~ It had the right amout of savoury taste and sweetness. The beef actually tasted like beef!! For some reason (in recent years) a lot of the beef in stir fried dishes from Chinese restaurants taste like they have been drowned in corn flour/starch before being cooked, resulting in the meat tasting very slippery and gummy in texture.
The sweet and sour chicken was very enjoyable as well. The chicken came in very big, and generous pieces.
Finally! 全家福 “The complete happy family” arrived!! What a suiting dish name for our wonderful family get together~~ 😀
The dish had Pāua (Abalone), Sea Cucumber, Prawns, Scallops, smoked Oysters, and Crispy Pork Belly (The black sheep of the “family”?? For not being a seafood).
Hope I haven’t missed anything out.. OH! And giant Chinese mushrooms~~
Pāua!! 😀
Sea Cucumber!! 😀
Hello everyone! 😀
Finally!! My first proper food review in a long long time!!
Whittaker’s toasted coconut chocolate slabs~~
I had never tried this flavour from them before, and since I am a big fan of Cadbury’s Coconut Rough, I decided to give it a go.
Taste: 4.5/5
Mmmmm~~ The creamy milk chocolate just melt in the mouth, and I really like the texture of the toasted coconut bits!
To be honest, I find its taste to be very similar to Cadbury’s Coconut Rough.
Cost: 4/5
The price for one packet ranges between NZ$3 to $4.
Each packet contains 12 mini slabs, with a total net weight of 180g. (Each mini slab weighs 15g)
It would definitely have been cheaper to purchase the 250g block, which usually cost between NZ$3.50 – $4.50, but I couldn’t find any Whittaker’s Coconut Block on the shelf~~ 
Availability: 5/5
They are pretty much available in any New Zealand shop which sells food products! 🙂
Overall Mark: 4.5/5
Comment: It is definitely a must try if you are a fan of chocolate and/or coconut!!
First of all the weather was beautiful and I got to wear my new red lace dress from Portmans!! 🙂
Secondly I got to enjoy dinner with my family at our weekly get together!
I had a Korean BBQ Pork rice set.
Hehe~~ I finished off dinner with this cute little bag of Haribo Goldbears which my sister gave me 🙂
Oops! My hands were oily~~
TA DA!! Blueberry Tea Cake!!!! XD
The smell of Cinnamon filled the house while I baked these delicious cakes~~
The recipe was kindly shared by a friend.
Thank you very much DrinkingStar!! 🙂
Here are some photos of the baking process:
Mmmmmmm~~~~~
HUNGa busta 