Haul: Amazon China (February 2)

Greetings~!

Back again with yet another haul post. :)

Have you seen my 1st haul which was 2 days before this haul?

Read all about it here. 

Process:

Ordered: 13/2

Paid: 14/2 (upon delivery)

Received: 14/2

Once again, the parcels came at around 2pm.

Note, I used parcels instead of parcel, will get to that later.

What I ordered:

Lemnos兰诺斯全脂牛奶1L(澳大利亚进口)  销售 亚马逊 ￥ 11.90 立顿绿茶茶包200g(2g*100)  销售 亚马逊 ￥ 29.90 樱之花强力吸湿器替换装270克*2  销售 亚马逊 ￥ 26.33 Swiss Miss瑞士小姐牛奶巧克力冲饮粉737g(新老包装随机发货)(美国进口)  销售 亚马逊 ￥ 43.72 美丽雅 绚彩 替换型 杯刷 HC15913  销售 亚马逊 ￥ 3.90 商品小计: ￥ 115.75 配送费: ￥ 4.16 配送费优惠: -￥ 4.16 总计: ￥ 115.75 货到付款支付: ￥ 115.75

	樱之花芳香防蛀防霉片剂250克*2  销售 亚马逊	￥ 36.04

商品小计:	￥ 36.04
配送费:	￥ 0.84
配送费优惠:	-￥ 0.84
总计:	￥ 36.04
货到付款支付:	￥ 36.04

You see what they did? I placed one order but they separate it into 2 as above, Therefore, I got 2 parcels instead of one as well. 

Pictures:

Sorry that the quality of these pictures are so beyond lousy. My camera was nowhere near me at that moment & well, I was anxious to open up the parcels & try out that awesome hot chocolate. 

First parcel was smaller. It looks like this once opened:

Funny way of packaging. First time receiving this king of packaging instead of being bubble wrapped. Very secured though.

Inside the first parcel was this:

It comes in a packet of 2. Best smelling moth balls, Make clothes smell fresh & nice. Couldn't find this in the department stalls in my area. So, I was ecstatic to find this in Amazon.

The second parcel is way bigger since it contained all the other products. Looks like this once opened:

Same packaging. Actually, they both came in sturdy boxes. 

First this:

I couldn't find this anywhere. Seriously, was searching everywhere for this Lipton's green tea. Thank god they have it in Amazon.

This product is a dehumidifier which is under the same brand as the moth balls I mentioned & showed above. Scroll up to see it. :)

The main star of this order:

Hot chocolate is super hard to find in China, let alone imported hot chocolate. Tried this brand since I've never tried it before, Best decision ever! This hot chocolate tastes so so so good! Plus, it's quite cheap given the amount.

 Have I ever mentioned that milk in China is the same price, be it imported or local? So, why not go for imported milk? Got this brand to try out:

The wrapping was so secured. Plus, they sell it cheaper on Amazon than any other supermarkets. My suggestion is to buy milk from Amazon. If you drink ALOT, and I mean ALOT, then by all means go for the box of 12 or 10. 

Bought this to clean my bottle:

I needed this & again, I've been searching for this kind of brush in the supermarkets in my area to no avail. So, yup. :P

What I Like:

Sturdy box

Safe & secured packaging

Items are exactly what you see online

Expiry dates aren't near

Whole process was emailed

Able to track every single process

SUPER FAST DELIVERY

Cash On Delivery (my favourite!)

Disappointments:

This time, none. 

Will I Shop There Again?:

Most definitely! 

note: do look forward to my next post on how to shop on Amazon China & choose COD.

Food: Green Tea Restaurant Beijing (绿茶)

Greetings~!

I'm back with yet another food post after so very long. Do pardon me since I'm not much of an outdoor person so I rarely ever go out. But since it's winter break now and my sis was free, she brought me out to this restaurant which I absolutely love! This is my second time there & I didn't take any pictures the first time, so I thought I'll definitely take some pics this time. 

Sorry I didn't take any pics of the surroundings and such, was too hungry by the time it got to our turn. Just so you know, waiting for your turn in Beijing can kill you. So a reminder, NEVER go out to eat when you are starving. Just a lil warning so you won't get any intestinal problems whatsoever.

We arrived at 6 and got our number. waited for 1 hours 30 minutes before it was our turn. We were shown to our seats which was so so so so so far from the entrance. Judging by the entrance, I could never have imagined the restaurant was that big, let alone fit that many tables & chairs. Boy was I wrong. It seemed like a never-ending tour as we were guided to out seats. 

Enough of my story. XP

Let's get into the food now shall we?

We ordered: 

A MUST HAVE! Cheese dumplings. Filled with meat. Absolutely no veggies. Can be found in the appetizer section. RMB15 if I'm not mistaken? 

Milk tea also known as 奶茶 which costs RMB12. I highly suggest you buy your own drinks next time. The cost is probably for the fancy way of serving it. 

Tip: Same price can get you 3 bottles of milk tea which I absolutely love. 

Potato dish which both my sis & I love. simple, yet delicious.

Cheese scallop. RMB6 for 1. Had to try this. They were generous with the cheese. It was good :D

Pork & stir fried veggies with wraps. This was a disappointment in the sense that the pork is very very little. It was only that sauce part....The black sauce you see at the bottom right corner? Yea, that. Other than the quantity of the pork, the stir fried veggies were ok, very oily though. So, wrap all that in the wrap provided and it's ok

Just to show you the quantity of the pork. And no, it's not filled with pork, Only a few strips.

Total came up to RMB70+

I don't really remember but yea.75/76. Around that price.

Location:

Name of restaurant: 绿茶

Sanyuanqiao

三元桥

5 Shuguangxili Lu (northeast of Sanyuanqiao Bridge right outside Sanyuanqiao subway stop Exit B)

Chaoyang District

朝阳区

曙光西里路5号（三元桥东北角，地铁10号线三元桥站B出口）

Food: Cream puff recipe

Greetings~!

My mom and I succeeded in baking a whole batch of cream puffs so I thought I'd share the recipe with you guys.

What you need: (for puff)

200g butter

picture credit to www.cheesemaking.com

500ml water

picture credit to www.aquamastersinc.com

1 tablespoon sugar

picture credit to www.commodity.blacktigergroup.com

300g all purpose flour

picture credit to www.meijer.com

7 eggs

picture credit to www.killerbunniesinc.com

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

picture credit to www.queen.com.au

Steps;

1. Boil butter, water & sugar.

2. Add flour and stir. Let it cool.

3. Beat the mixture, add vanilla essence & add in eggs one at a time.

4. Beat till stiff.

5. Pipe into any shape u want.

6. Bake at 200 degree celcius for 25 minutes.

7. Cool & slit the puffs into half before piping custard inside.

For the custard, just use this:

picture credit to www.youbeli.com

Picture Spam!

I hope you guys enjoy reading this kind of post for a change. :)

How I spent my Valentine's Day

Greetings~!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

So, how did you spend your Valentine's Day?

I spent it by hanging out with my gossip buddy! :)

We actually chose today without realising it was Valentine's Day.

It just means that this day isn't special to us for us to forget. 

We drove to Straits Quay & wandered around not knowing where to eat.

My friend Shira, is a muslim so we had to find a halal place.

At last, we decided on Uncle Albert's Traditional Fish & Chips.

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Every course meal came with a glass of ice lemon tea & a bowl of soup.

We both ordered the battered "catch of the day" which happened to be Dory fish.

What you see on the menu is what you pay. All prices are nett. Super like! 

This is RM25 nett. :D

After lunch, we checked out Charlie Brown Cafe. 

This is hot chocolate. RM12.

The cheesecake is RM12 as well.

There's even a 10% service charge. So, total was RM26.40

Pretty pricey I would say.

The cheesecake tasted exactly like Jenni's Bakery in town which sells the whole cake for RM21? 

Only thing was that they added the oreo crumbs & a snoopy white chocolate. 

Hot chocolate is like any other normal hot chocolate. With added snoopy art of course.

Next, we  went to La Vanille which is at Hutton Lane.

We ordered the Nutella Almond Honey Toast.

This is RM15.90.

No service charge. No gov tax. 

We were so full, we couldn't even finish the honey toast. It was good but we were just too full.

Our leftover! :P

So, that was how I spent my Valentine's day. 

How did you spend yours?

Kurazen, Beijing

Greetings~!

I'll be doing a review on Kurazen, Beijing.

Now I know I actually suck in food reviews but please bear with me. :)

I really love the food here which is why I'm doing a review on this.

I don't usually do food reviews but the food is so good I just have to share it with you guys.

One of the things I love about this place is each table gets their own private little space, if you get what I mean. Each table is separated into sections? Now, I know I'm not good in explaining. I did take a few pictures. So, hope you understand! 

Here's how each table is separated:

What you get in your "section" is 6 hangers to hang your winter clothing, jacket.

3 on each side, like below:

Each "section" has like different paintings and a small lil notice board with menu highlights, I think.
Order by pressing the gadget such as below:

Each gadget comes with buttons such as "order", "cheque", "water" & "cancel"

Tissues

Soy sauce

Toothpicks

Wasabi

Each "section" comes with a powerplug & there are like 6 cushions, 3 on each side:

Just another picture to show you the view again:

Ah and I almost forgot, each person gets a cup of tea & warm towel:

I ordered the Pork Broth under the noodle set section:

do note that the bean sprouts were actually in the bowl but I forgot to take a picture and realised it while I was picking all the bean sprouts out.

So, the price is RMB38. 

I think the price is really really reasonable considering the service, taste and amount of food given.

My set came with onigiri(rice ball), chawanmushi, seaweed & the noodle.

Taste: The chawanmushi was so good! I fell in love with it. The broth of the soup was super good! It was flavourful, very flavourful, something rare in Beijing. It came with 2 slices of pork. The pork was really good. I usually don't eat the fats of the pork but this one, I ate just because it was good, the fats literally melts in your mouth. There was also menma(bamboo shoot) but I didn't eat those. The hard boiled egg was the best hard boiled egg I've ever eaten! I never actually love hard boiled egg but OMG! The egg itself had a hint of sweetness & saltiness at the same time. It was just so good that my words don't do it justice. Even though everything was so good, the portion itself was so much that I couldn't finish everything. I finished the noodles and the pork & egg. I only ate half of the delicious chawanmushi. I wanted to eat more but I was just too full. So, that said, I didn't even eat the onigiri, simply because I really couldn't eat anymore. 

NO TAX OR SERVICE CHARGE!!! :)

Btw, did I mention that service was super good? 

There wasn't anything that I didn't like. 

Menu had english so don't worry if you can't read chinese or japanese. 

Info:

Address: 21 Haoyun Jie, Zaoying Lu

Chinese address: 枣营路好运街21号

Opening hours: 10:30am-2:30pm; 5pm-10:30pm