Sunday, May 31, 2015

Top 1 Seafood Restaurant

Top 1 is a Chinese restaurant that specializes in seafood. It is located at 165 East Beaver Creek Rd , Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada in a very ghetto plaza. I have been to the restaurant twice already and the food is so freak-en delicious! The first time, I went with a group of 6 and we got a combo intended for 6 people, there was so much food that we had to pack to full boxes. Unfortunately I did not get the chance to take picture that time.

The most memorable food was the deep fried oyster in sweet pepper sauce, deep fried fish fillet in the sweet pepper sauce, 'May Geck' stir fried lobster, and the pickled veggie with fish in broth.

There sweet pepper sauce is so delicious, it really goes well with everything fried. It sweet like honey with a nice kick of black pepper. The black pepper isn't over powering or spicy :).

The second time I went, I remembered to take some photo, my family and I ordered a combo for 4, see pictures and description below.

The combo starts with a pumpkin, corn and snow pea tip soup. The colour of this soup is so beautiful and the snow pea tip are not over cooked. I nice healthy way to start the meal. This soup is truly delicious



Next up, came the fried fish fillet with the sweet peppery sauce. Did I mention how delicious this dish is. OMG I can't even explain how good this sweet peppery sauce is. The batter on the fish is light and crispy, the fish is not over cooked and not oily at all.

Next was one of their signature dishes 'drunken ribs' (sorry about the blurry picture, I just couldn't wait). I personally like the fried fish fillet in sweet peppery sauce more. This is sort of like sweet and sour pork, but it is not sour. Also it is pork ribs so there will be bones in this dish. I felt there was too much batter on the ribs, I didn't know if I was eating batter or meat.

Sake Stir Fried Lobster. At first glance I thought it was lobster in cream sauce (do to the colour of the sauce) which is kind of weird (you don't see cream sauce in Chinese restaurant much). Bur it wasn't cream, it was sake! The taste of the sake when very well with the lobster, it brought out the 'seafood' taste (not fishy taste). This dish is very rich and flavourful, it is best to taste a few bite as it can feel pretty heavy especially when you have so many food in front of you.

And finally we have the veggie and mushroom stir-fried rice. The rice was nice and not oily. I just wished they would've served this earlier in the meal, and some of the previous dishes has some strong rich flavouring. Having the rice earlier on can help balance out those flavours.

Finally we end with a Mango milk pudding. A cute little dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth. This dessert is not overly sweet, the mango sauce at the top really does help refresh your taste bud after all those flavourful food.

Side note: I've been there for lunch as well. There wasn't anything special regarding their lunch menu (avg Chinese food). This is definitely one of those restaurant that you go for dinner and order big seafood combos.

Friday, May 29, 2015

How I highlight my aegyo sal using the Etude House Play 101 in #5

This past Christmas I've discovered a new product for highlighting my aegyo sal (inner corner, lower eye lid). The Etude House Play101 Pencil in #5

The Etude House Play101 pencil comes in 50 different shade and finishes. It is a multi purpose make-up product. You can use it as a shadow, liner, lipstick, blush, concealer and much more.

I've recently discover #5 a light beige colour with a glitter finish.  I simply put this product on my inner corner, and my eyes are instantly brighter. It is fast and convenient .

From the picture below you can see how beautiful and subtle the play101 in #5 is. I've used it on my lower lid focusing on my inner corner. When this product catches the light, it is soooo beautiful

Price:

$6 USD - which is a steal for such a beautiful product

Long Lasting:

I wear this product at least 8 hrs a day and it does not fade. Note* I only use this on my inner corner

Packaging:

This is a twist up liner. There is a built in sharpener at the end so you can sharpen the tip for a precise line.

You can purchase this product on www.ibuybeauti.com or by clicking here

Picture credit goes to www.ibuybeauti.com

Friday, May 22, 2015

Sense Modern Japanese Restaurant


Sense is a Modern Japanese Restaurant in the First Markham Place plaza. Food ranges from kushiyaki, pasta to ramen. I like to think of it as a fusion restaurant that includes a bit of western cooking style into Japanese cuisine.

My friends and I have ordered a few item off their dinner menu,

Wasabi Tako - $4 CAD

This is chopped octopus with wasabi and seaweed (served raw). You scope a few spoons of the wasabi tako onto the sheet of seaweed and wrap it up. The initial/top texture is a bit slimy but when you bite into the octopus it is actually crispy/crunchy. The Wasabi flavour covers any fishy taste and gives it a nice kick. - Definitely will order again, a relatively large portion for the price.

Grilled marinated pork belly skewer -$3CAD

The grill pork belly was delicious! Even thought it is pork belly it didn't feel too fatty or oily at all. I think the way they grill the pork belly melted and drained all the fat away


48 hour sous vide beef ribs - $23CAD

This is one of the signature dishes at the restaurant, it is cooked for 48hours. The texture of the beef is like Chinese braised beef brisket, but the flavour is similar to a beef jerky. This wasn't one of my favourite dish, but I don't hate it.

Truffle crusted black cod on creamy leek puree and yuzu soya sauce - $17CAD

This dish was delicious, the cod was cooked just right and the truffle crust gave it amazing flavours. The down side of this dish was that the portion was very small. If you've only ordered this for dinner, then you probably would have to look for dessert later. I felt the dish was lacking some carbs, for example a side of mash potato would be nice.

Truffle tagliatelie - $19CAD

Pasta with a truffle cream sauce. I did not try this dish it looks delicious, but seem kind of expensive.


Pork broth ramen with pork belly and pouched egg - $11CAD

This was the most disappointing. The pork belly was cooked nicely but there was nothing special about the broth or the noodles.

You can find out more about the restaurant at http://senseizakaya.com/

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

*REVIEW* LUNA Water Essence FounPact

Back in late 2014 I was watching a YouTube video from get it beauty that featured the Luna Water Essence Foundpact and I immediately wanted to get it. It seem like a promising item that will hydrate your skin, provide spf coverage, anti-wrinkle, whitening, and provide a dewy Korean celebrity like look. You can checkout the get it beauty video below.



I immediately hopped on www.ibuybeauti.com to see if it is available and made a purchase. The cost of the product was $30 USD for the Luna water essence foundpact + refill. So basically you get 2 times the product because of the refill.

So here are my thoughts:

Hydrating:

Even thought one of the selling point of this product is that it contains 60% moisture essence my skin still felt kind of dry after a 8hrs day in the office. When first applied I did feel a cooling sensation and some moisturising essence (or you could say it felt a little wet), but that sensation quickly went away after an hour of application. Near the 1pm~2pm mark my skin started to feel a bit tight, and by the end of an 8hrs day I just wanted to go home to take off my makeup. A few factor that could contribute to this could be:

  • Canada's winter is super dry
  • I work in an office with heated/re-filtered air 8hrs a day 
  • I have combination skin - oily on the tzone but dry and sensitive on the cheek

Luna has recently came out with an updated version Luna Water Essence FounPact EX with 70% Enriched essence

Coverage:

Coverage wise this product provides a light to medium coverage. It is certainly build-able, but if you have hyper-pigmentation like I do, then you will need to slap on some concealer

Colour Selection:

Colour selection wise, this product only comes in one shade *sad face*. I am a Nars - Fiji and a M.A.C. NC30 (NC30 is a bit dark on me) and the one and only colour this foundpact comes in is light on my skin. I would need to blend down my neck, otherwise I'll just have a white face.

The new/updated  Luna Water Essence FounPact EX  has 2 colour select Light Beige and Natural Beige. The Natural Beige is a new darker shade added.

SPF Coverage:

This product provides a SPF35 PA++

Sensitivity to the skin:


When my rosacea is flaring, I don't like to use this product, since something in it make my skin itch (I stick with my Nars sheer glow). But when my skin is happy, it does not hate this product.


Picture credit goes to www.ibuybeauti.com

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