Showing posts with label wellness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wellness. Show all posts

January 02, 2016

Best of the Best | Food | 2015



Hi Everyone,

Hope you are pumped for the new year as much as I am!! I had so many ups and downs over the course of 2015, some bad but the good was very good.
Last year was when I decided to share my love of food with the world and it was the best decision I have ever made. I have always loved to eat and try new things but now it has come to a whole other level and I have discovered so many new little places.

These places you may already know, but I just thought that if you were looking for a place to go specifically, I've got you covered... So letss get started:

1. Best Breakfast: Sayers Food                                                                                                      
Yes, this is a well-known cafe but it definitely deserves it's status. You can order donuts for breakfast. Need I say more...

2. Best Place to Indulge: Babooshka Bar
This small cafe is best known for it's donut, Krispy Kreme milkshake with: caramel, 3 donuts, whipped cream, chocolate covered bacon and lollies. The serving size is more than generous and could easily be considered a meal in itself. If this is not your go-to place for indulgence; I don't know what is?!

3. Best Brownie: Jamie's Italian
Jamie's Italian is that one restaurant that is always tricky to get a table, I also remember the hype when it first opened up. Since then they have changed the menu slightly, added in some more dishes and taken away some, but, the Epic Choc Brownie has remained my most favourite pick. Sometimes I just go to Jamie's for the dessert. This brownie is served warm <333 with ice-cream and caramel popcorn <333 It is not dry and not a small serving size either ;)

4. Best Sushi: Tao Cafe
Taos has a wide range of sushi - regular, deluxe and signature range. The signature range has so many nice picks including the Ichiban roll and Volcano roll.. plus they are very photogenic. You can tell that they are made with love.

5. Best Cakes: Pixel Coffee Brewers
I love this cafe so much, and they have a beautiful cake display. What separates these cakes from the rest is their weirdly, delicious combinations - like basil + chocolate. There is a wide variety and they are very fresh too. Beautiful <3

6. Best Dinner to Share: Sienas in Leederville
This place is my ultimate choice for Italian nights. The portions are large and a few dishes in the middle = perfect to split between friends. It is even better on special nights.

7. Best Dessert to Share: Whisk Creamery
Whisk has many creative desserts made to order and a whole range of gelato flavours to choose from. It is perfect for friend catch ups and definitely worth every calorie.

8. Best "Beachy" Cafe: Tropico North Beach
This cafe is everything that you would expect from it's name. It is chill and has a lot of trendy breakfast meals. My favourite is their banana bread and it's not just any banana bread.. it has a glazed meringue on the top and caramelised bananas <33. Their juices and smoothies are also worth the try too!

9. The closest "IN N OUT" burger in Perth: Varsity Burgers Northbridge
These burgers are the ultimate American style burgers. If you are looking for something on the unhealthy side...just try it out for yourself.

10. Best Drinks: Henry Saw
They do the best strawberry smoothie ever!!! please try this, please. Also their cold drip coffee is very light and cold and everything that you would expect from an iced coffee; minus the added cream on top - because it doesn't need it.

Hope you enjoy xxx

Anna

December 13, 2015

Nobu at Crown Review


Hey everyone,

Hopefully you all enjoyed your week and as for me I am officially on summer holidays!! thankfully. 
Stay tuned for more posts, I am really excited to be blogging more often than not. And lastly, a huge hug to everyone who viewed my previous post xoxox 

So... just recently I went to Nobo at Crown and I had heard so many great things about it; and it is a regular stop for the Kardashians, what's not to love?
And also... Oprah went to the Perth Nobu that night!

The menu had quite a variety of dishes that sounded very fancy you can view the full menu here

This is a guide to Nobo - specially made for those who don't really enjoy raw things... 

I ordered: 
Bento Box - Classic $45 this included

  • Sashimi salad
  • Chef’s choice sushi
  • Sauteed vegetables in spicy garlic sauce with rice
  • Prawn tempura in creamy spicy sauce
  • Chicken Teriyaki 
  • Miso Soup 
The highlight of this dish was definitely the sauteed vegetables, they were surprisingly nice. For people who aren't vegetarian, like me, I wouldn't usually choose to order something only consisting of vegetables but I loved it so much - 5 stars! 
The chicken teriyaki was very fresh and you could tell that the chicken was good quality(?). I don't know if that's a valid way to describe chicken but it was definitely freshly made to order. Another positive review. 

Edamame $7
This was served warm with sea salt. Yes, the price is high but it could easily be shared amongst three or four people. Very nice appetiser. 

Salt and Pepper Squid $19 
This dish was yummy, but it didn't necessarily stand out to me. But to share with others, it was very flavoursome and tasty. It could probably use some extra lemon to add some flavour differentiation. 

And for dessert.... my favourite part <333

Bento Box $18
Chocolate Fondant and Green Tea Ice Cream 
- a lovely combination! Nothing but good things to say about this dessert. The ice-cream was very creamy and the chocolate fondant was warm and filled with chocolate sauce <3 

Chocolate Garden $18
Dark Chocolate Soil, Wasabi and White Chocolate Moss with Hazelnut Ganache, Marshmallows, Caramel Snow and Dark Chocolate Ice Cream. 
This dessert sounds very extravagant but was surprisingly not so lavish in person. It was very, very delicious and I preferred it out of the two desserts we ordered. The chocolate ice-cream was the highlight for me, but very rich, but very nice. Don't be thrown off by the "wasabi" it only adds colour, no "spicy-ness" was transferred through!!

Overall verdict:
I would 100% recommend trying Nobu next time you visit Crown Perth. It was a really enjoyable experience and the service was on point! Despite the high prices, it is definitely worth the save up and a very nice way to treat yourself to a lovely meal. 


---- Hope you guys enjoyed this review, I really enjoyed taking pictures of everything there and writing this up x Please keep updated on Instagram too

Lots of love 

Anna xoxox

Chocolate Garden 

ME :D

S&P Squid, Edamame, Bento Box 

#EntranceGoals 

Cute thing going on their walls 







November 08, 2015

Lush Haul

Lush Goodies + Myself :) 

Hi Everyone, 
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...

I just wanted to say a quick thank you for everyone who has viewed this page, in total my first two posts have had just over 400 views x I love you all sooo much. 

I thought I would share a typical "beauty guru" haul with you guys. It became apparent to me just recently that I missed out on the Lush Halloween collection, so I thought I would get in early to stock up on some Christmas scents. 

I bought:

A gift box called "Little Snow Fairy Gift" (for myself, and maybe to share with my sister haha) and it contains the ICONIC Snow Fairy bath gel which is my ultimate favourite Lush product, I need to go back to stock up for the year, as it is limited edition... it smells identical to bubblegum and red lollies. To compliment the shower gel, the box came with the pink FUN "play-doh". I have never used any of the FUN products but I'm keen to try; a very fun incentive.                    


Snowcake Soap, this soap bar smells very Lush-cious! It is very rich and is topped with gold glitter (hopefully that transfers onto me in the shower)! The design is very cute and it is a very nice Christmas accessory for your bathroom. It is currently already out of stock online, but keep checking in store as more should be arriving shortly 

Pheonix Rising Bath Bomb is one of Lush’s patented double layer bath bombs and it composed of gentle shea butter, cocoa butter and jojoba oil - which will leave your skin feeling smooth and lovely. Although, I am one of those unlucky people without a bath!! I give this away to one of my friends and hopefully they enjoy it more than I can. But it is very beautiful and the gold glitter adds a lovely touch. "insert heart eye emoji"                                                           

Sandstone and Ice Blue Soap Combo. This isn't from the Christmas collection, but it was something that I have never seen in store before and I was very keen to try. I love fresh ocean scents and the combination of the exfoliating blue soap and the sandstone bar is a perfectly paired duo. These soaps also contain litsea cubeba oil which will leave your skin very smooth. 

Links to products: 
https://www.lush.com.au/shop/product/product/path/300/id/1861/Christmas--Little-Snow-Fairy-Gift
https://www.lush.com.au/shop/product/product/path/300/id/1811/Christmas--Snowcake-Soap
https://www.lush.com.au/shop/product/product/path/143_145/id/1311/Bath-Bath-Bombs-Phoenix-Rising-Bath-Bomb
https://www.lush.com.au/shop/product/product/id/1954/keyword/sandstone/sandstone-&-ice-blue-soap-stack

If you guys try out these products, any other Lush goodies or have any reccomendations please let me know in the comments below :) 


Also, keep up to date with my life in photos via my Instagram linked here >  @anna.martin 

I will follow back and interact with my followers daily, and feel free to comment any future blog post ideas.

Hope you all have a beautiful day

Love always,

Anna x