le potrait de dorian gray

strange book.. read it.. oh also, penguin books have come up with a lovely range of classic books with the most amazing covers. all the cool kids have them.. on another note. i've been doing a bit of sewing and baking and sketching and what not. SO pictures and a proper post shall follow shortly..

in other news..

i'm terribly excited! i'm going to be an aunty! 

heck i'm gonna be the best aunty every.. 

eek i think i will start sewing a toy for my new nephew/niece.. 

oh gosh, i think i'm gonna get so clucky.

i'm gonna smother the kid with love.

weekend mornings

are for:

 -sleeping in

 -staying under the doona warm and snug and giggling

-chai soy french toast with cinnamon sugar

-chocolate pancakes with strawberry sauce

-big brekkys with salmon and gourmet sausages

-rooibos teas

-apple and guava juice

-french music

-and most importantly 

FRIENDS

i had the most amazing weekend. ever.

p.s: i ♥ you 

secret note #1: i really liked not having to live with my parents... now they're back i want to move out.

is that mean? 

raving review: caffe e cucina

caffe e cucina

the food:

lovers of pasta and all italian food.. come closer as i tell you of the wonderful delights of this cosy little place where my taste-buds embarked on a journey of sublime flavours that came together like a well composed masterpiece.  I think i heard angels singing when i bit into a most perfect, well formed, gnocchi i have ever tasted and the lightness of it left me giddy with astonishment. my plate of gnocchi left me smiling hours after dinner was over. i didn't even detest the fact that it was vegetarian, cause it had my to favourite vegetables in it, hence i was very satisfied. I will never understand why people dislike mushrooms and/or aubergines.

[side note: aubergines don't exist on bloggers dictionary by aborigines do. is it weird that an eggplant is affiliated with an aboriginal? ].

service:

now, i'm abit biased just cause i think any place that speaks a european language to you when you walk in the door, is fantastic. BUT I realized that my repetoire of italian words and phrases were very limited to oh, i don't know, cafe latte? spaghetti bolognese?affagatos and chinottos and you get the idea. So my first logical reaction when the waiters spoke to me in italian was to revert to french...

[oh, très embarrassant ].That aside, the service was excellent. I think more places need to hire waiters like them.*coughgreccos&eatinghousecough*

I was talking to a friend and we both agreed how good service makes SUCH a difference. We used to go to this place every friday night and we've stopped cause they were just rude..

and so was the manager.

atmosphere:

it was definitely nice albeit a bit small but i guess another word for small is cosy? It was cute, there was this table of 2 by the window which was tiny and looked out to the street and it had a little gardenbox and all. So perfect for the couple that were there i reckon. It's not too noisy which i like and its got all these lovely vintage campari bitters and mamma mia olive oil posters on the walls. Very charming.

famous for:

scialatielli di mareal cartoccio

complaints:

none.

So if you are ever walking down chapel street i highly recommend you stop over at caffe e cucina. 

Definitely earns a rating of 5 stars.

oh also, the menu is one of those where it's impossibly hard to try and guess the pronunciation.

*****

dear miss teo

*hello hot stuff*

i can't wait to have you over!

(i don't even care that you dance with a lesbo). it's going to be epic.. haha i'm thinking of our dinner menu for those few days...i have a lot of shopping to do.. it's terribly exciting. We'll talk nonsense and study of course... but nonetheless it'll be splendid.

ily xoxo