Happy Valentine Fooding

This is another one of my fooding adventure entry. The monthly menu for February at Lisa's Tea Treasures was called Fairy Tale Tea! It was just too cute of a concept to pass up. Here is what they offered:

 

Prince Charming's Passion: romantic blend of Ceylon black tea, pineapple, mango, papaya, kiwi and strawberry
Cinderella's Scone: served with devonshire cream and preserves
Beauty and the Beast: Mushroom Truffle Risotto - a mixed mushroom risotto seasoned with chardonnay, parmesan cheese and white truffle oil in a buttery phyllo dough. Gorgonzola Cranberry Puff-forgonzola cheese, crushed walnuts and cranberries in a pastry shell, accented with a goat cheese rosette and ruby red cranberry.
Princess' Tea Sandwiches: Rapunzel's classic egg salad. Aurora's strawberries and cream cheese. Little Mermaid's lemon cucumber hearts.
Snow White's Love Apple: apple shaped pastry filled with green apple puree, fromage frais cream and speculoos crumbs, covered in a raspberry glaze.

Valentine's Day is here~ I was inspired to make this for Pooky.

He surprised me with a lovely fancy dinner at Le Papillon. 

Obligated picture with my pretty dessert~ It's a fresh berry corbeille.

SoCal Day 3: California Adventure

Would you believe that this was my first time at California Adventure? 20 years ago this park never existed nor was Downtown Disney. So this was a brand new experience for me!

First stop in California Adventure had to be the new addition to the park, Cars Land. Debuted in June 2012, I've heard the wait for any of the rides could take hours so I knew it had to be the first thing we do once the park opens.

We had reservations for Ariel's Grotto and the World of Color full-service prix fixe dinner at Wine Country Trattoria. If you didn't know already, I'm a huge Little Mermaid fan! Ariel's Grotto is a great place to bring anyone that loves Disney Princesses because it's a character dining experience. Each princess would stop by your table to greet you and there's an opportunity to take some photos with them. Once you enter the dining floor, you can have your photo taken with the very princess whose restaurant was named after.

The Aladdin show was fun to watch because of some of the genie's jokes were more up-to-date with today's audience. Stewart and Pattison's relationship couldn't work out there's no hope for the rest of us." some Kardashian and even "Gangnam Style".

World of Color was an awesome experience and very pretty. I can see why people rave about seeing it. It's one of the best night-time shows to watch.

That's the end for the LA/Disneyland trip! It was relatively a short vacation but a memorable one in my book. I am quietly excited for the next vacation whenever that will be~~~ and I hope it's Disney related LOL.

Finally a Little Mermaid ride * - * I rode this 3 times lol ♥

My name plaque that I got at Disneyland.

SoCal Day 2: Return to Disneyland

"It's Halloween at Disneyland where fairytales are turning dark,
From Main Street to Space Mountain, The wicked are taking over the park!
The wicked are taking over the park!!"

 

This was our belated anniversary trip that fell nicely on our monthiverary so it worked out. It's been 20 years since I last visited Disneyland. So many changes with the addition of California Adventure and Downtown Disney. I turned on my tourist mode once I stepped into the park and took pictures of almost everything I saw. More photos can be found over at my livejournal.

 

It's officially Halloween time at Disneyland! It's always been my dream to visit a Disney park on Halloween and Xmas. Disney characters were dressed up in their Halloween best and the villains were out to join in all the fun! We watched the night fireworks and Fantasmic with our 'Glow with the Show' Mickey ears because I wanted to become part of the show too! I was able to take alot of nice pics of Disney characters than my previous trip thanks to my awesome Pooky.

The Queen of Hearts

Duffy! They need to import Shellie May :3

*plays Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty I. Waltz in head*

The creepy hallway with the eerie green light. This scene always scared me as a kid with the eerie music >.<

Pooky was surprised to see a male character from a princess movie XD

AAAHH! So cute! Goofy scarecrow as a Halloween touch in Toontown.

Halloween Mickey!

Thank you Mickey for making this photo possible~<3  My favorite one of them all.

We have arrived at the Haunted Mansion transformed by Jack Skellington and his friends.

I realized that I never took proper pictures of Sleeping Beauty's castle.

 

Have a sweet day everyone!

Yumi



SoCal Day 1: Sweets Journey

I was crazy enough to spend the first day in SoCal eating solely sweets. First stop was Beverly Hills for some Sprinkles Ice Cream! A branch originally of Sprinkles Cupcakes, the first cupcake bakery ever. Sprinkles Ice Cream opened their doors a few months ago (May 2012) and I've been very excited to visit! The decor is similar to it's sister store with minimal color and simple but modern decor. They did not have strawberry that day (totally came on the wrong day) so I tried a vanilla ice cream instead with chocolate sprinkles. It's simple but I didn't want to overindulge because I have to save room for many more sweets!

The original Sprinkles Cupcakes.

Their new cupcakes ATM machine where you get can your cupcake without stepping into the shop.

I got my first taste of Sprinkles Ice Cream!

Next stop was IOTA Coffee & Bakery in Koreatown. We ordered a mille crêpe and a honey brick toast.

Bottega Louie was not far from K-town and it's one of the places I absolutely MUST stop by. When I stepped into the store it was like sweet heaven for my eyes with pretty colors and filled with desserts. I just wanted to try everything of each. I did get my box of macarons and stopped by Frances Bakery & Coffee for my second box of macarons. Then we went all the way to San Gabriel for Half & Half Tea House for some milk tea~ Or in my case, strawberry ice milk with pudding and honey boba.

Flavors: earl grey, rose, strawberry, passion fruit, raspberry chocolate, lemon grand cru, mandarin chocolate, vanilla, violet cassis and matcha.

They first opened their doors in 2007.

I'm in sweets heaven and I just want to try everything!!! ♥ Just like in Yumeiro Patissiere

Heading back to Anaheim and our last stop was Tebo Tebo Tea Lounge for their version of brick toast. There were a selection of different toasts you can get but I chose "Paris in a Box" only because of the name, strawberries and macaron I get with it. The condense milk was a nice touch and different from other brick toasts I've tried closer to home.

The day ended with my tummy full of sweets that could make one diabetic but we only get to do this once in a while so it won't kill us . A vacation for me is trying out the local food, being a tourist where I get to take pictures of everything I see, spending time with Pooky and making many kodak moments~

 

have a sweet day everyone,

Yumi

One year anniversary dinner date

I made another felt parfait for Pooky for our 1 year anniversary and I set up a dinner date at a Michelin Star restaurant called Plumed Horse. I wanted to treat him like a king that day in appreciation for all that he has done for me. It was a first time experience for the both of us. Waiter service was great. Ambience was intimate, upscale & classy. Food was yummy and there wasn't anything I dislike which is good because I'm a bit of a fussy eater. I left a VIP memo when I made reservations so they were able to provide us complimentary champagne, dessert and take home a bottle. Although we turned down the champagne because we weren't much of a drinker, they gave us apple cider instead but I would not turn down dessert! Bring it!!

Menu:

 House bread (rosemary bread was scrumptious).
 Hors d'oeuvres: deviled quail eggs, goose liver pate, fried onion pastry and mushroom something along with tempura mozzarella with olive oil.
 Strawberry balsamic soup amuse bouche.
 Black pepper & parmesan souffle, uni & dungeness crab fondue.
 Entree: chicken / salmon.
 Lychee sorbet with tapioca and cinnamon foam (palette cleanser).
Peppermint, brownie ice cream, chocolate soil and roasted marshmellow.
Chocolate bonbon with huckleberry sorbet, assorted macarons, candies and madelines with "happy anniversary".

My gift from Pooky was a Thomas Kinkade painting I've always dreamed about having one day when I have my own house.

 

できた！！！ another felt creation. green tea parfait for pooky =3

Their light reminds me of a bioluminescent organism found in the dark zone X3

The hors d'oeuvres

Strawberry soup

The decor/interior design

Black pepper & parmesan soufflé

Pooky's salmon dish

My chicken with donut peaches

 

After all that food, we even order dessert~

Happy Anniversary Pooky ♥

The thought of picking up the plate and licking it did cross my mind when they took away our forks =T

かんぱい！

There's more wine underneath us (glass floor), a cellar!