Weekend in poor quality cellphone pictures

We were getting too comfortable in our relationship with Sushi Garden as our go-to cheap sushi joint so we decided to try out somewhere different but close to our abode. 

The first potential was SushiHolic. We got there at 7:40pm only to discover it was packed and there would be a 20-30min wait and that the restaurant closes at 9pm. 

Our second option was Sushi Moto which is located at 2221 Holdom Ave, right across from the Holdom skytrain station.

Cute paper lanterns above our booth

Someone's collection of figurines. I love this type of restaurant decor, it gives it such a personal touch and nosey diners like us enjoy snooping through the collection. I love that they put a light saber on a stand that's normally for a katana xD

Takowasabi - raw octopus marinated in fresh wasabi:

I'm not usually a mollusc fan but was intrigued by the menu's description of the dish. It was our first time trying this dish and we are now HUGE fans!! It was amazing!!!! chewy pieces of octopus in a savoury wasabi and pickle marinade that you scoop onto sheets of roasted seaweed. This is a MUST EAT item!

Saba (mackerel) sashimi. I love saba and for $9 that is a lot of sashimi!

Spicy chopped scallop roll and negitoro roll:

Baked scallop:

Again, not being a mollusc fan this was in fact Mr. Nunu's order. He gave me a couple of spoonfuls and I really regretted not ordering one for myself!! It was creamy savoury awesomeness!
I somehow forgot to take a photo of it, but we had another roll called the "Lion King" roll which is a California roll topped with baked tuna and tai and finished with a drizzle of misonnaise. It was interesting but not a standout.
I really recommend trying this place if you're in Burnaby! They also have very reasonably priced beer/sake and sushi combos! No TV or I'd totally be here for all the playoff games.

In other news, I needed a new storage solution for my nail polish collection. The Ikea Helmer is heralded as having the perfect dimensions for most nail polish bottles, however, it is also unforgivably ugly. I must've looked at it on at least 5 separate occasions yet I couldn't come to grips with ugliness. Not to mention that it is beige and made out of metal and would stick out like a sore thumb amongst all our black and white furnishings.

Finally Mr. Nunu discovered these Ikea drawer inserts that we could add to our Expedit bookcase and they worked out pretty well. The drawers come in a set of 2 for $40, and each drawer can house about 60-70 bottles of polish.

I end this post with the reason why I can't have blog sales. Everything we own is covered by a thin coat of cat fur and saliva.

 

Now I'm off to find me a mixer so I can bake my Christmas cookies!

Photographic evidence that the 2 Tines occupied the same city for 8 days A.K.A More photos from NYC

2 nights ago, Tine2 whined about the lack of photographic evidence on my blog that the 2 Tines occupied the same city (and apartment!)for 8 days. I have been working some very enjoyable 14hr days lately so photograph editing took a bit of a back seat. In any event, here are more photos from our trip to New York, New York.

Did you know that you can't get cellphone signal inside New York trains? This provided exciting times for us when we tried to arrange to meet up with people whilst travelling to and from places. We did, however, manage to find Labbit in the end and she took us to a ghetto Target where her and Tine2 proceeded to bully me into buying a leopard print, kitty eared beanie. The we went to Applebees for lunch cos we're so klassy.

Tine2 and laaaabiiit:

Then we found Domo inside Bloomingdales(?!)! and after I made them go in to every F21 in the city we finally settled for a dinner of Korean BBQ. I have never seen so much banchan in my life.

We had dim sum the next day where we proceeded to throw peace signs, take photos and fight over the bill like good fobs.

Then I dragged Tine2 to the Museum of Natural History with me where I proceeded to make excited squealing sounds over every fossil. Look!! it's Tyrannosaurus Rex! EEEEEEEeeeee!

My favourite nurse standing next to my favourite dinosaur. Yes I have a favourite dinosaur and no my favourite FRIEND was not Ross!

In a hallway filled with rat and bird carcasses (creepy) we found this lil guy. I <3 opossums!

The infamous blue whale!! He is humongous and it was so hard trying to take a photo of him!

Hahah I thought this toy looks like my cat Munchie xD

Rockafeller Center

Do you think he's trying to make up for the size of something else?

St. Patrick's Cathedral. Tine2 and I both took photos of this place cos our mothers kept asking if there are (Catholic) churches in New York City. Yes there are surprisingly lots of them.

I will still insistently call it "mot-chi" xD

More Shake Shack! Delicious Shake Shack! See how the receipt says "Justine" even though I ordered under "Christine"? This was further evidence that Justine and I are the same person xD

This was before she discovered that her sausage burger was buried under a mountain of sauerkraut

Said sauerkraut mountain:

Laabbit wearing her cat dress and throwing fob signs:

Grand Central Station. There was a surprising lack of flash mobs happening.

We did find this snazzily dressed fellow though:

I whinged and whined until everyone went with me to Braai for dinner. Braai is an Afrikaans (South African Dutch) word for barbecue. Our server was from Soweto and we spoke in clicks.

Our one and only complete group photo:

My biryani(a kind of spicy stew on rice)was freaking awesome!

Koeksusters and Malva pudding:

I taught everyone the Taiwanese way of posing for sticker photos:

Note how Laabbit and I have the same cat dress but in reverse colours. Yes we are crazy cat ladies are we are proud.

Domo said this pose is called "The Starfish" and "The Jellyfish" combined.

As you can see, my obsession with the nudie bars of Time Square was still going strong:

Next installment of photos will contain Justine's birthday and our "we're too cheap so we're just gonna stay on the ferry" visit to the Statue of Liberty!

Seattle

Last week it was New York City. This week it's Seattle.
I am a bit of a vagabond, I am constantly drifting where my whims take me.

Christmas Domo

There seems to be some kind of Hello Kitty craze going on. First it was Liberty x Hello Kitty, then Forever21 x Hello Kitty, then McDonalds came out with a Hello Kitty Happy Meal and now I spotted these in Hot Topic.

I almost bought a pair of the Hello Kitty tights but I asked myself where would I wear them to.

Especially taken for Domo, because Vikings beat up sparkly boys xD

We had dinner at Elliot's Oyster House in Seattle. I found them pricey but the quality of the food more than made up for it. 

Mr. Nunu claims to be a bit of a clam chowder connoisseur so of course he had to have the clam chowder:

When at an Oyster House one must have oysters.

Dungeness crab cakes:

Geoduck tartare. HOLY GUACAMOLE THESE WERE DELICIOUS!!! 

Cioppino. This was a single order but we had so much left over that we had to pack it and take it home. It contained at least half a crab along with various fish and molluscs. I found it a tad too salty but Mr. Nunu said it tasted fine to him. I shall henceforth refer to him as "salty-wet uncle".

Nunu is happy

What trip would it be without some nail polish hunting?

The next day we went to Pike Place Market and popped into Beecher's Hand Made Cheese for some...cheese xD. Little Miss Muffet would be proud!

Scooping cheese curds into boxes where they will be compressed and aged until they become cheese.

The cheesiest mac and cheese I've ever had in my life. So awesome!

We also went to the original Starbucks so I could get my Christmas drink on xD

Mmmm...egg nog latte xD

Yet more clam chowder for lunch. Also had a lobster roll hoping it'd be as good as the one I had at Chelsea Market but nope, not even close.

We decided to be really touristy and went up the Space Needle...

...and proceeded to get frostbite in our extremities in order to get shots like this:

and pretend to be all artistic by taking photos like this:

My haul for this trip: F21 x Hello Kitty shirt, Nightmare Before Christmas PJs, 2 pairs of earrings from Betsey Johnson, a furry bag (?!), a shameful amount of nail polish and Chex Mix xD

The kittehs were not impressed with the fact that we went away.