First Attempt ♥

I dunno how to cook, I just know how to make omelette, cook maggi and fry eggs, does that count? :DDD

Jiun Hui got a rice cooker, and Mandy & her had been cooking during the winter holidays since they were staying in Shanghai to cope with the exam.
I think it's pretty cool, cooking using a rice cooker. :D We can do a lot of things with the rice cooker, but I do want to buy a decent induction stove so I can cook whatever I want, and I can get a thick recipe book and start to learn how to cook!!!

haha.. I'm dreaming to be Julia Child right now. Geez.

Okay wake up wake up, here's the reality. And let's see what we have for today.
So this is our first attempt at cooking. :D
Us as in Jiun Hui & I. not Jiun Hui & Mandy. Haha. XD

We went to the market in the morning to get the ingredients we wanted.
What I like about the market here is that it's NOT SMELLY, even when you can see those bloody fish and chickens that is so EWW, but still...... NOT SMELLY!!!
And they kept the place really clean.

I love the vege department most.
They're competing with one another you see, they arrange the stuff as neatly as possible and everything is fresh, neat and awfully clean.
If anything is slightly mussy, the customers will walk away. It's the first impression thingy.

We got some pre-cooked chicken, coz we're not pro enough to cook that yet. XD
And just in case we messed up, we would still have something decent to eat. Lol.
Eggs, fishballs and a Chinese Cabbage were bought to cook soup with. XD

We spent like 2 hours to cook everything, feeling exhausted and hungry and Jiun Hui probably felt lucky for didn't get lacerated when she worked with the knife on the Cabbage. lol.
We definitely needed more practice.

So some pics of the end result. :DD
The rice is a lil bit too soft. :'((

Hoho, looks a trifle lesser?
I swear we were fed to the fullest this afternoon. =.='''

So this is what we have really worked on today.
Chinese Cabbage Soup with fishballs.
*Acclamation pls~* :DD
It tasted appetizing enough, and we didn't get food poisoning afterwards.
So it's a SUCCESSFUL first try! ^^

Ekhem ekhem.
The chicken. :DDD

I couldn't walk after I finished the lunch today. Too full! XD
Hmm.. I wonder what will we try out next time.
Btw I didn't have my dinner today. :(
Now feeling kinda hungry.

Guess I'll call Mc Donald delivery later! XDDD

IKEA Shanghai. ♥

Jiun Hui will be moving to the single room next door. Lol.
So gonna find some stuff to decorate her new room!
We decided to go to IKEA this afternoon. :))))

Okay back to the title, why do I have to put IKEA Shanghai instead of just IKEA?
Coz this IKEA in Shanghai is sooooo darn huge.
It's totally a gigantic edifice, Like 7 or 8 floors altogether? And there're 2 different blocks. O.o

We shopped like mad and both of us got ourselves a white cloth bag with stand to put our unwashed clothes. XD
And Jiun Hui got herself some pretty cute stuffs as well.

I'm at the sink department. XDD
Mirrors are available so snap snap!

The place I love most is still the lamp department.
So bright, so pretty!

The whole place is illuminated. :)

Some lamps that I fancy. ♥

And these are wat I love most!
Jiun Hui bought the flower shaped one. ^^
Lovely, aren't they?

Oh wow, this is huge. XD

We were so tired after shopping. XD
After all, we were just through with the 1st floor, there're like another 6 or 7 floors more to go??
We simply can't walk anymore, so maybe next time. :D

♥

Steamboat ♥

Yeap yeap, this is the steamboat I have told you guys about yesterday. :D
It's called 海底捞川府名店, and it's very famous in China.
We took about 15 minutes to reach there by cab, pretty faraway.

The atmosphere there was totally awesome, not like most of the steamboat shop you went to.
The lighting especially, was elegant and everything was very very clean.
For every 15 minutes interval, a waitress would come and gave you steamy hot towels to clean your hands or changed them.

I will tell you guys more about the shop, for now let's look at the pics. :)

Here're the pics taken by my friend.
Better qualify, well DSLR, what do you expect. XD
There're 2 different soup, the non-spicy and the spicy.

With me, was the charming Miss Jacqueline. Her Chinese name was pretty special, 范澜及.
I just knew her that day, she was a year older than me and the best thing? She's 175cm!!! :D
I finally find someone who're about the same height as me. WHEEEE! :DDDD

She has big gorgeous eyes. XDDD
Mine look so small beside her. XD

Spot the difference! haha.. We didn't move, but the smoke and the ppl behind us did. XD

After wearing the apron. XDDD
Both sides were taking pics. ^^

Okay let's continue cam-whoring. XD

Love the lighting. XD

Wahahhaa. Hearts this pic, so natural!

Candid. XD
We were tired of posing. ^^

Okay now switched to the pics in my camera. Don't compare, ppl! Mine's just 12.1 megapixels ok? XD

Some of the stuff we had that day. ♥

These were the meat balls combination. XD Love it.

And the beef! :)

Owh yes! and the one that cannot be missed!
KUNG FU NOODLE!!!
The Kungfu guy will come to your table if you order the noodle and he gonna perform how to pull that noodle in front of you.
He looks like he's dancing with a ribbon in his hand.
I've record a video but lazy to post it up here.
So ppl, just imagine. hahaha.

Haha. buhhhh buhhhh~

Here's Kevin with his DSLR. XDD

Now let me tell you about the toilet service there. :))))
Even the toilet is pretty elegant. And it's just like the Pavillion's toilet la, got hair dryer, hair moisturiser, hand shampoo and every kind of shampoo.

The best thing is, got ppl serving you there.
When you go in, the ppl working there will smile at you and say Hello.
Then after you're done and you wanna wash your hands, she'll turn on the water tap for you, squeeze the shampoo out for you, and give you a steamy hot towel to dry your hands.
GEEZ.

The funniest thing was, Kevin told us, when he got all ready to pee, then the ppl working there just got beside him and say "Hello".
LOL. And he lost the urge to pee afterwards. XDDDDDDD
That's something to complain about? Dun say Hello in toilet, coz it's too weird. Hahahaha!


I gonna bring Jiun Hui there one day. :DDD
It's totally fun and I simply love the ambience and the service there.


More post coming! :D