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Travel Diary: Food Adventures in Sydney, Australia (2016)

Early last December I jetted off to Sydney for a an overnight trip with some of my closest friends. Our overnight and one day exploration of Sydney consisted of multiple meals and laughter! I'll be sharing the places that ate at during out trip in this quick photo diary :)

HAWKER

Shop G02, 345B-353 Sussex Street, CBD, Sydney, NSW

Hawker styled Malaysian food in the heart of the Sydney CBD. Hawker boasts of the atmosphere of hawker food stalls when in Asia, with the loud and busy background.

Dishes were served promptly after placing orders, and we enjoyed pretty much everything we ordered there.

Hainanese chicken rice ($13)

Fried rice ($13)

Pork and chicken satay skewers ($18 for a dozen)

THE GROUNDS OF ALEXANDRIA

Shop 7A, 2 Huntley Street, Alexandria, Sydney, NSW

Chef's breakie pan ($19)

PETAL MET SUGAR

Ground Floor, 68 Sir John Young Crescent, Woolloomooloo, Sydney

Salted Caramel Tart ($6)

AQUA S

Shop 27, Regent Place Arcade, 501 George Street, CBD, Sydney

Bold Pinks - Givenchy, Mac & Shanghai Suzy.

It's been almost been 2 years since I did a beauty related post.

While I was in Hong Kong last month, I decided to pick up a lipstick while duty free shopping. Sadly, this was my only duty free purchase as the Hong Kong prices are pretty much comparable to the Australian prices at the department stores. I'm pretty sure we don't stock Givenchy make up in Australia (or in Melbourne at least, I'm not too sure if Sephora stocks it). The lipstick I got was from there Le Rouge - A Porter range. I remember swatching a few other shades from this collection and they all seemed like sheer lip colours to me,

Anyways with medball coming up, I just wanted to share with you guys some of the bold pink lipsticks I am currently loving. I'm not too sure what colour I'll be using on the night, but the theme of the ball is 'Empire State of Mind'. Red would be ideal, but because I have a darker complexion, I'm more of a dark pink girl. Before I get onto the post, I wanted to show you the pretty packaging of the lipstick.

Givenchy packaging never disappoints.

Yep, that's real leather on the lipstick.

Givenchy, Mac & Shanghai Suzy.

Left to right: Givenchy, Shanghai Suzy & Mac. They are all pink shades, however the Shanghai Suzi kinda has a red undertone to it.

Left to right.

Givenchy - Rose Perfecto: sheer dark pink shade

Mac - Girl About Town: matte hot pink

Shanghai Suzy - Miss Melissa: matte fuchsia

If you guys are looking for a budget lipstick, I'd really recommend trying out the Shanghai Suzy ones. They come in a range of different colours, smell like bubblegum, are super pigmented and best of all, they only cost $12.50 each. (Check their website for a list of stockists and shades)

Oli xx

Travel Diary: Hong Kong (2015)

After our Vietnam trip, my grandma and I embarked on the next part of our journey to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong

23/07/2015 - 26/07/2015

I was so excited to arrive in Hong Kong, I had heard many wonderful things from friends: the food and the shopping ^_____^

I was excited and couldn't wait :)

Hong Kong International Airport

Our first meal in Hong Kong, Congee and fried noodles.

Central Hong Kong, just only a few minutes walk from my hotel.

Keep scrolling down for the review of the hotel we stayed and at deets.

Makeup shopping :)

Wontons and Five Treasure noodles for dinner :)

Hong Kong doesn't lack street displays and decorations :D

Outside Sogo Department store at night

More makeup shopping at SaSa.

I took my grandma to the ladies market in Mongkok. She absolutely loved it here.

This is a great place if you're wanting to find cheap clothing and souvenir gifts. I managed to pick up 2 dresses from here, the clothes here kinda have that asian style fashion - something which I try to avoid. :p

Market food, wasn't that great at all :(

Rainy afternoons in Mongkok.

Tsim Sha Tsui!!!

A great place for shopping ^___^ (and taking tourist photos)

Times Square, Central Hong Kong

This display was massive!!!

So many levels of shops ^___^

Hong Kong style egg waffles from Oddies Foodies :)

It was so good here! Too bad they don't have this type of dessert here back home. However I've found a place that has something similar to that and I'll be heading there very soon to check it out.

Cantonese styled roast pork and duck for dinner.

So here's some photos of the hotel we stayed at.

I'm pretty sure we had a executive king suite, which was rather spacious and comfortable for two people.

Hotel Pennington by Rhombus

13-15 Pennington Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China

My review on tripadvisor about this place:

'Love this little hotel, it's really close to all the shopping precincts (i.e. causeway bay). There's also a subway nearby, which means transportation to the other Hong Kong Islands are quick an easy! Lots of local food places near by, hotel was pretty clean and the staff here are absolutely wonderful. They know there directions too well and were more than happy to assist me to get to my destination by providing me with maps and timetables! The only downside was there was only 2 lifts, and getting to our room on the 23rd floor would require a little wait. Other than that, Hotel Pennington is a great place to stay at. I will be back here for my next trip to Hong Kong in the future.

Thankyou to every at Hotel Pennington who made our stay enjoyable :)

Our last meal in Hong Kong before our flight back home :( Pulled Pork fried rice!!!

Exploring the airport. I thought Singapore airport was amazing already, however it turns out that Hong Kong airport is actually on another level :) It's so freaking massive, with like over 100+ departure gates.

Just a quick meal in Ho Chi Minh City before our flight back to Australia.

And the concludes my holiday :((

I can't wait for my next travels...not to sure of where next, but lets hope I can do some serious savings before I even dream of a holiday :)

Till next time,

Oli