Saturday, October 30, 2010

Ne-Yo - One In A Million


I cant wait for his album "Libra Scale" !!

Jet setter
Go getter
Nothing better
Call me Mr. been there done that
Top model chick to your every day hood rat
Less than all but more than a few
But I've never met one like you

Been all over the world
Done a little bit of everything
Little bit of everywhere
With a little bit of everyone
All the girls I've been with
Things I've seen it takes much to impress
But sure enough you go it makes your soul stand up from all the rest

I can be in love
But I just don't know
Baby one thing is for certain
Whatever you do it's working
All the girls don't matter
In your presence can't do what you do
There's a million girls around but I don't see no one but you

Girl you're so one in a million
You are
Baby you're the best I ever had
Best I ever had
And I'm certain that
There ain't nothing better
No there ain't nothing better than this

You're not a regular girl
You don't give a damn about your look
Talking about I can't do it for you
But you can do it for yourself
Even though that ain't so
Baby cause my dough don't know how to end
But that independent thing I'm with it
All we do is win baby

I could be in love
But I just don't know
Baby one thing is for certain


Whatever you do it's working
All the girls don't matter
In your presence can't do what you do
There's a million girls around but I don't see no one but you

Baby you're so one in a million
You are
Baby you're the best I ever had
Best I ever had
And I'm certain that
There ain't nothing better
No there ain't nothing better than this
Girl you're so one in a million
You are
Baby you're the best I ever had
Best I ever had
And I'm certain that
There ain't nothing better
No there ain't nothing better than this

Timing girl
Only one in the world
Just one of a kind
She mine

Ooh all that I can think about is what this thing could be
A future baby
Baby you're one of a kind
That means that you're the only one for me
Only one for me
Baby (girl) you're so one in a million
You are
Baby you're the best I ever had
Best I ever had
And I'm certain that
There ain't nothing better
No there ain't nothing better than this
Girl you're so one in a million
You are
Baby you're the best I ever had
Best I ever had
And I'm certain that
There ain't nothing better
No there ain't nothing better than this

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Masuya Japanese Restaurant, Sydney

Have you been there? One of my favourite Japanese Restaurants that I frequent quite often is Masuya.


Masuya is part of a bigger group. Their other popular chains that you might have been or heard of is Makoto - Chatswood

Their setting is really nice. It's where you can bring your date to, your family or just want to have a good meal with friends. 

Their service is good, And their prices isn't too expensive for the kind of quality that you get here. 

I always enjoy myself here. And I surely will recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good Japanese Restaurant to eat.

Okay let's check out what they serve now. So here's a few of the dishes that I usually order when I come to eat.

  Kingfish Wing Nitsuke 

 Kara-age Chicken 

 Teriyaki Chicken

Prawn Tempura

 Teriyaki Vegetable

 Agedashi Tofu 

 Unagi Eel Box

 Salmon Sashimi

Jewfish Masuya’s Way (mulloway)

Prawn Tempura Roll

 Green Tea Ice cream with red bean

Here's their Lunch MenuDinner Menu .

Want more information. You can visit their website, here.

Masuya Restaurant (Not too far from Wynyard Station)
12-14 O'Conell Street, Sydney
Open Weekdays 12pm-2:30pm, 6pm-10pm; Sat 6pm-10pm
(02) 9235 2717

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

PassionateMae's 1st Blogiversary!

Passionatemae turns ONE today!
26 October 2010
It's my blog's birthday today! OMG, time surely flies, but I've been baking for a year and 1 month now!

Let's take a ride on my baking journey...

It all started with my very first cupcake. I've always wanted to bake, but felt that it was so expensive to start up. But one day, I decided that I was going to have a go at baking and guess what?? I'm still baking..still following my passion. 

I really love baking!

My very first cupcake. The Rainbow Cupcake.


I've improved how my cupcakes' look!  - Cupcake Twister

Followed by many many more baking adventures. Scroll down to see snippets of my baking journey.

I made this Nutella Cake by Nigella for a birthday a month after I started baking.


Oreos Cheesecake because it's one of my favourite ever! 
 Of course, I made some changes to how my favourite dessert of all times should look like here!

I had a go at making Cream Puffs too!

Some Jam drops, similar to the ones that you buy in Woolies!

Melt in Your Mouth Peanut Cookies - you usually would get this during Chinese New Year :)

Go Crazy Ice Cream cake for my brother's birthday!

Yes, making my very own Strawberry Jam

A Malaysian Favourite - HoneyComb Cake

Bakerella version of Cake pops

Love me Always creation 



I even had a go at making my very own Hot Cross Buns for Easter

Yes, waffles - Banana or Strawberry!


I wanted to try making Macarons because of all the hype that has been going around!

 Who loves eating Banana Cake. I've got a great delicious recipe here for you.


Yes, it's another Malaysian Favourite - Roti Canai, I made my very own at home.

I made this recently, Pillow Chocolate Peanut Butter Puff - such an easy recipe, try it.

For Chocolate Lovers - Chocolate Mud Cupcake 

So that's pretty much what I've done throughout my 1st baking journey year. 

And Oh....if you do not know already, I never had any formal training in baking. I learned everything from scratched through books, research, recipes and of course a great passion for it. Without my passion for baking, I do not think that I would have come this far.

Thank you so much for following me on my baking journey..seriously, it really means alot. I do hope that you've enjoyed every single step of the journey with me.

I am so excited to what comes next...stay tune for more!

xoxo,
PassionateMae

Monday, October 25, 2010

Marie Antoinette High Tea @ Westin Sydney

So last weekend, the 8 of us - Julie, Betty, Rachel, Janice, Vivian, Stephanie, Ayana and of course myself went for Marie Antoinette High Tea @ Westin Hotel.

In the month of the Sydney International Food Festival, the Marie Antoinette High Tea is @ $45pp for pastries, cakes, desserts, scones, savoury food, free flow of tea & coffee and a glass of Brown Brothers Sparking Rose.


Our Brown Brothers Sparking Rose



And since we're all food bloggers, the first thing we did was take out our cameras to capture the best angle of the food before we all started eating.

Let's take a look at what we had!

The Sweets
Lime Curd Meringue Tart, Chocolate Cream with exotic fruit caramel & candied walnuts, Fresh Blueberry Macarons, Beet Root and Cherry Cupcake.

Look at the Marie Antoinette fondant

The Chocolate Cream was not very sweet because they use dark chocolate, but since I'm not really a fan of passionfruit, the passionfruit in the cream is a lil' over powering for my liking. 

The Cupcakes were alright, can't really taste the beetroot and cherry.

The Blueberry Macarons - yum! Really like the touch of the fresh blueberries.

And the Lime Curd Tart, love the pastry not the curd - too "lemony"for me.

The Savoury
Slow cooked roast beef with creme cheese stuffed baby belle peppers, avocado and shrimp tartar, blt & deviled egg finger sandwich, kiwi and orange croissant with mascarpone.

Blt & deviled egg finger sandwich
This is my favourite amongst all the savoury selection.

The avocado and shrimp tartar was not bad, but I did not like the puff that they used as it was a little on the dry side.

The kiwi and orange croissant wasn't alright, it was fresh.

I did not eat the roast beef, because I don't eat beef. So I really can't comment on that.

Cute lil' warm scones were also served with cream and jam.

 It was yummy, and definitely not dry. 

We were served tea in this.

I had 2 different types of tea - Yellow Gold Oolong and Dragon Well. I prefer the Dragon Well because it's really fragrance compared to the Yellow Gold Oolong where I felt that it was a lil' diluted for my liking as I expected Oolong teas to be stronger.

I really enjoyed the time with the girls. We should do this again soon!

If you're interested to try it out.

Check out
Marie Antoinette High Tea 
Westin Hotel
1 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000(02) 8223 1111
$45 per person
2.30-4.30pm


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