Happy 2014

I can't believe half of January is almost gone!
What have I been doing?
Where did my time went?

2013 was a fantastic year for us.
We got married.
Iain got a promotion at work.
We went to Russia.
It's an adventure year and it's a happy year for us.

What's your new year resolution?
We don't have any this year. 
It almost feels like every year we set a goal
but it's always about something else then the goal vanished.
We think it's more important to live for the moment
and be happy.

Have done some projects for this year already.
My friend's Jasmine's baby shower invite and Mandy's wedding invite.
Both of them are beautiful.

I enjoyed making invitation for friends. 

I just love to see their happy faces when they saw the final products.

It's kind of rewarding of what I do.

Hope the invitation thing can go a step further in 2014.

cheers,

suki 

Ok let's talk about food

Binchiki - Russian creeps with cheese. We got it from supermarket. Heat it up in microwave for 30 seconds. Love it. We also got the desert in cherry!

Ptichie Moloko - Classic Russian sweets. It's a thick slice of marshmallow covered in chocolate on top of shortbread. Very yummy!

Chak chak - original from Turkic. It's a chewy soft dough of raw eggs, molded into cyclone then deep fried and coated with honey. It's actually the national dish of Tatars and Bashkirs! Not that I know where they are but can't believe one of my childhood favorite is a national dish somewhere else and a national favorite of Russia!

Moscow people are crazy about Japanese food. And the Japanese we are talking here are serious Japanese restaurant not like the sushi rolls we found on Sydney street!

Kebabs is also a big thing here. We found it everywhere as well and very cheap! I think pickles is very popular here as well coz I found a lot of pickles at supermarket! And I have eaten this pickles hotdog, it's so nice but the pickles I have on this hotdog are more than enough to make twenty cheese burger in McDonald! 

There must be a lot of Japanese here

Not only there are lots of Japanese restaurant here but also heaps of Japanese products in the supermarket! Skin care products, drinks, food, they are everywhere!

First meal in Moscow

Can't believe we have Japanese in Russia! What the hell?  apprentantly Japanese is one of the biggest cusine in Russia! And I think it's true coz every few steps we see a Japanese restaurant. The one we went to is half way from our apartment to Kermlin. It's very fancy but the price is about the same as in Sydney.

We really enjoy our meal but it's a bit strange to see Russian people serving Japanese food?

Hello Sandwich

 

 

Have you heard of Hello Sandwich? The Tokyo based Australian artist? I am so addicted reading her blog, her zines and her new book! Check out her photo album and blog for some DIY inspiration for this weekend! 
Enjoy!