Sushi @ Ocean Basket

My very first Sushi experiance was at ocean basket a few years back and I had sworn i was never going to eat sushi ever again!!
Ocean Basket is usually the last resort of any recommendation id give someone to try sushi at but lately they have really stepped up their game.
Also it could be that Im so obsessed with sushi lately. SO a few friends and I decided to get our craving over at the waterfront and I was actually really impressed.
ANd it was reasonably priced in my opinion.

Sushi platter for one

Sushi platter for two

Sunday Lunch

I know I said I wouldnt make Spuds again but oh well

Im actually really proud of this Cheese and Mushroom sauce

Yes served on a platter Because eating out of plates are too mainstream

And for dessert...Pavlova

Graduation again? Yes please

2014 is proving to be a year of events for my entire family. We have so much going on this year...From 21st birthdays, a prom, a matric-ball, 50ths, 60ths aaaand you guessed it...Graduations. SO my eldest cousin of our lot Graduated a week after her sister did and the affair was no less grand. Also it was really special to me as it was 1 of the very few functions that was in my house as most of our gatherings happens at my grans' (Headquarters)
Also let me take time out to Wish bhana for her success. We love you very much.

So here goes:
(Unfortunatly didnt take pictures of the food. I know, I suck!!!)
But the menu included Chicken soup, Savouries, Falooda, Briyani a super load of desserts.

Cape Town

 

As much as I love complaining, I do actually take take out once in a while to admire, take in and absorb my surroundings. I took these two pictures literally 3 hours apart. I know it seems like I have some obsession with Table Mountain...But I mean how can I not.

Blessed to see such beauty every single day.

Song of the day: Love Story

Blood Donation

The procedure is filling out a questionnaire thats highly confidential. Then you need to have your finger get a small teeny tiny prick to check your iron levels and from there you can then donate your 500 mls of blood.
You need to have eaten in the last 4 hours before donating, your iron needs to be sufficient and you need to weigh more than 50kgs.
You cannot donate when you:

don’t meet our basic donor criteria

haven’t eaten something three to four hours before giving blood

have any infection (even a cold!) – you need to be symptom-free for at least 7 days

are being treated with antibiotics – you must wait at least a week after finishing treatment

have had major surgery within the past six months

are expecting to have surgery within six weeks

are pregnant, or gave birth in the past three months

breastfed your baby within the past month

returned from a malaria area within the past month

have had sex with a new partner within the past six months

have had more than one sexual partner in the past six months

have had sexual contact in the past six months with someone whose sexual background is unknown to you

suspect that there's a chance you may have contracted a sexually-transmitted disease such as HIV or syphilis

are aware of the fact that you have contracted a sexually-transmitted disease such as HIV or syphilis

are taking certain medication or have had any serious illness.

Filling out forms

Faith getting her Iron tested

The Sister prepping Fareeha for her very 1st needle!!

Just look at that happy face man!!

Bulali who is also a 1st time donor requested to have his needle covered as he didnt want to see what was happening. LOl really love this dude

My 5th donation Torch

For more information you can checkoput the website here.

Im not afraid

Im not afraid to be happy
Im afraid of allowing myself to feel comfortable in my happiness
Then have it taken away from me
All in an instant

Im not afraid to laugh
I'm afraid that tears may overpower my happiness
Like it has done so many times in my past

Im not afraid to dive right in
Im afraid that if I dive in
I may go in too deep
And I cant swim

Im not afraid to look at you
Im afraid that when I look at you
I forget myself
And fall in love with you all over again

Im not afraid to let you in
Im afraid that your access
May be my downfall

Im not afraid of trying again
Im afraid of getting hurt
For the same reason I always do

I AM afraid to love you
Because you have the most power to hurt me
But you also have the most power to make me the happiest ive ever been

By Charne Nicole Ryan

Quick lunch

So its lunch time and you starving but instead of just ordering pizza from a catalogue, Why not cook up a storm instead.

Who doesnt love chicken???

Sweet potato and butternut

Toss salad. With Avo and Feta cheese? Yes please

Spinach in white sauce

And our legendary potato salad

Coffee at Seattle

There no two ways about it. If we drive pass a Caltex fresh-stop and I see Seattle coffee you can be sure i'm going in. I don't care how full I am or how  late I am IM going to get my Wild Mocha with wings!

So last night when my Babe and one of my besties took a rather interesting drive we stopped and got my Favourite drink even though we were driving home from Marcel's...I know what you thinking, Ice cream and then coffee. Yeeeah it wasn't one of my best idea's but fun nevertheless.

The Mocha without cream

In case you wondering why the middle one looks so urgh...Its a hot chocolate without milk for my Lactose intolerant person. I know right!!! I have my very own Leonard Hoffstater from The Big Bang Theory.

Chocolate Coffee with whipped cream topped with Chocolate sauce...OMG THANK YOU!!

Do note that while almost every Caltex has a Freshstop, not every fresh stop has a Seattle Coffee counter. But when you do find one (its not that hard, and there are a few in mall's too) then do try my favourite hot beverage and I hope it becomes yours too.

My favourite brownie

When I find a place I love, naturally i'm going to be visiting that place often. It's so obvious that Food Lovers Market in Roeland Street knows i'm a regular. (But that could also be because it the closest place to actually get food from my campus).

They have an absolutely huge variety of cakes, breads, foods, and fruits & vegetables of course. BUT the thing that always steals my heart are the brownies. Its an insanely big piece of Choclate-Lovin loaded with Pecan Nuts (hmmm) and topped off with mini astro's. Its ridiculous how good it tastes. 2 people could eat from it...But you wouldn't want to share.
And wait for it... Its less than R10!

Go check it out and do let me know what you think.

The Thali

A few friends and I decided to bunk a tutorial as we were almost dying of hunger and obviously Smiley would have to recommend a place.I decided we go to Food Inn in Long street because...well student budget and they give a super lot of food. I thought it was unfair that I do another blog post on them as I did one before which can be read here but I so loved this it would be mean of me to not share it.

Basicly a Thali is a huge round silver plate with little bowls of a variety of a certain thing. I ordered the Chicken Thali that came with portions of things such as:

Butter chicken                        Spicy Potato
Dhal                                       A serving of rice
Vegetable curry                      Paaper
Chicken KOrma                    Curd(yogurt)
Onion Salad                           Coleslaw
Chickpea Curry                      And a huge (ad)naan

I swear on the love of my life Emraan Hashmi <3 that everything on my Thali was 100% delicious!

I had no idea where to start

There was so much food all four of us ate from it. ANd heres the best part :
The Thali was R55!! Definatly check it out.
Its available in chicken, lamb and vegetable.