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More food.....well more like cakes....and some cappuccino....Kim and I love to go for cappuccino and cake preferably carrot cake....but every now and then we do try something else....I have also figured out how I like my cappuccino best....a dry cappuccino with hot milk on the side :-)....guess what, then the cappuccino is not too milky, but I can actually make it as milky as I want it...how clever....took me long enough to figure that out.....but now I am so proud of myself.... So where do Kim and I like to go for coffee and carrot cake....we have two places which currently rank as our top choices and I will of course also explain why.... It is difficult to say which is number one and two because they both have some things which are better...let's start....the one is Woolies in Nicol Way....believe it or not their carrot cake is unbelievable...moist..contains pecan nuts and icing amazing, has some cranberries and pumpkin seeds on top...the size of the carrot cake is also perf...

As promised....Orient up for review...or should I rather say...my opinion....it was Mutti's birthday on the 3rd July and her wish was to go to a nice Asian place...so why not go to Orient...there is something for everyone...from Sushi to sizzling dishes to spring-rolls to Satay sticks etc..... Orient is situated at Melrose Arch, it has been there from the beginning and also that night it looked busy. What I like about the layout is the various levels and sections. All the sections are quite small and it does not feel like you are a part of a HUGE restaurant, it almost seems cosy. we ordered some sparkling water and then looked at the wine list and the food menu. Then we waited....and waited....and waited....the waiter just did not come back to get the wine order, in fact I was a little bit irritaed of how long it was taking him. When he FINALLY came back we decided to give him the wine order and the food order at the same time. For starters Mutti ordered the vegetable spring r...

So....talking about foodies again....I know I know....so much food....but never mind, that is what I enjoy to do...going out to restaurants trying their food....could be new restaurants or old ones, could be a meal I have had before or something I wanna try....so this time it was a restaurant that I have been before, but way back when......my parents have gone there though not too long ago and they were impressed...so when my dad's birthday dinner came up, we decided to go to Mastrantonio....the original one in Illovo. The menu looked impressive and I had my heart set on the Saltimbocca (starters I would pick a little from everyone). Kim's heart was set on the bistecca Fiorentina (he just anted to find out the size).....so order time came....mom decided on the special called Capresini (a caprese sushi), that sounded interesting, I was curious...would there be rice or how would they do that? Mutti decided on the vitello tonnato, dad the beef carpaccio and Kim the mussels.... ...