Hey lovelies~
I've made a new year's resolution to get fit and I'll be updating on my progress every month. :)
I entered 2017 at 56 kgs and hope to drop down to 48 kgs (my weight in 2015!) while still eating out (Nope, can't give up this lifestyle just yet). This month I made myself move. I've been very busy this month with moving out, work, family, etc. that I decided to get into a proper routine starting February and focused this month on reaching 10,000 steps every day which I counted through my fitbit. I also decided to do intermittent fasting (Only eat in an 8 hour window gap) three times a week.
All my measurements pretty much stayed the same. I lost an inch off my stomach and 0.7 kg but I did do a one day fruit detox the day before I took my measurement so that is probably the reason for the slight decrease.
Old Measurements (11/01/2017):
Weight 56 kgs
Stomach 30.5”
Butt 38”
Thigh 21”
Calf 13”
Arms 11”
Waist 28"
Bust 31.5”
New Measurements (31/01/2017):
Weight 55.3 kg (-0.7 kg)
Stomach 29.5" (-1")
Butt 38"
Thigh 21"
Calf 13"
Arms 11"
Waist 28"
Bust 31.5"
♥ Jess
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17.1.17
Afternoon Tea, The Drawing Room | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Treesha took me to retry my high tea experience in Kuala Lumpur since the place we went to last year let us down. We decided to try Saint Regis, a fairly new hotel that opened. Upon entering the place you can definitely feel the high class elegant atmosphere with the marble floor and immaculate set up. There was a grand Christmas tree as you set foot into the reception and a duo playing sweet melodies by the entrance of the drawing room.
It usually costs 140 RM per person but since we came during the festive reason it cost us 188 RM. As we were escorted to our table, I was really impressed with the cute décor set up and the choice of colours they decided to use. Everything was pastel, and I’m a sucker for pastel. I was already in love with the high tea experience and nothing was even served yet!
There were a wide selection of teas and they all sounded so fancy I was unsure of what to get, so I decided to stick with my classic green tea. Jasmine Queen Tea. Treesha chose Silver Moon Tea, which tasted just as fancy as its name.
Tea selection
Silver Moon ∞ 1817 Black Tea ∞ Royal Darjeelin ∞ Sencha ∞ Jasmine Queen Tea ∞ French Earl Grey Tea
To be completely honest, I’m not used to small portions so when the canapes came in.. all I could think of was how I could put them all together and have them in one bite! There was four options of savoury canapes and to be honest I could only tell the quail egg and lobster one apart. These were delicious, I definitely did not think it would be as good as they were! You can taste that these were made with top quality ingredients.
Savoury Canapes
Poached Chicken ∞ Cranberry Chutney on Rye Bread ∞ Marble Of foie Gras 5 Spices on Toasted Brioche Brittany Blue Lobster, Lobster Mayonnaise on White soft Bread ∞ Black Truffle Quail Egg Mimosa
When our sweet tier came in I was so excited. There were so many pretty goodies in front of me that I had no idea what to start with. I began with the scones as I was scared the other desserts would be too sweet that it would mask my taste buds to less sweet things.
Now, I’m not a scones person but I absolutely adored these ones. It was incredible. The cream and jam complimented the scones well.
Sweet Tier
Minature Buche de Noel ∞ Mincemeat Tart ∞ Macaron ∞ Iced Christmas Cake ∞ Chocolate fountain ∞ Christmas cookies ∞ Strawberry ∞ Marshmallow ∞ Warm Plain and Mincemeat Scones ∞ Strawberry Jam ∞ Clotted Cream
I’m not entirely sure if it is the iced Christmas cake or the miniature buche de noel but basically the red Christmas log looking thing. That was a very soft chocolate mousse like dessert and was probably my favourite one on the plate. The macaroon comes in random flavours, I luckily got a green tea one which literally melted in my mouth and you can really taste the strong tea flavor in the filling. I might be wrong, but I think they get it from TWG since I swear it tastes the same.
The chocolate shooter was certainly an interesting concept. It was basically a cookie in the shape of a shot glass and filled with chocolate milk. Our server explained that we should drink the shot first and proceed to enjoy the cookie. I’m a little bit of a weirdo and don’t like the idea of drinking milk so I sat this one out. Treesha said that the milk was at room temperature and she wasn’t too happy of how sweet it tasted.
After an hour of chatting away while sipping on our never ending tea and munching on our desserts, the grand finale made its entrance! Chocolate fountain with Christmas cookies, marshmallows and a melon (it was supposed to be a strawberry, but I guess they ran out). Don’t let the colour fool you, it was just white chocolate with red food colouring to match the season. I had quite enough of sweets by this time so I only had the melon and one cookie and didn’t try the fountain.
Treesha surprised me with an order of a chocolate mousse cake as an early birthday present. I was actually eyeing this cake when we entered the hotel so I was extremely happy when I saw it. I had enough of sweets but the moment I bit into it… OMG. It tasted EXACTLY like a cake I used to buy in my younger days for all my birthdays until the chef who made it retired. This was the best high tea I’ve gone for, and it undeniably won’t be the last.
I highly recommend trying Saint Regis out for a girls night out or to spoil for fam bam if you’re in Kuala Lumpur. Thank you so much to my dear friend who took me here.
♥ Jess
Location: No. 6 Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Kuala Lumpur
Opening hours: Weekdays 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Weekends & Public holidays 2:00 – 4:00 pm
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Phone: +60327271111
Website: http://www.stregiskualalumpur.com/dining-drawing-room
It usually costs 140 RM per person but since we came during the festive reason it cost us 188 RM. As we were escorted to our table, I was really impressed with the cute décor set up and the choice of colours they decided to use. Everything was pastel, and I’m a sucker for pastel. I was already in love with the high tea experience and nothing was even served yet!
There were a wide selection of teas and they all sounded so fancy I was unsure of what to get, so I decided to stick with my classic green tea. Jasmine Queen Tea. Treesha chose Silver Moon Tea, which tasted just as fancy as its name.
Tea selection
Silver Moon ∞ 1817 Black Tea ∞ Royal Darjeelin ∞ Sencha ∞ Jasmine Queen Tea ∞ French Earl Grey Tea
To be completely honest, I’m not used to small portions so when the canapes came in.. all I could think of was how I could put them all together and have them in one bite! There was four options of savoury canapes and to be honest I could only tell the quail egg and lobster one apart. These were delicious, I definitely did not think it would be as good as they were! You can taste that these were made with top quality ingredients.
Savoury Canapes
Poached Chicken ∞ Cranberry Chutney on Rye Bread ∞ Marble Of foie Gras 5 Spices on Toasted Brioche Brittany Blue Lobster, Lobster Mayonnaise on White soft Bread ∞ Black Truffle Quail Egg Mimosa
When our sweet tier came in I was so excited. There were so many pretty goodies in front of me that I had no idea what to start with. I began with the scones as I was scared the other desserts would be too sweet that it would mask my taste buds to less sweet things.
Now, I’m not a scones person but I absolutely adored these ones. It was incredible. The cream and jam complimented the scones well.
Sweet Tier
Minature Buche de Noel ∞ Mincemeat Tart ∞ Macaron ∞ Iced Christmas Cake ∞ Chocolate fountain ∞ Christmas cookies ∞ Strawberry ∞ Marshmallow ∞ Warm Plain and Mincemeat Scones ∞ Strawberry Jam ∞ Clotted Cream
I’m not entirely sure if it is the iced Christmas cake or the miniature buche de noel but basically the red Christmas log looking thing. That was a very soft chocolate mousse like dessert and was probably my favourite one on the plate. The macaroon comes in random flavours, I luckily got a green tea one which literally melted in my mouth and you can really taste the strong tea flavor in the filling. I might be wrong, but I think they get it from TWG since I swear it tastes the same.
The chocolate shooter was certainly an interesting concept. It was basically a cookie in the shape of a shot glass and filled with chocolate milk. Our server explained that we should drink the shot first and proceed to enjoy the cookie. I’m a little bit of a weirdo and don’t like the idea of drinking milk so I sat this one out. Treesha said that the milk was at room temperature and she wasn’t too happy of how sweet it tasted.
After an hour of chatting away while sipping on our never ending tea and munching on our desserts, the grand finale made its entrance! Chocolate fountain with Christmas cookies, marshmallows and a melon (it was supposed to be a strawberry, but I guess they ran out). Don’t let the colour fool you, it was just white chocolate with red food colouring to match the season. I had quite enough of sweets by this time so I only had the melon and one cookie and didn’t try the fountain.
Treesha surprised me with an order of a chocolate mousse cake as an early birthday present. I was actually eyeing this cake when we entered the hotel so I was extremely happy when I saw it. I had enough of sweets but the moment I bit into it… OMG. It tasted EXACTLY like a cake I used to buy in my younger days for all my birthdays until the chef who made it retired. This was the best high tea I’ve gone for, and it undeniably won’t be the last.
I highly recommend trying Saint Regis out for a girls night out or to spoil for fam bam if you’re in Kuala Lumpur. Thank you so much to my dear friend who took me here.
♥ Jess
Location: No. 6 Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Kuala Lumpur
Opening hours: Weekdays 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Weekends & Public holidays 2:00 – 4:00 pm
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Phone: +60327271111
Website: http://www.stregiskualalumpur.com/dining-drawing-room
7.1.17
Hawker's cuisine | Northbridge, Perth
This place is a saviour when I spend long nights doing assignments in uni since it opens till midnight. Treesha and I usually head out here when we need breaks during our all nighter sessions and it usually is busy, but the crowd comes in and out quite fast that we usually wait 20 minutes tops if it's a hectic night.
For drinks we had ribena and lemon ($4.50), ice lychee ($4.50) and kopi peng ($4.50).
We started off with what I always always order in every Asian restaurant that sells it, sambal kang kung ($15.80). I don't generally find kang kung very spicy in Australia so I asked them to kick it up a notch and double the chilli. This place makes delicious kang kung ♥
We order sizzling tofu ($13.80) as well which came out... not sizzling, but we got it exchanged pretty fast. It might be because they were extremely busy today but the sizzling tofu was not as I remembered it. It was super salty today. The service here is quick and all the staff had their own personal walkie-talkie which is rather cool.
I absolutely love their peking ribs and marmite chicken but since that was the only thing we ever really ordered here we decided to try something new, Bakar fish (price depends on season). The chilli was only placed on top of the fish so the back of the fish was quite bland. It was satisfying, but I think I'll stick with my ribs next time.
Overall, this place is wonderful for dinner. It's probably one of the better Asian cuisines I have had in Perth.
♥ Jess
Location: 40 Francis Street, Northbridge, Perth
Opening hours: 5pm-12am
Phone: (08) 9328 9668
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkerscuisine/
For drinks we had ribena and lemon ($4.50), ice lychee ($4.50) and kopi peng ($4.50).
We started off with what I always always order in every Asian restaurant that sells it, sambal kang kung ($15.80). I don't generally find kang kung very spicy in Australia so I asked them to kick it up a notch and double the chilli. This place makes delicious kang kung ♥
We order sizzling tofu ($13.80) as well which came out... not sizzling, but we got it exchanged pretty fast. It might be because they were extremely busy today but the sizzling tofu was not as I remembered it. It was super salty today. The service here is quick and all the staff had their own personal walkie-talkie which is rather cool.
I absolutely love their peking ribs and marmite chicken but since that was the only thing we ever really ordered here we decided to try something new, Bakar fish (price depends on season). The chilli was only placed on top of the fish so the back of the fish was quite bland. It was satisfying, but I think I'll stick with my ribs next time.
Overall, this place is wonderful for dinner. It's probably one of the better Asian cuisines I have had in Perth.
♥ Jess
Location: 40 Francis Street, Northbridge, Perth
Opening hours: 5pm-12am
Phone: (08) 9328 9668
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkerscuisine/
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