Noobie Foodie│Ippudo Ramen Sydney

Hi Friends!

It's winter and right now it's absolutely FREEZING which is not all bad since it's a great excuse to eat one of my favourite food - RAMEN! Since Ippudo opened I've only had the opportunity to go there a few times and I've always enjoyed my experiences there! Here is my Noobie Foodie review of one of the most talked about ramen places in Sydney!

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So first the food!!

Pork Buns! 

Pork buns #2! 

How does one eat at Ippudo and not have the delicious pork buns ($4)? The succulent and juicy pork slice in soft fluffy buns delicious! My only wish is that they can be a bit bigger! And the sauce for the pork buns YUM!!

Gyoza

Another must have with ramen is Gyoza ($6) which is the Japanese version of dumplings! I have to admit these were not the best dumplings I've ever had because they were a bit too burnt and there wasn't enough filling inside for my liking. But I'm very pedantic about my gyoza so that's another reason why I didn't find these very satisfying. 

This was the Miso Tonkotsu Chashu ramen ($22) which is a part of their seasonal ramen menu - Chapter 6! With miso fused with pork as broth and thin slices of chashu on the top! 

I choose the Akamaru Tamago ($19) because I really love the preserved egg in ramen! And the little bit of extra spice! The broth isn't very thick and it was really important to mix the broth as there was a bit of oil residue on the top but overall it was pretty yum! 

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Noobie Foodie│Ramen Ikkyu

HI FRIENDS! 

Ramen is one of my serious favourite foods! And it's one of the main reasons why I miss Japan so so so much!! So recently I decided to (finally) try Ramen Ikkyu in Sussex food court. Needless to say I was really excited to try it! And it definitely didn't disappoint me at all! 

RAMEN TIME! 

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Here comes the fooddddd 

Ikkyu Miso Ramen

I ordered the Ikkyu Miso Ramen ($11.50) because I like a lighter soup plus a bit more vegetables in my ramen. IT WAS AWESOME! The meat was so flavoursome, soft and tender! The highlight for me was the egg - it was literally onsen tamogo perfection! Deliciously runny egg york combined with the light miso soup AHHH HEAVENLY RAMEN! 

EGG PORN - my favourite type of porn! 

I love the egg!! Seriously I want to learn how to make such amazing eggs! 

Tokyo Soy Ramen! 

My friend who was trying ramen for THE FIRST TIME EVER ordered the Tokyo Soy Ramen ($11.5) which had char siu pork with 1 WHOLE EGG! (I'm so jealous because she got more egg action than I did...clearly need to order this next time) and nori seaweed on the side! She loved this ramen! YESH successfully converted! YAY! 

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3D Re-wearable Japanese Nail (゜▼゜＊）

Recently I've really gotten into different forms of nail art because my work don't let us have any coloured or structured nail polish since it'll most likely damaged the products that we sell! And as a rule of life - when you can't have something you'll want it more! 

After seeing my friend's (Becky-chan) photo of her absolutely adorable nail pictures on Instagram I absolutely love them and wanted to blog about them ASAP! :3  

HERE ARE THE 3D NAIL DESIGNS: 

Simple plain blue checkers with 3D ribbons and bling attached! 

THESE ARE MY FAVOURTIE!! Rilakkuma 3D NAILS! <3 

These nails are so damn cute!! I absolutely love them to bits and pieces! 

Alpaca nails - with a floral background so cute! 

Simple black and red bling and ribbon 3D nails :) 

Christmas special nails with bears :) SO CUTE! the pink ribbons remind of something else though... hahah :P 

Another Christmas special BEAR SANTA :) 

Rilakkuma Summer special <3 CUTENESS!! 

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Basic Features:

- 3D customised designer Japanese nails

- Stones and designs all set on fake nails

- 100% hand made in Japan 

- bought from: Ohimenailstyle on Etsy

How to Use 3D fake nails:

There's a few ways to attach fake nails - glue or tape! So the tap is more recommended because it's a double sided tap and once on it's much easier to remove compared to the glue! It sticks really well and doesn't damage the nail beds as much. They need to be cut and customised to suit each nail shape (even though they come in different sizes already) but that's not too difficult and once you get the hang of it shouldn't be a challenge! 

Here's how they look once on:

They look soo adorable on the fingers! I absolutely LOVE LOVE ♥ them so I shall be purchasing some myself! 

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These are the ones I want to purchase:

How pretty are the available designs! They're sooo nice!! 

And finally I wrote a table of Pros and Cons for these Japanese 3D nails for anyone interesting in purchasing them! 

Pros

Cons

Can be reused many times Designs can be customized and made to fit your nails specifically The price ranges from $5 to $30 depending on the design  It’s 100% handmade so the quality of the nails are guaranteed It’s really good value because manicures are so expensive THEY’RE SO CUTE and PRETTY! The tap is affordable $2.8 from any Daiso store Shipping is FREE (standard!) The seller is very friendly and will discuss with you in great detail about the design

If damaged can be difficult to fix The tap has to be cut to fit which can be a bit tricky The shipping can take a while because they’re shipped from Japan Need to be very careful with your hands because they are fragile The removal process can be time consuming I’m not allowed to wear them for work and I’m working a lot :’( if you have a complex design it can be pricey

 Anyway I definitely would recommend checking out her page!! And once I receive mine I shall definitely write a more detailed post about how to put them on how to remove them & a review of the quality! :)

♥ Lingfish~ 

P.s Thank you Becky for helping with taking photos :3 

Dolly Wink Liquid Eye Liner Review - Old and NEW ♥

MOI :) 

For everyone that doesn't know I have very very small mono lid Asian Eyes (I can rant for the entire post about that topic alone but I'll save it) so eye liner is one of the MOST IMPORTANT make up things that I must have on ALL THE TIME! If I don't have to do my entire eyes I must at least have eye liner on so I've used quite a range of eye liners and  today I wanted to review the Dolly Wink Eye Liners both of them are liquid! (ノ^∇^) 

Some background: Dolly Wink is a part of the Japanese company Koji and created by the famous GAL model Tsubasa Masuwaka. 

Miss Tsubasa Masuwaka

Dolly Wink Eye Liner Version 1 - THE BEST EYE LINER I'VE EVER USED! 

How the Pen looks Uncapped! THIN and SHARP!

Colour: Black 

The colour of the eye liner is dark and it doesn't require a lot of strokes to build up it's naturally quite a dark ink which is convenient because I frequently draw my eye liner while I'm in a moving vehicle (mostly the bus) so it helps that I can get a dark black line very quickly.

Brush/Tip: Soft and sharp

The tip is like any precision liner very sharp and it's soft so it doesn't feel harsh on the sensitive skin of the eye lids. 

Longevity: LASTS FOREVER

My skin especially around my eyes are very oily and I also dance so I sweat quite a bit but this eye liner can really hack the harsh environments! It doesn't fade very easily and stays on until the end of the day! Some times it does smudge a little bit but compared to MANY other eye liners I've tried (I can review all the others..maybe later) It's by far the longest lasting! 

Price and Accessibility: 

It's not the cheapest eye liner I bought it for $12 or $13 at a SASA Pop up store in Sydney around 2 years ago so in terms accessibility - it's really not easy to get! Since it's always out of stock at the online stores and I can't find it in Australia! 

The saddest thing is the lip of my beautiful eye liner come off and it DRIED (。┰ω┰。) 

I was upset for a VERY VERY VERY long time and I tried to fix by putting in water which worked for a little while but the consistency and the colour was never the same as before it dried and soon the hair on the brush started fraying because of all the water. Make up isn't suited for such harsh environments! So I purchased another eye liner when I went to Japan the same but the second version!

Dolly Wink Eye Liner VERSION 2 - NOT THE SAME!  

  

LOOKS SIMILAR BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME!! D:

Colour: BLACK

The colour was still the same fairly dark and easy to create a black bold line without too much effort and it survived the drawing on the bus test that was good! 

Brush/Tip: Soft and Sharp

The brush was still soft, sharp and hard the same qualities as the old brush so at first I thought the new Dolly Wink Eye liner would be the perfect replacement for my old one! 

Longevity: LIKE ONE HOUR?

This is the part where they differ like night and day! This eye liner looks exactly the same the first version for the FIRST hour then it goes very steeply down hill! It doesn't smudge much either which is good but it FLAKES! Oh yes it flakes.. instead of a complete black line the line starts fading then small black dots start falling from the eye liner creating a strange hollow line! Then the flakes get on my face and create mini black mole/freckle things everywhere!! It was SUCH A MESS! 

I've never been told that I need to fix my eye liner until I've used this one! To be fair if I'm not doing anything extremely strenuous i.e. just staying at home it's fine but when I'm out boy it's so inconvenient!! 

Recommendation: VERSION ONE! If you can find it!! 

For myself I would definitely get the first version - ANY DAY! But I'm definitely not so keen on the second version! It was definitely incredibly disappointing with its none existing staying power and messiness! I wouldn't recommend it! Personally I'm on the hunt for another good eye liner (lots of hours on the internet and time at the shops ensures)! 

DOLLY WINK YOU GET IT?? ;D 

♥ Lingfish~