Wednesday 3 December 2008

Things I love...food or not

Not in particular order...

1. My spoilt but still adorable dog whose butt I am constantly tempted to bite.
And her paws..I love its smell.
2. Fresh high thread count cotton sheet
3. Snuggling up in my bed in the weekend mornings, knowing that I don't need to get up for another hour.
4. Reading books or magazines while soaking in lavender-scented bath
5. Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
6. Hot chocolate made of shaved Valhorna chocolate
7. Vanilla ice cream topped with hot fudge sauce and cream
8. Morning in Picadilly Circus watching people going to work.
9. Fortnum and Mason around Christmas
10. Stollen
11. Christmas in Paris
12. Tiramisu from Zafferano
13. Carrot cake from Ceci-Cela
14. Mistuko, a perfume by Guerlain
15. All the perfumes by L'Artisan Parfumeur
16. Fresh jasmine flowers
17. Smell of my mom - Sisley Eau de Campagne, I think.
18. Summer in England
19. Hot scones smeared with butter, and then topped with rasberry jam and a thick layer of clotted cream.
20. Washing my feet before going to bed. I am convinced that this helps me to sleep.
21. Marmalade
22. Apricot jam
23. Learning a new language
24. Faye Wong (王菲)...ooh...I worship thee.
25. Sipping a mug of hot chocolate on a icy morning in Paris
26. Louboutin heels
27. Clarins body oil
28. Full-body exfolation Korean style and body massage afterwards
29. Smell of freshly cut grass
30. Whipped cream on anything
31. Cheese
32. My friends. Whereever they may be.
33. Smell of wet trees
34. Thigh-crunching squat. More painful the better.
35. Karen Mok (莫文蔚)
36. Lemon tart
37. Dooly, an old Korean cartoon character.
36. Gargamel and Azrael from The Smurfs
37. Farewell My Concubine (Movie)
38. Ice tea on a hot summer's day - it must have mint leaves
39. Tamarind
40. Flaky paratha
41. Smell of old books
42. Old pictures of my parents
43. Old love songs
44. Christmas carols
45. Afternoon nap on a rainy day while listening to old love songs
46. Buttered savoy cabbage
47. Tom from Tom and Jerry
48. Pork cracklings
49. Mille feuilles from Goumard (I don't think they do it anymore)
50. Kashimiri embroidery
51. Chips (fries) with salt and vinegar
52. Gooey, sticky and sweet pecan tart
53. Thick bath robes at the hotels
54. Reading history books
55. Being home alone
56. Quiet mornings - no phone calls, no door bells
57. Macaroons from Ladurée
58. The moment when I am about to fall asleep
59. Medjool dates
60. Sandwiches from Prêt à Manger
61. Peanut butter cups, preferably frozen
62. Chocolate-covered almonds
63. Toasted marshmallow
64. Palsun, a Chinese restaurant at Shilla Hotel. I have been going there since I was little. Although the restaurant underwent a renovation, it still reminds me of my granddad. Very expensive for me to go there with my friends, so I rely on the grace of someone else's charity (like my parents and aunties and uncles) :P
65. Walking around London
66. Walking around Paris
67. The National Gallery, London
68. Klimt
69. Staying true to one's principle
70. Korean style beef jerky made by my mom
71. Ho-dduk - a Korean style panfried cake stuffed with sugar, cinamon and nuts. They are often sold on the street.
72. Topanyum, a type of Korean salt made on soil bed. It is very high in minerals. When used in food, it makes all the difference. Far superior than famed Sel de Guérande.
73. Roast turkey with stuffing
74. Kelly bags
75. Pesto
76. Bruxelles
77. Avocado
78. Passionate performers
79. Wong Kar Wai's films
80. Zhang Yi Mou's films
81. Enjoying a latte at home.
82. Korean apples
83. Having a goal in life
84. French cruller at Mister Donut
85. Brussel sprouts
86. Having butterflies in my stomach when I am about to travel
87. Korean beef bbq
88. Green orange juice I had in Lahore
89. Butter croissant
90. Good stationery
91. Being born into my family
92. CSI the TV series
93. Location of my workplace - surrounded by mountains. Very rare in Seoul
94. Having a boss who inspires me
95. Old Korean songs, like Yongpil Cho and Patti Kim
96. Creamy dip scooped up with tortilla chips
97. Pig's trotter Korean style
98. Cantonese roast meat
99. Chaat
100. Dosa
101. Having a job
102. Saffron
103. Pistachio lokums
104. Rose petal jam
105. Candied fruits from South of France
106. Grasse
107. Medieval cities in France
108. Violet petal jam
109. Botanical paintings
110. When my spoilt dog sleeps on my chest lightly snoring down my face.
111. Waterstone's
112. Thick youghurt drizzled with honey
113. Lavender
114. Patchouli
115. Thinking of what to cook for my lunch gatherings
116. Going to ballet performance
117. Pavlova
118. Fluffy pancakes
119. Hot tea
120. A good salad on a sunny day (Lots of nuts, bitter radichio, goat cheese)
121. Regular work-out session with my trainer
122. Tanya Chua (蔡健雅)
123. Smell of frangipani and monoi
124. Vanilla flower
125. Lever arch files
126. Yoon Dong-Ju (윤동주), a Korean poet who was tortured to death by Japanese in 1944,
and his beautiful, beautiful poems.
127. A Guinot facial at 122 Knightsbridge
128. Ear candling
129. Making body scrub at home
130. Chinese massage
131. Taipei
132. Hong Kong

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