Auntie Li-Ming's 60th

Yesterday afternoon we went to Tai Pan restaurant for Auntie Li-Ming's 60th Birthday meal. (Why they decided to have a photo after the meal & the table's a mess I have no idea.)

Lobster starter

3 meats - crispy belly pork, char siu & duck

(from right anti clock wise) Sea bass. Ho fun noodles with beef & beansprouts. Crispy tofu, aubergine. Ho fun with seafood - scallops, fish balls, squid, veg. White fish in like batter. Veg with chicken. Scallops, asparagus, mushrooms, mange tout, lettuce - not sure what the actual thing is that's holding all the food in but it's edible with a sauce I didn't try. In the middle chilli beef.

Family are used to the food photo shoot before you're allowed to eat or touch the food now. Most of the food had similar stuff in it - like the veg with seafood. The food was nice was so full after it a didn't end up having dinner in the evening but the food was cold. 

 Little Lucas!

Dress - Zara Kids

Boots - Zara

Happy Birthday Auntie Li-Ming!

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All food photos were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone.

War Horse

Last night I went to see War Horse in the Liverpool Empire Theatre with Danielle. I've not been to the theatre in over 3 years. The last thing I went to see was The Lion King back in 2014 just before I went to Florida. It was a like a proper date night we went for pizza in Crust then to see War Horse. We wanted to go to Vincent Kitchen but it's still closed from the other month when the place next door Elif had a fire. Both of them were shut but it's still not open but Elif is. We were going to go to Souk but it was dead and couldn't be the only people in there so ended up in Crust again. It was completely packed with no empty tables!

We got the Rustica - Tomato, fior di latte mozzarella, spinach, mixed pepper, aubergine, mushroom, courgette and added chicken as it was a veggie pizza. It was really nice and not too greasy which I hate about take out pizzas. We got the sweet potato wedges too.

The Christmas markets this year are outside St George's hall. They don't look that good but the back drop does look good. It's a bit of a strange place to be considering they're usually right in the middle of town. I wouldn't go out my way to go to them and unless you were down that end of town or get the train from Lime Street it's not somewhere in town you'd be. We didn't have time to go there as we did forget that they we there!

We got to the Empire for 7 the show started a bit late at 7:35 and finished after 10. It was quite empty in the middle. We had seats in the lower circle left of the stage right to the side which had a restricted view but wasn't actually that bad. There was just no leg room at all. My legs were aching throughout the first half and I just couldn't sit still. Danielle ended up swapping seats with me after the interval as she had the seat right on the end in the inside so there was more leg room. Also the people in front left so I could stretch my legs out over the seats in front. The seats were also really creaky! 

 It started off quite slow and wasn't feeling the first half. The second part was definitely better but I was so tired I was actually falling asleep not because I didn't like it or that it was boring it was just so dark. The story didn't go how I thought it was going too. It's about a horse - Joey that gets bought by a family. Albert the boy who owns the horse bonds with him but his dad ends up selling him to the army so he gets sent to war. Albert misses Joey so much he ends up joining the army even though he;s too young to be reunited with Joey. It was sad at the end and I nearly cried but just about held back the tears! 

The movement of the animals is actually amazing especially the horses. They look so realistic. The sound effects of gun shots were definitely too loud though. The poor girl next to us jumped every single time and spilt her drink so ended up giving it to her boyfriend to hold!

It wasn't as good as people made out or what I thought sadly. I definitely wouldn't see it again and unsure about actually recommending it. Luckily we got our tickets for £18 did nearly end up paying £29.50 for them but so glad we didn't as it wasn't worth that!

I do like going to the theatre and used to go all the time when I did drama. They just need to sort out the leg room situation as that's probably the only time I'm glad I'm not actually 6 foot tall!

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Lunch Date

Cute little lunch date with Kelly to Panam at the Albert Dock. Went all out with a 3 course meal. I can't hack that much food I'm used to having just the 1 course. Didn't even have dinner when I come home I was that full but it was a super late lunch we didn't eat till about 3ish. 

For our starter we both ordered the Sticky BBQ ribs with roast potato and jalapeno salad. The ribs were nice got quite a lot of meat - definitely wouldn't get ribs if I was on a proper first date! Didn't really take notice of the jalapeno and ate the potato and was like there's a kick!

Kelly got the beef roast

I got the chicken roast - with the smallest bit of chicken

Kelly got the brownie

I got the white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake with coconut ice cream

The lighting was awful in there to take photos of food! The food was good could have done with a bit more gravy or pour your own gravy for the roast. The Yorkshire pudding doesn't look appetising at all but it was nice!

I don't even like cheesecake but went all out and just got it. I did have the ice cream though!  It was £14.95 for 2 courses and £18.95 for 3 so might as well go all 3! Love a little lunch or dinner date as you can tell!

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Dia + Noche

Date night with Holly last night. We went to a new place called Dia + Noche which is the new place that's replaced Miyagi on Bold Street. It's a new Spanish tapas restaurant and bar which is being run by the same people. They just opened and were finalising the menu as we were there. They were offering the first drink and tapas on the house.

We got asked if we liked red wine and sherry as they were testing them out. I sadly don't like either but luckily Holly does and was willing to be a guinea pig. I'm very fussy when it comes to drinking so I was struggling to find a cocktail I was going to like. I tried one that had orange vodka with a load of different juices in which was alright - a bit strong for me. Then I got to try the one with pineapple rum that was also with a load of juices in it which I liked more and managed to drink half of. I was bright red and was definitely tipsy getting the bus home!

The interior's really nice. I never went when it was Miyagi but Holly did and said it's pretty much still the same. 

Tuna sashimi

Bell peppers

Buckwheat salad with grapefruit, orange, sea bass, broccoli, almonds, fennel and pomegranate.

King prawns

The food was nice but I didn't think it was anything special. 

As we didn't get anything that was properly filling I think that was the reason I was feeling tipsy - pretty much drinking on an empty stomach. 

We had a nice night and liked the experience. The staff were all really friendly and the bar staff were trying really hard to find me a cocktail I was going to like and ended up getting both of them free when we were only suppose to have the 1 and I couldn't even finish either. I drank half of each. The breakfast and lunch menu looks good and we're going to go back to try it at some point. 

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