Sepia Restaurant, Sydney
Hi ladies! A quick foodie post for you today! About a fornight ago the hubby and I took my sis to Sepia Restaurant to celebrate her birthday. We were a bit undecided where to go and we ended up deciding on Sepia as they do Saturday degustation. There's nothing like a loooooooong lunch! Sepia is a three hatted contemporary Japanese influenced restaurant (recently named restaurant of the year!!) which is a collaboration between seafood supplier George Costi and previous head chef at Tetsuya's Martin Benn.
Inside the restaurant! The interior and decor is rather dark for my liking but nice all the same.
Pambula Bay oysters with vinaigrette to start off with:
I didn't feel like a cocktail and they didn't have any mocktails unfortunately so I went with teas for my degustation. How cool is this teapot!
Amuse bouche of water chestnut, smoked salmon roe and crème fraiche:
Sashimi of Big Eye tuna, steamed Japanese omelette, white soy jelly, dashi onion cream, puffed buckwheat, green apple and wasabi:
Sashimi of bonito, flavours of roasted chicken, umeboshi, upland cress, green tea and nori:
Yabby, seaweed purée, ginger, shellfish and blood orange emulsion and sorrel:
Scampi, sudachi, parsley root, white miso, nori fried potato and white Linaria flowers:
Bread and butter ball:
Charcoal grilled wagyu rump, sea urchin and wasabi butter, garlic chive, sea vegetables and mustard:
Seared Mandagery Creek venison, boudin noir, chocolate crumb, macadamia nut yoghurt, blackcurrant and shichimi pepper:
Optional course of Aged Garrotxa goat chesse, sake and goat milk dumplings, celeriac cream, nashi pear and celery:
Palette cleanser of Meyer lemon and lime butter, sancho and ginger bread crumb, sheep yoghurt sorbet, fennel and olive:
Soft poached meringue, truffle ice cream, truffle and rosemary honey, hazelnut praline and malt:
"Winter Chocolate Forest" - soft chocolate, hazelnut and almond, orange and thyme cream, sour cherry sorbet, cocoa brandy jellies, green tea, licorice and chocolate twigs:
They were lovely and personalised my sister's dessert with a candle and message!
Petit fours:
All in all a lovely lunch! Service was impeccable and I'd definitely recommend celebrating a special occasion there =) Thanks for looking as always!
Inside the restaurant! The interior and decor is rather dark for my liking but nice all the same.
Pambula Bay oysters with vinaigrette to start off with:
I didn't feel like a cocktail and they didn't have any mocktails unfortunately so I went with teas for my degustation. How cool is this teapot!
Amuse bouche of water chestnut, smoked salmon roe and crème fraiche:
Sashimi of Big Eye tuna, steamed Japanese omelette, white soy jelly, dashi onion cream, puffed buckwheat, green apple and wasabi:
Sashimi of bonito, flavours of roasted chicken, umeboshi, upland cress, green tea and nori:
Yabby, seaweed purée, ginger, shellfish and blood orange emulsion and sorrel:
Scampi, sudachi, parsley root, white miso, nori fried potato and white Linaria flowers:
Bread and butter ball:
Charcoal grilled wagyu rump, sea urchin and wasabi butter, garlic chive, sea vegetables and mustard:
Seared Mandagery Creek venison, boudin noir, chocolate crumb, macadamia nut yoghurt, blackcurrant and shichimi pepper:
Optional course of Aged Garrotxa goat chesse, sake and goat milk dumplings, celeriac cream, nashi pear and celery:
Palette cleanser of Meyer lemon and lime butter, sancho and ginger bread crumb, sheep yoghurt sorbet, fennel and olive:
Soft poached meringue, truffle ice cream, truffle and rosemary honey, hazelnut praline and malt:
"Winter Chocolate Forest" - soft chocolate, hazelnut and almond, orange and thyme cream, sour cherry sorbet, cocoa brandy jellies, green tea, licorice and chocolate twigs:
They were lovely and personalised my sister's dessert with a candle and message!
Petit fours:
All in all a lovely lunch! Service was impeccable and I'd definitely recommend celebrating a special occasion there =) Thanks for looking as always!
Clinique Long Last Lipstick in Spanish Rose swatches and review
Last year I got to show you Clinique's Long Last Lipstick in Coral Runway which very quickly because my favourite coral lippie. Not only have Clinique brought back Coral Runway permanently (YIPPEE!) they also released 15 new shades!! I have one of the new shades Spanish Rose to show you today.
What they say:
"Clinique is amping up our Lipstick Line up. It's time to have fun with colour.. adds new lips in reds, pinks, beige and berry. Bright and vampy or soft and sexy we have every look for a perfect pout. Longest-wearing creamy-matte formula. Keeps its just-applied look for hours and hours. Won't feather, creep, stain, or dry out."
Spanish Rose is a beautiful pinkish rose shade. It looks quite dark in the tube but on the lips it's not as frightening for someone like me who doesn't do dark shades too often! It's housed in the signature Clinique silver ribbed casing.
Swatch:
Overall: I love the formula of the Clinique Long Last Lipsticks! They are really moisturising, apply super smoothly and lasts quite a while on me - about 6 hours and wears to a nice stain. The formula is creamy and definitely doesn't dry out or feather just like they say. Spanish Rose is a gorgeous shade and is pretty pigmented so I'd definitely recommend picking one up!
Details: Clinique Long Last Lipsticks are available at Clinqiue counters nationally, Mecca Maxima and www.clinique.com.au for $36.
Thanks for looking as always!
What they say:
Spanish Rose is a beautiful pinkish rose shade. It looks quite dark in the tube but on the lips it's not as frightening for someone like me who doesn't do dark shades too often! It's housed in the signature Clinique silver ribbed casing.
Swatch:
Overall: I love the formula of the Clinique Long Last Lipsticks! They are really moisturising, apply super smoothly and lasts quite a while on me - about 6 hours and wears to a nice stain. The formula is creamy and definitely doesn't dry out or feather just like they say. Spanish Rose is a gorgeous shade and is pretty pigmented so I'd definitely recommend picking one up!
Details: Clinique Long Last Lipsticks are available at Clinqiue counters nationally, Mecca Maxima and www.clinique.com.au for $36.
Thanks for looking as always!
The product featured in this post was provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
Bloom Miss Connie I
Bloom Cosmetics recently had a 50% off sale so I took the opportunity to grab a few polishes naturally! I bought a few for gifts and bought 2 for myself which included a full size bottle of my HG nude Toni (swatched here!) and the gorgeous Miss Connie I which is a collaboration shade with Miss Connie from Aussie band Sneaky Sound System. I've been trying to build up my blue and green polish stash so I couldn't pass up this stunning bright blue!!
Miss Connie I is a bright pop art blue creme. HOW FREAKING BEAUTIFUL IS IT!!!!!!!! It's super pigmented and dries super glossy. The Bloom brushes are great to use too! Love love LOVE. You can get away with 2 coats however I had to do a thin 3rd coat because I dented my index finger and couldn't bothered to redo it lol. It was hard to capture the shade properly because my camera just wouldn't play nicely so I've had to tweak the colours to make them accurate.
Close up:
Details: Bloom Miss Connie I is available from www.bloomcosmetics.com for $19.95. If you love blue polishes I suggest you get Miss Connie I NOW. Thanks for looking as always! =)
Miss Connie I is a bright pop art blue creme. HOW FREAKING BEAUTIFUL IS IT!!!!!!!! It's super pigmented and dries super glossy. The Bloom brushes are great to use too! Love love LOVE. You can get away with 2 coats however I had to do a thin 3rd coat because I dented my index finger and couldn't bothered to redo it lol. It was hard to capture the shade properly because my camera just wouldn't play nicely so I've had to tweak the colours to make them accurate.
Close up:
Details: Bloom Miss Connie I is available from www.bloomcosmetics.com for $19.95. If you love blue polishes I suggest you get Miss Connie I NOW. Thanks for looking as always! =)
Lynnderella Crocus Pocus
Another day, another beautiful Lynnderella for you! Today I have Crocus Pocus which is a must have if you love purple polish as much as I do!
Crocus Pocus is made up of different sized periwinkle, lavender, white, neon purple and blue glitters in a lavender-blue shimmered base. It also contains cute silver stars and half moons!
I used 3 coats over 2 coats of Kester Black French Lavender and topped it with a coat of Seche Vite. A gorgeous combo if I do say so myself! It applied evenly but I had to use 3 coats as I found it a bit tricky to get the larger glitters on the nail. I couldn't get any stars out of the bottle unfortunately. Will have to do some fishing for them next time I use it!
Close up:
Details: Lynnderella polishes can be purchased from Glitter Connect for $24.95 for Aussie ladies (make sure you check out the Glitter Connect Facebook page for the latest Lynnderella updates!), Lynnderella.com for US ladies and Norway Nails for European ladies.
You can check out my other Lynnderella swatches here. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend! Thanks for looking as always =)
Crocus Pocus is made up of different sized periwinkle, lavender, white, neon purple and blue glitters in a lavender-blue shimmered base. It also contains cute silver stars and half moons!
I used 3 coats over 2 coats of Kester Black French Lavender and topped it with a coat of Seche Vite. A gorgeous combo if I do say so myself! It applied evenly but I had to use 3 coats as I found it a bit tricky to get the larger glitters on the nail. I couldn't get any stars out of the bottle unfortunately. Will have to do some fishing for them next time I use it!
Close up:
Details: Lynnderella polishes can be purchased from Glitter Connect for $24.95 for Aussie ladies (make sure you check out the Glitter Connect Facebook page for the latest Lynnderella updates!), Lynnderella.com for US ladies and Norway Nails for European ladies.
You can check out my other Lynnderella swatches here. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend! Thanks for looking as always =)
The products featured in this post was provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
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