Food - Woo (Yonge/Dundas)

A few weekends ago, my boyfriend and I tried out an All You Can Eat restaurant. We had bought a groupon/teambuy where it was $12 for $24 (meaning, 1 ticket = 2 people for lunch or 1 ticket = 1 person for dinner)

It was not bad I guess, we paid taxes and tips on top of our tickets. Our waitress was really nice, she often came to great us, but after awhile it got ... repetitive. We sat down for 20 minutes, and she already came to ask us "how is everything" three times! I guess that's her job, but man, I havent even taken a bite of my first plate yet !!

Location: 10 Dundas St. E / Suite 500 / Toronto, Canada (It's in the building of Adidas/Future Shop)
Website: http://www.woorestaurantlounge.com/
Price: $20.95 weekday dinner / $23.95 weekend dinner

Here is the drink menu, it's cute how they wrote "Woo"

















The decor was cute! there were mirrors as the ceiling, it was fun to take pictures. But it was a bit creepy, because I can see other people and what they're eating. (and for the girls, dont wear shirts that are too low!!) We got a window seat which I was really happy about.

















The ceiling of the normal restaurant.  It looked really nice, very artistic. There were wine glass walls that were lit up. It was cool! My boyfriend and I came to the conclusion that it's a lounge at night.













This is all the sushi that looked appealing to me. (The food was a buffet style, where you go up to get the food. Maybe it was just me, but there wasnt much selection) There was seaweed,crab meat, salmon (which was NOT fresh at all -- tasted funny), bean sprouts (tasted horrible), and sushi roll which was okay. I would NOT come back to eat their sushi/sashimi.

Sorry, but I was too busy eating (hehe) to take pictures of my food, but here's a dish of the food I really liked. Black bean beef and some sort of chicken.
(Food not pictured that I can remember: Fried rice, wonton soup, kimchi, steamed buns, a few soups -- sweet/sour) Oh man, I few so bad that I cant remember what else there was.

Forgive me, there was actually more food than I had taken pictures of. There were 3 buffet tables of cooked food, one round table of small flavourings (Kimchi), one table of sushi and a little bar area of sashimi, and one table of desserts.













Now, my FAVOURITE part of buffets/all you can eats... ICECREAM!!! I love the desserts of every buffet. This buffet however, only had 8 types of ice cream, one look disgusting like it melted, was frozen, and then someone tried to see if it was frozen yet, but it wasnt -- it just looked gross. Other than that, there was mint, mango,papaya, vanilla, chocolate, orange, strawberry and green tea.(if I remember correctly)
But, this was a disappointing dessert. There were only two different (tiny) cakes, and maybe a few colours/flavours of jelly. 













Now I dont usually do this, but I felt bad for eating so much, so I got some fruit. Well ... one fruit. watermelon! But it was weird, either because it was under those lights (at the buffet) or my plate was hot. I was eating ... a hot watermelon. Yuck! A word of advice, never eat watermelon warm!!!!!

















And now, probably the best part of Woo (besides the ice cream) -- The VIEW!
Lucky for us, we got sat by the window which overlooked the yonge/dundas square. We actually just happened to be there that day, during the weekend long "NXNE". Which, after a few search terms with our phones, we found out that it is a "large festival dedicated to new and upcoming music" which was pretty cool. Since the MMVAs were down the street!













So ... my thoughts on Woo:


Revisit? I think I would revisit, if I am looking for a nice place to hang out and snack on food. Or, if I'm checking out the lounge at night.

Essie -- Too Too Hot (Brazilliant)

I borrowed my friend's essie in Too Too Hot from the Brazilliant collection.
I put on three coats, and got this cherry tomato red. I think it's cute, but a bit bold for me.
The application was a bit messy, and after the first day of wearing it, there were signs of minor (very minute) chipping. 

Mmm, I'm not liking this as much as Smooth Sailing.
But, here is the picture:

Price: $8.95
Store: Trade Secrets

Versace for H&M -- Fall 2011

Just heard news from H&M on Twitter, Versace will be doing a collab with them! (#versaceforhm) 

I am super excited!! Can't wait to check out the collection.

According to Sassy Bella "The first Versace for H&M collection will be the Autumn 2011 collection set to drop on November 17, 2011, while a pre-spring collection will drop in countries with H&M online sales on January 19th, 2012." (http://www.sassybella.com/2011/06/versace-for-hm/)

Here's the video:

Food - Joey's (Shops @ Don Mills)

My boyfriend and I went to Joey at Shops at Don Mills for lunch.(His idea)

Website: http://www.joeyrestaurants.com/location/don-mills
Location:15 O’Neill Rd - 1090 Don Mills Road (At Lawrence Avenue East)
Toronto - Don Mills | ON | M3C 0H2 Phone: 416.445.6391

We had a pretty good time, the waitress and the manager came by many times to ask us if everything was going well. We went at lunch so there weren't too many people there. I didn't know too much about Joey, because, well... reservations were super hard to get, and I wanted to go there with a lot of friends. But apparently, their signature dishes are: Ahi Tuna Taco, Lobster Grilled Cheese, Bombay Buttered Chicken and Panang Prawn Curry Bowl. (Which we didn't know, so we didn't order them -- keep reading to see what we ate!)

First came the water ( I took a picture because my water was much cooler than my boyfriend's even though it came at the same time, and probably the same jug!)

Then we had our appetizers: Calamari w/ asparagus and onions.
It was pretty good! At first I thought the asparagus were beans, silly me.  And anyone who knows me, knows that I am super duper picky with my food, but I actually tried that orange-ish sauce on the side, and I liked it!

I had the 7oz steak with frites (I pronounced them wrong, and the waitress corrected me, and I felt silly once again...) Oh, and I wanted to eat my veges, so when I tried to eat the spinach, I actually ate arugula, and oh man, was that a mistake! But, doesn't it look so tasty?! (LOL for having steak for lunch!)

My boyfriend had the Lobster Ravioli. And boy, was that good.
It looks like a small portion, but it was actually really filling!

The washrooms were gorgeous!(Don't worry, I waited until everyone was out before I took the picture)
They came with Dyson hand dryers AND an elevator that takes you to where the washrooms are! But if you took the stairs (which non-lazy people did) you would have been greated with a beautiful chandelier (forgive the quality for this, it was taken with my BB)

Well, that's all I have to say for Joey Restaurants. I know they're opening one at Eaton Center (soon?) It was a really nice environment, and the people were really nice. The food was amazing, and the prices are what you'd expect them to be.

Price: $56 + tax/tips (for two -- which is quite expensive for lunch)
Place: Joey Restaurant ( @ shops at don mills)
Thoughts: I would go here again! I hope they'd let me bring my group of 12 for my birthday dinner

<3 A

Essie -- Smooth Sailing

When I went to the grand opening of Sephora in Waterloo (post coming up soon)  there was a Trade Secrets in the mall, and since they were having their "Buy One, Get One 50% off" sale, I decided to check it out.
Now, I have read and heard tons of reviews about Essie's new "Brazilliant" collection, and I couldnt find it in any of the Trade Secrets near by, so when I saw it at the mall I was at, I HAD to pick some out.

I wish I bought the whole collection, but the bright reds and oranges were way too bright to look good on my skin, or maybe they were too bold for me. So I got Smooth Sailing, and my friend got Too Too Hot.

This is what it looks like on my nails, I would say that this is the true colour.
Essie - Smooth Sailing -- two coats.

I absolutely loved this one, it's a gorgeous blue with tons and tons of sparkles!
And from afar, it looks like denim! How AWESOME is that?!?
The application was wonderful, much better than my (probably didn't close properly) Essie's Mint Candy Apple (which was a pain to put on). It was nice and easy, and smooth!

Price: $8.95
Store: Trade Secrets (I believe it's only available to Trade Secrets)
Additional Thoughts: I love this, and might even buy a back up

Shoes -- Hunter boots !

I am super excited! I got these in the mail recently, and I cant wait to wear them.
Finally, I can go to school without getting my feet wet!

I have been debating for awhile if I should get Tretorns or Hunters or Burberry rainboots, or Tokidoki if they are ever available again. But when I got that email from Neimanmarcus about their sale, I looked at shoes (I love shoes) and saw these babies.

Now, I dont know too much about Hunters, and I dont know much about the colour availability or design or anything, but when I saw these I am pretty sure they dont sell this in Canada (or at least not that I've seen.)

These boots are pretty tall, a bit hard to wear with sweat pants, but why would you even need to wear rainboots with sweat pants? With leggings and bare leg it's good though.

I got these boots at neimanmarcus if I havent said so already, there were four colours, white, pink, and purple that were at this price range (Bergdorf  Goodman is also selling these) and if you are iffy about having it shipped from the states, browns shoes is also having a sale on Hunters. They have it in the colour, black, green, yellow and blue (I believe) and at the price of $99 + shipping.


All in all, I like these boots, I feel special and my feet dont get wet when it rains!

Price: $83 + tax + shipping
Colour: Duck egg
Store: Neimanmarcus.com

Sally Hansen - Colour Quick nail polish pen

This is the Sally Hansen - Color Quick (Fast Dry) nail polish pen.
I bought it because it was on sale (only a dollar off) and I was buying something anyways.

After seeing chrome/holographic coloured nail polish, I really wanted to try out one. So I bought this.
I got home, and tried it on, and yes, it did what it said it would.
It dried super duper fast, perhaps the fastest drying polish I've ever used, BUT.
... BUT, it was NOT the colour that the box had claimed. Instead it was just a normal silver, it wasn't even shiny or anything, just ... a normal ... silver.

Sorry, but I didnt take pictures because I was super disappointed with this.
So I dont recommend this product at all.

Price: $5.97
Store: Walmart

Smore's donut @ Tim Hortons (short food blab)

Yesterday, I tried out this new "summer" donut from Tim Hortons.
It was the Smore's donut (80cents)

It was a regular chocolate donut (donut dipped in chocolate) with marshmallows, granola bits and chocolate pieces.

The marshmallows were softer than I thought they were (I expected them to be hard like in cereal)
I didn't like the granola too much but I could live with it.

All in all, it was alright not as good as the triple chocolate donut they had two years ago.
I am still dreaming of the day when it comes back.

Ahh, first post.

There is so much to write about.
I have so many blogs. I worked hard on them, but after awhile I stopped.
I'm not sure what the reason is, but I will definitely work on this one. (I promise)

I think I will be posting my shopping hauls, reviews, and random daily things !
I'm so excited!

A few things about myself,
I love to do my nails, I'm really rough with them or I get bored of them. So every week I will probably be updating about nails, nail polish, nail designs, new upcoming nail products!

I love to shop! Who doesn't love a good deal?
I will probably post about awesome deals (like Barney's sale, or Neimanmarcus.com, or Net-A-Porter.com sales!) It's super awesome, so many good deals!
From Marc Jacobs, to Jimmy Choos, to Louboutins, to Lanvin to anything you could possibily want!!
Sadly, I am on a student budget ... so, those designers won't be in my hauls anytime soon. Unless, maybe I do super duper well on a term, or I get a super awesome co-op job (wish me luck!)

Lastly, I love to eat.
My boyfriend and I super-duper-love-to-eat. Even though I'm super picky, we go out to eat a lot of random things. From burgers to pizza, to oysters to sushi. We go all around Toronto trying out new foods and new restaurants.

see you next time <3