Celsius Coffee Co - The Best Place for Having Breakfast in Sydney

Hey all!
If you're looking at my Instagram feed lately, you'd see it's full with my pictures (with my family) while we were on vacation in Sydney. Yup, it was last month, and I still remember our happiness at that moment. I really miss their summer weather at night and I also miss our culinary journey. Just liked a starving peoples, we never stopped eating and drinking because everything so delicious. We stopped in almost every coffee shops, bakery, and even at the bubble tea shops. To be honest, the reason why I love food in Sydney is not just because of the good taste, but also because of their ingredients are very healthy. You can see how Australian serve tasty yet healthy food from their breakfast dishes. Australian peoples always serve a plate full of healthy ingredients with a good taste for breakfast. Sorry to say this, but it was totally different with our daily breakfast which mostly Indonesian food that full of unhealthy carbs (read : rice).

A healthy breakfast

Since I know Australia very well known for their breakfast (or usually called brekkie) menu, I was looking for the best place for having breakfast in Sydney. I found several answers and I was trying to visit them every morning. However, there's one place that I think it's the best place for having breakfast in Sydney. It's Celsius Coffee Co.

Kirribilli Wharf, Sydney

Celsius Coffee Co is a very popular place for having breakfast in Sydney. It's located at Kirribilli Commuter Terminal Wharf, which could be reached easily by taking ferry from Circular Quay. Looking at the picture above you must be think this place was overrated because of its location. "A beautiful harbour view, with ordinary taste yet expensive food" - it must be something that you think about this place. Well, I'd confessed that I also thought like that at the first time. But it's all changed after I had a breakfast there.

The crowd at Celsius Coffee Co

At the weekdays, Celsius Coffee Co open at 7.30AM, while at the weekend they open at 8AM. We arrived at 8.30AM at the weekend, and we waited for around 30 minutes to get a table. Actually at that time it's not too crowded. However, since their place was just on the ferry wharf, so they have a limited tables and we needed to take turn with other customers. FYI, reservation is not accepted here. So you need to come earlier if you don't want to wait too long.

Delicious pastry at Celsius Coffee Co

While waiting for the table, we bought some croissants that they sell. The price was slightly cheaper than other pastry shops in Sydney. But it taste so delicious. Not just croissants, they also sell doughnuts which looks yumm.

Callebaut Hot Chocolate - $5,5 & Chai Latte - $5,5

I looked at the menu and realized they don't have a lot of variant for their food. They only serve some simple breakfast dishes, but all of them sounds tasty. We ordered a plate of savory food and a plate of sweet dishes to share, not forgetting a cup of chai latte and a cup of hot chocolate because the temparature was getting lower at that time.

Celsius Breakfast - $19
Let's talk about the savory dish that we ordered. Celsius Breakfast is the most complete breakfast dishes at this cafe. This menu comes with a toast, sauteed mushrooms, avocado, jamon, and eggs. You can choose whether the eggs want to be fried or poached. But I prefer the poached eggs for breakfast. This simple yet healthy dish taste very good. It's not blend and seasoned perfectly. I love the mushroom & jamon very much.

Celsius Waffle at Celsius Coffee Co

Celsius Waffle - $19
Next is the sweet dish. As you can see, the presentation of this food was really outstanding. A round shaped waffle with colorful berries on top, makes it looks beautiful. But not just the presentation, it also has a very delicious taste - especially the peanut butter cream. It has a very unique taste which I never found anywhere.

I love all of their dishes, and no wonder Celsius Coffee Co always has a place in every lists that talked about the best place for having breakfast in Sydney. Anyway, if you want a simple breakfast, you can create your own like Ivan did.

A simple breakfast at Celsius Coffee Co : sourdough toast, poached egg, and jamon

Celsius Coffee Co
Address : Commuter Wharf, Holbrook Ave, Kirribilli NSW 2061, Australia
Phone : +61 2 9922 2245
Opening Hours : Mon - Fri : 07.30AM - 02.30PM & Sat - Sun : 8AM - 3PM
Website : http://www.celsiuscoffeeco.com.au

Exfoliate & hydrate at the same time with Ole Henriksen Lemon Facial Peel

Ole Henriksen Instant Transformation Lemon Facial Peel

Hola.. 

This time I have a very very great news for you, who have a dry skin type. So, I just found a new skincare product, which can exfoliate and hydrate your skin at the same time. WOW!! I know, it sounds amazing right?? The product that I was talking about is Instant Transformation Lemon Facial Peel by Ole Henriksen.

This brand might be not familiar for you, unless you're a skincare addict which have a good knowledge about all skincare brands. I also never heard about this brand before, until I went to Canada last summer, and visited Sephora stores. Ole Henriksen doesn't have many variant for its products, but all products that they have looks promising. I started to googling about their bestseller products and also the reviews. I found several products from Ole Henriksen that really works for some peoples, and decided to give them a try. One of them is this facial peel, which promising for brightening effect.

Clear gel texture of Ole Henriksen Lemon Facial Peel

Ole Henriksen Lemon Facial Peel comes with a clear gel texture, and I could find a very strong smell of lemon in it. This facial peel also comes with a round brush, that can be used to spread this gel on your face. To give a brightening effect, it used glycolic and lactic acids (AHAs) which are good to resurface skin texture and skin tone as well. Not just for brightening, this facial peel also can be used to reduce fine lines and wrinkle which I really need right now.

How to use?
Take an enough amount of the facial peel with brush. Apply it on your face that has been cleaned and let it create a thin layer on it. Wait for 10 minutes. At this time your skin will start to tingle, but that's fine. It's just an indication that the formula is getting to work. After 10 minutes, clean with lukewarm water.

After do all of those simple steps, you'll feel an instant transformation on your face. Your skin become very smooth and also looks brighten. At this moment, I like to keep touching my face because it feels very clean, but it's not dry at all.

To be honest, I barely buy an exfoliating producs because usually it will make my skin get drier. However, since I always tempted with brightening products, I decided to try this and I was really surprised with the result. Unlike other peeling products which mostly cause a redness, tight skin, and even a flaky skin, this Ole Henriksen lemon facial peel is very hydrating.

Anyway, even though this facial peel can be used for hydrating, but you still need a moisturizer after peeling. And don't forget to follow with sunscreen in the morning. Because this product contains Alpha Hydroxil Acid (AHA) which can increase your skin's sensitivity with sun, and also there's a possibility it cause a sunburn. To reduce this effect, I use this facial peel only once a week, and I just use it at night. But I still use SPF every morning to protect my skin from the sun light.

Overall, I just want to say this Ole Henriksen Lemon Facial Peel is a must have item for everyone, especially if you have a dry skin type. I'd said that it's the first product which can be used to exfoliate and hydrate at the same time that I found, and I like, and I will always repurchase it.

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask [Lavender]

Hi all.. Still talking about beauty, this time I gonna write about the new version of Laneige Water Sleeping Pack which comes in lavender. Before I continue, I think all of you must be already know about the benefit of this bestseller product from Laneige. However if you don't know, you can read my blog post about the original version of Laneige Water Sleeping pack in here. FYI, I've used this sleeping pack for years, and it still be one of my favorite skincare.

Since I've written the detail about this product, this time I just want to compare the difference between the original version with the new variant - lavender. All of us must be think the difference only at the fragrance. And that's not wrong. They both have the same function. However, beside the fragrance, they also have a little bit difference in phisically.

1. The jar's color
Since the new variant comes in lavender, Laneige produce this new variant in jar with purple color. It looks different with other Laneige product which usually dominant with blue color. Yet it looks beautiful and makes me want to buy it and put on my skincare shelf.

2. The cream's color
Well, this point was little bit surprising me. Since the original version comes in blue jar and it has a light blue color for the cream, I was expecting the lavender variant also comes in purple color. But it's not. Unpredictably, the cream comes in transparant - white color. However, it has the same texture with the original version, which is very good to hydrate your skin.

3. The spatula / spoon
This different might be not so important. But I just love the way Laneige change their product. When the "old" products just use a simple flat white spatula, the new one use a very small and cute transparant plastic spoon.

Old spatula

The new small spoon as an applicator. Can you spot the "Laneige" emboss on it?

4. The fragrance
Just like I wrote above, they have different fragrance. I knew it gonna comes in lavender smell. But at the first time, I thought they'd come in a very strong smell of lavender, like a smell that usually found at natural lavender products. Well, I was wrong. It has a very soft lavender smell, which is very good for relaxing your mind during sleep time. The smell is very different like I thought, and I love it so much.

Laneige Special Set at Kingpower - Suvarnabhumi Airport

About the price, I'm not sure whether it's more expensive than the original version. Because I got this sleeping pack in a special set that I bought at Suvarnabhumi Airport. If you asked me which one do I like more, I think I prefer the lavender. It's not because I don't like the smell of the original version. But it's because I felt a little bit bored with that fragrance after use it for years. Curious with this lovely lavender smell?? Just try it by yourself and tell me whether you like it or not.

Honest Review of Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum & Premier Cru The Eye Cream

Review of Caudalie Vinoperfect  Radiance Serum and Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream

Hi beauties, back again with an update about beauty from me. This time I gonna write a review about 2 products that I just finished from Caudalie. It's Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum and Premier Cru The Eye Cream. Well, first time I knew about Caudalie was from its bestseller product, Beauty Elixir. However, I don't like its smell so I just skipped it. Not long after that, I read a beauty blogger wrote a review about Premier Cru The Eye Cream. She said that it had a highlight effect and could reduce dark circles around her eyes. Since I have a problem with dark circles, and my last eye cream didn't work for it, so I decided to try this eye cream.

At the first look, I'd admit that I fell in love with its packaging. It's simple yet elegant. It also had no strong smell (like at Beauty Elixir), and I like it. The texture itself not light, but it also not too thick. This texture makes it easy to absorbed. This eye cream worked really well at its place, by not ruin my eye make up.

The texture of Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream. Not light but also not too thick.

I just started to love Caudalie brand, especially after I saw Vinoperfect Radiance Serum. This serum was really recommended as the first serum that could reduce appearance of black spot (freckles). If you don't know, I've being "friends" with freckles since I was 10 years old. I've tried many skincare to reduce the freckles, but they're all didn't work. Read its promising words, I tried to use it few months ago.

The texture of the serum is lighter than the eye cream. When I put them together, the serum could drop down easily.

Like other serum, Vinoperfect Radiance Serum has a very light texture, and even it's lighter than the eye cream. Everyday, I used 4 drops of it on forehead, cheeks, and nose. It might sounds too little for you, but it's the right amount for my face. Just like I was expecting, this serum absorbed really fast and didn't make my skin feels greasy. To get the best results, I applied this serum every morning and night after use SK II Facial Treatment Essence.

4 drops of Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum every single use.

As I was saying at the first, I just finished both of these products. And........... Here's the result:

1. Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream
Hmm... Hard to answer this. Because during the usage of the eye cream, I also use other products for loosing the dark circles such as Laneige Eye Sleeping Mask and Heimish Bulgarian Rosewater Hydrogel Eye Patch - which I could feel the benefits right after using it. But if I compare the dark circles under my eyes before and after the usage of Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream, I saw that the dark circles started to fading. (P.S : Sorry I forget to take photos for before after)

However, I would like to tell you that this eye cream can't handle the appearance of wrinkles. If you ever read my post about SKII Stempower Eye Cream, you'd know that eye cream really works to reduce the wrinkles around my eyes. But I "moved" to eye cream from Caudalie because I want to loose the dark circles. As you can see, those eye creams can't work for loosing wrinkles and dark circles at the same time. Will I repurchase this eye cream?? Of course not!! I just found another eye cream, with a good review, and it promises can handle all eyes' problem including eyebag, wrinkles, and dark circles. Keep reading my blog and follow @talkinboutbeauty on instagram, to get an update about the new eye cream that I gonna use.

2. Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum
Next, the serum. Honestly, I love this serum so much. It has a very light texture, and also it has a light and smells good fragrance. It also makes my skin keep hydrated, because it absorbed really fast on my skin, and it works inside it. However, I didn't see any benefit for my freckles, which is the main reason why I chose this serum.

I understand that a usage of 1 bottle might not enough to show the benefit. But at this time, I really concern about the wrinkles and fine lines which suddenly appear on my face. I don't know how could this happened. I mean, I just 27 years old, and I still use SKII FTE which I've felt the benefit to reduce the fine lines on my face. This condition made me looking for other serum that works focusly to reduce the wrinkles, because I want those wrinkles gone, ASAP!!! Therefore, I decided to not continue using Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum for a while, and replace it with anti aging serum until all the wrinkles and fine lines are gone.

DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR ANTI AGING SERUM THAT REALLY WORKS TO REDUCE THE APPEARANCE OF WRINKLES?? IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE WRITE IT ON THE COMMENT BELOW..... I'D BE THANKFUL FOR THAT :)

Congratulate Myself for the First Video on Youtube

Looking for a new bag at Gucci

Hi all! How are you doing??
Today is Chinese New Year's Eve and if you celebrate it, today must be your busy day. Buy new clothes, get a hair cut, prepare for family dinner, all of those things will keep you busy until tomorrow, you'll do an excited thing - collect hong bao. Well, I also have same things to do. But in the midst of my busy day, I just did something that maybe I think you gonna like it. That thing is :

"UPLOAD THE FIRST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE"

You might be think that I want to change my job become a vlogger. But it's not. There are many reasons why I started to make a vlog. First, I made this video for fun, and as a memory of our traveling journey. For these past few years, my family and I had a lot of trip and we want to create good memories of them. Another video will uploaded soon, and make sure you subscribe on my Youtube channel. 

Does this Gucci belt bag lookin' good on me?

The next reason was because of Aurelia (my daughter). It's been a while since she talked to me that she want to have a Youtube channel. If you know me, personally, you'll know that I'm not a creative person. I can't make a good content for a video. But few days ago, I just opened my files and found some short videos that recorded with my camera (Sony A6000) when we're having a staycation at Anantara Uluwatu, Bali. It was last year, and we had this staycation as a present for Aurelia's 8th birthday. Tomorrow, is Aurelia gonna be turn 9th, and that's the reason why I made this video - as a birthday present for my daughter.

The last reason, I decided to make a vlog to support my blog content. So my Youtube channel is not just about my travel journey. Instead, I also gonna make videos about beauty, food, and other things that happened in my life (which usually I just write it on my blog). If you have a request for me, you can write on the comment below. I really appreciate it and I'll try my best to make the video.

At the end, I just want to congratulate myself for this video. It might not as perfect as other vlogger's video. But hey, it's just the beginning and I still learn of it. I don't know how it's going, but as I always say, "I'll never stop to learn new things - for a better life."