Ray's Sushi @ Hayward

週年慶當晚, 我們去了吃壽司.
這家餐廳原本之前在GPS上已經找到, 不過沒去過, 但朋友說很不錯, 然後我上網查了一下, 果真網上對於它的食物評價不賴哦, 所以就決定試試看~

On the night of our anniversary, we went for sushi.
We have found this restaurant through GPS before, but never try it, friend did had a good comment on it, then after I searched online, for sure it has a good review on their food, so we definitely will try it~

Ray's Sushi

http://www.yelp.com/biz/rays-sushi-hayward

網上評價也說他們常爆滿, 而且服務有時不太好, 所以我們有了心理建設, 只是打算轉注在食物上就可以了. 可是那天我們到達已經晚上8點多的高峰時段, 竟然讓我們幸運的一到就有位子, 但是接下來就看到許多人在排隊等候了. 當晚我們體驗到的服務也不錯啊, 網友投訴的不裝茶水的問題也沒有發生在我們身上~

According to online review, this restaurant always full, and the service are not that good, so we had this in mind, and planned only to focus on the food and not the service. However, when we reached there after 8pm, which was supposed to be the peak hour, we were lucky to have a seat right after we arrived, but not so for those who came after us. The services we had were not bad that night, the complaint on not getting water/tea did not happened on us~

這裡最棒的, 就是超大份量! 不管是壽司卷還是生魚片, 都是材料十足. 價格和其他日本餐廳差不多, 可是搭上這種份量就很划算了, 尤其生魚片的厚度, 幾乎就是別家餐廳的兩倍嘛!

The best thing about here is, the portion! No matter is sushi roll or sashimi, the quantity of material is so full. Although the price is quite similar to other Japanese restaurant, it is definitely very cost-effective if pair with this portion, especially the sashimi, almost double the size of other restaurants!

我們點了五道 - Assorted Sashimi (小), Lion King Roll, Dynamite Roll, Tuna Tataki, Salmon Skin Handroll
We orderd five dishes - Assorted Sashimi (small), Lion King Roll, Dynamite Roll, Tuna Tataki, Salmon Skin Handroll

Assorted Sashimi


非常厚的生魚片, 很新鮮好吃~
Super thick sashimi, very fresh and delicious~

Lion King Roll & Dynamite Roll


Lion King Roll是招牌菜之一, 它其實是California Roll外面一層厚厚的烤三文魚和美乃芝醬, 我最愛這!
Lion King Roll is one of the famous dish in the restaurant, actually it is California Roll wrapped with a thick grill salmon and mayonnaise sauce, I love this the most!

Dynamite Roll是老公最愛, 因為他喜歡spicy tuna, 這可真的有點辣哦~
Dynamite Roll is hubby's favourite, as he likes Spicy tuna, and this is really a SPICY roll~

Tuna Tataki


我們不確定這是甚麼, 所以點來嘗. 基本上就是一塊表皮微熟的tuna切成薄片, 然後配上一些沾醬吃, 我們不太喜歡它的沾醬, 有點太酸, 還是比較愛tuna生魚片.
We were not sure what is that, so just ordered to try. Basically it was a chunk of tuna with outer layer slightly cook, then sliced into thin pieces, and eat with some special sauces, we don't really like the sauces as too sour for us, we still love the original tuna sashimi.

Salmon Skin Handroll


這是我第一次吃到裡面塞到那麼滿三文魚皮的手卷, 超誇張的! 很脆口, 可是味道我覺得和一般的不太一樣, 也說不出來甚麼地方不同. 對了, 吃了之後才記得忘了拍照 :P
This is the first time I ate a handroll that stuffed with so many salmon skin, its superb! Very crispy, but I felt that the taste was different from the normal salmon skin handroll, can't really explain what was the difference though. And yes, I forgot to take the photo of this :P

吃了這一頓超級飽的一餐, 我們已經把它定為一定還會再來的餐廳了! ^^
After this super full meal, we have marked it as "definitely will come back again" restaurant! ^^ Pin It Now!

Happy Anniversary~

不知不覺, 已經結婚兩年了~

謝謝你一直的照顧和包容, 很開心生命中有你的陪伴, 分享喜怒哀樂.

希望往後的日子一樣甜蜜, 或者更加甜蜜 ^^

老公, 週年快樂~

后記:

週年慶的週末, 去了Reno慶祝, 看熱氣球比賽, 吃好的~

很意外在我們用餐的Atlantis Steakhouse, 竟然送我們寫上Happy Anniversary的甜點, 最後還送我們兩塊小蛋糕說明給我們明天早點的, 哈~

(很高興老公記得我很想要看熱氣球, 所以當同事告訴他這個比賽時, 他就安排了這一次行程, 最愛你老公 ^*^)

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Leda Scarf 勒達蕾絲圍巾

這條圍巾已經織了幾個月了, 不是因為款式複雜, 而是由於它的長度, 加上用的是很細的sock yarn, 費時很長, 中間為了解悶, 還鉤織了許多的鉤織娃娃, 所以直到現在才完成.

I've been knitting this scarf for few months, not because of the complexity of the pattern, it was due to its length and the thin sock yarn I'm using which were very time-consuming, and in the middle of it, made a few amigurumi to get out of bored, so until now finally it was finished.

已經收藏這個勒達蕾絲圍巾款式一段時間了, 而會開始動工的原因是, 在我的毛線堆了, 找到了以前在多倫多買下的sock yarn, 當時因為很舒服柔軟顏色也很漂亮所以買了(粉紅和粉紫), 但是只各買了一卷, 並不夠織一雙襪子, 也不可能織一雙不同色的吧, 所以一直呆著, 直到看到這個款式, 突然想到可以混色編織, 就動工了!

I've bookmarked this Leda Scarf pattern for some while, the reason for starting it now was, in my pile of yarns, I've found the sock yarns that I bought while I was in Toronto, during that time I bought them because of their softness and cute colors (pink and purple), but I just bought one skein for each, not enough for a pair of socks, and would be awkward to make a pair of different colors too, so they were kept lying there until I thought of mixing them together for this scarf pattern, and so it all started!

Leda Scarf

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leda

原本的款式是有三段, 但是我只有兩個顏色, 而且也覺得三段有點寬, 所以就改成兩段, 一段一色.

The original pattern is having three segments, but since I have only two colors, and also feel like three segments will be a bit wide, so I've changed it into two segments, each for a color.

它的款式不難, 織了幾行就可以不看款式圖繼續了, 唯一要注意的是到結尾的時候款式有點不一樣, 要小心不要織錯.
除此, 由於這個款式是分兩部分完成, 所以在連接第二部分時要小心不要掉線.

This pattern is not difficult, after knitted a few rows can continue to knit without looking at the pattern, the only thing to note was the pattern is a little bit different at the end, so be cautious not to knit them wrongly.
Besides, since this pattern is completed in two parts, so be careful not to dropped a stitch when combining the second part.

根據設計師提供的小建議, 由於這條圍巾編織完後會容易捲曲, 所以建議使用可以用燙斗輕燙定型的毛線.
The designer's little suggestion was, try to use yarn that can be lightly ironed after blocking as the scarf will tend to curl in when finish.

以下是我的成品喔, 不過懶惰所以還沒熨燙過 ^^
Below are the photos of my finished item, but was too lazy to iron it yet ^^

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Easy No Bake Cheesecake 簡易無焗芝士蛋糕

我愛芝士, 所以一直都很想親手弄個芝士蛋糕, 但是知道自己的烘培工夫有限, 所以一直沒動手, 可是那天心血來潮, 在網上竟然給我找到一個超級簡單又無須焗烤的芝士蛋糕食譜, 就立刻購買材料, 在勞動節的長週末做了我人生第一次的芝士蛋糕~

I love cheese, that's why I always wanna to make a cheesecake by myself, but I know my baking skill level, therefore never start the move, but then that day the mood suddenly striked, and I found a super easy and no bake cheesecake recipe online, so without any delay I've bought the materials needed, and made my first ever cheesecake during the Labor Day long weekend.

Easy Cheesecake #1

http://www.momswhothink.com/cheesecake-recipes/easy-cheesecake-recipe.html

由於真的超級簡單, 就是把材料混合, 再冰凍就完成, 所以不一會兒就搞定了.
可是賣相不太好, 因為那些鋪底的全麥餅乾碎凹凸不平的, 鋪上芝士混合液後還留有空隙, 而且蛋糕表面也沒辦法抹滑.
雖然如此, 味道卻很好喔!

Since it is really an easy recipe, just mixed the ingredients and fridged it, so it was done in short time.
However, the look wasn't that good, as the graham cracker as pie crust was uneven causing after I spooned in the mixture there was a lot of gap underneath, and I couldn't smooth the surface of the cheesecake too.
Nevertheless, the taste was delicious!

我原本想要購買現成的撻皮鋪底, 因為看朋友弄過, 好看又方便吃, 可是在Walmart找不到, 所以才用全麥餅乾.
下次再弄時, 還會在上面加些水果或是巧克力粉末, 應該會好看些~

I was thinking to buy the ready made tart shell as the pie crust, as I saw a friend's cheese tart made with that, neat and easy to eat, but couldn't find that in Walmart, so I used the graham cracker instead.
So next time when I make this again, I'll try adding some fruits or chocolate powder on top, I believe it'll look better~

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Amigurumi Pillow Pal Puppy 趴趴狗抱枕鉤織娃娃

上次鉤織了長頸鹿後, 就決定要弄K4TT的另一個可愛抱枕娃娃 - 趴趴狗~ (當然, 感謝也是免費圖案哦!)

Last time after I've crocheted the Pillow Pal Giraffe, I've decided to make another K4TT's design - the Pillow Pal Puppy~ (of course, thanks for another FREE pattern!)

Pillow Pal Puppy

http://fiberdoodles.blogspot.com/2011/06/pillow-pal-puppy.html

第一次看見這只狗狗時, 讓我想起了以前我也有的一只的粉紅色大狗娃娃, 那時我很愛抱著軟軟的它睡覺, 可是現在已經想不起它去了那裡, 所以當決定要鉤織它時, 就選擇了粉紅色毛線, 然後配色就給選了上次鉤織中國娃娃用的紅色毛線.

The first time when I saw this puppy, it reminded me about the big fluffy pink puppy doll that I used to have, which I loved to hug to sleep, but can't remember where it had gone now, so when I decided to crochet this, I've chosen pink yarn, and for the matching color I've chosen the red fancy yarn I've used for China Doll.

這一次娃娃的脖子我是照著圖案鉤織, 不過最後並不是壓扁縫合, 而是讓它保持圓柱狀.
眼睛呢, 也是使用玩具眼.
不過, 只一次有點不滿意的是把脖子和頭部連接處定位太高了, 所以大頭沒辦法撐起來, 一直垂著.

This time, I've followed the exact pattern instruction for making the neck, but did not make it flat, instead keeping it at tube-shape.
As for eyes, I still use safety eyes.
However, the only thing that I'm not that satisfy with was attaching the neck and head at a little too high position, so cannot really hold the big head, and just dangle there.

完成後的作品, 除了頭部, 身體和腳完全不像我以前的大狗娃娃, 由於圓圓的身體和短短的腳, 反而有點像烏龜, 哈~
雖然如此, 整體來說, 它還是一個可愛的娃娃哦!

The finish work, except for the head, the body and legs looked totally different from my old big puppy doll, as the round body shape and short legs, it does looks a bit like a tortoise, haha~
However, overall it is still an adorable doll!

兩個趴趴一族 two pillow pal friends

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