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As a disclaimer, this is not a review of Michel’s Patisserie in their capacity as a provider of cakes and pastries, rather their ability to furnish me with a light, café-style breakfast, as their sign suggests they can. If you can provide fancy tarts, flans, and friands; fruit toast should be easy. I can’t say I’ve ever made a gateau, but I’ve baked raisin toast. That’s why, when I ordered my breakfast, I was very disappointed to pay $3 for two slices of Tip Top Cafe Bread Raisin Loaf, a whole loaf of which costs under $4.50 at the supermarket.
I recently bought a sample pack of blades to try out in my safety razor. The first set of blades to be sampled were the Dorco Platinum ST300s. Honestly, the only reason I’m glad I started here is that everything will fell good in comparison. The blades suffer from an uneven sharpness that leaves you feeling a pull even when it’s sharp. They’re too rough on first shave, and though they do smoothen out, they quickly become too dull. You do get one half-decent shave per blade, but unfortunately, it’s not the first one. I won’t be using these again.
From what I hear, it cost Robert Zemeckis about $200 million to make his adaptation of the Dickens classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’. Personally, I feel it would have been more powerful of made for one percent of that figure. In a piece of reverse logic any philosopher would be proud of; motion capture was used with the human actors to make the computer generated human characters look more like the humans that the computer generation was based on. As for it being in 3D, this added no more to the film experience beyond making the audience members feel sea-sick throughout.
Please don’t take this as a one star rating for abalone in general, as I’m not pretending to be any sort of expert – just sharing my disappointment. I’m sure when it’s good quality, fresh, and cooked by a master of the ingredient it’d be something special; but maybe this isn’t something to cook at home, unless you’re sure you know what you’re doing. I was expecting the gourmet flavour to permeate through the stir-fry, but what we ended up with was an odd rubbery flavour that felt like it needed something to overshadow it, rather than the other way around.
When I run, I wear custom-made orthotics to handle some pretty serious pronation, so it can be tough to find the right shoe. The assistant at Rebel was sure that if I’d be wearing the orthotics, I’d need the shoes with the strongest rolling support, avoiding natural, cushioning shoes. This surprised me, so I checked with a podiatrist. His answer was the exact opposite – the orthotic provides the support, so just cushioning shoes are best. I don’t expect the staff to have all the answers, but if they’re not sure, they should say so – this is where injuries come from.
I’d wondered why I hadn’t heard too much about this film, given that Seth Rogen and Anna Faris are such hot commodities right now. The answer is; it’s terrible. I never stop a movie half way through, but I almost made an exception for this. That being said, don’t blame Faris and Rogen for this, they’re just doing their job. The real failings with this movie are the writing and directing. The subject matter is poor and badly handled, the dialogue seems cheap and hastily written; and you could feel the lack of attention that had gone into the direction.
I don’t know what was worst about seeing this movie: the writing, the characters, the dialogue, or the fact that I could have been watching the footy instead. Having not read the book, I’m not sure whether to blame most of the failings on Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, the authors of the book, of Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein who adapted it into a movie. Either way, there’s very little to enjoy about this, from the negative themes to the dragging plot, to the characters that are simply too difficult to care about. It’s really not worth the time.
With beautiful plush suede couches and armchairs, soft lighting, and more curtains that you could draw, The Alchemist was a bar that I’d been intending to try out for a while. But before anyone else starts thinking the same, I’d recommend not. Drinks are expensive, so you’d expect something quite fancy at $18 for an Amaretto and Cherry Whisky Sour – not Johnnie Red, lemon, Galliano Amaretto, syrup from a jar of cherries, and a dash of milk – that, I could make at home. There are so many better places than The Alchemist on Brunswick St. I don’t think it’ll last.
Last time I reviewed mints I created a bit of a stir. I had no idea so many of you were mint connoisseurs, and willing to provide recommendations. Unfortunately, things aren’t looking up with the Forest Berry flavour of Extra Professional Mints. They’re designed to have berry flavour on one side and mint flavour on the other, but they end up simply tasting like acidic chemicals that have been scientifically designed to resemble minty berries. A true mint should clear the sinuses, rather than pander to the tastebuds. These are pseudo-mints at best, designed for people who don’t like mints.
Last weekend was the first time I’ve sat through a show of ‘Rove’, and I’m not going to do it again. The term ‘mindless’ can have positive connotations when you’re discussing the latest action blockbuster, but when you’re describing a chat-show, then there’s a real problem. Rove, himself, lacks all charisma and wit; Dave Hughes and Peter Helliar are just idiots, and I’m really not sure why Carrie Bickmore was there, at all – she hardly said a word. There are some laughs when Hamish and Andy step out of the studio for their own segment, but that’s pretty much it.
