4.30.2010

SATC Movie2 - 熱烈期待ing

仲有廿七日,
SATC Movie2開畫啦!

Hur一聲又兩年,
四條女都係敵不過名and利,
話唔嫁又嫁、話唔拍又拍!
好彩係咁咋,唔係我哋一班粉絲就慘啦~

講返套戲,今勻啲宣傳攻勢好似有啲弱,
都係攝下攝下,無咩大嘢搞咁,
而宣傳重點都仍然擺重喺Carrie (SJP)身上,
所有poster都係佢蛋拖撐場,
聽聞又搞到另外嗰三個好唔高興!

至於香港係咪同步上映呢?
之前一路都收風話都會同美國看齊,
但近日經過各大戲院又唔見有poster喎,
哎呀,希望唔好要我哋再等啦..

粉絲們,睇住條trailer頂住先啦..


以下還有一些關於部戲嘅八掛嘢同大家分享下:

Six weeks prior to the opening of Sex and the City 2, the sequel to the movie version of the hit HBO television series, advance tickets are already selling at a surprisingly strong pace. The film releases in theaters May 27 in the US and that week in many countries around world.

According to the online theatrical sales site Fandango, the movie has accounted for 20 percent of daily sales, compared to Kick-Ass which reached 17 percent, and outselling films opening sooner.

The speculation is that female fans are buying tickets as screening parties for gatherings of friends among the film's loyal fan base. As a girls-night-out "event film," SATC2 is shaping up like the first installment which earned more than $415 million worldwide.

Also selling, is the film's long list of product placements and promotion arrangements, similar to its first installment which was a boon for advertisers.

With a leading lady who is a fashion hound, it is no surprise to find designer dresses, shoes, accessories, and sunglasses. But one significant change is that Hewlett-Packard computers will replace character Carrie Bradshaw's visible MacBook. Parker will also appear in HP's television commercials, print and online ads.

SKYY Vodka announced a comprehensive global marketing deal as the "official" vodka of SATC again, offering limited edition bottles designed by the film's costumer Patricia Field.

In keeping with its "Champagne to the stars" image, Möet & Chandon will be the women's exclusive Champagne, with tie-ins to sweepstakes, billboards, store signage, and magazines ads in Elle, Essence, InStyle and Vanity Fair. Ads feature four Champagne cocktails newly created for Carrie (‘Fashionista'), Miranda (‘Player'), Charlotte (‘Socialite'), and tart cherry with mandarin flavors for Samantha (‘Bombshell').

Six weeks prior to the opening of Sex and the City 2, the sequel to the movie version of the hit HBO television series, advance tickets are already selling at a surprisingly strong pace. The film releases in theaters May 27 in the US and that week in many countries around world.

According to the online theatrical sales site Fandango, the movie has accounted for 20 percent of daily sales, compared to Kick-Ass which reached 17 percent, and outselling films opening sooner.

The speculation is that female fans are buying tickets as screening parties for gatherings of friends among the film's loyal fan base. As a girls-night-out "event film," SATC2 is shaping up like the first installment which earned more than $415 million worldwide.

Also selling, is the film's long list of product placements and promotion arrangements, similar to its first installment which was a boon for advertisers.

With a leading lady who is a fashion hound, it is no surprise to find designer dresses, shoes, accessories, and sunglasses. But one significant change is that Hewlett-Packard computers will replace character Carrie Bradshaw's visible MacBook. Parker will also appear in HP's television commercials, print and online ads.

SKYY Vodka announced a comprehensive global marketing deal as the "official" vodka of SATC again, offering limited edition bottles designed by the film's costumer Patricia Field.

In keeping with its "Champagne to the stars" image, Möet & Chandon will be the women's exclusive Champagne, with tie-ins to sweepstakes, billboards, store signage, and magazines ads in Elle, Essence, InStyle and Vanity Fair. Ads feature four Champagne cocktails newly created for Carrie (‘Fashionista'), Miranda (‘Player'), Charlotte (‘Socialite'), and tart cherry with mandarin flavors for Samantha (‘Bombshell').

Next up is the return of Jennifer Hudson. Nope, the Oscar winner is not reprising her role as Carrie Bradshaw's assistant, but she is back in song. She and Brit songbird Leona Lewis duet on an original ballad written for the movie called "Love Is Your Color."

Even the stars of the movie are on the soundtrack with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis and Cynthia Nixon performing the Helen Reddy karaoke favorite, "I Am Woman." As you may have already heard, Liza Minnelli covers Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" as well as a new rendition of Cole Porter's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye."

The soundtrack, which also has new music from Dido and Cee Lo, will be released on May 25, just two days before SATC hits theaters.

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4.29.2010

唔好又一(西)餐

友人RL知道在下正在量地,
所以相約昨晚飯聚,update下雙方近況,
他最後選了歌賦街的Gough 40

歌賦街近年變成一條很hip的食街,
除開街功臣九記牛記外,
Gough 40也算是當中的前輩,
屹立其中多年也依然客似雲來!

年前一些友人光顧過後也說質素不俗,
因此我是有一點期待的,結果..

Gough 40長年也“打開門”做生意,秋冬時份置身patio應該是挺爽的
餐廳面積不算太大,可列為中/小店
蜆湯 - 尚算鮮甜,加進basil 令味道更佳
龍蝦沙拉 - 店長舉手推介,但肉質麻麻,只有蝦蚶部份比較ok
西班牙火腿配野菌天使麵 - 鹹到飛起,應該相當下火
烤雞 w/ house spices - 65分之作
烤七日鮮 - 又是店長推介菜式!店長說七日鮮一上水就很容易死,但它們店裡的全是生勾勾的。頭一趟接觸七日鮮,原來質感好彈牙,像在嘴嚼魚旦Apple crumble - 普通貨色

這裡的主菜最少都要二百多,算是中上級,但水準實叫人嘆氣,唯一可取是店長與店員的服務態度,既快手又用心講解menu,希望它們作為歌賦街的老大,就要做齣好戲啦~

4.28.2010

Fun Bakery - Coconut & yogurt muffin

I want to bake something relatively easy this morning so when I flipped my 800 pages baking book, I spotted this!!

Actually the recipe includes a frosting for the muffin but I just skipped it haha~

Ingredient (makes about 12 muffins):
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/s tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup (60g) shredded (desiccated) coconut
- 6 tbs butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsb vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup (250ml) plain yogurt

Direction:
- Preheat the oven to 180C
- Sift the flour, baking powder/soda and salt into a bowl. Stir in the coconut
- Beat the butter, sugar until creamy
- Add the egg, beating until just blended
- With mixer at low speed, gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the yogurt
- Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared cups, filling each about 3/4 full
- Bake for 20 mins or until toothpick inserted into a center comes out clean
- Cool muffins on the racks


dry ingredients - flour/baking soda/baking powder/coconut
butter/sugar/vanilla extract
add the egg, beating until just blended
gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the yogurt
The first batch is ready!
It takes only abt 1.5 hrs to get everything done, easy huh?

4.27.2010

松田聖子新搞作

日本樂壇永遠少女松田聖子,最近有一蘿蘿搞作!

剛在3月滿了48歲的聖子姨,今年是她踏入樂壇的30週年紀念,較早前其所屬唱片公司經已發表了全國巡迴紀念演唱會的時間表。

30th Anniversary SEIKO MATSUDA CONCERT TOUR 2010:
6月6日 (日) 埼玉 埼玉スーパーアリーナ
6月13日 (日) 長野 長野ビッグハット
6月19日 (土) 愛知 日本ガイシホール
6月20日 (日) 愛知 日本ガイシホール
6月27日 (日) 宮城 セキスイハイムスーパーアリーナ
7月3日 (土) 大阪 大阪城ホール
7月4日 (日) 大阪 大阪城ホール
7月10日 (土) 東京 武道館
7月11日 (日) 東京 武道館
7月24日 (土) 神奈川 横浜アリーナ
8月1日 (日) 広島 広島グリーンアリーナ
8月5日 (木) 鹿児島 鹿児島アリーナ
8月7日 (土) 福岡 マリンメッセ福岡
票價:
S席 (普通席) 8,400円 (連税)
SS席(special seat) 21,000円(連税及special present)

原本我是打算跟一位美國友人到東京看聖子姨的演唱會,30週年喎,好恨睇呢!但可惜現在的工作情況有變,恐怕未能成行了,好sad~ 不過近日我聽業內人士爆料,說聖子姨有可能在年尾時再到台灣開騷,如果屬實就好了!

除演唱會外,聖子姨在唱片方面亦有搞作。由石橋貴明、木梨憲武及DJ OZUMA所組成的“矢島美容室”近日邀請了他們的偶像參與三人主演的首部電影『矢島美容室・THE MOVIE ~抓緊夢想利華達』。在戲裡聖子姨飾演一名超級偶像 - Princess Seiko,對她來說絕對易過食生菜。而電影的主題曲亦當然由矢島美容室 + Princess Seiko所主唱啦!

《アイドルみたいに歌わせて》(像偶像般歌唱)


另外在5月5日,聖子姨亦會推出出道以來的第75張細碟《いくつの夜明けを数えたら》 (細數多少個黎明),歌曲同時成為富士電視台劇集『チーム・バチスタ2 ジェネラル・ルージュの凱旋』的主題曲。很久沒有聽過聖子姨演繹那麼高水準的ballad作品,希望細碟能夠在流行榜取得好成績啦!

《いくつの夜明けを数えたら》- 曲/詞:松田聖子 (請按這裡觀看MV)

4.25.2010

Fun之itune power pick

真心覺得好聽喎,
同呢兩日嘅天氣襯到絕,
搞到首歌喺我itune成為power pick,
兩日內已經有35次播放率,實屬犀利嗰隻!

聽聞佢隻新專輯會隨碟附送教整甜品DVD添,
咁咪好囉,出DVD就唔駛怕有錯字啦~

鄧麗欣 - 心甜;作曲:雷頌德/填詞:Tim Lui/編曲:雷頌德


奔波找小禮物絕版加經典 通宵煮巧手美點
愛上期待你滿足的臉 累透再費勁我亦覺甜

即使犧牲再大你卻打呵欠 都可將心酸擱淺
為未來讓你記得這臉 力氣盡耗亦笑多一遍

那可放鬆 逐日附上心思要令你感動
徬徨愉快迷信欣喜失控 浪漫但忐忑心理你不懂
想你好充斥我的每一秒鐘 讓艷麗的花開遍在你心中
成全熱愛大概當風迎送 月夜白光之中你我相擁
這結尾怎麼去走近

清楚身高你右臂那小胎印 花粉海鮮都敏感
要細密地往罅隙中滲 大笑亦要學你的聲音

那可放鬆 逐日附上心思要令你感動
徬徨愉快迷信欣喜失控 浪漫但忐忑心理你不懂
想你好充斥我的每一秒鐘 讓艷麗的花開遍在你心中
成全熱愛大概當風迎送 月夜白光之中你我相擁

往這方向 很想共你照一張相
貼緊臉頰 會否算妄想
想起 便已覺得緊張 這些與誰分享

那可放鬆 逐日附上心思要令你感動
徬徨愉快迷信欣喜失控 浪漫但忐忑心理你不懂
想你好充斥我的每一秒鐘 讓艷麗的花開遍在你心中
成全熱愛大概當風迎送 月夜白光之中你我相擁
這結尾怎麼去走近 值得等

原來上埋《勁歌》唱埋添架啦! 不過一唱live就.. 都係鄧走音囉!

4.23.2010

Oricon榜單 - 4/21

又一個星期啦,開榜是時候,今週細碟榜10大共有6張新入榜作品!

冠軍:BUMP OF CHICKEN - HAPPY


亞軍:Perfume - 不自然なガール/ナチュラルに恋して


第4位:GARNET CROW - Over Drive


第6位:Angela Aki - 輝く人


第8位:柴咲コウ - ホントだよ


第9位:山下達郎 - 希望という名の光


隔離的大碟榜,今週只有4張新專題打上10大位置!

冠軍:Rock ‘n” Roll Circus - 浜崎あゆみ;步姐的《Rock ‘n” Roll Circus》是她自99年的《A Song for XXX》以來的第10張冠軍original album,這個成績亦令它成為日本歌謠史上,繼松任谷由實、長淵剛、松田聖子及中森明菜後,第5位有此記錄的歌手。《Rock ‘n” Roll Circus》收錄曲 - Sunrise ~Love is all~



亞軍:UVERworld - LAST;《LAST》收錄曲 - Change


第9位:school food punishment - amp-reflection;《amp-reflection》收錄曲 - goodblue


第10位:白石蔵ノ介 - Medicine or…;《Medicine or…》收錄曲 - song for you

4.22.2010

尖沙咀蛇竇

蛇竇,蛇王之地也,
地點至緊要隱蔽!
我相信每個地區都有一至兩個蛇王聖地,
中環區數一數二的有永樂園
而過了一個海來到尖沙咀啦喎,
表表者就有.. 星座冰室
星座冰室在那裡架?
等我即刻帶大家去下..

大家首先要找到“香檳大廈”(Champagne Court?!?!?!?!?!)!大廈就在金巴利道,The Mira Hotel旁
一入到大廈的右手邊會見到這個門口.. 啱呀,係呢個啦,行落去喇
係咪好有重慶森林feel呢
到啦.. 隱蔽到如此地步,唔係唔做蛇竇呀?
一眼望晒,裝潢夠晒兜踎,絕對是作為蛇竇的另一元素
吔乜好呢
牆上也掛著(粉筆)餐牌
當日我點了這一碗杰撻撻嘢
蕃茄撈蛋丁配雞中翼!除配丁麵外,還可選通粉、米粉、米線等等.. 而蕃茄撈蛋則是星座冰室的鎮店之寶,賣相麻麻,成pat嘢咁,但質感其實是很滑溜的

4.21.2010

Fun Bakery - Mascarpone chocolate cake

I baked this cake for Serge's bday, another suen-mei-ologist frm our sue-mei group!

The cake is juz lovely, if u r a big fan of chocolate cake, believe me, you would die for it!!

Ingredient:
- 200g bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 2/3 cup (180g) butter
- 4 large eggs, seperated
- 1 1/3 (200g) icing sugar (I would suggest reducing to abt 1 cup)
- 1 tbs cornstarch
- 1 tbs mascarpone cheese

Mascarpone topping:
- 200g mascarpone cheese
- 4 tbs icing sugar
- 125g bittersweet chocolate

Direction:
- Preheat the oven to 180C
- Butter a 9" round cake pan
- Line w/ waxed paper
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Let cool
- Beat the egg yolks and icing sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and creamy
- With mixer at low speed, beat in the cornstarch and mascarpone, followed by the cooled chocolate mixture
- Beat the egg whites at high speed until stif peaks form. Fold into the mixture
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan
- Bake for abt 35mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- Cool the cake and turn into a rack

Macarpone Topping:
- With mixer at medium speed, beat the mascarpone and icing sugar in a medium bowl until creamy
- Spread over the top of the cake
- Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over barely simmering water
- Set aside to cool a little then drizzle over the cake

the chocolate mixture
eggyolks + icing sugar
fold in the eggwhites into the chocolate mixture
the batter is ready
the cake looks like a pcs of huge crunchy cookie
dada.. isnt it fabulous?!

4.20.2010

皇后大道上的法式小店

上個月在上海時到過Le Creperie
一家主打法式薄餅(crepe)的小店,
一吃難忘,知道它要在灣仔開分店,
我就每天都叮囑住在附近的友人看看進展,
等呀等,等呀等,小店終於在上星期開張大吉啦,
急性子的我,週六下午已急不及待相約友人去踩場!

香港的Le Creperie,位於皇后大道100號,
地點大概在合和中心及PP3之間。
那裡也算是商業區,又近星街住宅,
滿是本地及外藉中產人士,人流應該不是問題,
如果店子能做出好質素的食物,絕對長做長有!

Le Creperie,位於皇后大道100號的二樓,招牌大大,尚算易找 (openrice上還未有資料)
果真是小店一間,全店大概只有10數張檯
半開放式廚房
剛開張才兩天,所以人流極少。吓,打出名堂以後會否成為人龍食店呢?
靠窗座位可望到皇后大道
跟上海一樣,這裡的杯杯碟碟都是tailor made的
調味瓶是燈塔形
我點了Le Defi (HK$68),即caramel ice cream + cooked banana + salted caramel butter;很甜很甜的一款crepe,相信很難叫一般人所接受
Crepe w/ pear & chocolate sauce;配上新鮮生果後甜度相對減低,平易近人許多。相比起上海,味道可說是差不多,但這裡的粉漿調得較“厚”,如果能“薄”一點就好了Brittany cake (HK$52),Brittany是法國西北部的一個地區,這款蛋糕是那裡的名物。蛋糕質感較硬而且偏淡,但充滿蛋香

首次光顧的感覺不俗,負責招呼客人及點菜的兩位法男倒也相當有禮,亦樂於解釋餐牌上的不明處,唯一缺點是上菜太慢,我們當日點菜以後等了近廿分鐘才“有得食”。不過店子才開張數天,應該給它們多點時間去逐一改善不足之處吧!

4.19.2010

回憶總是Fun的 (生活篇 - 有啲童年照)

5歲的Fun.. 影相啫,扁晒嘴嘅?我記得啦,件褸條領好吉肉架~
6歲的Fun.. 都係唔笑嘅呢?係咪老太唔准我食雜扒呀?
8歲的Fun.. 呢張證件相應該係攞passport用嘅。咦,開始發漲啦喎我~

4.18.2010

下午茶暴飛

外甥女在上週日已飛返加國了,
離開前我提議請她一頓farewell meal,
她說:tea buffet啦!
我吃tea buffet的次數應該不出3次,
兩次COVA一次Tiffin lounge
如果二選一的話,我比較傾向前者。
COVA,源自意大利的米蘭
至今已超過190年歷史,
93年來港開店,多年來都是城中“名店”,
不少本地有卡士名人經常光顧,
當中尤以太古廣場分店最星光熠熠。

COVA tea buffet只限週六/日及公眾假期,3點到5點半,$188一位(另包一杯果汁及咖啡或茶),是不接受預約的。我上星期六準時3點到達PP分店,大約等了15分鐘才可入座
PP COVA在週末時份經常full house,這天也不例外。雖然滿座,不過我察覺到吃tea buffet的只是佔40%左右
首先視察一下環境看看有甚麼吃.. 這邊有pizza及大大小小的pastries
COVA的各類蛋糕就最聞名,相信各網友在人生裡總吃過一兩口吧(???)
這邊有其他小點,例如迷李三文治、曲奇、生果撻等等
開始食啦.. 中間的三文魚焗批很好吃
右邊的三文魚pizza又是很好吃的喎
你估我愛左邊的cheese cake還是右邊的cream cake多一些呢
Mango cheese cake一向也是COVA的熱賣之選,蛋糕充滿芒果香味,值得一讚
右邊的panna cotta是我的buffet心水,奶味與甜度適中,又滑又香,encore完再encore都不會覺膩。另外值得一提的是COVA曲奇,它是經常被忽略的出品,但其實好有質素,每年聖誕我都會買一小包當做X’mas cookie架
喂三位女士,滿意唔滿意呀?