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Please, don’t make me choose.

Perfect for Two – 2 hour dining menu

Number One Special
Crab salad with avocado wrapped in Hiramasa kingfish

Seafood Poke
Hawaiian style sashimi cubes marinated in poke sauce

Anago Scallops
Tempura Hokkaido scallops stuffed with crab salad and asparagus

Oyster Shooter
in mango infused sake

Lollipop Sushi
Tuna, snapper, salmon, crab salad, asparagus and smelt roe, wrapped in thinly peeled cucumber with soy sauce vinaigrette

Dynamite Tuna Handroll
Seaweed cone filled with rice, raw tuna and tomago

Wagyu Tenderloin Tataki
Seared and chilled, served rare with garlic, ginger and ponzu sauce

Prawn and Vegetable Tempura
King prawns with seasonal vegetables and dipping sauce

Alaskan Crab
Grilled and served with fresh lime

Vodka Lemon Sorbet

Wagyu Hot Rock
Self cook with dipping sauce

Ama Ozen
Selection of dessert samplers

Number One Special

Anago Scallops

Oyster Shooter

Seafood Poke

Lollipop Sushi

Dynamite Tuna Handroll

Wagyu Tenderloin Tataki

Prawn and Vegetable Tempura

Alaskan Crab

Vodka Lemon Sorbet

We were given a lovely table by the large windows overlooking the dock.

Whilst the ambience of the place was lovely, the service and food were only average. The tuna roll was a bit dry, we did however enjoy the views and the grilled Alaskan Crab.

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Snippets from Run Melbourne 2010. Was planning on joining the 5k, but last minute knee injury got the best of me :( , so I did what I could, lugged around the camera and tried to hunt Leo down towards the finish line!

It started out extremely chilly but later turned out to be a magnificent day.

Can you spot Leo? =)

I have seen many runners in crazy outfits before, but the green man takes the cake! Not only was his bodysuit obscene, how did he breathe/see??

Batman(woman) is a regular at Melbourne runs, I struggle running even in lycra, but she had a full-on mask with a cape!

Baby did 10k in 1hour flat, well done! =) New York full marathon in 1.5 years; now that it’s in writing, no backing out!

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Morning workout was swiftly followed by a quick shower and then breakfasting at Cafe Neo, a French cafe/bistro not far from where we stayed. It was the usual standard petit déjeuner fare: jus orange, un cafe, croissant, omelette.

We were just in time for the 10am Sunday Gregorian mass at Eglise Notre Dame. Eventhough the entire mass was conducted in French, the sounds were hauntingly beautiful, and the interior of Notre Dame itself was breathtaking.

A prayer and a candle for loved ones…

Le Marais

Most shops are closed on Sundays, it makes wandering around Le Marais the best thing to do as most shops in that arrondisement remain open.

Around the corner from the Pompidou Centre…

An art gallery in the middle of Le Marais…

Nothing like provocative art in a public square…

We enjoyed a spot of lunch on the terrace of Cafe Les Arts & Metiers before heading to our next stop.

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

Visiting cemeteries might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but since we were in the Montmarte vicinity, we decided to drop by Cimetière Lachaise, one of the most renown cemeteries in the world.

This grande cemetery is eerily beautiful, with spectacular works of art and is also the burial ground for famous literary figures, musicians, sculptors and also houses WWI memorials.

Oscar Wilde’s tomb – covered with kisses. I couldn’t help but giggled when an English woman walked past the tomb while a pack of girls were leaving their lipstick marks, commented, “This is absolutely preposterous! Look at the way they’re defacing the tomb!”

I wanted to leave my pucker mark too, but since I was suffering from a break out during that time, I decided not to kiss anything foreign, just in case ;)

Chopin rests here…

Edith Piaf shares a plot of the land with the rest of her family…

Sacre Couer Basilica

Sacre Couer is located at the highest point of Paris in the heart of Montmarte. Climbing the steps up towards the basilica was hard enough.

But Leo insisted on getting into the crypt and up the dome for a 360º view of Paris, only after 234 steps of dizzyingly steep spiral staircase.

The climb was worth it indeed.

The outline of the dome made this picture look as if the it were superimposed badly against the skyline of Paris, but I love it nonetheless!

Place du Tertre

Place du Tertre, a small Parisian square in Montmarte, just a stone’s throw away from Sacré Cœur, is filled with artists setting up their easels painting the day away.

We wandered around the square, looking over shoulders of painters, and had a gay time debating whether Paris looks more beautiful in summer or more romantic in rainy winter, as depicted on many of the oil paintings.

The sun was hiding behind the clouds that day, so befittingly, we bought a painting that conveyed just that and came to the conclusion that Paris is beautiful, come rain, come shine.