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Dutch Pancakes in making...

Newcastle's International Christmas Market
Date: 19th November 2016 - 11 December 2016
Operating Time:
Monday - Wednesday: 9am - 8pm
Thursday - Saturday: 9am - 9pm
Sunday: 10am - 5pm

How to get there?

Location: Grey's Monument, Grey Street and Grainger Street

Been here for the past 3 years and the dutch pancake and churros stalls get me excited every year!

I don't mind the bloody cold weather + wind + rain, but when I get my dessert from this market, I'm a happy girls!

Holland Dutch Pancake Stall

A small stall in the middle of the Christmas market (easily spotted since this stall always have a queue).

This is the menu along with the prices...

Small - 15 pieces

Large - probably 30 pieces (sorry I'm not very sure because I bought the small one)

While waiting for my pancakes, I saw this cute miniature displayed at the stall.

Dutch pancake;

Size: Small

Topping: Nutella and maple syrup

Me and my friend enjoying our dutch pancakes!

*yummy*

My Ratings
Taste: 9/10 (great combination and it doesn't taste very sweet with the toppings)
Value for Money: 6/10 (well, 15 small pieces of pancakes for ￡ 3.50...)
Recommend Degree: 8/10 (you will get addicted to this once you try them!)

Spain Dessert: Churros Stall

A small stall right opposite to The Charles Grey bar.

I got the normal Churros with icing sugar + cinnamon powder which costed me ￡ 4.00

It's very filling since its pretty thick (look at the amount of batter used in them)

Even though they are oily and high in calories, I'm gonna ignore it for today since I love them!

*ate them all up*

Since I bought them quite early in the morning, there's not oily aftertaste since the oil is still fresh (bare in mind that most of the oil are reused to fry these churros). If you happen to buy then later in the evening you might taste a bit of oily flavouring in your churros since most of the oil were reused and I tasted them before and I seriously HATE it.

My Ratings

Taste: 7/10 (oily but not very sweet with the icing sugar + cinnamon powder)

Value for Money: 6/10 (well, there's about 7 thick churros pieces ...)

Recommend Degree: 8/10 (easily addicted and in another way some might hate it since it's pretty greasy)

So technically, these are my favourite 2 desserts that I will always buy whenever I'm browsing around in the Christmas Markets.

If you happen to be in Newcastle, please feel free to drop by and enjoy some of their foods.

Movie Name: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Movie Period: 2 hours 13 mins

Being a Harry Potter's fan, I have been waiting for this new movie of J.K Rowling to be released in the UK and finally it's here! *I actually bought the ticket 2 weeks ago before the movie was released*

It's one of the Harry Potter prequel which was released in 2001 as a screenplay book.

So basically this is a series sequel of 5 stories and this is the first one!

Didn't want to spoil myself with the movie plot therefore I didn't read the book yet, and planned to read it after finishing this movie 😍

The movie cast are amazing where the main characters,

Newt Scamander by Eddie Redmayne

A British wizard expelled from Hogwarts travelling to New York alone with a suitcase that holds a secret.

Gellert Grindelwaid by Johnny Depp (Villain)

Dumbledore's friend which is also a Villain in this movie, but in the end he was killed by Dumbledore

Porpentina Goldstein (Tina) by Katerina Waterston

A person whom worked in the American Wizard office and helped Newt Scamander during his stay in New York

Jacob Kowalski by Dan Fogler

American muggle involved in the whole magic process throughout the movie

Queenie Goldstein by Alison Sudol

Tina's Sister and someone whom can read minds

So basically these are few of the main characters which you need to know from this movie.

Empire Cinema Newcastle

*SPOILER BELOW*

Newt arrived in New York along with his magical suitcase (full of magical creatures). He ended up in the bank after realising one of his creature escaped from his suitcase (walking around hunting for sparkling coins and jewelries). He ended up following his creature since he can't use magical in the crowded bank and he ended up meeting with Mr. Kowalski (a muggle) whom wished to get a bank funding on his dream bakery passed down by his grandma. Newt however left one of his creature egg on the bench and was picked up by the muggle. Newt was forced to use his magic in the muggle world to catch his naughty creature back and Mr. Kowalski (a muggle) was tangled in between this massive mess! *the muggle was shocked and tried to runaway after getting out from the bank but ended up swapping his suitcase full of bakery goods with Newt's magical suitcase........................ and this is where the adventure begins in the street of New York 😀.

I do not want to spoil the whole movie since today is the 2nd day it was played in the cinema around the UK. If you're a huge fan of Harry Potter series, I really recommend this movie.

My Point of View;

Ratings: 5⭑ (Sorry I'm a Harry Potter fan)

Magical Graphics: 4⭑ (I wish they have more magical tricks or spells used in the movie)

Recommended Level: 5⭑ (Highly recommended to Harry Potter fans)

Sometime, I wish that my ordinary life would be filled with a bit of magic...

Despite having this stressful and unpredictable life which no one actually knows what will happen every time you wake up in the morning...

I wish I was part of them sometimes just like the picture below 😂😂😂

*gasping for air*

Finally I manage to get myself out of the magical suitcase 😛

So,

Do You Believe in Magic?

My Point Card with 8 stamps.

Shop Name: Bubble T Break

Location: Chinatown, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A small Bubble T shop located at the other end of Chinatown (opposite Pink Lane Bakery on Cross Street). This little shop was first open in October of 2012 and up until now. So far there's 2 shops selling bubble tea (a type of taiwanese drink), Bubble Cha and Breadpoint Bakery (both of them are located in Chinatown) however, I still prefer the milk tea from this store.

The shop itself is divided into 2 parts. The left side of the shop is a small repair shop for electronic and the right side is the bubble tea shop. There is a small counter and limited tables for sitting in and usually I only do takeaways every time I drop by for my milk tea.

*An update of the picture inside the shop.*

Above the counter, there's a chalkboard and sometimes there's a list of special drinks or new drink and promotion listed on it, so if you're in a group of 4 people, their latest promotion is buy 3 drinks (large) and get 1 for free. If you're buying only 1 drink, remember to collect their point card (Any drink purchased will get a free drink and get the 9th drink for free) you can see my point card from the picture above, which is a good deal if you're with a friend.

Drink Size available:

M - £ 2.50

L - £ 3.00

Top 10 drinks list.

I even picked up a leaflet (picture above) about their top 10 drinks and I only tried 3 of them before.

The only drinks I tried before is the bubble Milk Tea, Rose Oolong Tea and Matcha Red Bean Milk Tea (I changed the red bean into tapioca, bubble, pearls) - is just myself preferences.

Here's a list of their drinks (picture below) along with the sugar level (more - no sugar) and ice level (normal - hot)

Drink list and flavour adjustment.

So here's my free drink, their special flavour listed on the chalkboard which is Plum Green Tea with bubble.

Plum Green Tea w/ Bubble

Product Evaluation (1 = poor , 3= average 5 = good)

Taste: 3/5

Sweetness: 5/5 (Depending on sweetness you ordered, I usually get half sugar)

Flavour: 3/5 (Not very strong plum and green tea flavour)

Aftertaste: 3/5 (I could taste the plum flavour more)

Overall: 4/5

Store EvaluationEnvironment: 5/10 (Small and cosy)
Services: 8/10
Value for Money degree: 7/10 (Reasonable prices)
Recommend degree: 8/10

What is their opening time?

OPENING HOURS

Monday - Saturday: 12 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.

Sunday & Bank Holidays: 12 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.

Getting there...
1 Cross Street, Newcastle, NE1 4XE

For more information visit their official Facebook Page. I highly recommended this shop to anyone whom craved for authentic Taiwanese bubble milk tea!

Product Name: Tea Zen Green Tea Latte

Product Origin: South Korea

It's been awhile since this product is out of stock in the Asian Supermarket and yesterday when I was in Chinatown, I picked this up from the Asian Supermarket, HiYou which costed me £4.27 for a box, which contained 10 sachets. I've been addicted to this drink for the past 2 years however this is not the best green tea latte but after trying most of the green tea latte (ready packed) sold from the supermarket, this is somehow the best one.

Nutrition and Ingredients Details based on the UK food regulations;

If you're allergic to nuts, you may want to avoid this product since there's "Chestnut Concentrate" listed in the ingredients.

3 - Steps to make a perfect green tea latte with this powder mix.

Step 1: Heat up the 100mL of milk and add in the powder mix.

Step 2: Stir - well till the powder mix dissolved into the hot milk.

Step 3: Pour it into the cup and use the milk whisk to make it foamy.

Lastly, enjoy the green tea latte.

I prefer my green tea latte to be in "hot" serving but if you want to have it cold, you could refer to the box, on the right side it shows how to make hot and cold green tea latte using there powder mix. Based on my experiences, using the appropriate amount of milk or soya milk to make green tea latte is the best compared to using hot water.

For me, I love this product and I got addicted to it once I first purchased it but later on this was out of stock for few months from the Asian Supermarket in town.

Preparing this using the microwave (5 - minutes).

If you're lazy to boil the milk with the saucepan, you could always use the microwave.

Heat the milk up for 2 minutes
Pour the powder mix into the milk and continue heating it up for another 2 minutes
Stir - well and continue heating it up for another 1 minutes

Product Evaluation (1 = poor , 3= average, 5 = good)

Taste: 3/5

Sweetness: 4/5 (Depending on the amount of hot water/milk added to the powder mix) Matcha Flavour: 3/5 (Not very strong matcha flavour)

Aftertaste: 3/5 (I could taste a bit of bitterness)

Overall: 4/5

To find out more about their products, check out their official site Creative Tea Company and Facebook page.

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