Old but New...

Latest Starbucks in New Orleans, with an old 1900 Louisiana apothecary feel to it's interior with the help of local artist and paying homage to the city's artistic spirit in bringing alive the story of the old trading coffee port to it's interior.

all images via designtaxi

Banking in on Starbucks...

Latest to be rolled out by Starbucks, a whole new concept under the Starbucks Coffee Experience 'Laboratory'.

Plenty of different atmosphere to soak in in this new store in Amsterdam, which is situated in an old bank vault under the direction of Liz Muller.
With a whole lot of new concept from slow coffee theatre to in-store baking.

all images via dezeen
photographer rein meulman

Hope this concept makes it way to our shores soon.

StarArchitect for Starbucks...

Stararchitect Kengo Kuma has done it again. This time for Starbucks in Dazaifu, Japan. This Starbucks is located along the street to the famous  Dazaifu Tenmangu, one of the most popular shrines in Japan also known as “the God for Examination,” with estimared 2million visitors wishing for success.

Success with this Starbucks, using 2000 timber batons spanning from 1.3m-4m and 6cm section. In total the batons cover 4.4km. That's a pretty long distance.

Using a weaving technique the architect has managed to weave the batons diagonally on one point to create a web-like interior envelope.

Will definitely visit this Starbucks if i ever get to Japan.

all images via dezeen

have a great weekend everyone. see you next week...

another...

crazy week for me. looks like work is taking over everything these days...
needing loads of this today...

image everything fabulous

 

i need to do this!!!

image : space for inspiration

and this... ahhhhhh

image :  space for inspiration

back to more work for now. later

everybodylovesdesign

Filled Weekend

Hi all! Happy Monday.

Was a really packed and fruitful weekend. Started with me cooking for hubby last Friday night after a really long while. Made a simple salad and squid ink pasta with tomato sauce,basil and cheese. Result?
Got the thumbs up!

squid ink pasta

On Saturday, with hubby and JW in tow, we headed for brunch in Bangsar at this newly opened Australian bistro, Antipodean. Recommended by sis-in-law as the coffee came highly rated by her.
They have their own roasting machine and they use Merdaka coffee beans from Indonesia.
This is their first shop in Kuala Lumpur after a successful run in Indonesia.

I had their Ploughman's open sandwich while hubby opted for the big breakfast.

Ploughman's open chicken sandwich

They even do a little art work for you on your coffee...

my lovely latte

They have a wide selection of sweets and dessert as well... will definitely be heading back for a taste.

You can read more about them at antipodeancoffee.com

Antipodean Cafe,

20, Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar.

Tel: 03-2282-0411

Sunday morning, hubby packed us all up early and we headed to Port Dickson for some Raptor watching. Every year the raptors fly by Tanjung Tuan Resort as it is the first land the birds see on their path of migration back to the Northern Hemisphere, back to countries such as Japan and Russia. Pretty amazing huh?
As usual JW was all decked up for the event.

hey JW you are suppose to be looking up!

Raptor count

On our stopover back to KL along the highway, ate this beautifully banana leaf wrapped rice cooked with coconut milk, served with hard boiled eggs, roasted peanuts and "sambal".
A local cuisine better known as "nasi lemak". Simple and delicious.

Love the way they wrap the rice... 

nasi lemak

Hope u had a filling weekend like me?

E