I have to mention my love for this leather jacket as well, it’s from Won Hundred and it just keeps getting more and more beautiful, definitely a worthy investment if you’re thinking of purchasing a leather jacket. If you follow us on instagram you will have seen this jacket as well.

Black shirts, skinny pants, soft leather jackets and a classic luxe cross body bag – these are
the essence of my everyday style, and the leather jacket is an inescapable investments for the modern wardrobe.
The focus in my wardrobe is on quality pieces in classic black to get me through
weekend after weekend, season after season.

I hope you all will be having a great weekend.

We celebrated Monjas birthday last thursday and we did so with grace. Since her birthday was on a working day, we couldn’t do anything over-the-top, such as driving to Berlin or Copenhagen for some birthday shopping and dining (even though Monja loves it when her birthday is blown out of proportions), but despite the limitations, the day went pretty well. Besides, we already did this last weekend, when we celebrated her birthday in Hamburg (Easter at East).

Vi fejrede Monjas fødselsdag i torsdags og det gjorde vi på en ret hyggelig facon. Eftersom hendes fødselsdag fandt sted på en hverdag, kunne vi ikke gøre noget vanvittigt, såsom en spontan hyggetur til Berlin eller København (selvom Monja elsker det, når hendes fødselsdag bliver blæst ud af proportioner), men på trods af begrænsningerne, klarede vi det ret godt. Desuden tog vi jo sådan set den tur i sidste weekend, da vi fejrede hendes fødselsdag i Hamborg (Easter at East).

Martin snuck out of bed an hour earlier than usual to prepare some breakfast and a few presents, serving it all with a glass of fresh orange juice. Yummy. Monja had a day off from work, so she spend the day shopping for flowers to decorate the appartment. A great thing to do if you’ve got the time. We’re loving the edge it adds to our appartment every time we get a bunch of new flowers. Afterwards we went to Möf for a positive experience, which we’ll be sharing a review of very soon. For now, we just wanted to share some photos from the day.

Martin sneg sig ud af sengen en time tidligere end han plejer, så han kunne nå at forberede en ekstra lækker morgenmad og et par gaver, som han serverede sammen med friskpresset juice. Skønt! Monja havde en fridag, så hun tilbragte dagen med at købe blomster til lejligheden. En hyggelig ting at tage sig tid til en gang i mellem. Vi elsker måden, hvorpå lejligheden lige bliver frisket op, hver gang vi køber nye blomster. Aftenen blev tilbragt på Møf, hvor vi blev positivt overraskede, men det kommer der lige et indlæg om senere. Indtil videre må I lige klare jer med nogle skønne billeder fra dagen.

So, Easter is over and we decided to celebrate it at East in Hamburg, Germany. A foxing good-looking hotel with an amazing restaurant that blew us away. Martin is the only fox with a driver’s license, so he had to do the driving from Aarhus to Hamburg, but fortunately it’s no more than a three and a half hour drive, costing less than 27 €, so it’s an easy and cheap drive. Especially with DJ Monja sitting in the passenger seat. We actually recommend any couple to do a getaway like this every once in a while. The travel is good fun, you get to experience new things and it doesn’t have to take more than a day and a half.

Once we arrived in Hamburg, we did some shopping before checking in at East. Monja loved getting lost in & Other Stories, Zara, Alsterhaus and Habitat. We even got to buy her some early birthday presents, but we’ll be sharing those with you at another time. First, we want to share with you this damn fine hotel.

Vi valgte at tage et smut til Hamborg i påskeferien for at bo på hotellet East, der skulle have den vilde indretning og en af de bedste restauranter i Hamborg. Og det var en skide god idé. Martin er den eneste af os, der har et kørekort, så han blev nødt til at klare køreturen for os, men når det ikke tager mere end 3,5 timer at køre fra Aarhus til Hamborg og det ikke koster andet end 200 kr. i benzin, er det jo slet ikke så slem en tur. Især ikke når Monja sidder ved siden af og leger DJ hele vejen. Vi vil faktisk opfordre alle par til at tage sådan en tur en gang i mellem. Køreturen kan være meget hyggelig, man oplever noget nyt og hele oplevelsen behøver ikke at tage mere end halvanden dag.

Lige så snart vi kom til Hamborg, stod den på shopping indtil vi checkede ind på East. Monja elsker at fare vild i & Other Stories, Zara, Alsterhaus og Habitat, og vi kan slet ikke vente til & Other Stories åbner i Aarhus. Vi snød lidt og fik købt nogle tidlige fødselsdagsgaver til Monja, men dem deler vi med jer på et senere tidspunkt. Først vil vi dele det her fantastiske hotel med jer.

East Hotel
Respecting the old industrial building that the hotel is build inside, the design hotel East has a very unique interior that manages to preserve the red brick walls, whilst giving it all a modern look by introducing some weird, futuristic columns all over the place. A great combination of classic and modern interior design that seriously impressed us. The design was so impressive that we even went on our own little tour in the hotel, just to make sure that we got to see it all. It made for some pretty great photos. The room was a square room in which they’ve tried to make some spacey crossover of a bedroom and a bathroom. They’ve pulled it of pretty well, but if it wasn’t for the place being so high-tech that we didn’t even know how to turn on the lights, the room would have been rather dull to say the least. It has it all, but come on. It’s a square room. No chance of getting lost in here for Monja.

Med respekt for den gamle industri bygning, som hotellet er placeret i, formår indretningen meget unikt at bevare de røde murstensvægge, samtidig med at det hele lige får et moderne look af at indkorpere en masse mærkelige, futuristiske søjler over det hele. En fed kombination af det klassiske og moderne, der virkelig fejede benene væk under os. Stedet var så flot, at vi blev nødt til at tage en rundtur på hotellet for at være sikre på, at vi fik set det hele – og det gav nogle skønne billeder. Selve værelset var bare et firkantet rum, hvori de havde forsøgt sig med en kombination af et soveværelse og et badeværelse, hvilket de – på trods af den besynderlige idé – egentlig fik klaret meget godt. Når det er sagt, er idéen som sagt besynderlig, og selve værelset var faktisk ret kedeligt, hvis man lige ser bort fra, at det var så advanceret, at vi ikke kunne finde ud af at tænde lyset. Der er jo bare tale om et firkantet rum, hvor Monja ingen chance havde for at fare vild.

Dining at East
A place we wouldn’t mind getting lost in for hours, days or even years, however, is the restaurant at East. Wow. We started out with drinks from the bar along with their super crunchy sushi roll and peking duck sushi roll. We’ve never tried fresher wasabi, soy or ginger and the drinks were perfect. Afterwards Monja had the crispy duck salad, while Martin had the black angus point steak that made “M.A.S.H.” in Aarhus sound like an abbreviation of “Mega-Cash” for being over-priced. The meat melted in our mouths. Completing the perfect dinner, we had their truffle fries with parmesan as side dish. These fries were out of this world. Things could not have been better and we only payed 101,5 € for 5 dishes and 2 drinks.

Restauranten på East er til gengæld et sted, hvor vi ikke ville have noget imod at fare vild i flere timer, dage, sågar år. Hold nu, hvor var det lækkert. Vi fik nogle drinks fra baren, mens vi ventede på vores forretter: super crunchy sushi roll og peking duck sushi roll. Vi har kun få steder fået bedre sushi, men vi har ingen steder oplevet lige så frisk wasabi, soya og ingefær. Som hovedret havde vi bestilt deres Crispy Duck Salad, Black Angus Point Steak og Truffle Fries with Parmesan. Steaken var seriøst så god, at vi er begyndt at tænke på “M.A.S.H.” som værende en forkortelse for “Mega-cash”, fordi de tager sig så godt betalt for ringere kød. Og kartoflerne var jo fuldstændigt overnaturlige. Mums. De kunne ikke have gjort noget som helst bedre, og vi gav ikke mere end 101,5 € for 5 retter og 2 drinks.

Waking up in Hamburg
The breakfast buffet at East costs 22,5 € and runs until 2 pm in the weekends. That’s pretty legit. We hate the places that forces you into getting out of bed at 7 am, if you want to get some breakfast, but we didn’t have to worry about that here. And 22,5 € seemed a good price, considering the quality of the breakfast buffet. It had everything and then some. Besides the usual, you could mix it up with a self-service waffle station and complimentary champagne. On top of that, Monja was pretty psyched to learn that they offered to make latte with soy milk or lactose free milk instead of regular milk.

Due to the dull room, we rate the hotel at 5/6 foxes

while the restaurant scores 6/6 foxes

Morgenmadsbuffeten på East koster 22,5 € per mand, og den slutter først kl. 14 i weekenderne. Begge dele er ret legit. Vi hader de steder, hvor man bliver nødt til at komme ud af sengen kl. 7 om morgenen, hvis man skal have en chance for at nå morgenmadsbuffeten, så det passede os fint, at vi ikke skulle bekymre os om det. Derudover var prisen også meget fair, når man overvejer, hvad vi fik for pengene. Der var simpelthen det hele og så lidt til. Udover det sædvanlige i en morgenmadsbuffet, var der mulighed for at lave sig nogle lækre vafler og/eller snuppe sig et glas champagne til maden. Derudover var Monja fuldstændigt i ekstase over at finde ud af, at de tilbød latte med soyamælk eller laktosefri mælk i stedet for almindelig mælk. Selvfølgelig altsammen med i prisen.
Grundet det lidt kedelige værelse, har vi givet hotellet 5/6 foxes, hvor restauranten ikke kan undgå at lande på 6/6 foxes.

Hotel information:
East hotel hamburg
Simon-von-Utrecht-Straße 31 20359 Hamborg Tyskland

We’ve been to a lot of dessert places in Bangkok (which is awesome), but doing so has taught us something about desserts in Thailand that is less than awesome (awe-not-so-much?): looks can be very deceiving. For some reason a lot of the dessert places here care more about, how to make the desserts look good, instead of, how to make them taste good. Very short-sighted business strategy. Yes, the good-looking cakes may attract a few new customers, but it’s hard to imagine that it would actually generate any regulars, once people realize that the cakes taste like unflavored butter. Unless you like unflavored butter.. Personally we like the cakes that are good-looking AND tasty at the same time, but if we had to choose between looks and taste, we would probably stay away from the good-looking “chocolate cake” that is full of “chocolate flavored confectionery” instead of actual chocolate. Ew. Unfortunately for us, it seems impossible to know beforehand if you’re getting the real deal or not, since there’s a lot of fake advertising going on in this country once it comes to chocolate, but luckily for you, this blog isn’t about the fair share of crappy cakes that we’ve tried, as much as it’s about the places you’d be foolish not to try. After You Dessert Café is such a place.

Vi har været på en masse dessertcaféer i Bangkok, hvilket er lækkert, men det har desværre også lært os noget om desserter i Thailand, der desværre er knap så lækkert: skinnet bedrager. Af uforklarlige årsager, fortrækker mange caféer at fokusere på udseendet af desserterne frem for smagen. Meget kortsigtet forretningsplan. Selvom det muligvis tiltrækker nye kunder, er det svært at forestille sig, at folk kommer igen, når først de opdager, at kagerne praktisk taget bare er en klump smør uden smag. Medmindre man godt kan lide at spise en klump smør uden smag.. Personligt er vi lidt mere til kager, der både ser godt ud OG smager skønt, men hvis vi absolut skulle vælge i mellem de to, ville vi nok takke nej til ”chokoladekagen”, der på trods af det skønne ydre er fuld af chokolade erstatninger frem for ægte chokolade. Adr. Desværre for os er det nærmest umuligt at vide på forhånd, om man får det ene eller det andet servereret, da de har et ret abstrakt forhold til falsk markedsføring i dette land, når det kommer til chokolade, men heldigvis for jer handler denne blog ikke om alle de klumper smør, vi må kæmpe os igennem – det handler om de kager, I bliver nødt til at prøve. De kager findes bl.a. hos After You Dessert Café.

After You Dessert Cafe is one of the places capable of pleasuring your eyes as well as your taste buds. As the name suggests, this place is all about the desserts. And they have nailed it. Their desserts look great and they taste fantastic. Yummy. But why stop there? On top of perfecting their desserts, After You Dessert Café has managed to make their interior design just as instagram-worthy as the cakes (if you need to post about anything else than cake, that is) and we love it. You can follow us on instagram @fox_faces if you want to know how much we are about great interior design and delicious cakes. The interior design is kept basic with the use of wood and blackboards, but it’s creating a very elaborate aura of coolness and awareness that lets you know that this place is the real deal. This place is about real chocolate and real desserts. In fact, this is one of the things that surprised us the most: After You Dessert Café uses legit ingredients. We ordered their Ferrero Rocher Honey Toast and that’s what we got – honey toast with Ferrero Rocher and not some lame Fakero Rocher substitute. We paid 8€ for 1 Ferrero Rocher Honey Toast and 1 Iced Matcha Latte, so the price is just as legit as the quality of the ingredients.

After You Dessert Café formår at bage kager, der fryder ens øjne lige så meget, som de behager ens smagsløg. Mmm. Som navnet antyder, har de kun med desserter at gøre. Og det har de bare styr på. Desserterne ser så lækre ud og de smager bare skønt. Mums. Derudover har de formået at gøre indretningen af deres caféer lige så Instragram-venlige som deres kager (hvis man altså behøver at poste andet end billeder af kager) og det er vi bare vilde med. I kan følge os på Instagram @fox_faces, hvis I vil se, hvor vilde vi er med lækre indretninger og skønne kager. Deres indretning er holdt ret simpel med brugen af træ og tavler over det hele, men de får meget bevidst skabt en cool og detaljeorienteret stil, der klart udstråler, at de har styr på tingene. Det her sted handler om rigtige desserter og rigtig chokolade. På baggrund af de problemer vi har haft med at finde dessertcaféer, der bruger rigtig chokolade, er det faktisk noget af det mest positive ved After You; deres ingredienser er bare i orden. Vi bestilte deres Ferrero Rocher Honey Toast og det var lige, hvad vi fik. Honey Toast med Ferrero Rocher og ikke en eller anden tam Fakero Rocher substitut. Vi gav 8€ for 1 Ferrero Rocher Honey Toast og 1 Iced Matcha Latte, så priserne er lige så legit som kvaliteten af ingredienserne.

Their motto is “There’s always room for dessert” and they’re right. There’s always room for one of their desserts and not only has a lot of people noticed this, a lot of people seem to be taking it a bit too literally as well. No matter the time of day, there’s a massive line in front of After You Dessert Café. Fortunately a massive line doesn’t necessarily equal a massive waiting time, as their aura of coolness and awareness strikes again. Being more than regularly organized and service-minded they always manage to minimize the waiting time as much as possible and we barely had to wait 10 minutes to get a table. Completing the quality of the service and the desserts was the free iced tea that you could enjoy while waiting to be served. Perfection. 6/6 foxes

Med et motto der lyder ”There’s always room for dessert”, rammer de nok en gang hovedet på sømmet. Der er altid plads til en af deres desserter og det er gået op for mange flere end de her to ræve. Der er altid kø til After You, uanset hvornår man kigger forbi, så ikke nok med at alle lader til at have forstået budskabet, så kunne meget også godt tyde på, at folk muligvis tager sloganet lidt for bogstaveligt. Heldigvis er det ikke nødvendigvis ensbetydende med, at man skal vente længe, for her slår After You endnu en gang til med deres coolness og overblik. Ved at være mere end almindeligt serviceminded og organiserede, formåede de at finde et bord til os på under 10 minutter. For at fuldende servicen tilbyder de gratis iste, mens man venter på at blive betjent. Smukt! 6/6 Foxes.

Anyone who has ever been to Thailand knows what we’re talking about, when we say that you get great service everywhere in this country. No matter where you go, you’ll be greeted with a wai and a big smile. It’s extremely difficult to find a place, where this isn’t the case. Still, we managed to find that place in Siam.

Som Tam Nua has restaurants located in Siam Square and in Siam Center. You’ll recognize Som Tam Nua from a waiting staff that consists of a bunch of teenagers with this too-cool-for-school attitude that apparently forces them into caring more about keeping their hair as sticky as sticky rice than caring about serving the customers. We’ve been there a couple of times and every time they’ve forgotten all about us. If you order more than 2 dishes and drinks, you can be sure that they’ve forgotten half of it. Still we come back to this place to experience the same thing over and over. Why? The same reason you should visit the one place in Thailand that hasn’t got any of the exceptional service that the rest of the country is known and praised for. The food…

Enhver der har været i Thailand kan skrive under på, at man får den mest fantastiske service, uanset hvor man træder ind. Alle steder bliver du mødt af et wai og et stort smil, der lader dig føle dig velkommen. Det er praktisk taget umuligt at finde et sted, hvor det ikke er tilfældet i Thailand. På trods af det formåede vi at finde netop det sted i Siam Square.

Som Tam Nua har restauranter i Siam Square og i Siam Center, som ligger ved BTS-stationen “Siam”. Hvis du er omgivet af en flok oversmarte teenagere, der giver flere foxes for at sætte håret frem for at betjene kunderne, så er du det rigtige sted. Servicen er ganske enkelt helt forfærdelig her. Vi har været der et par gange og hver gang har oplevelsen været den samme. De glemmer halvdelen af vores bestillinger og lader ikke rigtigt til at bekymre sig om det. På trods af det har vi været der et hav af gange. Hvorfor? Af samme grund vi anbefaler andre at udsætte sig selv for landets ringeste service. Maden…

The food at Som Tam Nua is fantastic. Simple as that. It genuinely frustrates us because of the horrible service, but it’s a fact that you must try their food even if the lack of service is going to piss you off. We recommend trying their Som Tam mixed with rice noodles, fried chicken, charcoaled pork neck and their fried rice noodles with shredded dried pork as these dishes almost make up for the poor treatment you’ll get at Som Tam Nua.
If you know beforehand that you just won’t be able to tolerate less than decent service, we’ve actually concluded that Som Tam Nua in Siam Center has better service than the one in Siam Square. It’s still not great service, but it’s better than what you’ll get in Siam Square. However, the Som Tam Nua in Siam Square has better food, so this creates a bit of a dilemma. We usually go for the one in Siam Square, because the food there is good enough to ensure that no matter how many times they manage to piss us of, we’ll be back for more great food, but it’s for you to decide if you care more about service or food.
Either way, with the service (or lack thereof) costing this place a fox or two, we’ve decided to rate Som Tam Nua at 4/6 foxes

Maden hos Som Tam Nua er helt fantastisk. Så simpelt er det. Det er til stor frustration for os, at vi ikke kan blive væk fra den elendige behandling, men maden er bare så god, at man bliver nødt til at prøve den, uanset hvor gal man bliver over betjeningen. Vi kan anbefale deres “Som Tam mixed with rice noodles”, “fried chicken”, “charcoaled pork neck” og deres “fried rice noodles with shredded dried pork”, da disse retter næsten udligner manglen på service. Hvis du på forhånd kender dig selv godt nok til at sige, at du ganske enkelt ikke kommer til at tolerere den dårlige betjening, er vi faktisk kommet frem til, at de behandler en lidt bedre på Som Tam Nua i Siam Center. Det er ikke prangende, men det er trods alt bedre service end den du finder på Som Tam Nua i Siam Square. Når det er sagt, bliver det desværre på bekostning af maden, da maden faktisk smager bedre på Som Tam Nua i Siam Square, så det skaber jo lidt af et dilemma. Vi plejer at tage på den i Siam Square og så banke hovedet i bordet, mens vi venter på, at al vores mad bliver serveret. Det fungerer faktisk fint, for når maden så kommer, er den altid så god, at vi højst sandsynligt kommer igen (lige så snart hovedpinen har fortaget sig). Man styrer selvfølgelig selv, om man giver flest foxes for service eller smag.
Uanset om man er til det ene eller det andet, har vi i hvert valgt at lade den manglende service koste 1 eller 2 foxes i vurderingen af dette sted, så vi ender på 4/6 foxes