I received my first lipstick by Illamasqua some weeks ago in the color 'Magnetism', and it's the one I'm wearing above. It's an amazing lippie, but I've got to say that it looks different in different lights so what you see isn't necessarily what you get. It can look quite a dark reddish purple, but sometimes it's a nice raspberry pink.

I've been reading a lot again lately. I finished three books in the last week: The Great Gatsby, Ender's Game and Das kunstseidene Mädchen. I absolutely loved the last one! It's by Irmgard Keun and had me shedding tears at the end. The English translation of the title goes by 'The artifical silk girl'. Actually, I had read that one and The Great Gatsby already, but I'm currently re-reading a lot of books I remember I really liked.

I've also been eating out a lot, and have finally been to Berlinburger International in Neukölln where I even went a second time in the same week. So yes, it's g o o d!  Here's a picture from my first visit. It's a small hole in the wall kind of place but when it's warmer, you can also sit outside. The patties are tasty, the bread has a good crunch to it and there's fresh salad and really good toppings on the burgers as well. I can even recommend the french fries, I liked them! So if you're in the area do check it out! It's got my seal of approval and has restored my faith in Berlin burgers again.

It's my boyfriend's birthday soon and I'm so bad with surprises that I spontaneously prepared two but ended up telling him of them right away anyway. And that like, two weeks before his actual birthday... I feel so stupid.

Went to Seoulkitchen in Prenzlauer Berg today. The reviews on qype.de looked good, so we were eager to try it out.

Unfortunately, however, I can totally not recommend it.

Korean cuisine is some sort of trend in Berlin right now it seems, so people flock to Korean restaurants but apparently know very little about Korean food if anything at all. I guess this explains the many good reviews on the place because I found little about the food that was authentic. That they also serve sushi should have made me suspicious.

My boyfriend got galbi, marinated short ribs with salad and rice, and I got hoe-top-bab, which is usually a cool bowl of rice with salad and fermented veggies topped with Korean-style sashimi, raw strips of fresh fish.

However, my boyfriend's white rice was very bad. It was a weird mix of Thai rice and round corn rice and the mix tasted very weird. The ribs tasted alright but not a bit what they are supposed to taste like if it was original Korean marinade. The greatest disappointment, however was my bowl of hoe-top-bab. In Korea, it's served cold and with only a certain kind of white flesh fish, but at Seoulkitchen, it came out the same way like a common bibimbab, in a hot bowl and with salmon. The bowl was still sizzling, and the fish that was supposed to be raw was cooked by the time I could eat any of it. I was very disappointed, but I don't believe I would have been convinced if I had been given the choice to order the dish cold as it's supposed to be. Unfortunately, the waitress had forgotten to ask and since most people that order it want it hot she just got it for me that way.

Which brings me back to Germans not knowing anything about Korean food.

Anyway, a huge disappointment in my opinion, especially since the menu is definitely on the pricier side..

Today, we had burgers at Burgeramt in Friedrichshain. You can see a picture of them on my instagram. 

From the pictures I had seen, the reviews that I read and the recommendations from friends that I had gotten I was expecting more. In conclusion I'd give it a 4 from 10 rating, and feel confirmed in the notion that burgers in Berlin are not very good. 

There are still some more burger shops to try, and I have high hopes for Berlinburger International in Kreuzberg. So far, however, I think the really good burgers are to be found elsewhere but apparently not in Berlin. 

Sadface :(