The Golden Phoenix

Lunchtime take out and delivery shop run by the blood elf monk Haladrin Sol'arian, located in the Court of the Sun near Farstriders' Square. Trained in the kitchens of the monastery atop the Peak of Serenity, Haladrin prepares both hot noodle dishes (with fresh made hand pulled noodles) and snacks for people on the go--using fresh local ingredients.

[dragonlikecats-deactivated20181]

How I imagine Americans to make food.

[polluxhale]

[golden-phoenix-smc]

There are no guns involved in the making of our noodle bowls, lol.

[artiststoolbox]

Hey guys! Manga studio is on sale again for 15$ until 11/30! :)

[artofcarmen]

If you didn’t grab MS5 or Clip Studio last time, I highly recommend it!

FYI: Clip Studio Paint is just the digital download version, and is the exact same.

[pariker]

Signal boosting for artist friends who may want this! I still haven’t fully explored what this program is capable, but it is BOSS for lineart. \o/ 

[raivenn-art]

Looooove this program.

[golden-phoenix-smc]

Apologies for my inactivity lately--my art muse sort of crowded out my RP muse for a while. I’m also thinking about how to make the RP more enjoyable for everyone--because I’m finding that when Haladrin does get customers he tends to get a lot of them all at once, which means I don’t get to really talk to your characters at any length.

Honestly my hope was to drum up some tumblr RP, which would allow for more character interaction that isn’t dependent on being online at the same time, and doesn’t make us have to wrap up quickly so others get a chance, and sometimes chill and chat with people in game over noodles, make friends with the return customers and all...but the current model only leaves me with time to send people off with their food before turning to the next person in line. And...I really want to spend some time getting to know your characters, you know? Because they’re more than just an order number.

So I guess what I’m saying is...it’s not that I’m not RPing much lately because I don’t want to RP, it’s that I’m trying really hard to think about how to have more personal RP with you guys than just: “Here's your order, have a nice day. Next!”

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Haladrin might be a worgen tomorrow, since he has the starter worgen leather set, and the mask dropped off Horseman!

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Green tea flavored rice pudding with a minty white chocolate eyeball, to complete the Hallow’s End menu!

@thesilvermoonorphanage

[raivenn-art]

Bean buns for Hallow’s End in Warcraft :D

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@thesilvermoonorphanage

[golden-phoenix-smc]

[[ I hope you don't mind me asking an OOC question, but what do you use to draw those lovely menu pictures? I adore them and your menu and have been dying to ask! ]]

(( Manga Studio 5! It’s a great program, and under $50 (unless you get the Pro version, which helps you do multi-page manga and comics, etc--but the basic one has all you need for single page art). I paid $38 Canadian on Amazon. I’m really loving it, and still learning as I go. I actually just downloaded a bunch of free brushes from the official Manga Studio group on DeviantArt, so you can add and customize brushes like you would in Photoshop.

Here’s some random doodle things I just did today playing with some of them. Don’t ask me what the black fuzzy snake/sperm thing is, I have no idea, rofl. It’s just a doodle gone out of control. (I’m just in love with the fuzz brush I downloaded.) So far I’ve been using a mouse to draw them, which is slow work, but I just got the call today that my tablet arrived, so I’m looking forward to playing with that, too! \o/ ))

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(( The child sized version of the bowl for the Hallow’s End party! XD )) 

@thesilvermoonorphanage 

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(( Reposting the octopus only, because I’m so happy with how they turned out, even though when I started drawing them I had no idea what I was going to do and deleted so many things before I finally figured it out, lol ))

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@thesilvermoonorphanage

In the morning, a delivery appears at the orphanage--a single noodle bowl, marked ‘For Your Approval’. A note inside the bag describes the dish, from the black squid ink noodles to the sauteed butternut squash, along with two soft-boiled eggs which have been molded into skull and jack-o’-lantern shapes, and four baby octopus. It goes on to explain that the bowls for the children would be half the size, and feature a single egg and a pair of sausages cut to resemble octopus.

Other samples are yet to come, pending approval of the main course.

[thesilvermoonorphanage-archive]

((We realize there are other things going on that night, but really this was the best time for all of us involved. We hope you can stop by, even if only for a short time.))

[golden-phoenix-smc]

(( Yay! I can’t wait to start drawing some spooky things for people to eat! XD ))

[golden-phoenix-smc]

Children’s Menu?

(( Haladrin just brought dinner home for the family, with a special little bowl for their toddler, and it got us thinking...

Little child-size noodle bowls topped with boiled eggs pressed in a mold so they come in cute shapes, or sausages cut to look like squid or octopus? Hmmm...))

[golden-phoenix-smc]

The Golden Phoenix has been closed for the last few days, as the chef was ill (the player as well!). Haladrin will be cooking again Wednesday afternoon at 2 pm server time (minimum an hour if there’s nobody around, longer if there’s RP to be had).

He will be adding a new dish to the menu, as there was interest in a vegetarian choice: The Harvest Bowl, featuring a single large mushroom seasoned, grilled, and cut into strips, a generous portion of sauteed butternut squash, and a side of fresh greens and scallions…all served over noodles in a soy-based broth.

[golden-phoenix-smc]

Reblogging just because I posted this in the middle of the night, lol.

[golden-phoenix-smc]

The Golden Phoenix has been closed for the last few days, as the chef was ill (the player as well!). Haladrin will be cooking again Wednesday afternoon at 2 pm server time (minimum an hour if there’s nobody around, longer if there’s RP to be had).

He will be adding a new dish to the menu, as there was interest in a vegetarian choice: The Harvest Bowl, featuring a single large mushroom seasoned, grilled, and cut into strips, a generous portion of sauteed butternut squash, and a side of fresh greens and scallions...all served over noodles in a soy-based broth.

[thesilvermoonlibrary-blog]

New Businesses!

*A brand new large poster board sits outside of the library along with the event bulletin board.*

We at the Silvermoon Library really enjoy getting the word out about new commerce, so we’d like to extend a very warm welcome to the family of businesses to The Golden Phoenix restaurant and Elegant Inspiration.

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Here, you’ll find their extensive menu:

Please see them for their phenomenal lunchtime and dinner fare!

inspirationsofelegance

A new floral shop dedicated to the needs of those who wish to express themselves, well, elegantly!

Owned and operated by jasteedawnsear, Elegant Inspiration is an enigma to the community with gifts of well-wishes and beauty!  Anything that could be expressed is done so elegantly with every hand-crafted bouquet and arrangement.

Just in time for fall, Elegant Inspiration is a great source for weddings and other special events! 

Visit today to be graced with elegance!

[kilanas-starseeker]

Because of Kil’anas’s recent unknown-to-the-public addiction to pandaren noodles, can y’all make a dish called “Lor’themar Lo Mein?”

[golden-phoenix-smc]

Thank you for the mention! :D  Tumblr didn’t even notify me about this post.

[golden-phoenix-smc]

I see it’s going to be one of those days...

[golden-phoenix-smc]

I really enjoyed the opening event of the shop! When are you guys usually online? Do you do catering? ))

Hi! We had fun as well :)  I can really only speak to my own availability (Haladrin’s) and such, so here it is! This week I’m working late for the first half of the week to cover for a coworker who’s on vacation, but I’m looking at RPing Haladrin more in the afternoons once my schedule goes back to normal in a couple of days. For IC reasons, Haladrin wants to be home in time to make dinner for the family as much as he can, and for me as a player, I needed to spark some fun RP to keep myself occupied when my main RP partner starts school.

My hope is to be on at least 3 afternoons a week (sometimes I need to do chores…sigh) but I’m also kind of hoping that people who can’t be on during the afternoon will walk up using the “order” button on the tumblr page so there can be tumblr RP too and no one gets left out! 

As to catering…it is a possibility! While Hala has no desire to work steady evenings (nor do I, as I have another character I’d like to play on the evenings when my partner is available, lol), he would be happy to pick up the occasional catering job :)