This was a small restaurant,
Monday, August 24, 2009
Qinghai foodz
This was a small restaurant,
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Home cooking
This Saturday we decided to make a pasta with tomato sauce. We bought fresh vegetables and fresh tomatoes, and the result was slightly different than what we had in mind:
It was very refreshing and fruity: we added a little balsamic vinegar to accentuate the fruitiness.
On Sunday we experimented again. This time our goal was to make something Rösti-esque:
The sausage that we used was a present from Amanda. It is a specialty from her home town, and for good reason: it is wonderfully smoky and worked really well in this Rösti-fantasy.
It was very refreshing and fruity: we added a little balsamic vinegar to accentuate the fruitiness.
On Sunday we experimented again. This time our goal was to make something Rösti-esque:
The sausage that we used was a present from Amanda. It is a specialty from her home town, and for good reason: it is wonderfully smoky and worked really well in this Rösti-fantasy.
La Paleta
Amanda took us to La Paleta: a restaurant with Cantonese-esque foodz, and waitresses with short hair.
This crispy pork was nice and crispy.
The yolks of these baozi with runny yolk was nice and runny.
The pork in these... oh well, you catch my drift...
This crispy pork was nice and crispy.
The yolks of these baozi with runny yolk was nice and runny.
The pork in these... oh well, you catch my drift...
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Backlog: Last week(end)
I bet everyone is very interested to know that last weekend we had stone-oven baked pizza and bitterballen in Sanlitunr.
Actually, yesterday we also ate bitterballen, but this time in the expat-heaven called Shunyi. We were quite surprised to be allowed into Shunyi district without the requisite gaggle of noisy blond children. Also, we will most likely never go back there again because we don't like noisy blond children.
We also cooked at home a few times recently. Made the old "so-good" roasted red peppers with feta and preserved lemon and, when Frans was suffering from what we hope was H1N1, home made tomato-pepper soup.
Finally, a picture taken from the cab last weekend.
Oh, and then there is this photo, which was already posted earlier. Frans received an email last week that his presence is requested at the award ceremony of the photo competition to which he submitted this photo. So exciting!!!
Although we're a bit disappointed that there are 400 finalists and only 50 people will actually win anything.
Actually, yesterday we also ate bitterballen, but this time in the expat-heaven called Shunyi. We were quite surprised to be allowed into Shunyi district without the requisite gaggle of noisy blond children. Also, we will most likely never go back there again because we don't like noisy blond children.
We also cooked at home a few times recently. Made the old "so-good" roasted red peppers with feta and preserved lemon and, when Frans was suffering from what we hope was H1N1, home made tomato-pepper soup.
Finally, a picture taken from the cab last weekend.
Oh, and then there is this photo, which was already posted earlier. Frans received an email last week that his presence is requested at the award ceremony of the photo competition to which he submitted this photo. So exciting!!!
Although we're a bit disappointed that there are 400 finalists and only 50 people will actually win anything.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Most beautiful office ever
I (Anke) moved into my new office yesterday.
It has made me decide not to look for another job for next year. What is the point? No-one will ever give me such a beautiful corner office again!
It has made me decide not to look for another job for next year. What is the point? No-one will ever give me such a beautiful corner office again!
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