Cooking diaries

You know what's better than having someone cook for you?

Having someone who can cook a spinach souffle like the footballer made for lunch today.

Nothing else going on today - been lazing around the house for most of today except for the much-needed 40 mins at the gym.

On a good note:
• There is only one more day left in this week
• The coming Monday is a holiday and so is the Tuesday of the week after
• Work has been slow (can almost sometimes be a negative though)
• Going on vacation in three weeks for an entire week
• Manunited has been winning, which means I have a very happy footballer at home
• I bought a new pair of wedges for the summer – very cute
• I also got myself a new pair of lens – the 24-105mm Canon standard zoom, which I’ve been planning for a long time
• I started going regularly to the gym
• I’ve made progress on learning to swim
• I (apparently) feel like blogging again – not that I was ever too regular although I did have a few good patches
• There are lots of other travel plans being put in place for the year
• I can feel my birthday month getting closer and closer
• There’s been some good progress on my role in the NGO world.


On the other hand:
• The footballer has been persistently sick since the end of March
• I seem to be developing a chronic back ache
• I have a bad throat and can feel a temperature coming on, which also has resulted in me taking a short break from the gym and swimming
• There is a large pile of dishes waiting for me in the sink
• Hmmm....that’s about it on the dark side….almost surprising

For those of you who know me..

..you know many things about me - like, I don't wear a watch, I like having tea every day at 10:30am, and I was 2 years old when I had my first sip of whisky. Okaaay, maybe you don't know any of that, but here is one thing you most definitely know - I don't cook.

However, this has changed since moving to HK. I now cook everyday... (every other day at least :P). And here is proof:

Breakfast: Sausages, carrots and asparagus

Lunch: Grilled chicken (marinated in olive oil and mint leaves) with carrots, and jackfuit

Dinner: Stuffed Artichoke, and, stir-fried beef with sun-dried tomatoes

There! You know me a little better now. :)

Can't Stop Laughing

We've seen a lot of (and laughed our heads off at) Chinglish/Hinglish signs...almost to the point of it becoming a cliche. But really couldn't help putting this one up - the footballer and I found this on the first page of a menu at a restaurant in Taipei.

Seriously? They really couldn't think of more appropriate ways to manage their non-Chinese speaking clientele?

The footballer talking about a BIG FAT beef burger

Seahorses

I was researching sea horses on google and this picture showed up as one of the first hits under 'images'...isn't it adorable??

Saturday Afternoon in Taipei