Archive for December 2007

Dined out

Dec 5th

I thought I’d share some food photos I took from last week’s dinner with friends. I really enjoyed taking these photos..and eating some of them too.

Last week, husband and I went out dining with two friends whom we took to Loos Restaurant in Rotterdam. Loos is a cafe-restaurant combination with a business like ambiance since the location is surrounded with offices but the inside look must not be mistaken for a non sense service when it comes to food. I had, and my husband and friends too, the best time. I’m just going to share some of the plates we had.

this was my starter ..all I can remember about it was the duck liver mousse, simply divine.

beef carpaccio with mushroom treated with truffle mayonnaise

my husband’s starter, crab loempia with salmon and basil puree

Op de huid gebakken kabeljauwfilet met tempura van slibtong en een confiture van Spaanse peper”

and this was mine ..quail that was stuffed with don’t laugh now, but I really forgot!! I couldn’t even recall the ingredient but I knew it was with a sort of nuts..and the sauce was with river lobster. It was too much for me, but I almost ate the entire plate because it was so good.

Lamsbout uit de oven op gebakken wilde spinazie en een saus van munt en honing

these were some of what we had. we also had desserts but I decided not to include them here, the photos did not came out well.

I love going out with friends. How I wish my husband and I can do that a lot more.

Under the weather

Dec 4th

Posted by thess in General

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My husband’s been coughing, with a bit of high temperature and not really feeling well the past three days. Only I couldn’t stop him from working since he is such a workaholic. Now I feel the disadvantage of having an office at home, you just couldn’t stop yourself from doing your work.

And of course, a gas mask wont look good at me (or probably the opposite ) otherwise I would have worn one. So this morning I woke up with a sore throat…not a very good feeling to wake up to. But if it’s gotta happen, it will happen. ‘Through sickness and health” I said during the wedding ceremony…darn why did I said that? *lol* But it’s getting cold and I guess getting sick is inevitable. Argh! *sniff sniff*

But one thing I’m glad during winter is that I’m able to cook soups. Yes, soups! My husband is a ‘meat’ guy, typical dutch, but he welcomes soups every winter…making yours truly pretty happy. I’ve cooked my favorite braised beef soup, it’s a Thai recipe which believe it or not, is very easy to prepare. So if you’re interested to know the recipe, do visit this link.

my Neua Tun or Braised Beef Soup who says that an authentic Thai recipe can not be cooked at home?

"Swollen" | Weekend Snapshot #8

Dec 3rd

Posted by thess in Photo_memes

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My ex colleague in Thailand gave me this sunglasses as a souvenir last October. I was with her in Thailand when she bought this for me.

I find the brand ‘Maga’ a bit funny because in my language (Tagalog, Filipino language) it means swollen or swelling . How ironic that they gave it such brand name…

Marketing line:

MAGA : ‘For people with swollen eyes or eye bags’ *lol*