Our trip started with the early Eurostar to Brussels (the train actually goes to Amsterdam, but stops in Brussels and The Hague too).
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A trip to the Mosel valley
“This summer, I’m going to Germany to drink lots of German wines.”
Say that to any random person and you’ll probably get a number of confused looks, if not outright mockery:
- GERMAN wines?
- I did not know they made wine out there!
- Aren’t they sickly sweet?
- etc…
To be honest, I was one of those people who thought wine couldn’t be made in Germany.
Or rather, it hadn’t even crossed my mind that it was possible!
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As the actual Chinese New Year fell on a Tuesday, we first celebrated ahead of time: the Friday before. Too tired to cook, too tired to go to the restaurant (and there were probably no tables available anyway), we caved in and had food from Duck & Rice delivered home. Once a year!
But this week-end Devvers was possessed by the spirit of the New Year and spent most of the week-end cooking a turnip cake… amongst other things, but this is what took the longest.
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It was cold this week and I didn’t want to get out to the shops, but I still managed to concoct this with bits and bobs that were in either the cupboard or the fridge, and it turned out to be very pleasant!
Continue reading “Cupboard and fridge ochazuke”An improvised salad dressing, or a lunch-time hack
I brought a salad to the office on Friday, which is not unusual. But I was in a rush in the morning and didn’t prepare the little container with the dressing (olive oil, vinegar, salt).
As I started cycling towards the office, I expected / hoped / vaguely remembered that the office kitchen had some bottles of these.
Imagine my sheer horror when, hours later, I turn up at the kitchen and… nope. There was nothing of that. There was sugar, marmite, sriracha (hot sauce), salt, pepper, other random things… but absolutely no olive oil or vinegar.
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