Aujourd'hui, je ecrir seulement en français... (just kidding!) ;p Not gonna write only in French lah...my mind might just burst from trying to find the correct vocab, grammar and tense!
To de-stress from my daily gruelling French classes/homework, I simply cook and bake. Food is really the heart and soul of my "Zen Zone".
Garlic roasted pork tenderloin with raspberry glaze and lemon couscous with plump raisins. The other day, I made just the most amazing banana chocolate walnut cake I have ever tasted, and ever made. Don't know if it was the bananas from here or the new oven we bought, but I have always used the same trusted recipe from James Beard. This time, I modified a little and it was phenomenally moist and yummy. There's no photos of it cos we ate it up so fast, there was no time!
Departing from the US, I am SO glad to find that they have their own coffee joints here, which are WAY much BETTER than Starbucks! I especially love this Mocha Framboise(raspberry) from Cafe Depot which is my "Go-to-coffee" whenever I hit the malls. The dark chocolate flakes that melt on the frothy milk are always a delight for me. Second Cup also makes the best tasting Vanilla Latte on this planet. My other "Go-To-Coffee" as well! =)Living alone is pretty hard for a person to be inspired to cook well, I think. I've never lived alone before in my entire life but this week, Emmanuel is in NY for work so I am pretty much Home Alone with Theoden, and cooking for myself alone is tough!
Always, I am so tempted to just tear apart a packet of instant noodles and be done with it in 5mins, but it is so against my nature to be "done with eating" these days. Anyhoo, my supply of instant noodles from Singapore is running low(4packets left, to be exact) and so, the next closest thing I can think of, is to make tom yum soup.
I miss having hawker centres, 24hrs foodcourts and coffee shops just round the corner, like back in Singapore. I want to "tah-pow" lah... :(
Well, I just have to be patient and wait another 4 more months and I will be home!!! Yippee!!!
