Monthly Archives: November 2008

Korma-chameleon

November 24, 2008 – 9:08 pm

Cooking is all about improvisation. Results not guaranteed, of course. But, tonight, my little improv worked a treat. The original dish: chicken korma (from Jamie’s Ministry of Food). I present you: chicken korma-chameleon.
 
As the name of my dish suggests, I didn’t quite stick to Jamie Oliver’s recipe. The recipe (which serves four to six Brits, i.e. [...]

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The best way to start a day…

November 24, 2008 – 10:35 am

Is to get out of bed at 5am and head out for a long, (relatively) easy morning run. I actually quite miss the early part of the year when I woke up religiously three to five times a week between 4am and 5am to fit in my long run training seshs for the Sundown Ultra [...]

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Chicken soup for our souls

November 23, 2008 – 7:30 pm

Damo locked me out of the kitchen and whipped up dinner tonight. He wouldn’t even let me open the fridge the whole day, and when I found random groceries he had just bought on the table — toothpaste, can opener and a can of sweetcorn — he got all defensive.
What’s for dins? I asked. All [...]

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Tuash. Or Sqennis.

November 23, 2008 – 5:33 pm

We can’t decide what to call the game we just played for an hour. Well, basically, because it was threatening to rain out, we decided to play tennis in the squash courts downstairs. Well, we really played squash with tennis rackets and balls. I must say it was quite a success, if our stinking sweat-drenched [...]

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Raku

November 22, 2008 – 4:59 pm

Salmon shioyaki. Yasai tempura. Tori Karaage. Salmon teriyaki. Agadeshi Tofu. Ika Karaage. Curry don. Ramen. Pick any one of those, which comes along with various side dishes, ranging from pitan tofu to sashimi yasai salad to tamago to garlic rice to miso soup to fruit, starting from just 15 bucks per set.
For quality and quantity, [...]

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