Pure silent delight

People talk too much sometimes. I frequently talk too much.

This evening, a moment of silence, of pure delight was witnessed with no sound.
The five of us, after a delicious onions and ginger quiche, were almost done with the dessert.
The bowl of melted chocolate was arriving to its end. All the fruit had already been dipped into its chocolate dream and mouths had gladly tasted those simple duets.
Ice cream was the last victim to fall before this devilishly tasty, dark, hot, gooey and sweet liquid.
Jazz in the kind of this great "Take Five" was playing from my bulky and trustworthy music player.
At some point, nobody said anything, we all just gazed somewhere, probably nowhere at all, while the spoon slowly but surely went back up, carrying some chocolated ice to one's patiently open mouth.

I wish I had more moments like those. Being somewhere and not really anywhere. Being with other people and enjoying it with all of them, but still able to appreciate that singular moment independent and selfishly.


n.-

mango-ginger-chili at night

Ding ding ding...
And on our left side, Mango-Ginger-Tofu!!!!!
While on our right side, Chili Soy!!!!
To balance the whole dish, some couscous and rice. Let the tasteful fight begin!

The Ginger/Mango marinade is absolutely delicious. The bell-pepper (green stuff on top) is a great detail.
Some notes of improvement for future attempts:

• use less orange and lime juice, their taste just take over too much;
• add more green veggies to the rice, broccoli for example;
• replacing the jalapeno with some dried smashed chili gave a much appreciated little kick;
  

Jakob's Chili Soy was faaaaaab! He's totally into it and getting some great results out of his efforts.

Everybody was pleased and fed healthily - surely something everyone's mom will be pleased to know.


n.-

same old, same old... for a change

Nothing much going on on N's Munich front.

• Germany qualified itself for the Euro2008 final happening Sunday night;
• I never know what to put on before going out (the best bet is still the "shorts + t-shirt" combination, it can rain but it won't be cold);
• a friend is staying over next week;
• I have some new poi tricks to practice on (which makes me think I need to research about the lef-/rightside brain "thing"...

So tonight is veggie-dinner night, 2nd episode. My proposal is a Mango Ginger Tofu. I'll be posting about the outcome, I can already tell that the marinade cooking in the kitchen smells terrific!!!! Just imagine mango, ginger, garlic, maple syrup and wine simmering for half-an-hour... it just awakens the notion pleasure with a totally new and amazing odor.

If only the people enjoying the veggie-nights also had room, a decent kitchen and wouldn't live too far away from downtown. It sucks to be the only one...

n.-

It could be a culinary adventure...

... but it was just a simple and almost safe experiment.


This is ragout, bolognese ragout. Based on the very simple Ragout-à-la-Rossella (celeri, onion, carrot and tomato sauce), today I decided to use some thyme while cooking and added 1/3 a mozzarella ball almost at the end.
I would like to have posted a much nicer picture, like how it looked like on a plate, covered with some delicious Parmesan (24 months old) and Basil, but it was just smelling too good to hold my appetite. (Not even need to mention how f'in delicious it was) This is a very repeatable recipe.


n.-

PS: Behind me, my current guest is watching Into the wild, at the part where the main character tries to get a bed for homeless people and identifies himself as "Alex Supertramp":D The OST promises great things, it's Eddie Vedder after all.