I don't know about you but I love grocery shopping in foreign countries. Seeing what locals eat is like the key to becoming them for a few days. I always want to be French in France, Italian in Italy, Japanese in Japan, and well, the only places that don't apply are Germany and America because I feel like I've exhausted my need to be either by now. =3=

Oli and I bought a few things to cook dinner. Of course Oli wanted burgers! And naturally I wanted salad. Ha ha.

Paris in Snaps V

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Hello guys! Sorry I've been so inactive on the blog. I am well aware I missed the Share it Saturday last Saturday. I've been feeling rubbish lately because I have painful dry skin on my face right now. It's not a lot but it's around my mouth and it burns when I try to treat it with creams and oils. I guess I'll have to make a trip to the doctor but I'm lacking health insurance so I'm a bit blue right now.

Okay but enough sad news and onto some food pics from last week/this week:


I don't know if you know this but I am all about the curry. I don't care if it's a strange interpretation of curry. If it ends in "curry", chances are it can't be that bad. Here I made some curried rice with tofu, zucchini, and onions. Super simple and yummy.

Then last Friday, Oli invited his friends over for burgers and movie night.



The next day he made more with leftover ingredients, including a mini-B.


Oli loves fast food (pizza, burgers, fries, döner kebab, you name it) and I'm always telling him he's fattening me up. So as a joke, he made a big burger for himself and a tiny burger (sandwiched between two baguette pieces) for me! Haha, I laughed it was so cute.

Then today I met up with my friend Lara and we went to Transit Restaurant in Mitte.




I wasn't feeling too hungry so I got just one of their little plates (usually you get a bunch with people and share) and a "Against Cold" tea. The tea was yummy (ginger, lemon, and honey never fails), and the squid salad was also very good! It was a daily special so not sure if you can get it if you decide to go, but I've heard the papaya salad is also top notch. The prices are average for Berlin and the waitresses are all really dolled up too (not because they have to I think but they had full-on makeup and false eyelashes, which is quite rare to see in Berlin since everyone is so bare all the time). Anyway, I recommend it and I would go again for sure!
Finally, a small purchase at Primark.


I don't shop at Primark so often but for lounge things like this, I go crazy! I have a pair of pink slip-ons but since it's getting colder, I wanted something that would cover my ankles. These are perfect because of the cushion on the bottom and the fuzzy lining, plus I love anything flannel.
So that's about it for today. Hope you enjoyed reading and have a nice Wednesday!

Transit Restaurant and Primark Booties

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If you've ever seen Avenue Q the Musical, then you know that the internet is for porn.

So to follow on that, here's a few saucy pictures that should get your stomach churning for more!





The first four pictures are all homemade food. Ever since Oliver and I had another Sushi Party, we've been on a Sushi kick and packing Sushi for lunch more frequently (Maki being the correct term, since Sushi refers to Nigiri).
The same goes for the Cinnamon Rolls. We kept baking a new batch to replace the ones that were eaten, that after 5 days straight of Cinnamon Rolls, we couldn't take it anymore. The ones I made were Vegan, which we decided were better than the regular ones. The flatmates gobbled them up!

The burgers were created a few hours ago for dinner. There was leftover Gluten Frei Mehl (gluten free flour) so we used it to make burger buns and donuts. Fail on both parts. I've dabbled in gluten-free baking before, and the most successful ones always mix different kinds of gluten free flours. I also am partial to Sorghum Flour. I looked at the ingredients and all this was was Corn Flour and Corn Starch. It just made the bread really dense and heavy. We called them Sad Donuts and Buns. Therefore in this case, Gluten-Frei = Glücklich-Frei (Happy Free). Boo!


I've been really busy lately trying to assemble myself here, so excuse the lack of updates. I haven't forgotten the blog just yet! I'll try to get it rolling once again.

Have a fun Saturday y'all!

Food Porn

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Recently gave these a whirl when Ollie was making burgers. Super easy stuff! Just keep an eye on them because they brown pretty quickly . . . . (click image to go to recipe)

Hamburger Buns

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Not too often do bookstores make you hungry, unless you are either in the cookbook section or you're waiting for a friend that promised burgers on the way home.

Well, combine the two, and you get one hungry person whose friend found them in the cookbook section staring at the Book of Burger (a la Rachel Ray). It's a bit strange when you have to explain Rachel Ray to someone, because in the States she's pretty much everywhere. But a few pages in, my friend and I decided, to hell with buying premade food, let's make them little buggers (ahem, I mean, burgers).

The recipe is Rachel's Italian BBQ Chicken Burgers.

We didn't buy the same amount of chickadee as the recipe calls for, so I kind of improvised the measurements (I do that a lot here, because the metric system change means no one uses measuring cups!) It still turned out quite tasty! The only thing I would change is the amount of fennel I used (it was a tad too licoricey). And I think for me, the meat in the sauce is too much because the burger is already made of meat. Otherwise, I give it a thumbs up! It was also a lovely way to spend a weekday evening.

Hey Thar' Buns, What's Toasting your Sesame Seeds?

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