Today was a beautiful day. Warm and sunny and just what Spring is supposed to be.
I never fully appreciated my perfect Island weather until I came to this Land down under - and to Melbourne the city of freaky weather no less.
I suppose you never really do miss things until they are gone :)
When people ask me how I'm doing, I know that they usually mean how my studies are going. And yet, I think that the most important thing I have learnt since coming here is... how to cook! :)
Yes I can cook now. I know how to do kiri hodi and parippu and ambul thiyal and thel badum and what not. And surprise surprise - I actually kind of like cooking... If only there was someone else to clean up afterwards *sigh. I do hate cleaning up. Speaking of cooking, how many of you have had Apple curry?
It's just green apples cooked like you cook Ambarella - minus the sugar :) Oh and since I couldn't find good Kan kun, I've substituted Spinach or Silver beet and made the stir fry thing, which actually tastes very good.
I do miss mangoes...They don't have the nice firm ones here - and even the ones they have are so expensive. And sea food selection is pretty lame :( Oh and jackfruit :( I did find some frozen jackfruit imported from Lanka but they were no way like the real thing... Oh I do miss small pleasures...
I never fully appreciated my perfect Island weather until I came to this Land down under - and to Melbourne the city of freaky weather no less.
I suppose you never really do miss things until they are gone :)
When people ask me how I'm doing, I know that they usually mean how my studies are going. And yet, I think that the most important thing I have learnt since coming here is... how to cook! :)
Yes I can cook now. I know how to do kiri hodi and parippu and ambul thiyal and thel badum and what not. And surprise surprise - I actually kind of like cooking... If only there was someone else to clean up afterwards *sigh. I do hate cleaning up. Speaking of cooking, how many of you have had Apple curry?
It's just green apples cooked like you cook Ambarella - minus the sugar :) Oh and since I couldn't find good Kan kun, I've substituted Spinach or Silver beet and made the stir fry thing, which actually tastes very good.
I do miss mangoes...They don't have the nice firm ones here - and even the ones they have are so expensive. And sea food selection is pretty lame :( Oh and jackfruit :( I did find some frozen jackfruit imported from Lanka but they were no way like the real thing... Oh I do miss small pleasures...
The dish sounds interesting :)
ReplyDeleteYeah i hate the cleaning up part too
you in Aussi now ?? :O wish you all the best for whatever you are doing there :)
ReplyDeleteand hey presto!!
that's an innovative dish. get the patent ASAP. as azreal says it sounds interesting. well I hate the cleaning part too. so what i do is cleaning up while cooking so that I d not find any mess in the kitchen after the dish is done.
@Azrael
ReplyDeletehehe well it compensates for the lack of Ambarella... and Green apples are cheap here
@deeps
yep Deeps, im doing my phD here...
Yeah I do that (cleaning while dish is cooking) too but you still have to rinse the pots & pans and clean the stove :(
thanks for the comments guys :)