Well, I am back in HK. Got in late last night after a 10 hour flight from Auckland. Managed to watch 5 1/2 movies on the plane: Duplicity (amusing, and Clive Owen good as ever), Fast & Furious (typical Vin Diesel caper), Push (interesting seeing some of HK in a big movie), Angels & Demons (surprisingly faithful to the book), and half of Alien vs Predator (a walk down memory lane).
We are now the proud owners of a very small piece of land in Auckland - in between Orakei and Mission Bay. Next comes the task of building a house while located a 10 hour flight away...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
Chocolatey goodness
Or maybe it should be "chocolatey badness" when you think about what's in it...
(The spoon in the picture is a teaspoon)
(The spoon in the picture is a teaspoon)
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Cooking concoctions
It's been a while (at least a few weeks because that's how long it has been since we changed houses) since I last cooked something. So tonight I decided it was time to try something new-ish.
Being a small, serviced, apartment, there is not a lot in the way of cooking stuff. (All our own "stuff" is in a storage unit) So I looked at what is in the cupboard and tried to figure out what to make. We have sugar, chocolate, flour, baking powder (or is it soda? or are those the same thing?), biscuits, more sugar (icing, this time), cream, and a few other bits and pieces.
So that it suggested to me something like another cheesecake. Except that we have no bowls, or things to beat eggs with. So that was out. Sonia has just pointed out that not having an oven is probably a bigger issue than not having a bowl or whisk...
Anyway, biscuits, chocolate, cream, butter, and sugar. Oh, and marshmallows. That suggested some form of uncooked ganache pie. So that is what I made - in a Glad (as in gladwrap brand) disposable container. Biscuits (smashed in a plastic bag), with butter melted in the saucepan and some sugar. No idea of the quantities as we have nothing to measure with. Lined the container with the biscuit mixture, and stuck it into the freezer for a while.
In the meantime, I melted some chocolate chips, added some cream, and stirred it well. Then I cut up marshmallows into half-size pieces. Taking the container out of the freezer, I put a layer of chocolate stuff, then marshmallows, more chocolate, more marshmallows, and then the rest of the chocolate. Then back into the freezer for a while, and then into the fridge.
Sonia reckons that I will have to eat it in extreeeemly thin slices (or wedges) since it will be sooo rich. But I suspect that she has underestimated my capacity for sweet desserts! We shall see.
In case anyone has not heard through the ever-efficient grapevine, I have a meeting in HK on Thursday next week and so will not be arriving until Friday lunchtime (instead of Wednesday).
Being a small, serviced, apartment, there is not a lot in the way of cooking stuff. (All our own "stuff" is in a storage unit) So I looked at what is in the cupboard and tried to figure out what to make. We have sugar, chocolate, flour, baking powder (or is it soda? or are those the same thing?), biscuits, more sugar (icing, this time), cream, and a few other bits and pieces.
So that it suggested to me something like another cheesecake. Except that we have no bowls, or things to beat eggs with. So that was out. Sonia has just pointed out that not having an oven is probably a bigger issue than not having a bowl or whisk...
Anyway, biscuits, chocolate, cream, butter, and sugar. Oh, and marshmallows. That suggested some form of uncooked ganache pie. So that is what I made - in a Glad (as in gladwrap brand) disposable container. Biscuits (smashed in a plastic bag), with butter melted in the saucepan and some sugar. No idea of the quantities as we have nothing to measure with. Lined the container with the biscuit mixture, and stuck it into the freezer for a while.
In the meantime, I melted some chocolate chips, added some cream, and stirred it well. Then I cut up marshmallows into half-size pieces. Taking the container out of the freezer, I put a layer of chocolate stuff, then marshmallows, more chocolate, more marshmallows, and then the rest of the chocolate. Then back into the freezer for a while, and then into the fridge.
Sonia reckons that I will have to eat it in extreeeemly thin slices (or wedges) since it will be sooo rich. But I suspect that she has underestimated my capacity for sweet desserts! We shall see.
In case anyone has not heard through the ever-efficient grapevine, I have a meeting in HK on Thursday next week and so will not be arriving until Friday lunchtime (instead of Wednesday).
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