Today’s Dinner: Shrimp Fried Rice

Today’s Dinner: Shrimp Fried Rice

Today I made my own version of shrimp fried rice. First, I put a couple of scoops of left over rice in a bowl, and mixed it with ginger powder, white pepper, Himalaya salt, white and black sesame seeds and eggs (both the egg white and the egg yolk). Then I…
Kawaii Cat Strawberry Cake Roll

Kawaii Cat Strawberry Cake Roll

I am now experimenting with the free drawing program Krita to make art and this is my first drawing made in Krita! A cute strawberry cake roll. I'll be honest, I've had Krita on my devices for years already, but I didn't use it much and used Windows-based drawing programs instead.…
Simple and Quick Mustard Soup Recipe

Simple and Quick Mustard Soup Recipe

It wasn't my full dinner of course, but I made a simple and quick mustard soup as an appetizer to my rice meal today. I never made or even tasted mustard soup before, so it was an experiment. I used whatever ingredients were left in the house. I think it was…
Today’s Dinner: Homemade Maki

Today’s Dinner: Homemade Maki

It has been last then two years since I discovered how tasty sushi/maki is, after trying out Japanese food for the first time. Since then, I've ordered from our local Japanese restaurant several times, always ordering a few pieces of sushi or maki. I've started trying to make my own maki,…
Today’s Dinner: Pizza

Today’s Dinner: Pizza

My mom ordered pizza for us today, so I chose an American Supreme Meat Lover. I'm not really much of a pizza fan, but I do like the taste of this one! In the afternoon, I made a quick alternative, folded scrambled egg. It's a simple recipe: two scrambled eggs, some…
Today’s Dinner: Chicken Soup

Today’s Dinner: Chicken Soup

Today I made chicken soup using the cleanest chicken stock I could order from the supermarket, and added a bunch of vegetables, a tiny bit of butter, black pepper, Himalaya salt and soy sauce. I used the following vegetables: Onions Garlic Bok choi Chinese cabbage Carrots Spring onion Celery Bell pepper…
Today’s Dinner: Chinese Takeout

Today’s Dinner: Chinese Takeout

In the Netherlands, you will not typically find things like dim sum or bao zhe at a Chinese restaurant. In fact, you will find a mixture of Chinese and Indonesian menu items, with one of the most popular items being Babi Pangang (grilled/roasted pork). Today, I ordered "Tsiu Yim Ha" with…
Today’s Dinner: Garlic Honey Chicken Breast

Today’s Dinner: Garlic Honey Chicken Breast

Today I experimented with ingredients that I don't normally use. I made chicken breast with honey and chopped garlic, topped with roasted sesame seeds. I served the chicken breast pieces with rice, as I serve pretty much all my dinner with rice. ^_^ Quick overview: - I fried the pieces of…
I had Japanese food for the first time yesterday

I had Japanese food for the first time yesterday

Yesterday, I had Japanese food for the first time. Where I live, there were never any Japanese restaurants close-by, until we got a Japanese-Chinese restaurant a few years ago. Having Japanese food was always something I wanted to 'save' for when I would visit Japan - which is still on top…
dutch vending machine

Fast Food Vending Machines in the Netherlands

A fast food vending machine at The Hague Central train station. Although these vending machines were a lot more common in the past, you can still find these fast food machines in many places in the Netherlands. Allowing you to take out a hot snack or burger, it is my experience…