...and the sea at the end of the street
Jan. 15th, 2010 12:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nishatalithaI have one more day of holiday and the weekend and then it's back to work for me. Since I finished Perdito Street Station (one of my to-read list these holidays), I clearly haven't been reading anything with a high enough level of mental challenge, as I'm actually starting to look forward to the work.
Not the getting up early, I should note.
I was asked to come into work for a bit this afternoon to do a couple of bits and pieces that could not wait (client needed it by tomorrow). Work will make this time up to me. I also went in last Sunday for a couple of hours (unpaid) to clear my desk some, since it will be crazy-busy when I get back on Monday.
Haven't done much handwork, but have watched a bit of M*A*S*H and random other tv, and read a lot of fic (been working backwards through my delicious account reading anything on it that takes my fancy and deleting some of the to-read tag).
Spent half an hour on the Terrace on the way home today, what with traffic, and got home to find the weather had turned to a light misty attempt at rain. Nonetheless, I refused to be put off my plans for dinner (barbeque) and went ahead regardless and it was good.
Dinner consisted of shrimp in a Cantonese marinade as a starter around 7.30pm for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maudlinrose and myself, since tamarillow was working until 8.00pm; and for mains, once she got home, edamame with a ginger/rice wine vinegar and sugar/sesame oil dipping sauce, chicken on a stick in a thai coridander marinade, mushrooms lightly bbq'd in the remains of the shrimp mariade, plain white rice, and a green salad (well, lettuce, red capsicum and blueberries) with an asian style dressing. We have some leftovers of all except the shrimp.
The Cantonese marinade was perhaps a bit overpowering for the shrimp, but tasty nonetheless - I think it would be better if done as a stirfry and egg noodles mixed in at the end. The edamame dipping sauce is something I really like. The thai-coriander marinade tasted very strongly of the lime juice that was the base and I'm quite glad I added the extra teaspoon of sugar. The other flavours were more noticable when the outside was turning black - something to keep in mind. The aisan style salad dressing tasted a bit strongly of fish sauce (a key ingredient) and I will be interested to try it with a salt-reduced fish sauce when we've finished our current bottle of the stuff.
The various recipes came from a couple of Annabelle Langbein's cookbooks.
I have just finished a mug of hot chocolate which I adulterated with caramel flavouring, about half a teaspoon cinnamon and a quarter teaspoon each of mixed spice and powdered chilli. It was good.
Walked into town most days this week for various reasons and here are assorted pictures:
Monday - view from top of Wade St
Wednesday - I found a different way to walk down through some bush along my usual route and it was quite pretty
Detail from a shop window by the bus stop while waiting
Thursday - today was much nicer and I think the photos are as well. More pohutukawa with some of the city stretched out in the background
The view further around to the right from the previous photo. When I was a student in my horrible crappy flat, I had a similar view to this
I walked in down via Garden Rd, since I was in Northland for lunch and saw these on the way down
Pohutukawa to the left, botannical gardens to the right, Glenmore St in the centre, with some of the CBD and the harbour beyond. Managed to dodge all the powerlines in this shot.
Not the getting up early, I should note.
I was asked to come into work for a bit this afternoon to do a couple of bits and pieces that could not wait (client needed it by tomorrow). Work will make this time up to me. I also went in last Sunday for a couple of hours (unpaid) to clear my desk some, since it will be crazy-busy when I get back on Monday.
Haven't done much handwork, but have watched a bit of M*A*S*H and random other tv, and read a lot of fic (been working backwards through my delicious account reading anything on it that takes my fancy and deleting some of the to-read tag).
Spent half an hour on the Terrace on the way home today, what with traffic, and got home to find the weather had turned to a light misty attempt at rain. Nonetheless, I refused to be put off my plans for dinner (barbeque) and went ahead regardless and it was good.
Dinner consisted of shrimp in a Cantonese marinade as a starter around 7.30pm for
maudlinrose and myself, since tamarillow was working until 8.00pm; and for mains, once she got home, edamame with a ginger/rice wine vinegar and sugar/sesame oil dipping sauce, chicken on a stick in a thai coridander marinade, mushrooms lightly bbq'd in the remains of the shrimp mariade, plain white rice, and a green salad (well, lettuce, red capsicum and blueberries) with an asian style dressing. We have some leftovers of all except the shrimp. The Cantonese marinade was perhaps a bit overpowering for the shrimp, but tasty nonetheless - I think it would be better if done as a stirfry and egg noodles mixed in at the end. The edamame dipping sauce is something I really like. The thai-coriander marinade tasted very strongly of the lime juice that was the base and I'm quite glad I added the extra teaspoon of sugar. The other flavours were more noticable when the outside was turning black - something to keep in mind. The aisan style salad dressing tasted a bit strongly of fish sauce (a key ingredient) and I will be interested to try it with a salt-reduced fish sauce when we've finished our current bottle of the stuff.
The various recipes came from a couple of Annabelle Langbein's cookbooks.
I have just finished a mug of hot chocolate which I adulterated with caramel flavouring, about half a teaspoon cinnamon and a quarter teaspoon each of mixed spice and powdered chilli. It was good.
Walked into town most days this week for various reasons and here are assorted pictures:
Monday - view from top of Wade St
Wednesday - I found a different way to walk down through some bush along my usual route and it was quite pretty
Detail from a shop window by the bus stop while waiting
Thursday - today was much nicer and I think the photos are as well. More pohutukawa with some of the city stretched out in the background
The view further around to the right from the previous photo. When I was a student in my horrible crappy flat, I had a similar view to this
I walked in down via Garden Rd, since I was in Northland for lunch and saw these on the way down
Pohutukawa to the left, botannical gardens to the right, Glenmore St in the centre, with some of the CBD and the harbour beyond. Managed to dodge all the powerlines in this shot.
