Monday, 31 October 2011

... yum yum- part 57...



bitter gourd soup with noodle...
instant noodles, bitter gourd, chinese red dates & pork ribs...
it was actually the boiled bitter gourd soup that i cooked earlier...
then i just added the instant noodle for another yummy dinner...




mashed potato and broccoli...
potato, broccoli & butter...
boil the potato and broccoli till soft then mash them with butter...
another healthy side dish...
that yummy pork chop shown on the picture is actually cooked by my housemate irina...
next time i'll share more about that...




 chicken soup noodle...
instant noodles, chicken soup & chinese cabbage...
this is not just a normal chicken soup noodle...
the chicken soup base was cooked by my housemate petya with chicken and onions for hours without any additional spices...
what i did is just cook with instant noodle and some chinese cabbage...
it tasted so original and delicious...




stir fry chinese cabbage...
chinese cabbage, garlic & fermented bean curd...
simple and healthy oriental styled vegetables dish...


... the electric chairs...


electric chairs by robert wilson for kartell...

the collection is a collaborative effort between kartell and robert wilson, in celebration of his 70th birthday...
the 7 chair-sculptures are made of transparent polycarbonate with white coloured neon lights...




... one more beautiful house...


sublime tropical house in singapore designed by ong & ong...












besides learning to see... there is another art to be learned... not to see what is not...
- maria mitchell...


Sunday, 30 October 2011

... the modern grains...


natura by allmilmo...

the new range are made out of an oak veneer with horizontal continuous grain, providing a relief-structure...
the fronts are lacquered with black or white pores and are available in 7 trendy colours...

this is a new kitchen concept with combination of natural wood with stainless steel surrounding fields that give a warm and noble glow...




... an extra hour sleep...


at 0200 on sunday, clocks will be put back to 0100 to mark the return of greenwich mean time (gmt)...

we've been changing our clocks forwards and backwards in the uk since 1916...
it's all to do with saving the hours of daylight and it was started by william willett, a london builder who lived in kent...

william willett first proposed the idea of british summer time in 1907 in a pamphlet entitled 'the waste of daylight'...
william willett had noticed that the summer mornings light was wasted while people slept, and that the time would be better utilised in the afternoon by putting the clocks forward...
after campaigning for years the british government finally adopted the system a year after william willett's death...


... souping like polish...

sharing some beautiful traditional soup from poland...
i had it at one of the polish restaurant pasibrzuch in willesden...



zurek...
a traditional polish white borscht with white sausages and boiled eggs...



kapusniak...
a traditional polish cabbage soup...



rosot z kluseczkami...
a traditional chicken broth with noodles...

i hope i got the name and description right...
obviously the zurek soup was my favourite...


Friday, 28 October 2011

... south american white and sea...


la aduana, la barra, punta del este, uruguay project by 












there are 2 ways to handle a woman... and nobody knows either of them...
- kin hubbard...


... to avoid the attack...


eating a low purine diet can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from gout...
gout is caused by a condition called hyperuricemia, which means there is an excess of uric acid in the blood...
when this happens, the body will form crystals that accumulate in the joints and cause gout symptoms...

uric acid is a waste product left over from metabolism of chemical compounds called purines...
low purines diets are extremely helpful in lowering levels of uric acid in the body and will usually reduce foods that have high levels of purines...

foods with high purines include beef, pork, bacon, lamb, seafood, bread, alcohol beverages, asparagus, cauliflower, mushrooms, peas, spinach, duck, turkey, kidney, beans...

foods with low purines include green leaf vegetables, fruits, breads without yeast, milk products such as butter and cheese...


... shoe architecture...


russian sculptor naum gabo and spanish architect santiago calatrava, are the primary design influences bosnian designer tea petrovic in her shoes creations...
a series of shoe prototypes their forms based on inspiration of nature, space, geometric shapes and mathematical principles...