Anyway, every so often we venture out and try to discover new touristy things. Last December, we found the Paon Bali and absolutely loved it. It's a cooking class located in serene Ubud in the north of Bali, run by a husband and wife team, the funny Ibu Puspa and Pak Wayan.
Friday, 20 April 2012
Cooking up a feast at Paon Bali in Ubud, Indonesia
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Welcoming the Saka New Year in Silence (Nyepi in Bali)
Monday, 16 April 2012
Meatless Mondays - Three Bean Shepherd's Pie with Baked Celeriac Mash
Celeriac: possibly the ugliest vegetable around but so much goodness and a guilt-free substitute for potatoes. |
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Greek-Inspired Olive Crusted Roast Beef with Potatoes and Homemade Tzakiki
Tzakiki dip made from homemade yogurt (top) with olive-crusted roast beef (bottom) |
Now, if I didn’t have my little accident and
hadn’t hurt my ankle, we were supposed to be watching the madness
of Orthodox Easter festivities in a small island in Chios, Greece. We would have seen this insane festival
called Rouketopolemos. The festival goes between Easter eve until Easter day, this year it is held between April 15 - 16. It involves the congregation of two
(traditionally) neighbouring rival churches of St Mark’s and Panaghia
Ereithiani, shooting makeshift firecrackers made out of wooden sticks stuck to
a whole heap of gun powder. Hence the term “Rocket War”! The goal of the game is
to hit the bell tower of the rival church using these rockets. Coming from Australia, where the sale of firecrackers are strictly prohibited in most states, the idea of Rouketopolemos is totally amusing!
Monday, 9 April 2012
Hot Cross Buns - Happy White Easter!
The universe is telling me to slow down. After the busy whirlwind trip to Indonesia, I was so ready to come back for a mini Easter weekend a way to Turkey with M. But unfortunately, not even 24 hours after my return to Switzerland I managed to sprain my ankle walking down the stairs. A 4 hour emergency room wait, followed by my first German-speaking hospital encounter, I was finally told it was a damaged ligament. So it’s crutches for a week, cast for a month, no flying for a while (what is this DVT business…) which means… no Turkey for the Easter break and no skiing until next season! Boo hoo.. whinge whinge whinge… Who knew not watching where you’re going has such dire consequences.
So this Easter weekend I’m sitting tightly at home in Zurich. And it was a white Easter, can you believe it snowed in April? We ended up having a nice Easter lunch with a group of friends in Zurich, and stuffed ourselves silly with too much food. For dessert I served my favourite Easter treat, fresh out-of-the-oven hot cross buns. These little treats are sold everywhere in England and Australia during Easter. It’s traditionally eaten on Good Friday, with the cross symbolizing Christ’s crucifixion.
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