The feels ;___;
and solid plot development / pacing & lovable characters, bonus that Kwon is super hot in suit all the time
30 July 2018
The Children's Teacher, Mr. Kwon
The feels ;___;
and solid plot development / pacing & lovable characters, bonus that Kwon is super hot in suit all the time
29 July 2018
stroke
The most local meal yet:
I must confess...I really did not like the cheese. What I expected was somewhere in between a brie and robiola. Then I read the back of the package where it said that the slightly older cheese (which this one was as it sat in my fridge for ~2 weeks) has an earthy taste. That didn't worry me, pssh I've handled earthy ripe pu-er fine (although luckily I haven't had any really dank ones). But I was wrong, very wrong. It really tasted awful. I had to load it up with honey in a rather futile effort to cover up the taste. Then I tried it with the olive oil and za'atar, which was even worse since everything tasted bitter in a bad way. I seriously considered throwing the remaining ⅔ away...if not for its one redeeming quality which is its texture. It is the perfect spread on bread texture, absolutely perfection.
But I was successful in rescuing it. Paired with some braised greens, it actually tasted inoffensive. A small hint of earthiness that actually complimented the greens, and was even good with a fried egg to top it all off.
Bread and cheese from Bath, Honey from Somerset, strawberries from Britain. Olive oil and za'atar from far away.
I must confess...I really did not like the cheese. What I expected was somewhere in between a brie and robiola. Then I read the back of the package where it said that the slightly older cheese (which this one was as it sat in my fridge for ~2 weeks) has an earthy taste. That didn't worry me, pssh I've handled earthy ripe pu-er fine (although luckily I haven't had any really dank ones). But I was wrong, very wrong. It really tasted awful. I had to load it up with honey in a rather futile effort to cover up the taste. Then I tried it with the olive oil and za'atar, which was even worse since everything tasted bitter in a bad way. I seriously considered throwing the remaining ⅔ away...if not for its one redeeming quality which is its texture. It is the perfect spread on bread texture, absolutely perfection.
But I was successful in rescuing it. Paired with some braised greens, it actually tasted inoffensive. A small hint of earthiness that actually complimented the greens, and was even good with a fried egg to top it all off.
26 July 2018
23 July 2018
过去种种像一场梦不敢去碰
Listening to Jay Chou from the beginning, this is so canon:
迷迷濛濛你给的梦 出现裂缝隐隐作痛
怎么沟通你都没空 说我不懂说了没用
他的笑容有何不同 在你眼中我不再受宠
我的天空是雨是风 还是彩虹你在操纵
恨自己真的没用情绪激动
一颗心到现在还在抽痛
还为分手前那句抱歉在感动
穿梭时间的画面的钟 从反方向开始移动
回到当初爱你的时空 停格内容不忠
所有回忆对着我进攻 我的伤口被你拆封
誓言太沉重泪被纵容 脸上汹涌失控
城市霓虹 不安跳动 染红夜空
过去种种 像一场梦 不敢去碰
一想就痛 心碎内容 每一秒钟 都有不同 你不懂
连一句珍重 也有苦衷 也不想送
寒风中 废墟烟囱 停止转动 一切落空
在人海中 盲目跟踪 别人的梦 全面放纵
恨没有用 疗伤止痛 不再感动 没有梦
痛不知轻重 泪水鲜红 全面放纵
恨自己真的没用情绪激动
一颗心到现在还在抽痛
还为分手前那句抱歉在感动
穿梭时间的画面的钟 从反方向开始移动
回到当初爱你的时空 停格内容不忠
所有回忆对着我进攻 我的伤口被你拆封
誓言太沉重泪被纵容 脸上汹涌失控
穿梭时间的画面的钟 从反方向开始移动
回到当初爱你的时空 停格内容不忠
This is likely one of my favourite Jay Chou songs, and would definitely be my favourite if I listened to it...10 years ago? Woah it has been that long, really the end of that era haha.
迷迷濛濛你给的梦 出现裂缝隐隐作痛
怎么沟通你都没空 说我不懂说了没用
他的笑容有何不同 在你眼中我不再受宠
我的天空是雨是风 还是彩虹你在操纵
恨自己真的没用情绪激动
一颗心到现在还在抽痛
还为分手前那句抱歉在感动
穿梭时间的画面的钟 从反方向开始移动
回到当初爱你的时空 停格内容不忠
所有回忆对着我进攻 我的伤口被你拆封
誓言太沉重泪被纵容 脸上汹涌失控
城市霓虹 不安跳动 染红夜空
过去种种 像一场梦 不敢去碰
一想就痛 心碎内容 每一秒钟 都有不同 你不懂
连一句珍重 也有苦衷 也不想送
寒风中 废墟烟囱 停止转动 一切落空
在人海中 盲目跟踪 别人的梦 全面放纵
恨没有用 疗伤止痛 不再感动 没有梦
痛不知轻重 泪水鲜红 全面放纵
恨自己真的没用情绪激动
一颗心到现在还在抽痛
还为分手前那句抱歉在感动
穿梭时间的画面的钟 从反方向开始移动
回到当初爱你的时空 停格内容不忠
所有回忆对着我进攻 我的伤口被你拆封
誓言太沉重泪被纵容 脸上汹涌失控
穿梭时间的画面的钟 从反方向开始移动
回到当初爱你的时空 停格内容不忠
This is likely one of my favourite Jay Chou songs, and would definitely be my favourite if I listened to it...10 years ago? Woah it has been that long, really the end of that era haha.
21 July 2018
20 July 2018
19 July 2018
puff
Had a nice break from working on dissertation, although I'm now recovering from a lot of socializing.
A little stack of pancakes to celebrate getting my offer letter:
A little stack of pancakes to celebrate getting my offer letter:
14 July 2018
tako
a duo of recipes from Polpo:
I was impatient and didn't cook down the onions that much, nor caramelize it much, hence the sauce is visually indistinguishable from the pasta. This is definitely some cucina povera magic in this sauce. I see it as an alternative to cacio e pepe, in cases where there's tinned anchovy but no pecorino.
Opps, forgot to photograph the dish with the corresponding page in the book. The cheese shown is also but burrata but buffalo mozzarella, which is the only thing I can source in Bath where I have some certainty of its freshness (the shop receives shipments every 2 weeks, so it can't be that old...).
Since I've never had proper burrata before, a comparison is moot but damn this mozzarella is good. If the concept of luxury is distilled into an eating experience, it's this ball of cheese. Not because it tastes especially luxurious, but rather...bear with this odd explanation please...it has the right balance of substance to emptiness. There's no abundance or strength of flavour in this mozzarella, but the taste is subtle in a way that a well constructed shoe / clothing / bag is subtle. The mouthfeel is also appropriately supportive in a way an ideal shopping or fine dining experience is: never abrupt or intrusive, but flawless and reliable. But in the end, you're paying for what goes into your head and not what ends up in your hands (or mouth). Okay enough of this greatly extended metaphor.
The basil sauce is great with the lentil, but it is a lot of effort grinding it in a mortar and pestle. I do very much miss having near unlimited access to basil, it's my official herb of summer haha.
bigoli in salsa: the salsa is an onion sauce accented with anchovies.
I was impatient and didn't cook down the onions that much, nor caramelize it much, hence the sauce is visually indistinguishable from the pasta. This is definitely some cucina povera magic in this sauce. I see it as an alternative to cacio e pepe, in cases where there's tinned anchovy but no pecorino.
lentil salad with burrata and basil sauce
Opps, forgot to photograph the dish with the corresponding page in the book. The cheese shown is also but burrata but buffalo mozzarella, which is the only thing I can source in Bath where I have some certainty of its freshness (the shop receives shipments every 2 weeks, so it can't be that old...).
Since I've never had proper burrata before, a comparison is moot but damn this mozzarella is good. If the concept of luxury is distilled into an eating experience, it's this ball of cheese. Not because it tastes especially luxurious, but rather...bear with this odd explanation please...it has the right balance of substance to emptiness. There's no abundance or strength of flavour in this mozzarella, but the taste is subtle in a way that a well constructed shoe / clothing / bag is subtle. The mouthfeel is also appropriately supportive in a way an ideal shopping or fine dining experience is: never abrupt or intrusive, but flawless and reliable. But in the end, you're paying for what goes into your head and not what ends up in your hands (or mouth). Okay enough of this greatly extended metaphor.
The basil sauce is great with the lentil, but it is a lot of effort grinding it in a mortar and pestle. I do very much miss having near unlimited access to basil, it's my official herb of summer haha.
13 July 2018
12 July 2018
vines
A trio of potato salads for when it was way too hot:
In efforts to eat more leafy veg, I've crammed too much of them into each potato salad that the leaves overpowered the rest of the salad, opps. Otherwise they all taste pretty good.
"modern" style via Splendid Table
vaguely "spanish" style via Serious Eats
"american" style via Smitten Kitchen
In efforts to eat more leafy veg, I've crammed too much of them into each potato salad that the leaves overpowered the rest of the salad, opps. Otherwise they all taste pretty good.
10 July 2018
lily
It's finally not 25˚C+ today...hopefully the "heat wave" is over.
I've been convinced that overheating is a legit issue here, summer without air conditioning is hard. This is a stark contrast to my most vivid memory of going on a day trip to visit Torquay back in first year summer when I was in Exeter. It was so cold, rainy, and windy on that day that I was shivering while wearing 3 layers of clothing. It was slightly traumatic and probably the cause of why I packed pretty much no summer clothing this time. Of course fate is cruel and I've bought several new items of summer clothing grudgingly. Shopping is really the worst when I know I have the functional equivalent of what I've just spent money on back in Canada "orz
...
All that preamble is really leading up to today's grudgingly purchased pack of cushion puffs for 8.77GBP because
I've been convinced that overheating is a legit issue here, summer without air conditioning is hard. This is a stark contrast to my most vivid memory of going on a day trip to visit Torquay back in first year summer when I was in Exeter. It was so cold, rainy, and windy on that day that I was shivering while wearing 3 layers of clothing. It was slightly traumatic and probably the cause of why I packed pretty much no summer clothing this time. Of course fate is cruel and I've bought several new items of summer clothing grudgingly. Shopping is really the worst when I know I have the functional equivalent of what I've just spent money on back in Canada "orz
...
All that preamble is really leading up to today's grudgingly purchased pack of cushion puffs for 8.77GBP because
- It didn't even occur to me that a cushion puff can breakdown...plastic is suppose to last!
- Innisfree refills don't come with a puff
- But I do have refill puffs back home "orz and those were so much cheaper
- For all the asian students in Bath, and the popularity of asian beauty products recently, there's no store that I can go to buy it in person...
- ...and uk amazon has little options for puffs with prime shipping, which is a requirement because...
- ...and I vastly prefer not to be bared skinned when I head out, although my PIH/PIE have faded very significantly since high school days (woah its been a long time), cushions are magic at improving the appearance of skin texture that it was worth the money.
In case it's not painfully obvious already, I'm much more emotionally affected by small purchases
07 July 2018
01 July 2018
coal
Monkton Combe is a tiny village nested in the valleys next to Bath. Very pretty but I couldn't find a good vantage point, so have this as a consolation prize:
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