Tastebud : Maestra Vida

10 September 2019

Today's dinner is Peruvian food at Maestra Vida. I was surprised to know that there is a Peruvian restaurant in Stockholm. The staff here speaks mostly Spanish and is unable to communicate much in Swedish. We did have good food, nevertheless. For the first time too, our receipt was hand-written (like how foodstalls are in Malaysia!) which is unlike all restaurants that give printed receipt. 

I had Inca Cola for SEK30, a carbonated drink that does not taste like Coca Cola. I was surprised at how yellow it is! Scary stuff! But drinkable. 

One friend ordered raw fish marinated with lime, coriander and salt for SEK180. This is good!

We had fried cassava too for SEK70. This is a kind of sweet potato.

I had beefsteak for SEK180. There is even a fried banana too. This is a plate full of carbs! Rice, banana and french fries. The meat was slightly dry for me.

Another friend had fried seafood for SEK180. It was all fried stuff. This is the first time I see fried oyster in its shell. 

Tolvskillingsopera (Threepenny Opera)

9 September 2019

Today's show is courtesy of Kompis Sverige - The Threepenny Opera at Folk Opera Theatre, an opera originated from Germany that made its debut on 31 August 1928. This is the Swedish version. A fantastic music play with a couple of burlesque dances too. 

Here is an overview of the play from Wikipedia.

Set in Victorian London, the play focuses on Macheath, an amoral, antiheroic criminal. Macheath ("Mackie," or "Mack the Knife") marries Polly Peachum. This displeases her father, who controls the beggars of London, and he endeavours to have Macheath hanged. His attempts are hindered by the fact that the Chief of Police, Tiger Brown, is Macheath's old army comrade. Still, Peachum exerts his influence and eventually gets Macheath arrested and sentenced to hang. Macheath escapes this fate via a deus ex machina moments before the execution when, in an unrestrained parody of a happy ending, a messenger from the Queen arrives to pardon Macheath and grant him the title of Baron. The details of the original 1928 text have often been substantially modified in later productions.

Sörmlandsleden 11, 12 & 12.1

7 September 2019

Rainy morning but I insisted to go on a hike - Sörmlandsleden 11 (9km), 12 (8.5km) and 12.1 (4km). I did Section 11 and 12.1 in August 2017 where we did an overnight hike. We took the commuter train to Södertälje Centrum and from there, bus 785 to Järna station. It was raining upon our arrival.

It took us about 2 hours and 15 minutes from Section 11 to 12 of a distance of 9km. 

At Section 12, we passed by a number of abandoned mines. Also, I bumped my forehead into a thick branch as I was looking down to watch my steps on the wet ground. A bump grew immediately. It took 2 weeks for the bump to go down. 

We did a wrong turn and went into 12.1 instead of proceeding to the rest of 12. The detour sapped out some of my energy. It was at this junction where we proceeded to the left immediately into 12.1 instead to the right to continue section 12. We were midway at 12.1 when we realised the mistake and the group agreed to hiked back to the junction. I followed but that was a mistake on my side because I was tired. When we took a break after the junction, two of us decided to go back to 12.1 because that is where the nearest bus stop is and took the bus home.

Today, it was in total a 21km hike but it was tiring because it rained and it took up a lot of my energy. The group was really fast and I thought that they are really strong, but I was cold and with my forehead's bump, I was not in the best condition.

Tastebud : Indian Curry House

2 September 2019

Indian food today at Indian Curry House. I have come to the realisation that all Indian curries are similar but named differently. It is either mild or spicy. I have come to realise too that I do not crave Indian food anymore. Haha! 

Today's meal is Chicken Adrak for SEK130. 

Skansen - Coop Members' Day

1 September 2019

Today, I went to Skansen for free! It is free for Coop's members, so my friend invited me to go. Usually, Coop has free entries twice a year into Skansen. It was also the last day of the warm summer. You can imagine that the town is packed and everyone just wants to go out and absorb as much sun as possible. We arrived there by 10am and walked around Skansen. I have been to Skansen twice - my first time as a tourist in September 2015 and my second time in March this year to celebrate Fire Festival which is to usher in the Iranian New Year.

We walked to the Rose Garden, Herb Garden, some of the traditional houses and finally found our way to a small square where food was sold.

I treated my friend and myself to a Fried Elk meat in flat bread cone that costs SEK100. Warm meat. Tastes really good.