Tastebud : Bierhaus

22 February 2022

Today's dinner is at Bierhaus, a place where you should go to if you enjoy beer. I enjoyed the food! I had Ruben Sandwich that came with a lot of french fries. SEK169. Well, a factor that made me enjoyed my sandwich was it came warm and it was freezing cold outside (winter and I cycled here). The sandwich bread is sourdough bread. I realise now that a majority of bread here is made from sourdough. It was very filling, by the way. I was stuffed after the first sandwich and half of the french fries.

Nytt år, nya tag

A common expression in Swedish - nytt år, nya tag.

Unfortunately, I am unable to find a similar expression in English. The closest I can explain this is new year, new go.

Year 2022. Relieved to have survived 2021. It has been a difficult year for everyone. Everyone has their own struggles and stories to share. I am not good in giving a pep talk or motivate anyone. In fact, I have been more quiet, more than ever today than when I moved to Sweden. I am reserved and I keep opinions to myself. So, I am not going to write anything inspirational or tragic here.

A new go in the new year. I do not have any new 'go' at the moment. Well, maybe one for this year which is to take my Swedish driving license. It is rumored (?) or I have read somewhere that Sweden is one of the countries which is difficult to get a driving license. I just googled but this is not shown in any websites. Another go that I would like to try is bake and cook new recipes. This year, I made pralines (among some of my new recipes) and gave them as Christmas presents. I am happy that it was a success. I cooked a lot of Indian dishes which tastes so good, and I am no longer keen to eat Indian food. Maybe I will attempt at more Malaysian recipes.

A new go which I would like to try is to swim in the open sea. I have a dream to complete a Swedish Classic. But to do that, I need to be able to swim in the open sea and ski. I can swim but definitely not in the open sea. I am afraid as I cannot reach the bottom. I would like to learn how to ski and I am going to find out if it is possible to rent a pair of skis before I buy my own pair of skis. 

So, there are 3 new 'go' for me this year - drive, bake, ski.   

Snövit (Snow White)

29 December 2021

I did my last volunteering activity for 2021 with Kompis Sverige. We went to see a dance performance entitled Snövit which means Snow White. It is not the classic Snow White story that most of us know. The dwarfs are there but they are not dwarfs and there are 6 only. The evil stepmother is in the story. But the person looks like a man so it could be stepfather.

So, the story is about Snow White who reaches puberty (she had red stains) and her stepfather gifted her a mobile phone and got her hooked on to social media and obsessed with getting as many 'likes' in her posts. One fine day, Snow White's post reached more 'likes' than her stepfather and he ordered her to be killed. So, a huntsman was there and he killed a rabbit (a shadow of a rabbit. You cannot be killing a live animal on stage). Finally, Snow White was liberated from her stepfather. I did not understand how. I cannot quite decipher that from the performance.

But overall, I enjoyed the dance show! Oh, we needed to show a vaccination certificate to enter into the venue. 

Tastebud : Chili Masala

18 December 2021

Lunch at Chili Masala was so delicious! It was a far cry from the dinner I had yesterday at Kebabkhan Kurdistan. I would definitely come back to Chili Masala again and again. The food was full of spices and so finger-looking good.

I had Tawa Mix Fish which is fish fillet, salmon and prawns cooked with spices and costed SEK170. It was served on a huge frying pan and took up a lot of space on the table. One friend ordered Nihari which is lamb leg and that costed SEK130. We had the dishes with so aromatic pilau rice and garlic naan bread (SEK25 a piece). I had mango lassi (SEK35). SO GOOD!

Tastebud : Kebabkhan Kurdistan

17 December 2021

Dinner for today with 2 friends. We went to Kebabkhan Kurdistan which unfortunately, I have to say was not up to my liking. The meat was chewy. The soup was not spicy. The beans in tomato sauce tasted like Heinz's canned bean. The rice was not fragrant. Surprisingly, there were lots of customers, which I guess are familiar with the food being served in this restaurant. It is a huge restaurants so it is spacious. 

We had the plate of grilled meat - lamb and chicken, and half a grilled chicken served with 2 types of rice.