.eliseir - grey ain't boring.

.spagetti, chantarelle and spinach.

eliseir — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:15:52 +0000

I had some dried chanterelles left that my friend Josefine picked.

I fried some onion…

…added the mushroom (which I had soaked for 20 mins in luke warm water)…

..then I added cream, some spinach and broth.

I stirred a little bit and added Parmesan. Mmmmm!

.Viennese charmy grumpyness, spritze and a movable community garden in Bratislava.

eliseir — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:12 +0000

I hear people in Vienna are grumpy and indeed they are! In the end it didn’t matter that much though since I had such a great time when visiting Veronika last weekend…I like Vienna a lot and Bratislava was fantastic with the atmosphere and beautiful old city core.

Weather was pretty good.

I had spritze and Asian food in China Bar.

Vero had picked me up and she had her summer dress on!

My plan for the afternoon while waiting for Vero to finnish work.

In the evening we went to Bratislava with the train. It’s only 1 hr and you could even bring the bike on the train. We stayed over at friends of Veronika: Sandra and Michal who were great hosts and Sandra had the same watch as I have!

Their dog woke me up in the morning :).

Then we had a little walk in the city.

My Slovakian friends has started a project building a community garden on a plot between some houses in agreement of the owner of the plot. The idea is that people grew their own vegetables in their box and once they must move away they can bring thier box with them.

Building boxes.

Building of a stone path.

Chilling a little bit.

Working some more.

Drinking locally brewed beer.

A narrow alley in Bratislava.

There was also a market in the city with local ecological products like juices and wines.

Abandoned buildings.

Back in Vienna with an espresso at Hotel Daniel…

…and a walk in Augarten.

Then we had lunch at a bar by Donaukanal.

Chilling at Steinhof!

and doing the Edelweiss dance.

On Sunday evening we went to the Opera!

Cafe Prickl, it’s brining you to the 50s.

I did not eat here.

I cooked risotto instead.

…with lots of parmesan cheese :).

Vero liked it!

Neat at Vero.

Generous Vieneese.

Gruss Gott!

.March bye bye.

eliseir — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:34:01 +0000

A couple of weeks in March:

.inside the elevator.

.cooking Indian lentil curry.

.Yearly spring fashion shop at NK.

.Coras creation.

.breakfasts are holy.

. I did my yearly work practice at a shop – it was heavy for the feet!

.tea at Svenskt Tenn.

.taking some sun in our ghost white faces with Jess at Djurgården.

.breakfast on my new tray.

.Linda-Maria getting prize from Sandrew.

.dumplings from the wall on Renstiernas gata.

.bowling with colleagues.

.Josefine coming over for coffee on the balcony.

.expedition.

.cooking riosotto.

.oh sunny Sunday and icewalking.

eliseir — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:39:04 +0000

This has been a perfect Sunday starting of with a long breakfast…

Then I met up with Anna, Chris, Archie and Sally for a very long walk in the sun (first time sunglasses on 2013!) around Södermalm.

Sally hiding under Archie :). First time I saw this little cute creature!

Not first time I saw this cute creature though, Anna!

Chris and Archie had fun on the ice…

…and some where chillaxing.

So did Archie after the long play.

Mr Bighand.

Now it is nice to be home under the warm blanket with a book for once :).

.breakfast in the dark.

eliseir — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:54:46 +0000

.amsterdam, amsterdam.

eliseir — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:44:33 +0000

After nearly 9 months in my new hometown Stockholm I came back to Amsterdam, finally! It was great to see all my friends again! It wont take another 9 months before I visit again. This time it was freezing cold and “snow storm” (at least if the Dutch may decide), so next time I will come in spring time.

Funenpark covered in snow.

Anja <3

Brouwerij ‘t IJ!

De Prael.

Saturday night dinner at Hannekes Boom.

Laura at Hannekes Boom.

Anna as well.

Sunday dinner with Ana and Parm at the Spanish restaurant Mercat in the old Panama building.

Lunch at Cantine with Anja before getting stuck in the train to Schiphol. Taxi it was.

See you next time Amsterdam and Amsterdammers!

.winter in Stockholm.

eliseir — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:05:37 +0000

Tip tap tip tap….winter greetings from Stockholm!

Lucia kids prep at work.

7am morning walk to work.

Ops, I think its time to showel some snow.

ginger bread muffin with lingonberry topping

Friends.

Beers.

Coffee and knitting.

Lots of icicles.

Saffron buns (lussekatter).

.moong dall.

eliseir — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:32:28 +0000

Felt like warm semi spicy moong dall the other day. I found a supermarket (Taj Mahal Livs on Kammakargatan 40) in Stockholm that sells all kind of spices and “exotic” things from Asia and Africa and prices are low :).

I washed and boiled the lentils for 30 minutes (see description on the pack).

In a separate pan I made a spice mix with oil, 1 onion, 2 gloves of garlic, fresh tomatoes, 1 teaspoon of each: cummin, coriander, kurkuma, chili and ginger poweder. Add salt.

Then mix the tomatoe spice mix into the lentils and stir.

Nice with rice or naan bread or as side dish.

.risotto a’la elise.

eliseir — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:58:15 +0000

This weekend I’m on a retreat at my parents place – I feel that I need it after a busy week at work with activities nearly every evening. I love cooking so yesterday I made thai casserole and today I made risotto with shrimps – my parents loved it :).

You need for 4 persons:

4-5 cups Arborio rice
1 dl white wine
1 red onion
2 cloves of garlic
stock (for ca. 1,5 litre water)
basil
salt, pepper and cayenne pepper
2 cups of peas/sugar snaps
some shrimps or/and other seafood
parmesan cheese

Boil ca 1.5 litre water in a pot and add the stock. Use another thick bottomed pot for the actual cooking. Add butter to the pan and fry onion and garlic with some dried basil, pepper and cayenne pepper, add the rice and stir until it is shiny from the butter. Add the wine. After a couple of seconds start adding water – little at a time. It is crucial that you add 1-2 cups at a time and stir so that the rice doesn’t stuck on the bottom and once the rice has absorbed the water then you can add more water. This takes some time.

After maybe 15 minutes you can add the pease, continue with the rest of the water and then add the shrimps (these just need to be heated – if they boil too long they get too chewy).

Taste it too feel if rice is soft and shrimps are warm, then add the parmesan and stir.

Enjoy with some salad and red wine!

.Staten Island ferry ride and a peek of the statue of liberty and the Manhattan skyline, street performer and 2nd hand in Williamsburg.

eliseir — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:52:44 +0000

Breakfast in West Village.

Omelette with mushrooms for breakfast at Ditch Plains on our street Bedford Street in West Village.

“Don’t assume it was left by accident”.

A tip is to take the free ferry to Staten Island back and forth to see the statue of liberty and the Manhattan skyline.

On the ferry to Staten Island.

When I got off the ferry there was a street dance show…

…and they really knew what they were doing! Too bad the police forced them away… shit.

On the way back from Staten Island ferry I passed by the stock exchange again – there was an Octoberfest outside :).

I walked over the pink Williamsburg Bridge to Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

View from Williamsburg bridge.

Fire escapes in Williamsburg.

Brooklyn lager brewery!

We went to some nice 2nd hand shops. The biggest one is Beacons Closet. For me, it was just too big and unorganized – but I still found a dress :). After our shopping frenzy we had dinner at Walter Foods.

WC art at a bar.