Category — the foodie

Though I must admit there is nothing much here except the breath-taking crystal-clear emerald-coloured sea. Bahamas is quite a small island with tourism as its main economy sustaining the country. The local currency is the Bahamian dollar but USD is accepted everywhere.

There is The Atlantis but I am not a big fan of super-sized man-made resorts. Though I went for a quick look just because they say that’s the one thing you gotta see if you are in Bahamas (kiasu-ism!). Well, nothing fancy to me except the Predator Tunnel which was a shorter and free version of our Under Water World in Singapore. I had my daily dose of Starbucks by the Marina Village, gawking at the rich and famous with their gorgeous boats. 2 hours is enough for all that.

But I’ve learnt to love this place of ever ready smiles and laid back lifestyle. People are so very friendly. So far, I’ve only been meeting only the nicest people. Even the taxi drivers. Ever ready and generous with information about their dear island and so far haven’t come across one who tries to overcharge me. And the humor! The bus drivers crack jokes every other minute.

Of course, not forgetting the happy tourists. Walk into a lift, you cannot pass without saying hello and how are you doing to anyone and everyone.

The other great thing is the FOOD. Go to Fish Fry. You can get tonnes of laid back fish restaurants. I’ve been having grouper and whole snappers every day. Grilled, fried, steamed – anyway you want it.

Here I also learn what is plantain – which is in fact, our ‘pisang goreng’. It is eaten alike substitute to potatoes, meaning you eat it as a side dish to your rice and fish/ meat. Took me a bit of time to get used to this as in Malaysia, ‘goreng pisang’ is our teatime snack or even dessert (served with ice cream). People gave me funny look when I told them that this is a type of snack/ dessert in my country. LOL.

The other yummy stuff and unique especially to the Bahamas is the conch. Its a type of large sea snails. The conch is usually minched and made into chowder or conch-fritters. Many helpful people tried to describe it to me. One said, “Its like Hermit The Crab, ya know”. Haha!

(Oops, totally forgot to take any picture of the food cuz too busy gobbling em up!)

I wanna be back to dive someday!

Last Sunday, I embarked on my first baking mission. (I am getting quite domesticated he!)

Thank goodness, the muffins turned out well. Very edible, thus, I ate almost of all them myself (uhm, diet?) Spared 2 for my nice colleagues and they were impressed.

It was easy!

I got the inspiration from RasaMalaysia (all those yummy-licious looking pictures on her blog) so if you would like to try, go get the recipe there!

This weekend, it will be a butter cake!

It was a beautiful day today! Sunny and blue blue sky. But unfortunately, Mr D is still dozing off every now and then due to his jetlag.

Still, I managed to drag us out at least for a couple of hours to discover a new place – Cook & Book. I read up about this place in Cheese Web, a featured blog in the expat website. Sounded too good to be true for me - 9 bookstores with different themes – comics, art, travel, music, cookery, english… I stopped venturing when I found the english section where I dwelled for a couple of hours. Though most of the books are in french or flemish, occasionally, one will stumble upon some english reads.

The decor is impressive with every room at its own theme setting a perfect dining and reading browsing experience. Amidst all these, as much as I am overwhelmed with the ambience and tonnes of books, I can’t help swaying to the old french tunes playing at the back of the scene.

This is just THE perfect place for a lazy Sunday, to chill with a book and a good cuppa coffee at hand. Or maybe even brunch?

As usual (the shopping streak in me) I couldn’t leave without grabbing myself a couple of books. Cookbooks! I will embark myself on a ‘Japanese Cooking for Dummies’ ‘Mastering Japanese Cooking’ project for the next 3 months! The other book is for Mr D to add more variety to his Belgian dinners. Ha!

Well, well, well, time flies. I have been in Belgium for 1 year 5 months already!

I would say that adapting wasn’t that difficult after all. There has been and still are many challenges (e.g. languages, weather etc) but so far, I have been coping along and moving with the flow quite well. Luckily, my appetite does agree with the Belgian cuisines though once a while, I do crave for a nice steamy bowl of noddle soup!

Here’s one typical dinner menu!

Fresh buy from the weekly Saturday morning market (may look funny or sometimes obscene but they taste heavenly)

The making of mash potatoes (secret recipe!)

Voila! Sausage with sweet long beans and mash potatoes. Yummy!

And since winter is almost here (or already – looking at the erratic weather), we made a HUGE pot of witloof soup so I also had a bowl of witloof soup as accompaniment to the main dish!

I only learn about the witloof since I started living here. I think it is also known as the Belgian endives? Witloof is a winter vegetable. It can be eaten raw in salads, braised or made into soups. And I love it – which ever way it is served. There is a hint of bitter end taste in the witloof. Try it!

I forgot that I wrote about witloof before – so you can see the pictures here.

Woa guys, check this out – Noble House reviewed by our very own food blogger from Klang, Jackson.

My tummy didnt stop growling since I saw those pictures

I wanna go there next time I am home!!!