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It was another sunny day last weekend and that meant I spent more money.
This shopping spree actually started on Friday after my dentist visit. I went to buy all the vietnamese treats I love. I got banh hoi, banh gio, banh mi thit/nem/bi, thach, xoi, and shrimp chips. I was really tempted to get tofu and soy milk but my bag was already full and heavy.
On Saturday I walked towards Romados to get my weekly chicken fix and I stopped at to check out Marche Soares. I got some soda with lemon named Frize. It tasted like dishwashing soap. I also stopped by Schwartz (the next door store) and got a pound of medium sliced. I tried the black cherry soda from Cott but didn't like it.
2 whole chicken ($24) + smoked meat ($14) + sodas ($3) + 36 hours bread from Pain Dore ($3) = $44 down the drain. Hopefully the health benefits of walking for 2 hours is a good offset.
Breakfast: wheat bread plus something that I will get from the market later
Lunch: buttered tofu cubes and gai lan and spaghetti and parmesan shavings and one banh gio
We had our choir's Mardi Gras party on Saturday and it was an appetizer+dessert event. I brought the soup dumplings from Qing Hua and our host has these little spoons he bought for a Foie Gras Creme Brulee and they were perfect to serve these dumplings. I had one person holding a long white platter with 12 spoons and small bowls of soy sauce and hot sauce and another person with a plastic box to collect the used spoons. People kept asking if I made them and then where they could get more.
I also brought two tarts from Romados and they were also well received. There are more marzipan lovers out there than I thought. At $10 a pie for 12 people it was also a steal.
I read about houses on stilts and it made me remember of my own stay at such a place. I must have been 6 years old (my earliest memory is from 4) and we were up north somewhere for a weekend trip. We stayed in these series of houses on stilts right on the beach. I remember the beach but not how we got up to the houses as they were at least 6 feet above ground.
My sister's godfather was there and he was trying to scare us with ghost stories.
Simple menu this week.
Breakfast pate + cheese sandwich
Lunch: Romados chicken and capellini and paremsan and yogurt+cilantro+green onion sauce
I also ate a rib steak special from Romados and it was really good. I will now try to order rib steak when I go get my red meat meal of the month.
Our choir was selected to join a Choral Festival in Neuchatel this summer. We qualified by sending in a CD with a live recording of some songs. It seems we are the first Canadian choir they have invited in their 13 years of existence.
The sweet deal includes free lodging and food and local transportation. All we have to do is to get there.
I will be going early so I can spend one day in Zurich. My main goal is to go to the Sprungli Confiserie store and load up on their famous luxemburgli (like french macarons). I wanted to go to Germany to buy some Perry Rhodan books but I don't think I'll have time because Zurich to Munich by train is 4 hours per direction.
