Halloween Ghost Sausages

This week is Halloween and to have fun with the little ones you could use some dough and of either bread rolls or even better pastry dough and wrap it around a frankfurter (wiener) and bake it in the oven for 15 Minutes or until crispy.

Looks very spooky.

Happy Austrian Bank Holiday

Its Bank Holiday today in Austria, So I thought some facts about my home country out of Wikipedia would be interesting:

Capital and largest city		Vienna 48°12′N 16°21′E
Official languages		German
Regional languages[1]		Croatian Hungarian Slovene
Ethnic groups(2011)		81.1% Austrians[2] 7.0% ex-Yugoslavs(including autochthonous Slovenes/Croats) 4.0% Turks 7.9% other / unspecified[3]
Demonym		Austrian
Government		Federal semi-presidentialrepublic
-	President	Heinz Fischer
-	Chancellor	Werner Faymann (SPÖ)
-	President of the National Council	Barbara Prammer (SPÖ)
Legislature		Parliament
-	Upper house	Federal Council
-	Lower house	National Council
Independence
-	Duchy	1156
-	Archduchy	1453
-	Empire	1804
-	First Republic	1918–1934
-	Federal State	1934–1938
-	Anschluss	1938–1945
-	Second Republic	since 1945
-	State Treaty in effect	27 July 1955

Review: Little Dragon - Balanstraße Giesing

I recently went for lunch with some co-workers and I discovered a nice little Chinese place which also does deliveries. There lunch menu costs 4,90 Euro and you can choose between soup or spring roll as a starter.

I had some duck, rice is served with that, really tasty and good value for the money.

I think I will go there more often when the menu choice on the canteen at work doesn't fit my graving of the day.

Octoberfest - A review from a new munich inhabitant

That's a 16-day festival celebrating mainly beer, music and what not.
It was my first festival again this year after a 10 year break and I have to say, it was better than I expected. I had no issue to get into tents, I almost quickly found a place to sit in the tents, and I had good company for the evenings.

The local munich people are really nice folk,
I look forward again to go next year once or twice again to this famous festival.

Here my personal Wiesn tips:

• If you want to go in a bigger group, Idsay more than 4 people, reserve now !

• Best chances to get into tents without reservation is to be there early, before 4 pm and also dont expect to find a free place for more than 2 people.

• If the weather is okay, its a good alternative to sit outside the tents, its less loud and smokers in your party are pleased.

If you like to have Wiesn Athmosphere around the year, why dont you visit the HB (hofbräuhaus)
its less crowded, prices are bit cheaper, and if you arrive arround 9pm you can enjoy a good dinner, and a nice crowed to party with.

Currywurst, a german speciality

This evening I was looking through old pictures to get a inspiration for a blogpost.

I came accross this pictures I took last year visiting my friend Marco in Hamburg. The currywurst is a typical german fastfood dish, which is pretty simple.
Its a big sausage with a curry sauce on top and fries on the side. At every outlet the currysauce is made a bit different and the ingredients are kept secret.
Usually a bit of curry powder is sprinkled on top to give it a extra kick.

You can try that at home easily, if you dont have the right sausage a frankfurter/wiener will do, bit ketchup and currypowder, voila, your homemade currysausage is ready.

Enjoy !

Review: The food at my work Cafeteria

Many people dont have the benefit to get great food at work, others complain about the food quality they get at their company cafeteria. Today I start a little series where I will post once in a while, or hopefully more regular the food I daily get at work.

Today: Turkeysteak with Pepper sauce, vegetables and potato puffs. I paid 4,14 for that plate, the tiramisu was a extra Euro.
My verdict: Turkey was good, not too try, sauce nice, unfortunately the carrots have been not well cooked, still very hard and they looked a bit artificial to me. Overall, good value for the price.
Tiramiso, was a ready mix for sure, missing the rum flavour. Sweetness okay.

The real Sopa paraguya

I have been to New Jersey earlier this year and had the honor to be invited by my friend Hugo to a dinner at his place.

He thought me the original version of his family recipe Sopa Paraguaya I blogged about last year.


Its such a difference to see it done, rather than reading the recipe. I also could taste in the process of preparing it,
and I could understand that the coarse yellow corn meal mentioned in the recipe can be substituted with Polenta.


That gives the dish a whole new texture and taste, even better than what I have posted originally.

Give it a try, Yummi !

Panaché

The first time I had a panaché (pan nah SHAY), a popular French drink which is a combination of a
My dear French sweetheart kind of pointed me that way at Lidl in the little french town to try something new.

I figured pretty quick that a panaché is nothing else than I call in german a Radler, or in Irish a Shandy.

I can now tell you that on a hot day, there is no better drink in the world. Ice cold served, ofcourse...

Slainte

beer and a citrusy soda like 7-Up was in the Pyrenees on a typically hot August afternoon.

BBQ Camembert

My brother in law thought me this BBQ recipe which can be very funny and suprising for your BBQ guests.
French love cheese, and they always have a little cheese after dinner.

How it works:
Buy a Camembert Cheese in a wooden wrapping, remove any plastic and wrap the cheese in aluminium foil,
after place it back into the wooden package.

After the BBQ just throw it into the coal and wait until all the wood packaging is burned away, than your cheese is ready.
Your guests will think you are mad, since they didnt see the preparation with the foil.

Once you unwrap the cheese its melted and you can use it as a cheesy dip with bread.

bon appetit !