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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee love'/><title type='text'>{eating out} KAFKA Sweets &amp; Gourmandises 卡夫卡, Taipa, Macau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6775567833/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="kafka by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="kafka" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6775567833_d1384138f8_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6775633903/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="books_diptych_1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="books_diptych_1" height="508" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6775633903_9ee16ef712_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6770570343/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="kafka chef bw by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="kafka chef bw" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6770570343_04b35514b5_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consider this a mini version of the &amp;nbsp;{eating out} series, a sort of small bites thing. Kafka Sweets &amp;amp; Gourmandises is a new coffee in Taipa island and as any recently opened f&amp;amp;b operation, it is still fine&amp;nbsp;tuning&amp;nbsp;details. However its unusual (for this city) sleek and minimalist design, the communal table and an enthusiast staff obliged me to give it a shoot out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This cake and coffee house opened only this past December nonetheless the local chinese* community has receive it with open arms, perhaps because of their more HongKong/Asian style&amp;nbsp;features&amp;nbsp;like toasts with whipped cream and strawberries or chocolate covered waffles with banana and mikado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6775673979/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lightbulbs_blue_diptych by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lightbulbs_blue_diptych" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6775673979_c326f34487_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6775836203/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="cafe area_2_bw-2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cafe area_2_bw-2" height="1078" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6775836203_08bb4d46d8_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6775848687/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="mugs_waffle_diptych by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="mugs_waffle_diptych" height="494" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6775848687_b15a0eaf2d_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6770818521/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="servers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="servers" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6770818521_9014558502_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6775793661/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="spoons-gateaucaramel by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="spoons-gateaucaramel" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6775793661_475ce23610_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By suggestion of the young and passionate Cordon Bleu trained Chef Nicole,&amp;nbsp;I tried a more traditional pâtisserie&amp;nbsp;confection:&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;caramel and chocolate gateaux&lt;/i&gt; &amp;nbsp;alongside a nice warm cup of Mariages Frères tea (something of a treat in Macau that fancy tea).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International flare breakfasts and brunches everyday will be served in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kafka Sweets &amp;amp; Gourmandises (near tuktuk restaurant)&lt;br /&gt;Rua de Braga 152&lt;br /&gt;Taipa Island&lt;br /&gt;Macau, SAR&lt;br /&gt;Telephone: 28820086&lt;br /&gt;Open daily except Mondays 1:00 p.m -9:30pm&lt;br /&gt;No credit cards accepted. Only cash.&lt;br /&gt;No wifi :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* there are at least three `types´ of local community in Macau: chinese/cantonese, Macanese (mix of chinese/cantonese with Portuguese) and Portuguese people (that have lived here all their lives).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consideren ésta mini version de &amp;nbsp;{eating out} como un entrante o un &lt;i&gt;small bite&lt;/i&gt;. Kafka Sweets &amp;amp; Gourmandises es un nuevo café en la isla de Taipa que como todo reciente operación se encuentra todavía afinando detalles. Sin embargo éste inusual café (para ésta ciudad) con su diseño ultra moderno y minimalista, su mesa comunal y un staff entusiasta y amable me obligan a pasar la voz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este &amp;nbsp;cake y coffee house abrió el pasado mes de Diciembre y ha sido muy bien recibido por la comunidad local china* quienes tal vez por los postres de confección más Hongkie o Asiática como las tostas de pan con crema batida y fresas o el waffle cubierto de chocolate con bananas y mikado, se sienten en casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por sugerencia de la Chef Nicole, quien hizo sus estudios en Cocina y Pastelería en Le Cordon Bleu (Paris), probé un postre mucho más tradicional: un petit gateau de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;caramel and chocolate gateaux&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;el cual disfrute con una taza de té de Mariages Frères (un lujo el té de los frères por éstos lares).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desayunos internacionales y brunches serán servidos en un futuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kafka Sweets &amp;amp; Gourmandises (cerca del restaurante tuktuk)&lt;br /&gt;Rua de Braga 152&lt;br /&gt;Taipa Island&lt;br /&gt;Macau, SAR&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: 28820086&lt;br /&gt;Abierto todos los días excepto lunes - 1:00 p.m -9:30pm&lt;br /&gt;No aceptan tarjetas de credito. Pago en efectivo solamente.&lt;br /&gt;No wifi :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* hay por lo menos tres tipos de comunidad local en Macau: el grupo de chinos/cantoneses nativos, los Macaneses (mezcla de chino/cantones con portugués) y el grupo de Portugueses que han nacido y vivido aqui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-7219835103618320525?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/7219835103618320525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=7219835103618320525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/7219835103618320525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/7219835103618320525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eating-out-kafka-sweets-gourmandises.html' title='{eating out} KAFKA Sweets &amp; Gourmandises 卡夫卡, Taipa, Macau'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-196000445143665799</id><published>2012-01-20T02:47:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T02:47:52.591+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mexican food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out} Hong Kong'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out Hong Kong'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant recomendations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating in Hong Kong'/><title type='text'>{eating out} Heirloom - Sheung Wan, Hong Kong</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725278867/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="heirloom logo by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="heirloom logo" height="365" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6725278867_e06774cce9_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726055055/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich1" height="491" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6726055055_3c0686c639_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726078039/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich2" height="508" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6726078039_9337bd3afc_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726104995/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich3 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich3" height="494" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6726104995_9ee65a7cbd_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;heirloom&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;/ˈe(ə)rˌlo͞om&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1. A valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2. Heritage - inheritance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. Something of special value handed on from one generation to another&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This particular Heirloom it´s not a cafe, and its not fine dining. It´s an eatery. That is the leit motif &amp;nbsp;of mexican Ashton Winkler &amp;amp; Indonesian Vivian Herijanto, co-owners and chefs of this lovely newish secret garden. To make you feel home at their intimate, enthralling and stylish little corner where everything exudes coolness. &lt;i&gt;Pura buena vibra&lt;/i&gt; as we would say back home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725652859/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="coffee pot by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="coffee pot" height="953" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6725652859_f673ea7bbf_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725303963/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ashton by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="ashton" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6725303963_15eff16d40_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725607371/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="prepping coffee by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="prepping coffee" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6725607371_b6a44fa672_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725721185/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="heirloom cards1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="heirloom cards1" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6725721185_162be3e08c_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Patrons are greeted by a friendly and all smiles staff. Food and drinks (beautifully arranged on gorgeous mix-and-match china)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;arrive on time. Everything here is oh-just-so-pretty that when your dish gets to your table you are wondering/fearing the food may not be at the same height of decor and ambiance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Happily this is not the case. I tasted their selection of tacos as starter (Balinese fish style, Hibiscus flower, Cochinita pibil and Carnitas) The balinese fish taco one was an unexpected adventure of flavors. A happy molotov bomb that burst in your mouth and the &lt;i&gt;cochinita pibil taco&lt;/i&gt; (shredded pork in chile and &lt;i&gt;achiote&lt;/i&gt; sauce) sent me &lt;i&gt;loin, très loin&lt;/i&gt; as in back to glorious mexican home with its right balance of spiciness from the &lt;i&gt;adobo/recado&lt;/i&gt; (sauce) and the sweetness from the orange juice where its&amp;nbsp;traditionally&amp;nbsp;cooked. Ladies and gents, I´m happy to&amp;nbsp;announce&amp;nbsp;Hong Kong has finally some good authentic mexican tacos &lt;i&gt;como los de mi mamá&lt;/i&gt; (as my Mom´s).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726184531/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich5 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich5" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6726184531_ec64d263a1_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725942237/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="guacamole by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="guacamole" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6725942237_7aa84dbe96_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726319563/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich6 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich6" height="502" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6726319563_885ca02abb_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6725913915/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tacos1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tacos1" height="922" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6725913915_6793c209b1_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726340377/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich7 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich7" height="494" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6726340377_02122f3b34_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6726381771/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="guacamole y jamaica by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="guacamole y jamaica" height="906" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6726381771_84976012e3_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The rest of the food was pleasantly good to the eye and palate. &lt;i&gt;Guacamole con totopos&lt;/i&gt; (guac and tortilla chips), &lt;i&gt;elotes &lt;/i&gt;(mexican street corn) and tuna &lt;i&gt;tostadas&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;just to mention a few. Next time, because there will be a next time, I will focus on the `other´ sides of the heritage (menu). Vivian´s indonesian recipes (I heard her laksa is fantastic). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;They also have a good selection of more international fare like sandwiches, salads &amp;nbsp;and even &lt;i&gt;tortas!&lt;/i&gt; (mexican version of sandwich) and the bakery items look just fantastic. (I think that will need a third visit!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heirloomhk.com/"&gt;Heirloom&lt;/a&gt;, eatery and more&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;226 Hollywood Rd., Sheung Wan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tue: 10:00am - 11:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sat: 10:00am - 11:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sun: 11:00 am - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;heirloom&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;/ˈe(ə)rˌlo͞om&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &amp;nbsp;Un objeto de valor que ha pertenecido a una familia por varias generaciones.&lt;br /&gt;2. Herencia. Reliquia&lt;br /&gt;3. Algo de valor especial que se ha traspasado de generación en generación.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Este particular &lt;i&gt;Heirloom&lt;/i&gt; no es un café o un restaurante de &lt;i&gt;fine dining&lt;/i&gt;. Es un &lt;i&gt;eatery&lt;/i&gt;, algo más cercano a una &lt;i&gt;cantine&lt;/i&gt; o restaurante de barrio. Eso es para la mexicana Ashton Winkler &amp;nbsp;y para la indonesa Vivian Herijanto, co-propietarias y chefs de éste encantador nuevo jardin secreto el leit motiv de su establecimiento . En ésta íntima, invitante y estilizada pequeña esquina todo destila &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;coolness&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Pura buena vibra&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;como decimos en el rancho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los comensales son bienvenidos con sonrisas sinceras por un staff joven pero bien capacitado. Alimentos y bebidas (dispuestos de manera monísima en una `vajilla´ mix match &amp;nbsp;igual de linda) &amp;nbsp;llegan en buen tiempo. Todo aquí es oh-just-so-pretty que cuando los platillos son dispuestos en la mesa uno se pregunta con cierto temor si la comida estará a la altura del diseño y ambiente del lugar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afortunadamente no es el caso. Probé como entrante la selección de taquitos (pescado estilo Balinés, flor de jamaica, cochinita pibil y carnitas). El taco de pescado al estilo Bali fue una inesperada aventura de sabores. Una feliz bomba molotov de sabores que revienta en boca y la cochinita (carne de cerdo deshebrada en salsa de chile y achiote) me mandó justo a casa con su bien logrado balance de picor &amp;nbsp;proveniente del&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;adobo/recado&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(salsa) y el dulzor del jugo de naranja en el cual es cocido el cerdo. Damas y Caballeros, finalmente es posible encontrar en HK tacos como los de Mamá.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El resto de las viandas fue igualmente agradable a la vista y al paladar. &lt;i&gt;Guacamole con totopos&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;elotes como los del puesto de la esquina&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;(choclo) y &lt;i&gt;tostadas de atún&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;por mencionar algunos. La próxima vez, porque seguro regresaré, prometo probar el resto de las recetas-reliquia, ahora las de &amp;nbsp;Vivian. &amp;nbsp;(escuché por ahí que su laksa es de rechupete).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuentan tambien con una buena selección de platillos más internacionales como sandwiches, ensaladas, e incluso&amp;nbsp;¡&lt;i&gt;tortas!&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(la version mexicana del sandwich con pan estilo baguette) además de que todos los bizcochos y tortas (pasteles) se ven de muerte lenta. (Creo que eso merecerá una tercera visita ;) ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heirloomhk.com/"&gt;Heirloom&lt;/a&gt;, eatery and more&lt;br /&gt;226 Hollywood Rd., Sheung Wan&lt;br /&gt;Tue: 10:00am - 11:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Sat: 10:00am - 11:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Sun: 11:00 am - 5:00pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-196000445143665799?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/196000445143665799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=196000445143665799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/196000445143665799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/196000445143665799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eating-out-heirloom-sheung-wan-hong.html' title='{eating out} Heirloom - Sheung Wan, Hong Kong'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-542105959352970888</id><published>2012-01-15T01:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T01:25:23.602+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{macau walks}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macau walks'/><title type='text'>{Macau walks} vol4: Scenes at the park (Old Taipa Houses)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6695060797/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="the worker by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="the worker" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6695060797_53e2fc6254_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6695030055/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="the bride by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="the bride" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6695030055_3645404f3c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This past tuesday (or was it wednesday?) I lift my eyes up to the sky, it was quite clear; then I checked and double checked &lt;a href="http://www.smg.gov.mo/www/e_index.php"&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; and I realized that sunny day would be probably the last one for in at least 2 weeks. So, I quickly changed my plans for that day and instead of some paperwork and emails that I had to fill and reply I gave myself a mini-me picnic time at the park.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Completely inspired by my healthy lifestyle resolutions I assembled a &lt;a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/535930472_6451769"&gt;vegetables wrap&lt;/a&gt; in no time. An apple and an freshly pressed oj &amp;nbsp;came alone as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My lunch was quite short in time to be honest, since I dressed lightly, when the sun started to go down I began to feel chilly. I moved alone and continue walking around what I like to call my&amp;nbsp;neighborhood&amp;nbsp;(although technically speaking I am not quite sure if it is my&amp;nbsp;neighborhood) &amp;nbsp;and with the risk to sound like a boring broken vinyl record I think &amp;nbsp;the Old Taipa Town &amp;amp; Houses is one of my favorite spots to wander.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6695044803/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="the tourist by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="the tourist" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6695044803_5b2d06c14f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6695152121/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="the papaya tree and the church by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="the papaya tree and the church" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6695152121_77114b99ac_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6695198085/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="the motobiker by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="the motobiker" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6695198085_0b5ce9b09b_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, technically speaking (again) the Old Taipa Houses/Museum is not a park but a tiny conjunct of residences built in the most representative Macanese Style. Those &lt;i&gt;casas&lt;/i&gt; were built in 1921 and for long time they&amp;nbsp;accommodated&amp;nbsp;prominent Macanese families until the&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;bought them during the eighties and created this recreational lane with a tiny promenade and two picturesque gardens.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These days the Old Taipa Houses is a modest but very welcomed shelter mainly visited by tourists and young couples dressed in their faux wedding gowns to shoot their engagement sessions but also, maybe as a remnant of its mixed architecture and lineage this open space holds &amp;nbsp;important cultural celebrations for the local community such as Lusofonia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;One detail that never stops to surprise me is the fact that these houses used to overlook to the sea but due to land reclamation of the &lt;a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/139391309_6451769"&gt;Cotai Strip&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;between&amp;nbsp;Taipa and Coloane islands; nowadays they overlook a small lake. Another reminder of how much Macau and Taipa have changed since they became &lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/macau-walks-vol2-casino-ville_13.html"&gt;ville casino&lt;/a&gt; of Asia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Old Taipa Houses (now Museums)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Admission: MOP $5 for 3 houses only. Free admissions on Tuesday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opening hours: 10am to 6pm. Closed on Mondays&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bus routes: 11, 15, 22, 28A, 30, 33, 34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Éste pasado martes (¿o fue miércoles?) levanté los ojos al cielo, estaba limpio; acto seguido revisé &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.smg.gov.mo/www/e_index.php"&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;y caí en la cuenta que ése día soleado probablemente sería el único en por lo menos dos semanas. En vista de la terrible previsión metereológica, cambié mis planes por el día y en lugar de pasar mi tarde arreglando papeles y respondiendo correos decidí darme un &amp;nbsp;mini-me picnic en el parque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Completamente inspirada por mis resoluciones de estilo de vida saludable preparé un&lt;a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/535930472_6451769"&gt; wrap de vegetales&lt;/a&gt; en un &lt;i&gt;tris&lt;/i&gt;. Una manzana y un jugo de naranja tambien me acompañaron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi almuerzo fue francamente corto para ser honesta, como me vestí ligeramente, cuando el sol empezó a esconderse comencé a enfriarme. Decidí caminar alrededor de lo que me gusta considerar mi vecindario (aunque creo que tecnicamente no es mi verdadero vecindario) y con el riesgo de sonar como un disco de vinyl rayado creo que Old&amp;nbsp;Taipa Town (y las casas) es uno de mis jardines secretos preferidos para perderme.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ahora, tecnicamente hablando (otra vez) las&amp;nbsp;Old Taipa Houses/Museum no son un parque sino un conjunto de residencias construidas en el más representativo estilo arquitectónico Macanés (mezcla de elementos Portugueses y Chino-Cantoneses). Esas cinco casas fueron construidas en&amp;nbsp;1921 y por largo tiempo fueron habitadas por prominentes familias de origen Macanés (mezcla de las razas China-Cantonesa y Portuguesa) hasta que el gobierno las compró en los ochentas y creo éste espacio recreacional de casas-museo y dos jardines bastante pintorescos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Estos días las Old Taipa Houses &amp;nbsp;es un modesto pero bienvenido refugio visitado mayormente por turistas y jóvenes parejas vestidas en sus trajes de boda faux enlistados para su sesión de fotos de matrimonio pero tambien tal vez como un homenaje a su arquitectura y lineaje criollo éste espacio es también el centro de eventos culturales de la comunidad local tales como&amp;nbsp;Lusofonia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un detalle que nunca deja de sorprenderme es el hecho de que anteriormente éstas casas daban a una playa mientras que hoy día `gracias´ a las tierras ganadas al mar (land reclamation) que ha dado lugar a la &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/139391309_6451769"&gt;Cotai Strip&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;construida entre las islas de Taipa y Coloane éstas mismas casas ahora dan la cara a un pequeño lago. Un recordatorio de como ha cambiado&amp;nbsp;Macau y Taipa desde que ésta Ciudad-Pais se convirtió en &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/macau-walks-vol2-casino-ville_13.html"&gt;ville casino&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;de Asia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Old Taipa Houses (ahora Museos)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Admisión: MOP $5 &amp;nbsp;por la visita de 3 Museos. Admisión libre los Martes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Horarios de apertura 10am a 6pm. Cerrado los lunes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rutas de buses: 11, 15, 22, 28A, 30, 33, 34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-542105959352970888?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/542105959352970888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=542105959352970888' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/542105959352970888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/542105959352970888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2012/01/macau-walks-vol4-scenes-at-park-old.html' title='{Macau walks} vol4: Scenes at the park (Old Taipa Houses)'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-2192456010662725003</id><published>2012-01-07T01:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T01:09:01.048+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la vida loca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>No recipe recipe to happiness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6647828329/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pasta by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pasta" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6647828329_946cd8e90f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I´m really hoping you are starting this year with the right foot. Over here things are slowly getting into place, meaning that I am just until now realizing, accepting and working on this new year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I also wish I could give you a recipe today but that will have to wait until next week; although I purposedly did not prepare any 2011 best hits post that does not mean I haven´t been thinking about this &amp;nbsp;blog and the small community of friends and readers we have created. To be honest I avoid to think on how many people from so many different countries and cultures read this blog because that fact just surpasses my imagination.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These last days I have been kind of melancholic about life itself but also about blogging. When I first started writing this journal I had no idea what I was doing &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(yet I knew I wanted to say something)&lt;/span&gt; and even though somedays I still got that feeling my priorities regarding this personal creative space are precisely that. A personal `window´ where I write about the things that matters to me, &amp;nbsp;travels, food experiences and yes, also la vida loca that is constantly shaping our lives while living in the Far East.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6647823517/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fresas by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fresas" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6647823517_ac81416aa2_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6647810465/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dough by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dough" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6647810465_51ed5bd700_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have some sort of bigger plans for this blog for this year but the core will always remain the same. And why am I saying all this?. Well, lately while I `flip´ through facebook, twitter and all my rss readers I cannot but notice how some bloggers/blogs are &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(according to me)&lt;/span&gt; giving the wrong message: &amp;nbsp;You must eat/travel/make/see/wear whatever they fancy otherwise your life will be pointless and boring.&amp;nbsp;Just between you and me, that makes me very sad because I believe we &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(bloggers) &lt;/span&gt;are creating and shaping new stupid `necessities´. Is like nowadays bloggers where the only ones who have the recipe for happiness and if you kind reader don´t succeed to perfectly bake the prettiest and cutest cupcake while looking gorgeous, blog-tweet-instagram about it &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(of course)&lt;/span&gt; well if you don´t achieve that you are a failure...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, let me tell you something. I have no recipe but to tasty, hearty homemade food. Always proven and enjoyed but never perfect `&lt;i&gt;recipes´&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;. If there´s something I cherish is that bit rough side of imperfection that makes uniqueness. It just reminds me who we are. Just people. &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and I do hope from the bottom of my heart you are more than OK with just that).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Feliz Año 2012.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;De todo corazón espero que estes empezando éste año con el pie derecho. Por acá las cosas van lentamente tomando su lugar, es decir que hasta ahora estoy aceptando y trabajando en éste nuevo año.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;También desearía poder entregarles una receta en ésta ocasión pero eso tambien tendrá que esperar hasta la semana entrante; aunque a propósito éste año no preparé ningún post sobre los grandes hits del &amp;nbsp; 2011 eso no significa que no haya reflexionado sobre éste blog y la pequeña comunidad de amigos y lectores de todo el mundo que siempre me acompañan (gracias!). Para ser honesta evito pensar mucho en la cantidad de personas, sus países y culturas de origen porque el simple hecho de que hay alguien más aparte de mi familia que me lea me parece surreal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Estos últimos días he estado bastante melancólica. Sobre la vida misma y el mundo del blogging. Cuando comencé a escribir éste diario no tenía idea de lo que estaba haciendo &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pero sí sabía que quería y tenía muchas cosas que compartir)&lt;/span&gt; y aunque todavía algunos días me invade esa misma sensación desde siempre he tenido muy claras mis prioridades y objetivos sobre éste espacio personal de creatividad que es precisamente eso. Una `ventana´ al mundo donde escribo sobre las cosas que me importan, los viajes que realizo, nuestras experiencias culinarias ; y sí también sobre esa vida loca que constantemente moldea nuestras vidas en el Lejano Oriente. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Eso no quiere decir que no tenga grandes planes para éste blog, o que jamás vaya a evolucionar; pero los /mis principios siempre serán los mismos. Se preguntarán y porqué tal reflexion. Bueno, últimamente mientras `hojeo´ facebook, twitter y mis rss no puedo dejar de notar como algunos bloggers/blogs están dando el mensaje equivocado: Debes de comer/viajar/ver/usar/experimentar tal o cual cosa que te sugeramos&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (nosotros los bloggers)&lt;/span&gt; de lo contrario seguirás teniendo la misma miserable y aburrida vida de siempre. Para ser honestos, éstas tendencias &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(conscientes en inconscientes)&lt;/span&gt; me ponen triste porque creo que los bloggers estamos creando y dando forma a nuevas necesidades &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(la mayoríaa de ellas bien estupidas por cierto).&lt;/span&gt; Es como si hoy en día los bloggers tuvieramos la varita mágica o la receta de la felicidad y si tú humilde, sencillo y carismático lector/a no logras con éxito rotundo replicar y &amp;nbsp;hornear el más precioso y perfecto cupcake de tu vida mientras al mismo tiempo te ves perfectamente spotless y hermosa/o y lo publicas a los cuatro vientos (blog-twitter-facebook- instagram) &amp;nbsp;es porque eres un fracaso...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bueno pues déjenme y les digo una que otra cosa. Yo no tengo ninguna receta para que tengas una vida de ensueño sino sólo recetas de cocina probadas pero nunca perfectas. Porque a mi si hay algo que me gusta es ese borde rugoso que nos da la imperfección, ese efecto de inacabado que nos recuerda a cada momento quienes somos. Gente normal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y también desde el fonde de mi alma espero que estén OK con esto &amp;nbsp;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Feliz Año 2012.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-2192456010662725003?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/2192456010662725003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=2192456010662725003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/2192456010662725003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/2192456010662725003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-recipe-recipe-to-happiness.html' title='No recipe recipe to happiness'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-4603461826431363955</id><published>2011-12-29T22:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T14:52:23.634+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la vida loca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating in Hong Kong'/><title type='text'>{la vida loca} december bits : our Christmas in Macau + boxing day in HK</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593582979/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="christmas tree by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="christmas tree" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6593582979_7a3afae1b0_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593186727/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tea pot - stir fried by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tea pot - stir fried" height="508" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6593186727_1036b9a849_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593331725/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="chopsticks-tofu by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chopsticks-tofu" height="494" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6593331725_621f3a1386_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593346829/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="hanged clothes by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hanged clothes" height="923" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6593346829_55391d217e_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holidays´ celebrations started quite early for us this year, we have had a non-stop social gatherings &amp;nbsp;which I cannot complain about and Christmas Eve/Day were not the&amp;nbsp;exception.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I meet up with &lt;a href="http://julianaloh.com/site/"&gt;Juliana&lt;/a&gt; for a casual lunch over noodles and pork chop but seeing that the eatery&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://julianaloh.com/blog/"&gt;Miss Loh&lt;/a&gt; recommended was closed we opted for your typical all-sorts-of-chinese-esque-touristy-restaurant in Rua da Cunha or more commonly know as the sweet´s street. &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(I think my new love is &amp;nbsp;stir fried french beans&lt;i&gt; à la&lt;/i&gt; chinese)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593532943/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bridesmaid by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bridesmaid" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6593532943_074d5c4524_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593522163/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="vegetation-oldhouses by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="vegetation-oldhouses" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6593522163_ffb174af11_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593376267/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="eglise by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="eglise" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6593376267_48b3f03a6c_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After lunch on my way home I snapped some also very touristy pictures in the&amp;nbsp;surroundings&amp;nbsp;of the Old Taipa houses &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(now Museums)&lt;/span&gt;. I don´t remember if December is considered an auspicious month for chinese&amp;nbsp;weddings&amp;nbsp;but for the amount of brides, grooms, bridesmaids and&amp;nbsp;best-men&amp;nbsp;I have seen; it must be that. It can also be the benevolent almost balmy weather and the gorgeous blue sky days we´re having. Could be both ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For Christmas Eve dinner Regis and I&amp;nbsp;repeated&amp;nbsp;what it might turn into a tradition: hold our own &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad.html"&gt;special supper just for the two of us&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(I know it sounds silly for you dear normal reader but let´s just remember my husband works as a Pastry Chef at a big five star hotel and this particular day is one of the busiest of the year).&lt;/span&gt; We had a delish meal prepared by &amp;nbsp;us that was crowned with a bottle of Champagne and the best chocolate tart I had in my life &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(done by the hubs)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Next morning while we were sipping our coffee-tea &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(coffee for Madame and tea for Monsieur)&lt;/span&gt; and munching over a bowl of greek yogurt with strawberries and figs and some brioche toasts, we video skipped with my folks and sisters who were &amp;nbsp;about to have their own Christmas eve dinner in Cuernavaca, my hometown.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;is for moments like this that #iheartskype).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593782967/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="hk landscape by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hk landscape" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6593782967_53b8d872f2_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593685989/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bubbly-flowers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bubbly-flowers" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6593685989_4769a93b43_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593821161/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="hazy hk by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hazy hk" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6593821161_e15a71d079_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593764777/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="breakie by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="breakie" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6593764777_8b10ecce58_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6593836647/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ships by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="ships" height="907" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6593836647_fa5e64dbbb_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following day, we headed to Hong Kong where we enjoyed an italian buffet at Joia &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(which I already talked to you about &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;. Not what I had planned but at the end it turned out well. We also had some seriously fantastic `signature´ cocktails at Ozone, which has an amazing jaw dropping view of the city and Victoria Harbour&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(highly recommended for sunset)&lt;/span&gt;. Chic clientele &lt;i&gt;aussi&lt;/i&gt; so dress accordingly. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We don´t party much but when we do.... after Ozone we went to the Mira Hotel to say hola to our friend Jean Marc. Oh and we also had some Champagne at the hotel lovely bar/terrace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Apparently nor &amp;nbsp;buffet or cocktails were enough to satiate our thirst of adventure because we ended up having dinner at Yardbird &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Sheung Wan)&lt;/span&gt; but you will have to excuse me since I have plans to talk you about what´s nowadays considered the hippest restaurant in HK shortly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How it was your Christmas day?. Did Santa bring you any presents?.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rua da Cunha &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sweets shop street)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Old Taipa Village&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Macau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: bus no. 11, 15, 22, 30, 33 &amp;amp; 34&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Joia &lt;/a&gt;Ristorante Italiano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/HongKong/Dining/ozone/Default.htm"&gt;Ozone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(118th floor, currently the highest bar in the world)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Ritz Carlton Hotel Hong Kong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hong Kong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Telephone: +852 2263 2263&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opening Hours:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5pm to 1 am (Sunday to Thursday)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5pm to 2 am (Friday)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4pm to 2 am (Saturday)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Brunch noon to 3pm (Sunday only)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dress code: Smart Casual - No flip flops or beach sandals for ladies and gentlemen. Additionally for gentlemen, no open toe shoes and no sleeveless shirts and shorts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Metro Station: Kowloon Station (Elements mall)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themirahotel.com/en/dining/vibes.aspx"&gt;Vibes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Mira Hotel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5/F&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;118 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hong Kong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Reservations: +852 2368 1111&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opening Hours: 3pm to 12am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Metro Station: &amp;nbsp;TST (Tsim Sha Tsui), Jordan and East TST&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;walking distance of Star Ferry (Kowloon side)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Disclosure: unless stated, we always pay for our meals/hotel stays and I do not write my&amp;nbsp;recommendations&amp;nbsp;as a return favor. On this&amp;nbsp;occasion, our friends &amp;nbsp;invited us lunch and cocktails at Joia, Ozone and Vibes. Both of our friends payed the bills as a friendship/colleague gesture. They also work on the aforementioned hotels but that does not influence this post.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Las celebraciones de ésta temporada festiva comenzaron muy temprano para nosotros, hemos tenido infinidad de ágapes sociales de los cuales no me puedo quejar. Nochebuena y Navidad no fueron la excepción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Junto con mi amiga&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://julianaloh.com/site/"&gt;Juliana&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;me fui por un almuerzo casual de&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;noodles and pork chop &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(fideos chinos y chuletas de cerdo, especialidad de Macau) &lt;/span&gt;pero como el chiringuito al cual&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://julianaloh.com/blog/"&gt;Miss Loh&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;me iba a llevar se encontraba cerrado; optamos por el muy clásico changarro-dizque-chino-para-principiates &amp;nbsp;en la muy turística &amp;nbsp;Rua da Cunha o mejor conocida como la calle de los dulces.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Por cierto, que aunque el lunch estuvo soso y cargadísimo de MSG, creo que me he vuelto a enamorar de los &lt;i&gt;stir fried french beans&amp;nbsp;à la&amp;nbsp;chinese&lt;/i&gt;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Después del lunch me dirigí a casa y durante ese trayecto tiré algunas fotos en los alrededores de Old Taipa Houses, las cuales también salieron muy de turista-explorador-de-primer-grado. Por cierto que no recuerdo si Diciembre es un mes considerado como de buen aguero para las bodas chinas pero por la cantidad de novios y comitiva, tal vez que si. Aunque también puede ser debido al benevolente y balmy clima con un hermoso cielo azul que hemos disfrutado en éstos días. O pueden ser los dos.&amp;nbsp;;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para Nochebuena Regis y yo repetimos lo que podría convertirse en una tradición: pasarla juntos en casa &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(si ya sé que suena loco para ustedes que son gente normal pero recuerden que el Señor marido mío trabaja especialmente en días festivos)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;Entre los dos preparamos nuestra rica cena &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(foie gras toasts, bogavante &amp;nbsp;y pavo)&lt;/span&gt; la cual coronamos con un buen &amp;nbsp;Champagne y la mejor tarta de chocolate que he comido en mi vida &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(cortesía del marido)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En la mañana de Navidad mientras disfrutábamos nuestro café y té &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(coffee for Madame and tea for Monsieur)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;junto con un bowl de yogurt griego con frutillas e higos más unas tostadas de pan brioche &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(¿Cómo sufre uno, verdad?)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;nos &lt;i&gt;skipeamos&lt;/i&gt; con mis papás y hermanas quienes en ese mismo momento estaban disponiendo todo para celebrar su Nochebuena en Cuernavaca, mi ciudad.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y es por momentos así que&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;#iheartskype).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al siguiente día nos dirigimos a Hong Kong donde disfrutamos de un almuerzo entre amigos en el restaurante italiano &amp;nbsp;Joia&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(del cual ya les hablé &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;aquí&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;. No precisamente lo que tenía planeado pero al final de cuentas salió todo bien. Más tarde nos fuimos por unos tragos muy coquetos en el &amp;nbsp;bar &amp;nbsp; Ozone, el cual tiene una vista de ensueño de la ciudad y Victoria Harbour&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(recomiendo altamente éste lugar para ver la puesta de sol)&lt;/span&gt;. Eso si, clientela muy chic &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y precios tambien)&lt;/span&gt; así que a vestirse apropiadamente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En general no somos de mucha fiesta, pero ¡Cuando empezamos!....después de Ozone fuimos al Hotel Mira a saludar a nuestro amigo JM. Bueno eso y disfrutar del bar-terraza y más espumoso francés.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aparentemente ni el buffet italiano ni los cocteles fueron suficientes para saciar nuestra sed de aventuras culinarias y sibaritas ya que después de sendas experiencias nos dirigimos con nuestro amigo J. a cenar a Yardbird&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Sheung Wan)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;pero tendrán que perdonarme ya que tengo planeado hablarles de éste restaurante, el cual está considerado&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;the hippest restaurant in HK&lt;/i&gt; pronto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿Cómo la pasaron ustedes en Navidad?. ¿Les trajo algún regalo Santa Claus?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rua da Cunha&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sweets shop street)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old Taipa Village&lt;br /&gt;Macau&lt;br /&gt;Cómo llegar: bus no. 11, 15, 22, 30, 33 &amp;amp; 34&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Joia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;Ristorante Italiano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/HongKong/Dining/ozone/Default.htm"&gt;Ozone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(118th piso, actualmente el bar más alto del mundo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ritz Carlton Hotel Hong Kong&lt;br /&gt;International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon&lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: +852 2263 2263&lt;br /&gt;Horarios&lt;br /&gt;5pm to 1 am (Domingo a Martes)&lt;br /&gt;5pm to 2 am (Viernes)&lt;br /&gt;4pm to 2 am (Sábado)&lt;br /&gt;Brunch medio día a 3pm (Domingos solamente)&lt;br /&gt;Dress code: Smart Casual - No flip flops or sandalias de playa para damas y caballeros. Adicionalmente para caballeros, no zapato abierto ni camisetas sin manga o shorts. .&lt;br /&gt;Estación de Metro: Kowloon Station (Elements mall)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themirahotel.com/en/dining/vibes.aspx"&gt;Vibes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mira Hotel&lt;br /&gt;5/F&lt;br /&gt;118 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon&lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong&lt;br /&gt;Reservaciones +852 2368 1111&lt;br /&gt;Horarios: 3pm to 12am&lt;br /&gt;Estaciones de Metro: &amp;nbsp;TST (Tsim Sha Tsui), Jordan and East TST&lt;br /&gt;a corta distancia a pie del siempre cautivante Star Ferry (lado de Kowloon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nota aclaratoria: a menos que sea mencionado, siempre pagamos por nuestros salidas a restaurantes o estancias en hoteles y no escribo recomendaciones o blog posts como un favor a cambio de dinero o especie. En ésta ocasión, nuestros amigos nos invitaron almuerzo y bebidas en Joia, Ozone y Vibes. Ambos de los amigos que pagaron nuestra cuenta lo hicieron como una muestra de cariño/amistad/compañerismo profesional. Así mismo nuestros amigos trabajan en algunos de los lugares antes citados (RC, Mira) pero de ninguna manera éste hecho ha influenciado mi opinion en éste blog post.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-4603461826431363955?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/4603461826431363955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=4603461826431363955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/4603461826431363955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/4603461826431363955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-vida-loca-december-bits-our.html' title='{la vida loca} december bits : our Christmas in Macau + boxing day in HK'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-1644435227839160970</id><published>2011-12-17T16:27:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T09:11:43.579+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ville gâteau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salons de thé'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out} France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea room'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patisseries'/><title type='text'>Paris {ville gâteau} fav pâtisseries + salons de thé: La Pâtisserie des Rêves [Pierre Conticini] + meeting Cristina Lasarte</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6525403095/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="desserts by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="desserts" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6525403095_c685dfd1d1_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be honest this Pastry Shop with an ultra modern design was not on my list of &lt;i&gt;Incortournables&lt;/i&gt; because as you can see on previous &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/search/label/ville%20g%C3%A2teau"&gt;{VG} editions&lt;/a&gt; I have a fondness for old school &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2tisserie"&gt;Pâtisseries&lt;/a&gt;. So, yes I think we can say in terms of pastries and desserts I heart &lt;i&gt;vintage&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and &lt;i&gt;pedigree&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;However I ended up at this sort of ultra-minima-meets-girly-pink cake shop when Cristina Lasarte &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(from &lt;a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/"&gt;Buenos Aires to Paris&lt;/a&gt; food blog)&lt;/span&gt; proposed their cozy and&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;zen salon de thé for the setting of a short but heart felted &lt;i&gt;rencontre&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;As hundreds of other food writers and bloggers Cristina and I have an online friendship but wasn´t until this past June that we had the chance to finally meet each other. And so we did. We talked about family, expat life, our home countries and of course &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/11/carnet-de-voyage-paris-lagent.html"&gt;la Ville Lumière&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;et les Gourmandises&lt;/i&gt;!. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(As a side note I must say meeting someone from your online world on the real world is a quite bizarre but fun experience. I was so nervous when I first meet her!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6525654087/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Cristina by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cristina" height="433" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6525654087_15f8247846_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6525280629/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="paris breast by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="paris breast" height="995" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6525280629_05df80c754_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6525793683/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="cristina3-2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cristina3-2" height="433" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6525793683_1bc518c524_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That two hours coffee is now on my list of best things to do in Paris. Cristina aside been a talented Chef-Traiteur-Instructor owns an &amp;nbsp;amazing and super chic catering company:&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.menumalbec.com/"&gt;Menu Malbec&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;She kindly&amp;nbsp;shared with me pieces of her professional and personal life. She opened her heart pretty much like she does on her blog but this time I was listening to her telling me those gorgeous stories &lt;i&gt;en Español &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(blog is both in English and Spanish)&lt;/span&gt;. Oh, and how much I love Argentinian accent btw. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(I think at some time during our coffee we started to chat out loud because the rest of the oh-so-chic-Parisiens gave us this look of&amp;nbsp;disapproval&amp;nbsp;....it was that or they were just playing their regular stiff Parisians selves. who knows ;) )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6525331941/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="profiteroles by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="profiteroles" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6525331941_dc92def025_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Back to our &lt;i&gt;Paris: ville gâteau&lt;/i&gt; discoveries and &lt;i&gt;La Pâtisserie des Rêves &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(the Pastry shop of (your) dreams)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;We ordered tea for Mrs. Lasarte and&amp;nbsp;cappuccino&amp;nbsp;for Mrs. Monges as beverages &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(both ok)&lt;/span&gt; and since we weren´t that hungry we just shared a duo of profiteroles, which alongside &lt;i&gt;le Saint-Honoré et le Paris-Brest&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;are &lt;i&gt;LES chouchous&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(soft spot, pun not intended)&lt;/span&gt; of this famous and reputed cake shop. Also, if I remember correctly &lt;i&gt;les profiteroles&lt;/i&gt; where filled with &amp;nbsp;crème&amp;nbsp;de chocolate/caramel au fleur sel. Quite delish.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Overall I have to say the whole shop is not just beautiful but very well `curated´, after all is Monsieur Conticini who´s creating these beauties. The cakes display at the shop is unique to say the least so its a great stop for `window shopping´ for any foodie in Paris; which is another reason why I love that city&amp;nbsp;so much. In Paris not just Haute Couture maisons take the time and effort to produce innovative artistic concepts for their windows displays; at &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mon &lt;/i&gt;Ville Gâteau, all the Pâtisseries in town have the same spirit&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Il nous font rêver&lt;/i&gt;.... &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(make us dream)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lapatisseriedesreves.com/"&gt;La Patisserie des Rêves&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;II&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pastry Shop and Salon de thé&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;111 Rue de Longchamp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;16 eme arrondisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;75016 PARIS&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Open from 9:00 to 20:00 hrs Tuesday to Sunday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Metro Stations: &amp;nbsp;Rue de la Pompe, Trocadero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Envie de&lt;/i&gt; more&amp;nbsp;Paris {ville gâteau} favorite patisseries and salons de thé?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Maison Angelina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can follow Cristina´s adventures in Paris in:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/"&gt;from Buenos Aires to Paris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/From-Buenos-Aires-to-Paris/133813970042760"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/fromBAtoParis"&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Para ser honestos ésta Pastelería con su diseño ultra moderno no estaba en mi lista de &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Incortournables&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;porque como podrán ver en&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/search/label/ville%20g%C3%A2teau"&gt;previas ediciones de {VG}&lt;/a&gt; tengo un punto débil por las &amp;nbsp;Pâtisseries de vieja escuela. Si, creo que podemos decir que en términos de tortas y postres &amp;nbsp;I heart&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;vintage&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pedigree&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sin embargo terminé yendo a ésta ultra minimalista &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pero un pelito girly)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;cake shop&lt;/i&gt; cuando Cristina Lasarte&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(del conocido blog de cocina&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;de&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/"&gt;Buenos Aires to Paris&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;me propuso tomar el café en el acogedor y muy zen salon de thé de LPDRII&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (la tiendaI no tiene salon de té)&lt;/span&gt;. Como cientos de otros escritores y bloggers de cocina, Cristina y yo nos conocimos &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;online&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;pero no ha sido sino hasta el pasado mes de Junio cuano hemos podido finalmente decirnos Hola! cara a cara. Charlamos largo y tendido sobre la familia, la expat vida loca, nuestros países de orígen y por supuesto sobre &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/11/carnet-de-voyage-paris-lagent.html"&gt;la Ville Lumière&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;et les Gourmandises&lt;/i&gt;!.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Nota aparte he de confesar que el conocer a un amigo online en la vida real es una experiencia bie extraña pero fun. Yo estaba bastante nerviosa antes de conocer a Cris.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Esas dos horas que se nos fueron como agua han pasado a fornar parte de &lt;i&gt;mes jolies souvenirs de France&lt;/i&gt;. Cristina aparte de ser una talentosa Chef-Traiteur-Instructora&amp;nbsp;es la propietaria de una formidable y super chic compañia de banquetes `boutique´ : &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.menumalbec.com/"&gt;Menu Malbec&lt;/a&gt;, y amablemente&amp;nbsp;compartió conmigo algunos trozos de su vida personal y profesional. Me abrió su corazón como lo hace en su blog con cada entrada que escribe; la diferencia ésta vez fue que era ella en persona quien me contaba sus historias &lt;i&gt;en Español&lt;/i&gt;. Nuestro hermoso idioma. Y oh, si Ustedes supieran cómo me gusta a mi el acentito todo cantadito de los Argentinos...&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(por cierto que durante nuestro cafecito y charla en castellano seguramente que fuimos subiendo el tono y llegó un momento en que el resto de los huéspedes nos enviaron una que otra mira de desaprobación....era eso o sólo el esnobismo habitual de los Parisinos... ;) )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Regresando a&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Paris: ville gâteau&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;La Pâtisserie des Rêves&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(algo así como la Pastelería de (tus) sueños)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;. Ordenamos té para la Sra. Lasarte y cappuccino para la Sra. Monges y puesto que era un poco temprano la verdad es que no ordenamos más que una orden de profiteroles para compartir &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(2 piezas a escoger el &lt;i&gt;arome&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;; los cuales junto con&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;le Saint-Honoré&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;son&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;LES chouchous&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(las estrellas)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;de ésta reputada y famosa boutique. Si no mal recuerdo los&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;profiteroles&amp;nbsp;estaban rellenos de &amp;nbsp;crème&amp;nbsp;de chocolate/caramel au fleur sel. Una delicia, eso si recuerdo y muy bien.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En general debo decir que la hermosa tienda, la manera tan original en como están dispuestos los postres, y los postres en si, los cuales son terminados a la minuta, así como el sello de garantía de Pierre Conticini, Chef Propietario, hacen de ésta lugar un gran stop para un delicioso `window shopping´ que cualquier foodie apreciará. La cual es otra de las razones por las que adoro ésa ciudad. En Paris, no sólo las casas de Haute Couture nos regalan las vitrinas más artísticas y elaboradas del planeta, en&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mon&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Ville Gâteau también las Pâtisseries comparten el mismo&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;spirit&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Il nous font rêver&lt;/i&gt;....&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(hacernos soñar)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lapatisseriedesreves.com/"&gt;La Patisserie des Rêves&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;II&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Boutique de Pastelería y Salon de té&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;111 Rue de Longchamp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;16 eme arrondisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;75016 PARIS&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Abierto de 9:00 a 20:00 hrs Martes a Domingo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Estaciones de Metro: &amp;nbsp;Rue de la Pompe, Trocadero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Envie de &lt;/i&gt;más&amp;nbsp;Paris {ville gâteau} ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Maison Angelina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Para seguir a Cristina y sus aventuras en Paris, BA y el resto del mundo:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/"&gt;from Buenos Aires to Paris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/From-Buenos-Aires-to-Paris/133813970042760"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/fromBAtoParis"&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-1644435227839160970?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/1644435227839160970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=1644435227839160970' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/1644435227839160970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/1644435227839160970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/12/paris-ville-gateau-fav-patisseries.html' title='Paris {ville gâteau} fav pâtisseries + salons de thé: La Pâtisserie des Rêves [Pierre Conticini] + meeting Cristina Lasarte'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-1029090065524419730</id><published>2011-12-07T00:44:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T01:07:58.400+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out} vegetarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out} France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vegetarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gluten free'/><title type='text'>{eating out} La Cantine Vegetarianne  - Aix en Provence, France</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505526509/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="teapots by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="teapots" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6505526509_48528bce4c_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505279143/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="teapots-cups by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="teapots-cups" height="507" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6505279143_112967000e_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505429887/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="garland - glasses by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="garland - glasses" height="507" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6505429887_951c07553c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505547661/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="yunnan by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="yunnan" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6505547661_42d131d670_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505814753/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="liht bulb by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="liht bulb" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6505814753_10355fc9b0_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505762849/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="veggies-budah by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="veggies-budah" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6505762849_4df1549939_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505796051/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lasagne de legumes by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lasagne de legumes" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6505796051_955bed0749_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505931323/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tables-via by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tables-via" height="501" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6505931323_bab05bf53d_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6505879071/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lacantine by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lacantine" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6505879071_3f352b8452_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This small &lt;i&gt;cantine&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(canteen)&lt;/span&gt; is located in the heart of Aix-en-Provence´s downtown. Asides its cool, cozy-boho-Orient-ish look it serves vegetarian, vegan friendly and gluten free fare. A new trend, the healthy eatery, that is slowly making its way in the country of &lt;i&gt;la bechamel et la baguette&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A casual &lt;i&gt;petit resto&lt;/i&gt; that works under &lt;i&gt;la formule&lt;/i&gt; of &amp;nbsp;appetizers &amp;amp; main courses buffet + beverages &amp;amp; dessert &lt;i&gt;à la carte&lt;/i&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Although dishes selections is quite short, you won´t leave this place feeling hungry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or guilty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vasyweb.fr/entreprise/cuisine-vegetarienne-a-aix-en-provence-a-la-cantine-vegetarienne-restaurant-vegetarien-a-aix-e-1644/"&gt;La Cantine Vegetarianne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cuisine maison de saison&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Place de Tanneurs&lt;br /&gt;13100&amp;nbsp;Aix-en-Provence, France&lt;br /&gt;0613460616&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta pequeña&lt;i&gt; cantine&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(cafetería)&lt;/span&gt; se encuentra ubicada en pleno corazón del hermoso centro de &lt;i&gt;Aix-en-Provence &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(más sobre ésta ciudad pronto)&lt;/span&gt;. Consideraciones aparte de su estilo super cool-cozy-boho-Orient-ish, la alimentación que ofrecen está basada en el vegetarianismo y alimentos aptos para celiacos. Una nueva tendencia, el restaurante `saludable´, que se está abriendo poco a poco paso en el país de la bechamel y la baguette.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El petit resto funciona bajo une formule de buffet de entradas y platos fuertes a volontier (no limit) + bebidas &amp;amp; postre a la carta. Aunque la selección de platillos es más bien corta, no se inquieten, ya que les aseguro no se irán de éste lugar con hambre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O con culpa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.vasyweb.fr/entreprise/cuisine-vegetarienne-a-aix-en-provence-a-la-cantine-vegetarienne-restaurant-vegetarien-a-aix-e-1644/"&gt;La Cantine Vegetarianne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cuisine maison de saison&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Place de Tanneurs&lt;br /&gt;13100&amp;nbsp;Aix-en-Provence, France&lt;br /&gt;0613460616&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-1029090065524419730?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/1029090065524419730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=1029090065524419730' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/1029090065524419730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/1029090065524419730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/12/eating-out-la-cantine-vegetarianne-aix.html' title='{eating out} La Cantine Vegetarianne  - Aix en Provence, France'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-605067331777908694</id><published>2011-12-03T18:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T22:21:27.736+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vegetarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipes'/><title type='text'>{recipe} Yotam Ottolenghi´s corn fritters for breakfast, brunch, diner or the art of versatility - {Receta}... Tortitas de elote (maiz, choclo)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6510682103/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="corncakescover by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="corncakescover" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6510682103_6fa18cc94b_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What a surprise, &lt;i&gt;non&lt;/i&gt;?. Days are flying away and I´m finding it difficult to make time for all the things I want to achieve before the year ends. Chances are you´re in the same position?. &lt;i&gt;Welcome&lt;/i&gt; festive season stress....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To avoid stress, today I´m sharing a super easy &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(really easy)&lt;/span&gt; recipe that I have been preparing quite often. Although fresh corn is officially out of season, if you´re lucky and can get your hands on a couple of corns on their cobs, &lt;i&gt;voilà&lt;/i&gt;!, here´s the recipe you need to make those sweet kernels shine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Also, just in case you need more `selling´ in order to jump from your coach towards the kitchen, let me add I believe this is one of those &lt;i&gt;perfect-for-every-occasion-dishes&lt;/i&gt;. While presented as mini portions they can be easily enjoyed as &lt;i&gt;hors d´oeuvres&lt;/i&gt;, if you serve them at a normal size &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(palm hand size)&lt;/span&gt; they become just the proper side dish to complement fish &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(I´m thinking salmon burgers or even &amp;nbsp;grilled red snapper)&lt;/span&gt; or if you´re vegetarian, serve these cakes with a copious amount of greens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6445381753/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="corncake2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="corncake2" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6445381753_73440b81d3_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6445475383/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="corncake3 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="corncake3" height="960" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6445475383_10cd47eb1e_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On my side, I´m tagging these corn cakes or fritters under my Breakfast and Brunch Essentials files but I am curious to know how would you serve them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Corn cakes (or fritters)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi (slightly adapted)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;yield: 4 persons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- I haven´t got the chance to experiment this recipe using canned corn kernels, if you do, let us know the results or what alterations you did. -&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ingredients&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/2 cup quick-cooking polenta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;11/4 cups corn kernels (abt 2 ears of corn)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 small shallot, diced fine (can be substituted by white onion)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 or 2 red thai chili, diced fine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 1/2 tsp green bell pepper, diced fine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/2 tsp cumin seeds, roughly smashed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/2 small bunch of cilantro, roughly chopped&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;salt and black pepper to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3/4 cup Greek yogurt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for frying&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 eggs, separated (original recipe calls for 3)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 tbsp lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;greens salad&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/4 cup sour cream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In a large bowl mix polenta, corn, shallots, chilies, cumin, cilantro, salt and pepper. Add yogurt, 11/2 tbsp olive oil and 2 egg yolks. Mix well with fork.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In a separate bowl, beat egg whites to soft peaks. Carefully fold whites into corn batter in two stages. Season with salt and pepper. Let rest for 5 minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dressing: Whisk 11/2 tbsp olive oil with lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Set a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat, pour some olive oil and once hot add 2 tbsp of batter per cake into the pan. Cook on batches. Cook each cake 2-3 minutes or until golden, flip and cook again until golden. Transfer to a tray lined with absorbent paper.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Serve over a bed of greens with a spoonful of sour cream.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And just in case you´re looking for more alternatives for your Christmas Day Brunch. Here are some delish healthy-ish pointers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;{Breakfast}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-banana-coconut-bread.html"&gt;Banana and Coconut Bread&lt;/a&gt; (gluten free)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/03/weekend-la-brunch-banana-pancakes-finde.html"&gt;Banana Pancakes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/chocolate-pear-and-yogurth-verrines.html"&gt;Chocolate, pear and yogurt verrines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/about-french-friends-breakfast-love-and.html"&gt;Flourless Berries&amp;amp;Bananas Pancakes&lt;/a&gt; (gluten free)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/homemade-olive-oil-and-honey-granola.html"&gt;Olive oil and Honey Granola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Brunch}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/05/party-of-five-and-salad-party-de-cinco.html"&gt;Pumpkin and butternut squash carpaccio&lt;/a&gt; (raw)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/04/lazy-weekend-couscous-salad-finde.html"&gt;Couscous Salad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/to-welcome-new-year-lentil-soup-sopa-de.html"&gt;Lentil soup with coconut milk and spices&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/03/spring-in-my-heart-and-soul-primavera.html"&gt;Roti de porc au lait&lt;/a&gt; (roasted pork loin in milk)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/02/quinoa-with-asparagus-and-peas.html"&gt;Quinoa Risotto with Asparagus and Peas&lt;/a&gt; [gf]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/01/simple-soft-boiled-egg-salad.html"&gt;Soft Boiled Egg Salad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/11/about-cookbooks-pillow-books-and-sole.html"&gt;Sole Bundles with Spinach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Beverages}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/08/mango-coconut-milk-and-guava-juice.html"&gt;Mango, Coconut and Guava Smoothies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-friday-iced-yuzu-matcha-au-lait.html"&gt;Matcha au lait&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/04/rainy-days.html"&gt;Osmanthus milk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/07/pina-para-la-nina.html"&gt;Pineapple, Celery and Parsley shake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;¿Qué sorpresa no?.Los días se están pasando volando y me está costando un trabajo encontrar tiempo extra para terminar todo lo que tengo proyectado hacer antes del fin de año. ¿Probablemente algunos de Ustedes están en la misma situación?. &amp;nbsp;Bienvenido/&lt;i&gt;Welcome&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;stress festivo....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Para evitar el stress, hoy les comparto una super fácil &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(en serio lo de super fácil)&lt;/span&gt; receta que estuve preparando todo éste Otoño; y aunque oficialmente ya no es temporada de elotes en mazorca &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(frescos)&lt;/span&gt; si logran conseguir un par de ellos,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;voila&lt;/i&gt;!, ésta es la receta que deben de usar para hacer que los granitos de elote brillen como estrellas de telenovela.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En caso de que todavía no me hayan `comprado´ la idea, les cuento que otra de las razones por las que adora ésta receta, a parte de su sencillez, sabor y textura es que para mí estos corn cakes caen en la maravillosa categoría de receta-mil-usos-para-toda-ocasión, o sea el perfecto caballito de batalla para &amp;nbsp;salir bien librada en éstas faenas navideñas. Cuando se presentan en version mini, son ideales como canapés o &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;hors d´oeuvres&lt;/i&gt;, en su tamaño normal &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(palma de la mano)&lt;/span&gt; son el acompañamiento de lujo de pescado &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pienso en unas hamburguesas de salmón o un huachinango a la plancha)&lt;/span&gt; o si eres vegetariano, servidos con una copiosa ensalada funcionan como plato principal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De mi parte, yo estoy &lt;i&gt;tageando&lt;/i&gt; éstos corn cakes bajo mis &amp;nbsp;Esenciales de Desayunos y Brunch aunque estoy curiosa por saber cómo y cuándo los servirían ustedes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Corn cakes&lt;/i&gt; - Tortitas/Frituras de granos de elote (maiz/choclo)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;receta de Yotam Ottolenghi (ligeramente adaptada)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;rendimiento: 4 personas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ingredientes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/2 taza de polenta de cocción rápida&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;11/4 tazas de granos de elote &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(aprox 2 elotes desgranados)&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 echalote pequeño en dado pequeño &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(se puede substituir por cebolla blanca o morada)&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 o 2 chiles verdes serrano o chile rojo thai, dado fino &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(la receta pide chiles sin semillas, si eres delicado o no estás acostumbrado al picante es recomendable hacerlo. Mexicanos: chile con semillas is OK)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 1/2 cda de pimiento verde, dado pequeño &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(especialmente necesario si no se encuentra el chile serrano)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/2 cdita de semillas de comino, ligeramente majadas &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(esencial, no seais tímidos con el comino que le da mucho sabor)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/2 manojo chico de cilantro, groseramente picado &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(aprox 2 cdas)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;sal y pimienta al gusto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3/4 taza de yogurt griego &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(yo uso marca Fage)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3 cdas de aceite de oliva, más el necesario para freir las tortitas &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 huevos, separados &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(la receta original pide 3 huevos..)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 cda jugo de limón&lt;br /&gt;ensalada de hojas verdes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/4 taza de crema ácida o yogurt griego&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En un bowl grande mezclar la polenta, granos de elote, echalotes, chiles, comino, cilantro, sal y pimienta. Agregar el yogurt, 1 1/2 cda de aceite de oliva y las 2 yemas. Mezclar bien con tenedor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En otro bowl batir las claras a picos suaves. Incorporar suavemente a la mezcla de elote y polenta. Salpimentar. Dejar reposar por 5 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;Aderezo: Mezclar con batidor globo 11/2 cda de aceite de oliva con el jugo de limón. Añadir sal y pimienta al gusto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Calentar a fuego medio un sartén antiadherente, verter cantidad suficiente de aceite de oliva para poder freir las tortitas pero sin que naden en la grasa. Una vez caliente el aceite añadir al sartén dos cucharadas de mezcla por tortita. Cocinar cada tortita por 2-3 minutos o hasta que esté ligeramente dorado y voltear. Cocinar por otros 2 minutos o hasta que dore. Transferir a una charola cubierta de papel absorbente.&lt;br /&gt;Servir sobre cama de hojas verdes aliñadas con el aderezo y acompañar con una buena cucharada de crema ácida o yogurt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;- En caso de que necesiten más opciones para su Brunch de Navidad, he hecho una selección de mis esenciales para el desayuno o brunch &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(checar la lista arriba en la versión en Inglés, y no worries, la mayoría de las recetas están también en Cristiano :))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-605067331777908694?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/605067331777908694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=605067331777908694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/605067331777908694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/605067331777908694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/recipe-yotam-ottolenghis-corn-fritters.html' title='{recipe} Yotam Ottolenghi´s corn fritters for breakfast, brunch, diner or the art of versatility - {Receta}... Tortitas de elote (maiz, choclo)'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-7621809910981770772</id><published>2011-11-30T00:01:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T01:41:00.857+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la vida loca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la expat vida loca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expat life'/><title type='text'>{la vida loca} Rule number one of a well seasoned expat and traveler - Regla número uno de cualquier viajero o expat que se diga experto</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6425860003/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bird cages HK by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bird cages HK" height="973" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6425860003_2f8f68da79_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning I had one of those bizarre moments when a total random thought hit me: - I &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; check my passport validity. &lt;i&gt;Now&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;Ahorita&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Thank God I did. Apparently, I forgot I had to renew my passport so here I am on the very last day heading to a &lt;i&gt;forced&lt;/i&gt; trip to Hong Kong to fulfill rule number one of being a good expat and a seasoned traveler:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6425939301/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="colorful postcards by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="colorful postcards" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6425939301_b3f93da482_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always have a valid passport&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(with you...but that´s rule number two)&lt;/span&gt;.* &amp;nbsp;Always.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Otherwise how can we pretend we´re all set to explore the world?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6425878347/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sign scene HK by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sign scene HK" height="960" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6048/6425878347_a3ce3be862_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and I´m all for an&amp;nbsp;adventurous&amp;nbsp;life you know?).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Here are some Hong Kong post so you keep traveling (and busy) while I´m off:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;{The Hong Kong Posts}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Hugo´s&lt;/a&gt; (and HK´s Marathon info)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-sakesan.html"&gt;Sakesan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/eating-out-isola-hong-kong.html"&gt;Isola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/eating-spainportugal-in-hk-fofo-and.html"&gt;Casa Lisboa + FoFo&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-weekend-hongkie-town.html"&gt;Hongkie Town&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/kung-hei-fat-choy.html"&gt;Kung Hei Fat Choi&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/11/oui-i-do-ceremony.html"&gt;Oui, I do {the ceremony}&lt;/a&gt; (yes, our wedding)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/11/oui-i-do-wedding-banquet.html"&gt;Oui, I do {the banquet}&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/street-signs-hk.html"&gt;street signs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;*we´ll talk about that rule at another time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ps: I did notice I wrote bird cages instead of birds cages but well, let´s ignore, right?.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Esta mañana en uno de esos extraños momentos así nomás de la nada me dije: - Creo que debo revisar la validez de mi pasaporte. Ahorita.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Now&lt;/i&gt;. A Dios gracias que lo hice. Aparentemente, olvidé renovar mi pasaporte en tiempo y aqui estoy, dirigiendome a HK en un viaje obligado para cumplir con la `muy sencilla´ tarea y regla número uno de cualquiera que se diga experto viajero o expatriado:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;- Siempre tener un pasaporte válido a la mano.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Always&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Si no, ¿Cómo pretendemos explorar éste maravilloso mundo?.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y yo soy pro aventura, ¿Ustedes?).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Mientras aquí os dejo unos post sobre HK para que también vajen conmigo (y se entretengan mientras regreso).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;{The Hong Kong Posts}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Hugo´s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(con info sobre el Marathon de HK, uno de nuestros rituales ya.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-sakesan.html"&gt;Sakesan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/eating-out-isola-hong-kong.html"&gt;Isola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/eating-spainportugal-in-hk-fofo-and.html"&gt;Casa Lisboa + FoFo&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-weekend-hongkie-town.html"&gt;Hongkie Town&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/kung-hei-fat-choy.html"&gt;Kung Hei Fat Choi&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/11/oui-i-do-ceremony.html"&gt;Oui, I do {the ceremony}&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(sip, nuestra wedding)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/11/oui-i-do-wedding-banquet.html"&gt;Oui, I do {the banquet}&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/street-signs-hk.html"&gt;street signs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;*lo de a la mano lo cubriremos otro día con más calmita..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-7621809910981770772?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/7621809910981770772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=7621809910981770772' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/7621809910981770772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/7621809910981770772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/11/la-vida-loca-rule-number-one-of-well.html' title='{la vida loca} Rule number one of a well seasoned expat and traveler - Regla número uno de cualquier viajero o expat que se diga experto'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-7648749704166415821</id><published>2011-11-22T15:29:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T14:02:11.833+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{our weekend}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la expat vida loca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food festivals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='our weekend'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='festivals'/><title type='text'>{our weekend} fun weekend at the Grand Prix, Food fest and Beaujolais Nouveau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387165227/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lamp and camphor tree by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lamp and camphor tree" height="640" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6234/6387165227_4571a742d5_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387157231/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="albergue by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="albergue" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6387157231_ac7e530ed3_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello &lt;i&gt;amigos&lt;/i&gt; and welcome again. How are you?. I´m slowly trying to catch up on work, projects and house chores after a couple of days my husband and I took to unwind. During those days we just enjoyed what is one of Macau´s busiest weekends of the year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Macau´s Grand Prix, Food Festival, Fringe Festival and even the Beaujolais Nouveau are held during the same weekend. These festivities assures the&amp;nbsp;affluence&amp;nbsp;not just of tourist but GP and food lovers &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(not that this city is in need to bring more money or tourists to town...)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387210515/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="photographers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="photographers" height="478" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6387210515_0d6b35f920_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387178587/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bunny by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bunny" height="640" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6110/6387178587_9891306a71_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387191401/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="gp ambiance by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="gp ambiance" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6387191401_920fa5d138_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387199875/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ladies at gp by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="ladies at gp" height="478" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6387199875_46473f6e44_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unlike previous years this time we had the chance to watch the GP from the pits area which gives a whole different perspective on the car races. At the Beaujolais Nouveau party we had so much fun speaking &lt;i&gt;français&lt;/i&gt; with friends and members of the always growing french community in town &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and maybe we had too much wine)&lt;/span&gt;. &amp;nbsp;To be honest the chance to enjoy and outdoor relaxed bbq party in the middle of November even if that means drinking dubious quality red wine is priceless. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We ended our busy weekend visiting the Food Festival and&amp;nbsp;although&amp;nbsp;we weren´t so keen on going since on previous&amp;nbsp;occasions&amp;nbsp;we´ve been disappointed by the lack of food safety conditions and the poor quality of the food offered. However we saw an improvement in both lines this year &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(yet, there´s so much to improve)&lt;/span&gt;. I think this year´s festival enhancement owns to much to the Japanese&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Village&lt;/i&gt;, which set the bar really high for the following years´ featured countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387333643/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="delicious by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="delicious" height="746" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6387333643_156b284b6b_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387269959/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fish vendor by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fish vendor" height="857" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6387269959_f85761144d_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387352137/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="charming tokyoite by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="charming tokyoite" height="746" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6091/6387352137_503c0beb28_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6387227769/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pray for japan by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pray for japan" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6387227769_f29573e6a9_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We were really touched by the Japanese Village. I was so impressed on how a country which is surpassing tough times continue with their traditions &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(have you seen &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203707504577007550569072874.html#project=SLIDESHOW08&amp;amp;s=SB10001424052970204224604577032451877513134&amp;amp;articleTabs=slideshow"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;?)&lt;/span&gt; and keep aiming for excellence. There was a big array of japanese snacks and food &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(noodles, yakitori, tempura, fruits, ice creams, desserts) &lt;/span&gt;and even a mini version of &amp;nbsp;Tokyo´s &amp;nbsp;famous &lt;a href="http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm"&gt;Tsukiji Market&lt;/a&gt;!. Seeing the level of professionalism, the good quality of foods offerings and the pride and honor with which each one of the Japanese vendors carried themselves was just overwhelming.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And you, how was your weekend?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beaujolais Nouveau&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;organized by &lt;a href="http://www.alliancefrancaise.org.mo/spip.php?rubrique35&amp;amp;lang=en"&gt;Alliançe Française de Macau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4/F Travessa de Bom Jesus RC&lt;br /&gt;Phone: +853 2896 5342&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Party venue:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.scmm.mo/frontend/content/index.php?id=16&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;Albergue da Santa Casa da Misericordia&lt;/a&gt; (SCM) &amp;nbsp;also known as Old ladies house&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;8 Calçada da Igreja S. Lazaro&lt;br /&gt;St. Lazarus neighborhood&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="spip" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;11th Macau Food Festival 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;November 11- 27&lt;br /&gt;Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 17:00- 23:00 hrs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Friday to Sunday 15:00 - 24:00 hrs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Venue: Sai Van Lake &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;( between lake and Macau tower)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;although is always held during November and specially during Grand Prix weekend, dates might change every year. Please double check dates and timing at MO´s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/"&gt;Tourism&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free Shuttle Bus:&lt;br /&gt;Route 1 - Luso Bank Main Branch&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;←→&lt;/span&gt;Sain Van Lake Square&lt;br /&gt;Route 2 - Banco Weng Hang. S.A. (Hak Sa Van Branch)&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;←→&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sai Van Lake Square&lt;br /&gt;Route 3 - Opposite to Taipa Altira&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;←→&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sai Van Lake Square&lt;br /&gt;Service hours:&lt;br /&gt;Monday to Thursday 17:00-23:30 Friday to Sunday 15:00-00:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Macau Grand Prix&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gp.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/app/home/mgpc/en"&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/MacauGrandPrix"&gt;facebook page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Macau Fringe Festival&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macaucityfringe.gov.mo/Showpage.aspx?src=main&amp;amp;lang=e"&gt;official site&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;an alternative arts festival&lt;br /&gt;November 18 - December 4th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jelouuu&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;amigos&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;welcome de nuevo.¿Cómo están?. Por mi lado yo me encuentro muy lentamente tratando de ponerme al día con trabajo, proyectos y deberes domésticos después de un par de diitas que mi señor marido y yo nos tomamos, cómo dicen los gringos un &lt;i&gt;staycation&lt;/i&gt; para bajarle al stress en lo que para mí es el finde más ocupado de todo el año aquí en Macau.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gran Premio, Food Festival, Fringe Festival e incluso la fiesta del &lt;i&gt;Beaujolais Nouveau&lt;/i&gt; se entrecruzan durante el mismo fin de semana. Estas festividades &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(junto con el juego, la `industria´ número uno de mi &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/macau-walks-vol2-casino-ville_13.html"&gt;ville casino&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; aseguran la afluencia no sólo de turistas &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y gamblers)&lt;/span&gt; pero también atrae a los amantes de las carreras, el arte y la comilona. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A diferencia de años anteriores en ésta ocasión tuvimos la oportunidad de observar el Grande Premio como dicen mis amigos portugueses, desde el área de pits; lo cual da una perspectiva muy diferente a éstas carreras. Por otro lado en &lt;i&gt;la fête du&amp;nbsp;Beaujolais Nouveau&lt;/i&gt; nos divertimos como locos hablando&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;français&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;con los amigos y miembros de la siempre creciente comunidad francófona &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y bueno, como que tambien tal vez tomamos mucho vinito)&lt;/span&gt;. Para ser honestos, la oportunidad de disfrutar en pleno Noviembre de un bbq en un ambiente super relajado, &lt;i&gt;entre copains&lt;/i&gt;, bebiendo vino rojo de dudosa calidad, pues es algo así como&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;priceless&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Terminamos nuestro &lt;i&gt;busy weekend&lt;/i&gt; visitando el Food Festival y aunque aquí entre nos la verdad es que la idea de ir a éste festival no nos seducía, ya que en ocasiones anteriores tanto las condiciones insalubres del manejo de los alimentos, así como la falta de calidad en los productos terminados dejaba mucho que desear, pues aún así nos lanzamos a la aventura. Cual sería nuestra sorpresa al ver muchas mejoras en ésta edición de dicho festival &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(aunque todavía hay muchas áreas de oportunidad)&lt;/span&gt;. Como ejemplo pongo el&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Japanese&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Village&lt;/i&gt;, el cual realmente ha marcado un nuevo estándar en cuanto a calidad e higiene. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Estos japos son únicos, de verdad que yo los adoro)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Como decía quedamos muy impresionados con el Japanese Village. Mientras caminábamos &amp;nbsp;por &amp;nbsp;los diferentes stands de comida del país del Sol Naciente &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(que es el país invitado de éste año; por eso todo un village o pabellón dedicado a ellos)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;no dejaba de conmoverme el hecho de saber que éste país que no la ha pasado tan bien en éste año; aún así, estuviera ahí tan bien representado; continuando a mostrar su mejor cara, sus tradiciones, gastronomía &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(ya checaron ésto&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203707504577007550569072874.html#project=SLIDESHOW08&amp;amp;s=SB10001424052970204224604577032451877513134&amp;amp;articleTabs=slideshow"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;?)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;siempre tirando hacia la excelencia. Hay una gran selección de snacks y comida japonesa&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(noodles, sushi bar, yakitori, robitayaki, tempura, fruta, helados, postres)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;e incluso una versión mini del super famoso&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm"&gt;Tsukiji Market&lt;/a&gt;! de Tokyo. Ver éste nivel de profesionalismo, la calidad de la oferta gastronómica aunado al orgullo y honor con que cada marchante se desenvuelve es realmente sobrecogedor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Y ustedes. ¿Cómo estuvo su finde?. ¿Fueron a votar en las Españas? O la pasaron de fiesta celebrando el 20 de Nov en los Mexicous?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beaujolais Nouveau&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;organizado por &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.alliancefrancaise.org.mo/spip.php?rubrique35&amp;amp;lang=en"&gt;Alliançe Française de Macau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4/F Travessa de Bom Jesus RC&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: +853 2896 5342&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lugar del evento:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.scmm.mo/frontend/content/index.php?id=16&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;Albergue da Santa Casa da Misericordia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(SCM) &amp;nbsp;también conocido como &lt;i&gt;Old ladies house&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8 Calçada da Igreja S. Lazaro&lt;br /&gt;Barrio de San Lázaro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="spip" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;11th Macau Food Festival 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Noviembre 11- 27&lt;br /&gt;Horarios: Lunes a Jueves 17:00- 23:00 hrs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Viernes a Domingo 15:00 - 24:00 hrs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lugar del evento: Lago de Sai Van&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;( en la rotonda entre el lago y la torre de Macau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;aunque siempre sucede en Noviembre y siempre coincide con el &amp;nbsp;Grand Prix, las fechas pueden variar. Mejor checar en el &lt;a href="http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/"&gt;sitio oficial &lt;/a&gt;de la Oficina de Turismo de la Ciudad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Servicio de autobús gratuito:&lt;br /&gt;Ruta 1 - Luso Bank Main Branch&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;←→&lt;/span&gt;Sain Van Lake Square&lt;br /&gt;Ruta 2 - Banco Weng Hang. S.A. (Hak Sa Van Branch)&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;←→&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sai Van Lake Square&lt;br /&gt;Ruta 3 - Opposite to Taipa Altira&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;←→&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sai Van Lake Square&lt;br /&gt;Horarios:&lt;br /&gt;Lunes a Jueves 17:00-23:30 Viernes a Domingo 15:00-00:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Macau Grand Prix&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gp.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/app/home/mgpc/en"&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/MacauGrandPrix"&gt;facebook page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Macau Fringe Festival&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macaucityfringe.gov.mo/Showpage.aspx?src=main&amp;amp;lang=e"&gt;official site&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;festival alternativo de artes&lt;br /&gt;Noviembre 18 - Diciembre 4t&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-7648749704166415821?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/7648749704166415821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=7648749704166415821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/7648749704166415821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/7648749704166415821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-weekend-fun-weekend-at-grand-prix.html' title='{our weekend} fun weekend at the Grand Prix, Food fest and Beaujolais Nouveau'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-3532799946590068186</id><published>2011-11-16T18:40:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T22:51:58.340+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photowalks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{macau walks}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurant Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landmarks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macau walks'/><title type='text'>{Macau walks} vol 3: landmarks</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6352555283/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lisboa copy by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lisboa copy" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6352555283_f30d1a08f3_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Few weeks ago I received a visitor from Shanghai, we agreed on sightseeing and lunch. After picking her up at the hotel lobby where she was staying, we took bus 33 from Taipa to Largo do Senado &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Senado Square)&lt;/span&gt; which is somehow the heart of this small but enchanting city.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On this&amp;nbsp;occasion&amp;nbsp;we did what I like to call &lt;i&gt;Macau´s landmarks: Old and New tour&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;The basics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;We walked by the lovely Senado Square with its portuguese colonial buildings, the &amp;nbsp;tiny market, &amp;nbsp;traditional chinese medicine &amp;nbsp;shops and litte cafés towards St. Paul´s ruins which is THE landmark of the city, afterwards we did a quick visit to the Fort-Museum to later continue our walk around downtown passing by old rotten and forgotten architectural beauties, tiny temples and majestic churches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6353148141/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="macau city dyptich by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="macau city dyptich" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6044/6353148141_62b165ae39_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6352979237/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tree by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tree" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6352979237_47a026531e_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6352810893/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="landmarks uno by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="landmarks uno" height="320" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6111/6352810893_c712ec7401_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6352948213/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="landmarks2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="landmarks2" height="320" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6352948213_17aa58f2a2_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6353197159/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="yellow house by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="yellow house" height="901" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6353197159_f9dee4ac74_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Since time was essential, after seen the old we continued with the new: Macau´s casinos, where my friend was like a fish in a pond. And while I was there&amp;nbsp;accompanying&amp;nbsp;my friend I though how funny is that even though people go crazy gambling here, Régis and I we just think &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and rate)&lt;/span&gt; casinos in terms of food. ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And speaking of food, we choose &lt;a href="http://www.wynnmacau.com/en/dining/cafe_esplanada.html"&gt;Café Esplanada&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for lunch. Ordered club sandwiches with french fries &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(not so chinese but well, sometimes is good to have a western fix)&lt;/span&gt; and catch up on each others lives.&amp;nbsp;Our sandwiches were&amp;nbsp;enormous&amp;nbsp;but rather tasteless; which was a shame because it lets us with no room for dessert and oh how much &amp;nbsp;I wanted to share with my friend my favorites spots for local ice creams&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;loja de sorvetes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wynnmacau.com/en/dining/cafe_esplanada.html"&gt;Café Esplanada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Wynn Hotel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rua Cidade de Sintra&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tel: (853) 2888 9966&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our lunch could have been better however I still believe this cafe with its lovely terrace &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(a rarity in Macau)&lt;/span&gt; worth the visit on a sunny day when you´re not feeling too venturous. Other times I have had&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/293545701_6451769"&gt;Cobb Salad&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and quite happy with my choice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;{Macau walks}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;vol1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/macau-walks-vol2-casino-ville_13.html"&gt;vol2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Craving more Macau?. Here are some of my fav posts:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;{Eating out}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;Angela´s Café&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-petisqueira.html"&gt;A Petisqueira&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html"&gt;Bela Vista&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Grand Lapa Hotel)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane´s eateries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;Fernando´s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-weekend-in-pictures-lunch-at.html"&gt;Horizons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Crown Hotel, COD)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-sunday-our-weekend-in-pictures.html"&gt;La Gondola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei loja de sorvetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html"&gt;Miramar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/eating-out-porto-de-macau.html"&gt;Porto de Macau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/02/chinese-lunch.html"&gt;Wing Lei&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Wynn Hotel)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Photography and life}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/"&gt;Just making noodles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-wordless-wednesday-macau-people-in.html"&gt;Macau people in black and white&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/04/almost-wordless-monday-happy-easter-at.html"&gt;Mercado Vermelho&lt;/a&gt; (red market)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-expat-vida-loca-qing-ming-day-dia-de.html"&gt;Qing Ming day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/07/macanese-affair-el-affair-macanes.html"&gt;The Macanese affair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hace unas semanas recibí la visita de una amiga que vive en Shanghai, acordamos vernos para pasear y almorzar. Después de recoger a mi amiga en el lobby de su hotel, tomamos el autobús 33 con destino Largo do Senado&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Senado Square)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;que es más o menos el corazón de ésta pequeña pero encantadora ciudad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En ésta ocasión hicimos lo que yo llamo un muy corto&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Macau´s landmarks: Old and New tour&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The basics. &lt;/i&gt;Caminamos por el super pintoresco&amp;nbsp;Senado Square con sus edificios estilo colonial portugués, su micro mercado, las tiendas de medicina tradicional china &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(hello aleta de tiburón)&lt;/span&gt;, más tiendas y &amp;nbsp;pequeños cafés hasta llegar a las ruinas de St Paul que es algo así como la Puerta de Alcalá de éstos lares, después hicimos una visita de doctor al Museo-Fuerte para continuar nuestra caminata pasando por callejones, una que otra joya arquitectónica en ruinas, micro templos y majestuosos templos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como el tiempo era nuestro enemigo, y después de la embarrada de lo antiguo, continuamos con lo nuevo: los casinos; donde mi amiga se sentía como pez en el agua. Y mientras ella jugaba a las maquinitas tragamonedas me puse a reflexionar lo curioso que es el hecho de que a Régis y a mi, los casinos no nos hacen ni fu ni fa, y cuando pensamos o hablamos casino es para referirnos a la comida y restaurantes en ellos. En fin, zapatero a sus zapatos no?.&amp;nbsp;;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y hablando de alimentos, escogimos el &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.wynnmacau.com/en/dining/cafe_esplanada.html"&gt;Café Esplanada&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;para el almuerzo. Ambas ordenamos club sandwiches acompañados de french fries&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(no muy chinese pero bueno, a veces cae bien comer western ) &lt;/span&gt;y nos pusimos al día de nuestras vidas. Los sandwiches &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(emparedados)&lt;/span&gt; eran enormes y la verdad que no muy buenos, lo cual fue una pena ya que aunque no disfrutamos mucho la comida, si comimos lo suficiente para quedarnos si apetito. E insisto en lo de pena porque en mis planes estaban sendas visitas a&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; y&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;loja de sorvetes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ya será para la otra...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wynnmacau.com/en/dining/cafe_esplanada.html"&gt;Café Esplanada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wynn Hotel&lt;br /&gt;Rua Cidade de Sintra&lt;br /&gt;Tel: (853) 2888 9966&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestro lunch pudo haber estado mejor pero aún así creo que éste café con su linda terracita &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(una rareza en Macau)&lt;/span&gt; bien vale la pena visitar en un día soleado o cuando no anda uno con animos de experimentar. En otras ocasiones he comido la &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/293545701_6451769"&gt;Cobb Salad&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;y bastante feliz que me he encontrado con ella. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Macau walks}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;vol1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/macau-walks-vol2-casino-ville_13.html"&gt;vol2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aún con hambre de Macau?. Estos son algunos de mis posts favoritos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;{Eating out}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;Angela´s Café&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-petisqueira.html"&gt;A Petisqueira&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html"&gt;Bela Vista&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Grand Lapa Hotel)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane´s eateries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;Fernando´s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-weekend-in-pictures-lunch-at.html"&gt;Horizons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Crown Hotel, COD)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-sunday-our-weekend-in-pictures.html"&gt;La Gondola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei loja de sorvetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html"&gt;Miramar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/eating-out-porto-de-macau.html"&gt;Porto de Macau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/02/chinese-lunch.html"&gt;Wing Lei&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Wynn Hotel)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Fotografia . vida y estilo}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/"&gt;Just making noodles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-wordless-wednesday-macau-people-in.html"&gt;Macau people in black and white&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/04/almost-wordless-monday-happy-easter-at.html"&gt;Mercado Vermelho&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(red market)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-expat-vida-loca-qing-ming-day-dia-de.html"&gt;Qing Ming day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/07/macanese-affair-el-affair-macanes.html"&gt;The Macanese affair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-3532799946590068186?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/3532799946590068186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=3532799946590068186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3532799946590068186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3532799946590068186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/11/macau-walks-vol-3-landmarks.html' title='{Macau walks} vol 3: landmarks'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6352555283_f30d1a08f3_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-5844443616865648781</id><published>2011-11-11T19:10:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T15:45:37.983+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{carnet de voyage}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel notes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carnet de voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><title type='text'>{carnet de voyage} Paris: l´agent provocateur - {cuaderno de viaje} Paris: el agente provocador</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337466560/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="french flag and cloudy sky by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="french flag and cloudy sky" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6337466560_2568724364_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6336722021/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lovers and the obelisc by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lovers and the obelisc" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6336722021_1a8249e727_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6336802007/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fontaines by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fontaines" height="502" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6054/6336802007_28a83ea760_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337500532/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="egypt a paris by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="egypt a paris" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6337500532_91baa4e35f_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clichés aside this city &lt;i&gt;provoques&lt;/i&gt; the creative juices to flow. Be its breathtaking museums, its&amp;nbsp;pleasant&amp;nbsp;gardens, its cobblestone streets with its romantic &lt;i&gt;façades&lt;/i&gt; or its people. Everything or everyone is or acts like a personal statement of art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337450390/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="velo a meurice hotel by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="velo a meurice hotel" height="987" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6337450390_5e00b902dc_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6336752857/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="musicien by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="musicien" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6239/6336752857_b9f267514e_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337611822/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bar corse - grafitti by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bar corse - grafitti" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6337611822_4900a4e269_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337619132/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="velo-rotonde by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="velo-rotonde" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/6337619132_13a3fb7602_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6336880975/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="moi-gas station by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="moi-gas station" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6120/6336880975_d68f9734c6_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337307972/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tabac by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tabac" height="920" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6337307972_97a9482557_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6337436820/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="vo bw by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="vo bw" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6237/6337436820_96185dd849_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is what I like to call &lt;i&gt;Le Parisien &lt;/i&gt;state of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I´m there, I just feel the urge to create, register or express the countless emotions and feelings that this magical city inflicts on me. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and yeah, that is another huge cliché, right?. Very Midnight in Paris)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mais bon&lt;/i&gt;, that could be the reason why they call it &lt;i&gt;la &lt;a href="http://www.parisparisthebook.com/excerpt5.htm"&gt;Ville Lumière&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;non?.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here´s to a luminous day&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;amigos&lt;/i&gt;!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking for a sweet ending?.&lt;br /&gt;{Ville Gateau} serie:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Angelina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paris photos shot during our french holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/1857816/aromasysabores?claim=bdck5837dgf"&gt;Follow my blog with Bloglovin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clichés aparte ésta ciudad provoca que los jugos creativos fluyan. Ya sea por sus grandiosos museos que quitan el aliento, sus maravillosos jardines, sus calles antiguas con sus románticas&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;façades&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;o su gente. Todo es o se manifiesta como un &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;personal statement of art&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es lo que me gusta llamar &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Le Parisien&amp;nbsp;state of mind&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuando me encuentro ahí, siento una urgencia por crear, registrar y expresar las incontables emociones y sentimientos que ésta ciudad mágica tiene sobre mi. &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y si, ése es otro gran cliché. Muy &amp;nbsp;Midnight in Paris)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mais bon&lt;/i&gt;, ésta podría ser la razón por la cual la llaman&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.parisparisthebook.com/excerpt5.htm"&gt;Ville Lumière&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;non?.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por un luminoso día&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;amigos&lt;/i&gt;!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿Buscando una pequeña &lt;i&gt;gourmandise&lt;/i&gt;?.&lt;br /&gt;Ville Gateu serie:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Angelina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set de fotos tirado éste verano durante nuestras vacaciones francesas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-5844443616865648781?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/5844443616865648781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=5844443616865648781' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5844443616865648781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5844443616865648781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/11/carnet-de-voyage-paris-lagent.html' title='{carnet de voyage} Paris: l´agent provocateur - {cuaderno de viaje} Paris: el agente provocador'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6337466560_2568724364_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-6085537963326069615</id><published>2011-11-04T15:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T15:43:24.884+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee shops'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shanghai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant recomendations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out} Shanghai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating Shanghai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee love'/><title type='text'>{Eating out} Vienna cafe or a Central European experience in Shanghai - {Eating out} Vienna café ó una experiencia Centro Europea en Shanghai</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311032907/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="summerspecials by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="summerspecials" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6096/6311032907_2ab03df5d6_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6309094791/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="utensils by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="utensils" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/6309094791_ff7dc72477_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311025489/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="cake mold by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cake mold" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6311025489_1e73149827_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311503862/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="marble cake slice by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="marble cake slice" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6097/6311503862_514d8603a3_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6310973971/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="girlatcounter by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="girlatcounter" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6233/6310973971_bddcce4396_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311475332/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="hanged by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hanged" height="948" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/6311475332_8217170d58_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6310879399/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sugar by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sugar" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6043/6310879399_4e0e5d450c_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6310897667/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="chair by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chair" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6117/6310897667_fb6a809410_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311365760/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="ventilator by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="ventilator" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6311365760_27918761fd_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311120275/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sandwich-todayspecial by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sandwich-todayspecial" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6311120275_dd3cb09697_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311129147/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="viennacafe-sachertorte by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="viennacafe-sachertorte" height="507" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6311129147_9a5493866f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6311575660/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bread pand and blackboard by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bread pand and blackboard" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6311575660_359df3fefa_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On the&amp;nbsp;pleasant&amp;nbsp;Shaoxing road you will find&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;platanes &lt;/i&gt;trees lines, &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://figure-ground.com/china/shikumen/"&gt;shikumen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;neighborhoods, art-deco french villas, both remnants of the city´s Splendor Age; and a &amp;nbsp;small but well seasoned Central European style café.&amp;nbsp;Serving Austrian and German fare and baked goods, Vienna Cafe is not just a haven of quietness in this bustling city but a boarding pass to another era and continent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you happen to be around that&amp;nbsp;neighborhood&amp;nbsp;for lunch or coffee time, I strongly suggest you to make a stop for some nice refreshments in a unique atmosphere.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Oh and those cakes!. I could seriously eat them all in just one seat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.viennashanghai.com/"&gt;Vienna Cafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;25 Shaoxing Road near Ruijin Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ex French Concession&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Shanghai, PRC.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Open daily from 8 am to 8pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thursday´s are night movie screening evenings!. From your Oscar fav movie to some really hard to find indie films. :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If the idea of European comfort food isn´t what you´re looking during your Shanghai stay; &amp;nbsp;then maybe these suggestions might help:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;{eating out} Shanghai&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/about-digital-photography-tips-and.html"&gt;Dajing Lu&lt;/a&gt; market&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-please-chef-on-his-birthday-de.html"&gt;Franck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/07/japanese-treat.html"&gt;Misato&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-all-in-details-and-almost.html"&gt;Pasha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/song-fang-maison-de-or-story-of-love-in.html"&gt;Song Fang&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(maison de thé)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Also on Shaoxing Road:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Old China Hand Reading Room another ticket to glorious Sh past, this time to enjoy a nice cup of &lt;i&gt;cha&lt;/i&gt; and a good book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Shaoxing park , the smallest park in the city (or at least that´s what people say) perfect spot for your people watch sport; which will include tai chi&amp;nbsp;practitioners and cards playing grandpas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;En la agradable calle de Shaoxing road, con sus árboles de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;platanes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;que la custodian, &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://figure-ground.com/china/shikumen/"&gt;shikumen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y villas francesas art-deco; ambos &amp;nbsp;remanentes del esplendor de una era pasada; entre ellas reside un pequeño pero bien ambientado café estilo Centro Europeo. &amp;nbsp;Ofreciendo platillos y pastelería &amp;nbsp;Austriaca, &amp;nbsp;el Vienna Cafe no sólo es un escondite alejado del constante trajeteo de la ciudad, sino tambien un pase de abordaje a otra época y a otro continente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si se encuentran por ese barrio en una tarde cualquiera, éste es el lugar idea para disfrutar de un plácido almuerzo o una rica tarde de café y torta Sacher (entre otras delicias). Ya sea acompañada por un buen libro o una gran amiga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porque oh, esas tortas! (pasteles). &amp;nbsp;En verdad que yo podría comerlos todos en una sentada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.viennashanghai.com/"&gt;Vienna Cafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;25 Shaoxing Road cerca de &amp;nbsp;Ruijin Road&lt;br /&gt;Ex French Concession&lt;br /&gt;Shanghai, PRC.&lt;br /&gt;Abierto diariamente de 8 am a 8pm&lt;br /&gt;Los Jueves son noches de película. Sí, de proyección de títulos internacionales, desde el último hit de Hollywood hasta ese docu todo &lt;i&gt;indie&lt;/i&gt;. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si la idea de comida centro-europea durante tu estancia en Shanghai no te seduce, tal vez éstas otras recomendaciones si:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;{eating out}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/about-digital-photography-tips-and.html"&gt;Dajing lu&lt;/a&gt; (mercado)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-please-chef-on-his-birthday-de.html"&gt;Franck&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/07/japanese-treat.html"&gt;Misato&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-all-in-details-and-almost.html"&gt;Pasha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/song-fang-maison-de-or-story-of-love-in.html"&gt;Song Fang&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(maison de thé)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;también en la hermosa calle de &amp;nbsp;Shaoxing:&lt;br /&gt;- Old China Hand Reading Room otro viajecito al pasado glorioso de la ciudad, ésta vez para disfrutar un tecito al puro Old Shanghai decor.&lt;br /&gt;- El Parque de Shaoxing, cuentan los que saben que éste es el parque más pequeño de la Perla del Oriente, el lugar ideal para practicar el deporte de los mirones y disfrutar el espectáculo de los taichichuaneros o de los abuelitos clavados en el juego de naipes. 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6294444078/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="rebozo and bread by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="rebozo and bread" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6294444078_184d96f35e_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6294515482/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pan de muerto process by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pan de muerto process" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6294515482_947dd4d1d5_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6294472502/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pan, chocolate, agua y sal by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pan, chocolate, agua y sal" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6294472502_f2b56b61af_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6294053823/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="collage by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="collage" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6294053823_c4606088cb_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6293905955/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="muertos bread and table - vivid by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="muertos bread and table - vivid" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6293905955_fbdfe9ca66_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I should have known this self-imposed task of setting an &lt;i&gt;altar&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;ofrenda de muertos&lt;/i&gt; (Day of the dead altar) &amp;nbsp;abroad (specifically in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_East"&gt;Far East&lt;/a&gt;) was &lt;i&gt;una idea muy loca&lt;/i&gt;. Yet, my heart and all my mexicanity told me I just had to.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although it was impossible to find those &lt;i&gt;calaveritas&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sugared sculls)&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=flor+de+cempazuchil&amp;amp;w=all&amp;amp;s=int&amp;amp;referer_searched=1"&gt;flor de cempazuchil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(marigolds)&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;or &lt;i&gt;papel picado&lt;/i&gt; banners to adorn my small but heart felted offering; I continued my quest to bring Mexico and its traditions to our &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;sweet Macau&lt;/a&gt; home.&amp;nbsp;I think we could say I took the minimal and modern approach on this. Yet, I am pleased with the result and I love the way how &lt;i&gt;nuestra&amp;nbsp;casa&lt;/i&gt; just feels different with this temporal folk-ish installation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But well, what I really want to share with you is this Pan de Muerto recipe. It´s a rustic one, pretty much like the traditional Pan de Muerto you will find in any small, independent, artisanal &lt;i&gt;panadería de pueblo&lt;/i&gt;. It lacks the fanciness and sponginess of what Mexicans now consider the real thing but I believe is much more closer on texture and flavor to the authentique &lt;i&gt;pan de pueblo&lt;/i&gt;. So to me, that is a win.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I borrowed the recipe from a book named &lt;i&gt;México a mi sazón&lt;/i&gt;, written by Kippy Nigh, an American expat who has been residing in my country for the last thirty years (and counting). She also owns a group of restaurants and mexican bakery shops suitably named &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.casadelpan.com/restaura.htm"&gt;La Casa del Pan Papalotl&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt; in Mexico City, San Cristóbal de las Casas and Cuernavaca (my hometown).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To this day La Casa del Pan is one of my favorite spots for a nutricious breakfast, not just for their food but also for their values and philosophy. Kippy (and her team) embraces whole grain bakery, use &amp;nbsp;organic/regional products and supports sustainable commerce. &amp;nbsp;My sister &lt;a href="http://flordedeseos.blogspot.com/"&gt;F&lt;/a&gt;. and I, tend to visit &lt;i&gt;La Casa&lt;/i&gt; for a&lt;i&gt; cafecito &lt;/i&gt;midday pause. I particularly adore their &lt;i&gt;Pastel de Manzana&lt;/i&gt;, which I believe is the trademark cake of the bakery. When I´m in my hometown I don´t care to invent whatever excuse I can to stop by this restaurant/bakery shop to get a slice of that apple crumb cake.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sadly, recipe is not included on her book)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Or Pan de Muerto if I happen to be there during those days.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pan de Muerto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;adapted from &lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;México a mi sazón, recetas vegetarianas de la Cocina Mexicana, by Kippy Nigh&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yield: 3 large breads &amp;nbsp;or 5 small ones&lt;br /&gt;prep time: about &amp;nbsp;3 hours&lt;br /&gt;cooking time: 35 - 40 minutes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 packages active dry yeast&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup of warm milk (recipe calls for warm water)&lt;br /&gt;2 tbsp brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;500 gr unbleached bread flour&lt;br /&gt;500 gr whole wheat flour&lt;br /&gt;1 cup of yogurt or cream (i used yogurt)&lt;br /&gt;4 eggs&lt;br /&gt;2 egg yolks&lt;br /&gt;225 gr softened unsalted butter&lt;br /&gt;1/3 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;zest of 2 oranges&lt;br /&gt;1/2 lt milk&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp &lt;i&gt;esencia de azahar&lt;/i&gt; (orange blossom&amp;nbsp;essence, if you can´t find it, use orange blossom water)&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp aniseed&lt;br /&gt;1 pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;egg wash&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup or less melted butter&lt;br /&gt;granulated sugar to decorate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dissolve the dry yeast and the brown sugar in the warm milk. Let it rest for about 10 minutes or until it becomes foamy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Meanwhile put flours on a large bowl. Make a big whole in the center and add the previous yeast mixture and the rest of the ingredients (cream, eggs, yolks, softened butter, white sugar, zest, milk, essence, aniseed and salt) and mix with your fingertips until the dough comes together.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Transfer the dough onto a floured board and &lt;a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/how-to/how-to-knead-bread-dough-the-video-home-hacks-108771"&gt;knead the dough&lt;/a&gt; using the palms and heels of your hands for about 15 minutes until it &amp;nbsp;looks shiny and sticky but smooth. If at this stage the dough is still very sticky add a little bit of flour and keep kneading until its soft but holding its shape.&amp;nbsp;Form the dough into a large ball. Lightly grease a large bowl and place the dough inside. Gently flip the dough so that the grease covers the top and bottom of the dough ball. Cover loosely with a towel or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size about 1 to 1 &amp;nbsp;1/2 hours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After the first proofing punch the dough down to eliminate the excess of air. Divide the dough into the amount of breads you want to make +1 &lt;i&gt;(for the skull and bones)&lt;/i&gt;. For example, if you are making 5 small pieces divide the dough in 6; or if making 3 large ones then divide the dough in 4.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Shape the dough into rounds (except the dough reserved for the skulls and bones) and place on baking sheets line with parchment paper of silpats. Divide the remaining reserved dough into 4 equal parts per bread (each bread will have 2 or 3 huesitos and 1 skull). First make the skulls rolling the dough into a smooth small ball. Roll out the other three pieces into strips slightly longer than the diameter of the breads. When rolling the strips form knobs spreading your fingers and pressing them agains the dough. Place two or three strips on top of each bread round crossing the strips over each other. Place the skull in the center of the bread rounds. Cover the breads with a kitchen towel and set aside to rise for about 1 hour.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Preheat the oven to 180C.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Brush the surface of the dough with the egg wash and bake until well browned for about 33 to 40 minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Remove from the oven and when the breads are still warm brush with melted butter and sprinkle evenly with granulated sugar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Kippy´s book can be ordered online via amazon and its available in &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mexico-Mi-Sazon-Vegetarians-Mexicana/dp/968380800X"&gt;Spanish&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Mexico-Vegetarian-Cuisine-Healthy/dp/1570670285"&gt;English&lt;/a&gt; and French. I could not find the french edition on Amazon but on our recent family trip to France I saw the book at many &lt;i&gt;magasin bio&lt;/i&gt; like &lt;a href="http://www.biocoop.fr/"&gt;Bioccop&lt;/a&gt; or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.biomonde.fr/"&gt;Biomonde&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;La Casa del Pan Papalotl Bakery Shop and Vegetarian&amp;nbsp;Restaurant&lt;br /&gt;Plaza Laurel, Avenida Avila Camacho No. 274&lt;br /&gt;Colonia San Jerónimo&lt;br /&gt;Cuernavaca, Morelos&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 731-75801&lt;br /&gt;Open Monday to saturday 8:00 am to 8:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Breakfast, comida (lunch), diner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Debería de haber sabido que la auto impuesta tarea de montar un &lt;i&gt;altar&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;o&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;ofrenda de muertos&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;en las &lt;i&gt;extranjias&lt;/i&gt; (específicamente en el lejano y pagano Oriente) era una&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;una idea muy loca&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;Yet&lt;/i&gt;, mi corazoncito mexa me dijo que no había de otra. Había que poner un altar y san-se-acabó. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aunque me fue imposible encontrar las mentadas &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;calaveritas de azúcar, las&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;flores de cempazuchil&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;ó&amp;nbsp;las tiras de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;papel picado&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;para adornar mi pequeño y muy modesto pero muy sentido altar; continué con mi búsqueda de traer&amp;nbsp;mi México y sus tradiciones a nuestro &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;dulce Macau&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Creo que podemos decir que a falta de pompa y platillo, decidí tomar el approch moderno-minimal. Aún así, quedé satisfecha de los resultados y me encanta el toque que mi ofrenda le da a nuestra casa haciendola sentir temporalmente diferente con su&lt;i&gt; instalación&amp;nbsp;folk-ish&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pero bueno, lo que realmente quiero compartirles es ésta receta de Pan de Muerto. Muy similar en textura y sabor a los panes de muerto tradicionales que uno encuentra en cualquier panadería de pueblo o barrio. Lo que le falta de refinamiento y esponjosidad exagerada le sobra en autenticidad, textura y sabor. &amp;nbsp;Lo que para mí es un&amp;nbsp;win.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tomé la receta del libro &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;México a mi sazón&lt;/i&gt;, escrito por Kippy Nigh, una Americana expatriada quién ha residido en mi país por más de treinta años. Es también la propietaria de un conjunto de restaurantes y panaderías mexicanas, &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.casadelpan.com/restaura.htm"&gt;La Casa del Pan Papalotl&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;en la Ciudad de&amp;nbsp;Mexico, San Cristóbal de las Casas y Cuernavaca (mi ciudad).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Casa del Pan es uno de mis spots favoritos para desayunar un suculento, consistente pero nutritivo desayunito mexicano. Además que los valores y filosofía de Kippy y su equipo son admirables; Ms. Nigh ofrece panadería con granos enteros, usa productos orgánicos o regionales y promueve arduamente el comercio sustentable. &amp;nbsp;Mi hermana &lt;a href="http://flordedeseos.blogspot.com/"&gt;F&lt;/a&gt;. y yo acostumbramos visitar&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;La Casa&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;para tomar un&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;cafecito de media tarde. Yo particularmente adoro su&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Pastel de Manzana&lt;/i&gt;, el cual creo es el pastel-joya de la tienda; por ésta razón cuando me encuentro en mi ciudad no me importa inventar cualquier estúpida excusa para pasar por ésta panaderia-resto-de-barrio y adquirir mis sendas rebanadas de &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;apple crumb cake&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(tristemente, la receta no está incluida en el libro)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;¿O porqué no?. &amp;nbsp;Un &lt;i&gt;Pancito&lt;/i&gt; de Muerto si ando por allá durante estos días de guardar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pan de Muerto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;adaptada del libro&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;México a mi sazón, recetas vegetarianas de la Cocina Mexicana, por Kippy Nigh&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rendimiento: 3 panes grandes o 5 pequeños&lt;br /&gt;tiempo de preparación: alrededor de &amp;nbsp;3 horas&lt;br /&gt;tiempo de cocción: 35 - 40 minutos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 paquetitos individuales de levadura seca activa &lt;br /&gt;1/2 taza de leche &lt;i&gt;tibia&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 cdas de azúcar morena o moscabada&lt;br /&gt;500 gr harina de trigo para pan &amp;nbsp;(blanca) orgánica&lt;br /&gt;500 gr harina de trigo entera, orgánica&lt;br /&gt;1 taza de yogurt o crema (yo usé yogurt)&lt;br /&gt;4 huevos&lt;br /&gt;2 yemas&lt;br /&gt;225 gr mantequilla sin sal, ablandada&lt;br /&gt;1/3 taza azúcar granulada (blanca) &lt;br /&gt;ralladura de 2 naranjas&lt;br /&gt;1/2 lt leche&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cdita&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;esencia de azahar*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cdita &amp;nbsp;semillas de anís&lt;br /&gt;1 pizca de sal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;brillo de huevo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/4 taza mantequilla derretida&lt;br /&gt;azúcar granulada blanca para decorar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Disolver la levadura seca activa en la leche tibia junto con el azúcar morena. Dejar reposar por alrededor de 10 minutos o hasta que la mezcla esté espumosita. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Si no suelta espumita es que la levadura ya no está activa, así que habrá que volver a repetir este paso).&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mientras tanto vaciar las dos harinas en un bowl grande. Hacer un volcán en el centro y añadir la mezcla previa de levadura y leche, más los restantes ingredientes (crema o yogurt, huevos, yemas, mantequilla derretida, azúcar granulada, ralladura, leche, esencia, anis y sal) y mezclar con las yemas de los dedos con movimientos circulares hasta que la mezcla esté homogénea. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Transferir la masa a una mesa de trabajo enharinada y trabajar la masa (como aquí:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/how-to/how-to-knead-bread-dough-the-video-home-hacks-108771"&gt;knead the dough&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&amp;nbsp;usando las palmas de las manos por unos 15 minutos o hasta que la masa esté brillosa, un poco pegajosa pero tersa. Si después de un rato la masa está demasiado pegajosa y no se puede trabajar, entonces hay que agregar un poco de harina y volver a amasar hasta obtener una masa suave. Formar la masa en una bola. Ligeramente engrasar un bowl grande y poner la bola de masa adentro del mismo. Suavemente darle una vuelta completa a la masa dentro del bowl de manera que toda la superficie de la bola de masa tenga una ligera capa de grasa. &amp;nbsp;Cubrir con un trapo limpio de cocina o con película plástica para alimentos y dejar inflar (en un lugar tibio, sin corrientes de aire) &amp;nbsp;hasta que doble su volúmen por alrededor de 1 a &amp;nbsp;1 &amp;nbsp;1/2 hours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Después del primer reposado, retirar la bola de masa del bowl y golpear la masa contra la mesa de trabajo para eliminar el exceso de aire. Dividir la masa en la cantidad de panes que se tenga planeado preparar +1 (para los huesitos y calavera). Es decir, si vas a hacer 5 panes chicos, divide la masa en 6 porciones; ó si vas a preparar 3 panes grandes, divide la masa en 4.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nuevamente dar forma redonda a las porciones (excepto a aquellas que serán los huesitos y calavera). &amp;nbsp;Poner los panes redondes sobre las charolas de hornear previamente engrasadas y enharinadas o sylpat. Divide la masa restante en 4 partes iguales por cada pan (cada pan llevará 2 o 3 huesitos y 1 calavera). Primero elabora las calaveras haciendo pequeñas bolitas con la masa. Forma las otras tres porciones de masa en tiras un poco más largas que el diámetro de los panes. Cuando estés formando las tiras presiona tus dedos separados contra la masa para formar los famosísimos `huesitos´ del muertito. &amp;nbsp;Pon dos o tres (a tu gusto) tiras de huesitos sobre cada pan asegurándote que se peguen bien a la bola de pan (si no se pega, agrega un poquito de agua al lugar en donde deben ir los huesitos con tus dedos y voila. pegamento natural instantáneo!). Finalmente pon las calaveritas (bolitas) en el centro de cada pan. Cubre nuevamente los panes con una toalla de cocina o film plástico y deja reposar por una hora o más hasta que doblen su tamaño.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Precalienta el horno a 180C.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Barniza la superficie de los panes con el brillo de huevo y hornea hasta que estén doraditos, ésto llevará alrededor de 30 a 40 minutos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Retira del horno y cuando los panes estén todavía calientes barniza con la mantequilla derretida y espolvorea homogéneamente con el azúcar granulada.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;*La esencia de azahar es un producto ampliamente usado en la pastelería y panadería conventual de la Colonia. Herencia de los conquistadores españoles quienes a su vez la recibieron de los Moros. En México se puede conseguir en las tiendas de productos libaneses o boticas de antaño. En el extranjero los mercados de comida de Medio y Lejano Oriente son excelente opción para conseguirla.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;El libro de Kippy se puede conseguir en sus restos-cafés o en amazon. Se encuentra disponible en &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mexico-Mi-Sazon-Vegetarians-Mexicana/dp/968380800X"&gt;Español&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Mexico-Vegetarian-Cuisine-Healthy/dp/1570670285"&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;Francés. No encontré el vínculo a la edición francesa pero en nuestra reciente visita a Francia pude encontrar el libro en varias &lt;i&gt;magasin bio&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;como&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.biocoop.fr/"&gt;Bioccop&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.biomonde.fr/"&gt;Biomonde&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;La Casa del Pan Papalotl Panadería y Restaurante Vegetariano &lt;br /&gt;Plaza Laurel, Avenida Avila Camacho No. 274&lt;br /&gt;Colonia San Jerónimo&lt;br /&gt;Cuernavaca, Morelos&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: 731-75801&lt;br /&gt;Abierto de Lunes a Sábado 8:00 am a 8:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Desayunos y Comidas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-3069161945664101969?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/3069161945664101969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=3069161945664101969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3069161945664101969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3069161945664101969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/about-altar-and-pan-de-muerto-recipe.html' title='about an Altar and a Pan de Muerto recipe - acerca de un Altar y una receta de Pan de Muerto'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6294444078_184d96f35e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-170749369534555095</id><published>2011-10-23T00:34:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T00:34:08.362+08:00</updated><title type='text'>{Recipe} Mon tapenade</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6269615696/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tap toast w tomato focused by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tap toast w tomato focused" height="1049" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6043/6269615696_2b7fde4cc1_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6269569750/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tripticobreadandtable by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tripticobreadandtable" height="402" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/6269569750_aa9ecb63da_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6269025049/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="mantel-tomates by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="mantel-tomates" height="506" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6269025049_3252dd0952_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6269083699/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tapenade et soleil by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tapenade et soleil" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6228/6269083699_66b6b7c5c4_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6269060991/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="triptico inspiracion by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="triptico inspiracion" height="407" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6269060991_40df65f93f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Salut les amis&lt;/i&gt;, this will be a &amp;nbsp;short post. Today is a marvelous day in Macau and I´m busy baking a Pan de Muerto for next week´s Dia de Muertos celebration. Hopefully my bread making skills are not that dusty. If the bread is &lt;i&gt;muy bueno&lt;/i&gt;, you should hear more about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today I´m leaving you with a super simple but oh so effective and packed with strong, profound and round flavors; a provençal spread: &lt;i&gt;la Tapenade&lt;/i&gt;. This is completely on my alley, no time consuming, most of ingredients are easily available everywhere in the world and usually everyone hast most of the ingredients on their fridges.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &lt;i&gt;tartine de tapenade&lt;/i&gt; &amp;nbsp;is alongside marinated olives and les cacahuetes the essential South of France´s &amp;nbsp;snack for l´apero &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(time)&lt;/span&gt;. It can instantly transport you to a stunning olive grove or a french &lt;i&gt;café-terrase&lt;/i&gt;, specially if you´re also having a glass of wine alongside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Is not summer anymore, and we´re&amp;nbsp;definitely&amp;nbsp;not even near an &lt;i&gt;oliveraie&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;but since tomorrow is the final of the Rugby World Cup&amp;nbsp;and la France is playing that last match, here at Les Monges residence we are supporting&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;les bleus&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With tapenade toasts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Allez les bleus!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mon tapenade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are zillion recipes about this spread, I´m just following the recipe that &lt;i&gt;ma belle mere&lt;/i&gt; kindly shared with me. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and may I add she and all her ancestors are proud&amp;nbsp;Provençals?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;200gr of the best quality black olives such as niçoise, pitted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;30 gr capers (drained)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2-3 anchovy filets in&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1-2 garlic cloves, peeled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 splash of olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 pinch of herbes de provence (optional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;black pepper&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;fleur de sel (optional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Put olives, capers, anchovy filets and garlic cloves in a food processor or better yet a mortar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mix until the mixture becomes a paste.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Add the olive oil, herbes de provence if using and black pepper. Mix.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Serve on toasts or put in a airtight glass container.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tapenade can be stored in a refrigerator &amp;nbsp;for up to 2 weeks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Salut les amis&lt;/i&gt;, éste es un post corto. Hoy ha hecho un día maravilloso en Macau. Yo por mi parte, he estado horneando un Pan de Muerto para la celebración de Dia de Muertos. Si mis habilidades panaderas siguen por ahí en mi memoria, y el pan sale bueno, estarán leyendo la receta la semana que entra.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hoy los dejo con un snack sencillo pero oh! tan efectivo y lleno de sabores provenzales:&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;La Tapenade&lt;/i&gt;. Esta botana es totalmente mi estilo; fácil, &amp;nbsp;rapidísimo de preparar, la mayoría de los ingredientes se encuentran disponibles por todos lados y generalmente, no hay amante de la cocina que no tenga éstos ingredientes en su frigo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Una&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;tartine de tapenade&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;es junto a las consabidas aceitunas marinadas y los cacahuates (maní) el trío imprescindible de tapas en el Sur de Francia. Una mordida a la dichosa tostada con tapenade te transporta a una plantación de olivos o a un café-terraza de esos que abundan en el hexágono. Especialmente si se acompaña con un buen vinito.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;No será verano y no hay poéticos campos de olivos en nuestro horizonte pero como mañana es la fina del Rugby World Cup&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;y la France va por el título, acá chez Les Monges estaremos apoyando a &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;les bleus&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Con tostas de tapenade.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Allez les bleus!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mon tapenade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Recetas hay miles, yo sólo sigo ésta que amablemente me pasó &lt;i&gt;ma belle mere&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y bueno, mi suegris y todos sus ancestros son orgullosamente provenzales, así que algo deben de saber del asunto, no?)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;200gr aceitunas negras como las niçoise, sin hueso&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;30 gr alcaparras (escurridas)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2-3 filetes de anchoa&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1-2 dientes de ajo, pelados&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 splash de aceite de olivo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 pizca de herbes de provence (opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;pimienta negra&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;fleur de sel (opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Poner las olivas, alcaparras, filetes de anchoa y dientes de ajo en el procesador de alimentos o mejor aún en un mortero de madera de olivo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mezclar hasta que se forme una pasta. .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Añadir el aceite de oliva, las hierbas de Provenza y la pimienta negra. Mezclar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Servir en tostadas o guardar en un contenedor de vidrio con tapa hermética.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;La tapenade puede ser almacenada en refrigeración por un máximo de 2 semanas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-170749369534555095?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/170749369534555095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=170749369534555095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/170749369534555095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/170749369534555095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/recipe-mon-tapenade.html' title='{Recipe} Mon tapenade'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6269025049_3252dd0952_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-8515002979988138276</id><published>2011-10-19T22:24:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T22:24:25.560+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{carnet de voyage}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carnet de voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Provence'/><title type='text'>{carnet de voyage} Mèjean, Regis et moi</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260149371/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="la mer a mejean by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="la mer a mejean" height="1016" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6260149371_74d474c025_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260301712/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="32 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="32" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6040/6260301712_378399299c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260346776/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="boulodrome-feu by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="boulodrome-feu" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6260346776_5083982614_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260403810/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="redonne by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="redonne" height="920" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6098/6260403810_22da0faf71_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260623574/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="summer flowers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="summer flowers" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6260623574_10a1bf1da2_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260772516/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bateaux by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bateaux" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6260772516_701f3f4f1f_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260054559/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="regis by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="regis" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6230/6260054559_919e38532c_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260818350/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fleurs - bateau by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fleurs - bateau" height="507" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6260818350_c6b089d1c2_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260138969/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sunset and chemin by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sunset and chemin" height="507" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6260138969_c03c033cd8_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260585648/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="regis2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="regis2" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6260585648_357d3a5261_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6260374176/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="deep bleu by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="deep bleu" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6040/6260374176_4abae2b054_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first time I set my foot on this fishermen village I knew this place was special,&lt;br /&gt;I also instantly felt this little corner of the world was ours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter what season, whenever we are in Provence chez les in laws*,&amp;nbsp;we pay a visit to Petit Méjean. A tiny port hidden between the &lt;a href="http://www.marseille-provence.info/marseille-marseilles/what-to-see-tourist-attractions/237-the-calanques.html"&gt;calanques&lt;/a&gt; that form the stunning Cote Bleue circuit; and more specifically part of la commune de&amp;nbsp;Ensuès-La-Redonne&amp;nbsp;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many other calanques, cliffs and ports much prettier than this one, you might suggest. My answer is yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But none like&lt;i&gt; our&lt;/i&gt; Méjean with its &lt;i&gt;ponton&lt;/i&gt; where we love to lay around and soak up the sun while we day dream about owning our &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;cabanon&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Inshallah.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calanques de Grand et Petit Méjean&lt;br /&gt;Commune&amp;nbsp;Ensuès-La-Redonne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;how to get there&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By train take the magnificent &lt;a href="http://www.ter-sncf.com/Regions/paca/Fr/Default.aspx"&gt;Blue Coast Train Line&lt;/a&gt;, &amp;nbsp;from Marseille to Miramas &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(via Port de Bouc)&lt;/span&gt;. You will get down in Ensues-La Redonne and from there you must walk about 15 minutes to get to Grand and Petit Mejean &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(wear comfty shoes). &lt;/span&gt;There is a local shuttle bus that connects these little ports 3 times a day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By car drive north out of Marseille along the D5 via L´Estaque &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(another lovely port, where &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;uncle Jacky&lt;/a&gt;, the papi of &amp;nbsp;little M. is from)&lt;/span&gt; until you reached the sign posted turn off to Ensuès-La-Redonne, pass the main harbour and turn right and follow the road. Be extremely careful since this single track road is very narrow and steep. Also, &lt;i&gt;parking is very limited and during summer the access by car to Grand and Petit Mèjean is only for locals.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;where to eat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Mange-tout&lt;br /&gt;Provençal restaurant&lt;br /&gt;8, chemin du Tire-Cul &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(that is the name. seriously)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;telephone: 0442459158&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mange tout is a tiny little fish that is deep fried, a dish to be enjoyed alongside &lt;i&gt;un verre de pastis ou rosé &lt;/i&gt;according to local tradition. This eatery is the only resto-snack to be found in this minuscule port and luckily is quite good. As expected fresh fish like&lt;i&gt; daurade&lt;/i&gt; is a specialty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;what to do&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scuba diving&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (bring your own equipment kind of place. no instructors or rental. same goes for boats. bring your own boat...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Randonée &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(trail walks)&lt;/span&gt;, you know frenchies are cazy for trail walks, don´t you?. There are several trail walks that cover both Mèjeans, the more known are starting from Niolon or Carry le Rouet &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(also lovely ports).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boulodrome only for locals &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(now you have a reason to practice your french and make friends with the boys..)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;about the community&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grand and Petit Mejean is inhabitated by two types of people: fishermen that have live there for generations at their families´ humble cabanon or rich people who own gorgeous &amp;nbsp;weekend villas in the hills. None of them appreciate the hoards of tourists, if you visit this blue gem I encourage you to respect their privacy and quiet lifestyle. If you do so, you might receive a welcoming approving smile and a &lt;i&gt;bonjour&lt;/i&gt;, even perhaps, who knows, an invitation to get on their &lt;i&gt;bateaux&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*viva mon &lt;a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frenglish"&gt;frenglish&lt;/a&gt; ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La primera vez que puse un pie en éste poblado de pescadores, supe que era especial,&lt;br /&gt;también, instantáneamente sentí como ésta pequeña esquina del planeta nos pertenecía.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todavía es igual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No importa en qué temporada, pero cada que estamos en Provence chez les in laws*, le rendimos una visita a Petit Méjean. Un mini puerto escondido entre las&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.marseille-provence.info/marseille-marseilles/what-to-see-tourist-attractions/237-the-calanques.html"&gt;calanques&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;que forman la impresionante&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Cote Bleue; &amp;nbsp;en específico &lt;i&gt;la commune&lt;/i&gt; de&amp;nbsp;Ensuès-La-Redonne&amp;nbsp;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero hay muchas más calanques y puertos más bonitos que éste, podrán decirme. Mi respuesta es, si, tienen razón.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero ninguno como &lt;i&gt;nuestro&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Méjean &amp;nbsp;con su&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;ponton&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;donde nos encanta recostarnos y tomar el sol mientras tenemos sueños guajiros de algún día no muy lejano, poseer un &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;cabanon&lt;/a&gt; aquí.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algún día.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Inshallah&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calanques de Grand et Petit Méjean&lt;br /&gt;Commune&amp;nbsp;Ensuès-La-Redonne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;como llegar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por tren hay que tomar la magnífica línea de&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ter-sncf.com/Regions/paca/Fr/Default.aspx"&gt;Blue Coast Train Line&lt;/a&gt;, que te lleva de &amp;nbsp;Marseille a Miramas&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(via Port de Bouc)&lt;/span&gt;. Hay que descender en la terminal de &amp;nbsp;Ensues-La Redonne y de ahí caminar unos 15 minutes para finalmente llegar al destino: Grand y Petit Mèjean&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(ojo: usar zapato muy confortable).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Hay una línea local de autobuses que conecta los 3 puertos, con 3 paradas al día&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En carro hay que tomar la salida de Marsella dirección Norte por la D5 vía L´Estaque &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(otro lindísimo puerto, de donde el&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt; tío Jacky &lt;/a&gt;es)&lt;/span&gt; hasta llegar a una rotonda y &amp;nbsp;seguir dirección de &amp;nbsp;Ensuès-La-Redonne, pasar el puerto principal de Ensues, continuar por el pequeño camino hacia la derecha y seguir la señalizacion. Atención, hay que tener mucho cuidado ya que el camino es super estrecho, elevado y de un sólo carril; así que sin falta hay que respetar el semáforo. Otro pequeño inconveniente es que el parking es muy limitado y en verano el acceso al camino de Grand y Petit Mejean est sólo para uso de los locales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;donde comer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Mange-tout&lt;br /&gt;Resto snack provenzal &lt;br /&gt;8, chemin du Tire-Cul&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;telephone: 0442459158&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mange tout es un pequeño pescadito el cual es frito &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(como los charales en México)&lt;/span&gt; y que se disfruta con &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;un verre de pastis ou rosé&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;. Este sencillo restorante es la única opción para comer o matar el hambre en Petit Mèjean, y francamente no está tan mal. Como se espera, el pescado fresco de la region, como la &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;daurade&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;es la especialidad de la casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;que hacer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scuba diving&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(hay que traer su propio equipo, nada de rentals o instructores por acá).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Randonée&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(caminatas).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;¿Si sabían que los &lt;i&gt;frenchies&lt;/i&gt; son &lt;i&gt;fous&lt;/i&gt; por las caminatas, no?. Bueno, pues hay varios caminos que cubren los dos Mèjeans, los más conocidos salen de &amp;nbsp;Niolon o de Carry le Rouet&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(lindísimos puertos tambien).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boulodrome &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(petanca)&lt;/span&gt; sólo para los locales&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;acerca de la comunidad&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grand y Petit Mejean son habitados por dos tipos de gente: los pescadores locales quienes han vivido ahí toda su vida en sus humildes cabañas o los ricos y millonarios que tienen sus villas de fin de semana en las colinas. Algo tienen en común: no aprecian las manadas de turistas ruidosos, así que te sugiero si visitas nuestra gema azul, respetes la privacidad y el estilo de vida de los Mejeanenses. &amp;nbsp;Si lo haces podrás ganarte una sutil sonrisa de bienvenida y aprobación acompañada de un &lt;i&gt;bonjour&lt;/i&gt;, y quién sabe, tal vez una invitación a pasear en sus &lt;i&gt;bateaux&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pd. viva mon frenglish y &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frespa%C3%B1ol"&gt;frañol&lt;/a&gt; ;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-8515002979988138276?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/8515002979988138276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=8515002979988138276' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/8515002979988138276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/8515002979988138276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/carnet-de-voyage-mejean-regis-et-moi.html' title='{carnet de voyage} Mèjean, Regis et moi'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6260149371_74d474c025_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-5729496274986686274</id><published>2011-10-13T14:40:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T17:36:59.528+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ville casino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photowalks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{macau walks}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese Culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macau walks'/><title type='text'>{Macau walks} vol2 :  ville casino</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6238201906/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="birdcages by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="birdcages" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6238201906_ab947d3469_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6237669885/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="cream crackers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cream crackers" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6237669885_6f8d7e085c_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6237106739/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="mahjong1bw by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="mahjong1bw" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6237106739_2a39968bcd_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6239990324/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="game hand by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="game hand" height="493" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6239990324_66a371019e_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6237153001/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dice by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dice" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6237153001_f562889b64_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6237222045/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="playing bw by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="playing bw" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6237222045_37d1a2a84c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6237756572/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="chinese man by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chinese man" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6220/6237756572_98b89692fa_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6240026590/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="smoking game by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="smoking game" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6240026590_ae1eb97cf8_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6240082740/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="xiangqi by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="xiangqi" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6240082740_7cb815c6d8_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hidden between little streets and alleys,&lt;br /&gt;on the &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-wordless-wednesday-macau-people-in.html"&gt;openness&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of a &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;park&lt;/a&gt;, a sidewalk or in a&amp;nbsp;customer-less&amp;nbsp;antique shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dazzling emerald mahjong sets, &lt;i&gt;lao ren men &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(old people)&lt;/span&gt; chatting and discussing &lt;i&gt;the hand&lt;/i&gt; while smoking and drinking &lt;i&gt;lü cha&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(green tea);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;graham crackers box &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(which I still wonder if it was&amp;nbsp;hiding &amp;nbsp;money or real crackers)&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;an unfinished match of chinese chess...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fastfengshui.com/nlt_dec14_2005jade.htm"&gt;Prosperous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=121:sapphire&amp;amp;catid=1:gem-by-gem&amp;amp;Itemid=14"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;jewelry;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=121:sapphire&amp;amp;catid=1:gem-by-gem&amp;amp;Itemid=14"&gt;jade&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;bracelets,&amp;nbsp;real gold watches and diamond rings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good fortune and&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui"&gt; feng shui&lt;/a&gt; elements &lt;i&gt;partout&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An scenery that transports you to the set of an old&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;canto&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the &lt;i&gt;incidental&lt;/i&gt; casino. &lt;i&gt;Bienvenue à&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la ville Casino&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What´s your game?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Macau walks} vol1 &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Craving more Macau?. Here are some of my fav posts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;{Eating out}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;Angela´s Café&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-petisqueira.html"&gt;A Petisqueira&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html"&gt;Bela Vista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane´s eateries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;Fernando´s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-weekend-in-pictures-lunch-at.html"&gt;Horizons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-sunday-our-weekend-in-pictures.html"&gt;La Gondola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei loja de sorvetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html"&gt;Miramar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/eating-out-porto-de-macau.html"&gt;Porto de Macau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/02/chinese-lunch.html"&gt;Wing Lei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Photography and life}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/"&gt;Just making noodles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-wordless-wednesday-macau-people-in.html"&gt;Macau people in black and white&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/04/almost-wordless-monday-happy-easter-at.html"&gt;Mercado Vermelho&lt;/a&gt; (red market)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-expat-vida-loca-qing-ming-day-dia-de.html"&gt;Qing Ming day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/07/macanese-affair-el-affair-macanes.html"&gt;The Macanese affair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Escondido entre pequeñas callejuelas y corredores,&lt;br /&gt;ya sea al abrigo de un &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;parque&lt;/a&gt;, en una banqueta o en una solitaria tienda de antiguedades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un set de mahjong de un fulgurante esmeralda, &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;lao ren men&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(ancianos)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;conversando y discutiendo la mano mientras no paran de fumar y beber&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;lü cha&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(té verde);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;una caja de graham crackers olvidada por ahí&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(which I still wonder if it was&amp;nbsp;hiding&amp;nbsp;a money or real crackers)&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;una partida de ajedrez chino sin terminar por acá...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ostentosa joyería ; brazaletes de &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=121:sapphire&amp;amp;catid=1:gem-by-gem&amp;amp;Itemid=14"&gt;jade&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;relojes&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (originales, no fake)&lt;/span&gt; de oro y anillos de diamantes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buena fortuna y&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui"&gt;&amp;nbsp;feng shui&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;elementos por todos lados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un escenario que transporta al set de una vieja película cantonesa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bienvenido al casino&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;incidental&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Bienvenue à&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la ville Casino&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿Qué jugamos?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{Macau walks} vol1 &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;aquí.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div 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casino'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6238201906_ab947d3469_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-5712220606021819426</id><published>2011-10-10T01:55:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T01:56:26.924+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='noodles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chinese food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black and white'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food photography'/><title type='text'>Marvelous Monday: just making noodles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6226268855/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="making noodles by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="making noodles" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/6226268855_a5a399c371_b.jpg" width="683" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes when we find ourselves reproducing the same action every single boring day of our lives, somehow we forget that what we are doing is as a matter of fact something unique and fantastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever I see this photograph I took of this chinese cook repeating the same coordinated movement, &amp;nbsp;cutting the noodles and at the same time with that same movement pusingh them to the hot marmite with stock where the &lt;i&gt;dao xian mian&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(knife cut noodles)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;will be cooked, &amp;nbsp;I tend to feel bit sad thinking he might not know how much happiness he imprints on other people´s lives &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(imagine a kid, a tourist or worse a &lt;i&gt;foodie&lt;/i&gt; watching this spectacle for the first time in their lives)&lt;/span&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where the noodles cook experience boredom the rest of us find expertise, knowledge, synchronicity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beauty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here´s to a Marvelous Monday my friends!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algunas veces nos encontramos reproduciendo mecánicamente una misma acción cada aburrido día de nuestras vidas, y de alguna manera tambien, olvidamos que lo que estamos haciendo, es más bien un hecho único y fantastico. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me pasa que cuando veo ésta fotografía que tomé de éste cocinero chino repitiendo el mismo coordinado movimiento de cortar los&lt;i&gt; noodles&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(tallarines)&lt;/span&gt; de la masa y al mismo tiempo con ése corte marcar la trayectoria para que el &lt;i&gt;dao xian mian&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(knife cut noodle)&lt;/span&gt; caiga en la marmita que contiene el caldo en el que se cocerán los tallarines, me pongo un poco triste al pensar que tal vez éste cocinero simplemente no sabe cuánta felicidad y alegria imprime en la vida de los demás &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(imaginen a un niño, un turista o peor aún a un foodie viendo éste espectáculo por primera vez).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donde el cocinero sólo ve aburrimiento, el resto de nosotros encontramos experiencia, conocimiento, sincronía.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Belleza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vamos por un &lt;i&gt;Marvelous Monday&lt;/i&gt; mis amigos!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-5712220606021819426?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/5712220606021819426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=5712220606021819426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5712220606021819426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5712220606021819426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/marvelous-monday-just-making-noodles.html' title='Marvelous Monday: just making noodles'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/6226268855_a5a399c371_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-6694012277820578008</id><published>2011-10-06T21:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T21:04:48.978+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ville gâteau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salons de thé'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea room'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patisseries'/><title type='text'>Paris: ville gâteau, favorites pâtisseries and salons de thé: Angelina</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6216278029/" title="petit dej by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="petit dej" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6216278029_e0f83a43ff_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6216361249/" title="steak tartare by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="steak tartare" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6216361249_a0af83b67c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6216891046/" title="straktartatare2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="straktartatare2" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6216891046_05568dc96d_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6217223044/" title="liquid gold by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="liquid gold" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6217223044_e916b68d96_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6216864298/" title="quiche-us by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="quiche-us" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6216864298_7f77fd93ac_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6216429723/" title="counter by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="counter" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6216429723_a975cc0f34_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6216582779/" title="regis - pasamanos by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="regis - pasamanos" height="506" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6216582779_b943260749_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6217204462/" title="me - peonies by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="me - peonies" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6217204462_6303ca6b6a_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6217116860/" title="angelina paris by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="angelina paris" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6217116860_73f137c211_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Sometimes best things in live come late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I´ve been visiting France and Paris if not quite often, at least every two years; being my french husband &amp;nbsp;the number one reason for those trips. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Yeay for french husbands)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, it was only until this recent trip to&lt;i&gt; la&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Ville Lumière&lt;/i&gt; that I discovered my newest addiction and all my&amp;nbsp;gluttonous&amp;nbsp;self could think about while I was sipping that cup of perfect velvety&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;chocolat chaud&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; served on a small porcelain pitcher accompanied by "&lt;i&gt;son petit pot de crème fouetté&lt;/i&gt;.."&amp;nbsp;was:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- How?. How could &lt;i&gt;this&lt;/i&gt; have happened&lt;i&gt; TO ME&lt;/i&gt;?. How could I´ve been living so long without Angelina´s representation of paradise in the form of that exquisit liquid, dense&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Africain &lt;/i&gt;gold?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard and read about this chic and prestigious &lt;i&gt;patisserie &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;salon de thé&lt;/i&gt; many times but just for one reason or another never felt compelled to visit it. Although at home I´m the one who does the traveling research, whenever I´m in frenchieland I just instantly chill and relax letting Regis to show me his favorites gourmands spots. But this time, since I read just so much about this uber elegant tea room, I asked my hubbie if we could stop by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ordered a &lt;i&gt;Petit déjeuner Parisien&lt;/i&gt; for him and a &lt;i&gt;Quiche &amp;nbsp;façon Angelina&lt;/i&gt; for me. We &lt;i&gt;both&lt;/i&gt; obviously and certainly ordered &lt;i&gt;le Chocolat Africain&lt;/i&gt;. Petit dej was excellent, the viennoiseries and jams were just as delicious as those from &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/a&gt;. On the other hand, mon quiche was tasteful but not exactly that big, robust thick slice I was craving and picturing in my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But&lt;i&gt; that&lt;/i&gt; African.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I think if I´d live in Paris I´d cheat&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mon cheri&lt;/i&gt; with him. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANGELINA&lt;br /&gt;Salon de thé - Patissier - Restaurant &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Boutique)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Petit déjeuner Parisien&lt;/i&gt;: freshly pressed fruit juice, mini viennoiseries &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(croissant, pain au chocolat, pain aux raisins)&lt;/span&gt;, petit pain bio miosan, butter, confiture &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(jams)&lt;/span&gt;, honey. Coffee tea or chocolate to choose.&lt;br /&gt;Quiche &lt;i&gt;faiçon&lt;/i&gt; Angelina aux legumes du soleil &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(vegetables quiche served with mesclun)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also highly recommendable are Le Brunch, &lt;i&gt;l´incortournable&lt;/i&gt; Mont Blanc and L´Olympe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;226 Rue de Rivoli&lt;br /&gt;1er arrondisement&lt;br /&gt;75001 Paris&lt;br /&gt;Telephone: 142608200&lt;br /&gt;Open from 7:30 - 19:00 hrs from Monday to Friday&lt;br /&gt;8:30 - 19:00 hrs on weekends and &lt;i&gt;jours fériés&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(bank holidays)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petit dejeuner (breakfast) served until 11:30 am&lt;br /&gt;Brunch service during weekends and bank holidays served until 14:00 hrs&lt;br /&gt;Dejeuner (Lunch) served until 18hrs&lt;br /&gt;Dress code: casual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Located to the West of the Louvre Museum, near les Tuilleries and just next door Hotel Meurice &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(in case you´re looking for &lt;i&gt;a nice chambre&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Chef at Maison Angelina is Sebastian Bauer. Here´s a &lt;a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x58wzy_magnum-sebastien-bauer_creation"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; where he talks about pastry. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(french only)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During weekends and bank holidays it gets really, &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; packed, expect to queue for at least 35 minutes. Luckily now there are more Angelinas in Paris. Click&lt;a href="http://www.angelina-paris.fr/#/adresses/"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt; to check the other locations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algunas veces las mejores cosas de la vida llegan un poco tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He estado visitando la Ciudad Luz si no muy seguido, si por lo menos cada dos años; siendo el marido francés la razón numero uno por la cual viajar a Paris. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Yeah. Un dos tres por los maridos franchutes ;) )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin embargo, no fue sino hasta éste reciente viaje a la ciudad más romantica del planeta que descubrí mi nueva adicción; y todo lo que mi muy glotonosa yo interior podía pensar al beber esa perfecta taza de aterciopelado&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;chocolat chaud&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; presentado en una pequeña jarrita de porcelana acompañada por&amp;nbsp;"&lt;i&gt;son petit pot de crème fouetté&lt;/i&gt;..", servido con toda la parsimonía de ésta catedral del buen gusto y vivir, era:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- ¿Cómo?. ¿Cómo pudo pasarme &lt;i&gt;ÉSTO&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;a &lt;i&gt;MI&lt;/i&gt;?. ¿Cómo he podido vivir sin la version de Angelina de lo que es el paraíso en la forma liquida, exquisita, densa del oro Africano?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ya había escuchado y leído en varias ocasiones sobre ésta prestigiada &lt;i&gt;patisserie&lt;/i&gt; y &lt;i&gt;salon de thé&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;pero por una u otra razón nunca tuve el cosquilleo por visitarla. Aún cuando en casa soy yo quien se encarga de hacer la investigación viajeril &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(que no viejeril)&lt;/span&gt;; &amp;nbsp;cuando visitamos &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;frenchieland&lt;/i&gt; generalmente me relajo y me dejo llevar por las sugerencias del marido. Pero en ésta ocasión después de leer tanto embrollo sobre la casa de pastelería en cuestión, le pedí al mencionado marido que hiciéramos un stop en rue rivoli para desayunar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ordenamos un&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Petit déjeuner Parisien&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;para el y una &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Quiche &amp;nbsp;façon Angelina&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;para mi. &amp;nbsp;Obviamente, los dos pedimos&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;le Chocolat Africain&lt;/i&gt;. Petit dej estuvo excelente, las viennoiseries y jams tan buenas como las de&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/a&gt;. Por otro lado, mi quiche no estuvo mal pero no era exactamente lo que esperaba o tenía en mente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero ese&amp;nbsp;Africano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Creo que si viviéramos en Paris, ya sé con quién le sería infiel a&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mon cheri&lt;/i&gt;. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANGELINA&lt;br /&gt;Salon de thé - Patissier - Restaurant&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Boutique)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Petit déjeuner Parisien&lt;/i&gt;: jugo/zumo de frutas recién &amp;nbsp;exprimido mini viennoiseries&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(croissant, pain au chocolat, pain aux raisins)&lt;/span&gt;, petit pain bio miosan, mantequilla, mermeladas, miel. Café, té o chocolate a escoger.&lt;br /&gt;Quiche&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;faiçon&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Angelina aux legumes du soleil&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(quiche de vegetales servido con mesclun)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tambien altamente recomendables &amp;nbsp;Le Brunch,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;l´incortournable&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mont Blanc y L´Olympe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;226 Rue de Rivoli&lt;br /&gt;1er arrondisement&lt;br /&gt;75001 Paris&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: 142608200&lt;br /&gt;Abierto de 7:30 a 19:00 hrs Lunes a Viernes&lt;br /&gt;8:30 - 19:00 hrs en fines de semanas y días festivos&lt;br /&gt;Petit dejeuner (desayuno) hasta las 11:30 am&lt;br /&gt;Brunch los fines de semana y festivos hasta las 14:00 hrs&lt;br /&gt;Dejeuner (Almuerzo/Comida) &amp;nbsp;hasta las 18hrs&lt;br /&gt;Dress code: casual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ubicado al Oeste del Museo de &amp;nbsp;Louvre Museum, &amp;nbsp;cerca de les Tuilleries justo a un lado del Hotel Meurice&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(en caso que necesiten un &lt;i&gt;cuartito&lt;/i&gt;..&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durante los fines de semana y festivos Angelina se llena, por lo que hay que considerar hacer cola por al menos unos 35 minutos. Por suerte ya hay más sucursales en Paris &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pero no tan lindos como el original)&lt;/span&gt; Click&lt;a href="http://www.angelina-paris.fr/#/adresses/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;para checar las otras locaciones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-6694012277820578008?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/6694012277820578008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=6694012277820578008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/6694012277820578008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/6694012277820578008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/10/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html' title='Paris: ville gâteau, favorites pâtisseries and salons de thé: Angelina'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6216361249_a0af83b67c_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-4310009552168930803</id><published>2011-09-30T16:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T16:40:54.321+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer favorites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chef Regis recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Regis Monges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Regis Recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tarts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desserts'/><title type='text'>Happy Friday: about alfresco meals and an apricot dacquoise tarte - Feliz Viernes: acerca de comidas al fresco y una tarta dacquoise de albaricoques</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197032824/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tronco1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tronco1" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/6197032824_17092388b0_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197069586/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pastis marseille time by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pastis marseille time" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6197069586_54a4ae13b8_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197190318/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sprinkling sugar by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sprinkling sugar" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6197190318_3497171998_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While in&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt; Provence&lt;/a&gt; my husband prepared this special tarte as an apreciation token for family and friends to thank for their kindness during our stay &amp;nbsp;There aren´t enough words that can express our gratefulness to our loved ones so &lt;i&gt;we&lt;/i&gt; thought, hey, why don´t &lt;i&gt;we&lt;/i&gt; bake a little edible thank you note?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One tarte was enjoyed &amp;nbsp;with&lt;i&gt; les beaux parents, la Mamie et le beau frère&lt;/i&gt; at one of the many alfresco lunches we held at their garden. The other tart we brought it to &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;le cabanon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; where C. and his girlfriend A. organized a diner in our honor. Some of &lt;i&gt;mon&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;calisson&lt;/i&gt;´s best friends where there and per their suggestion we brought the dessert, since some of them mentioned it was long time since they had taste any of his sweet creations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6196720351/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sharing his view by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sharing his view" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6196720351_b2d93992c1_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197238034/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="A and C by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="A and C" height="433" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6197238034_e3bd2f211a_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6196743733/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="s and jc by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="s and jc" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6196743733_ea8842ee8f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197281760/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fifi by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fifi" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6197281760_333a4f0916_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. prepared the amazing delish and very provenzal cold buffet, the boys took care of &lt;i&gt;l´apero, &amp;nbsp;le rosé et la musique&lt;/i&gt; and we all brought to the table a fun&lt;i&gt; mixtape&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(asides having one professional DJ as &lt;a href="http://www.omine.fr/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=64&amp;amp;Itemid=152"&gt;friend&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from this circle of friends, all of them are very compromised amateurs DJs)&lt;/span&gt; of stories about the&amp;nbsp;unbearable&amp;nbsp;lightness of being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home made food, longtime friends, wine and non sense conversation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pure joy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I believe with the help of some shortcuts you can also try to recreate a similiar tart for your love ones this weekend. Let me know if you do it!.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197098972/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="finishing the tart by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="finishing the tart" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6197098972_e835f7c187_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197286346/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="figs by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="figs" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/6197286346_698ea46516_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6197306592/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="diner by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="diner" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6173/6197306592_fb8b2fa29f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6196941549/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="apricot tart by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="apricot tart" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6196941549_76fca31189_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Apricot dacquoise tart&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;makes 2 tarts for 6 to 8 persons each&lt;br /&gt;recipe by my husband, talented Pastry Chef Regis Monges ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We quickly made a basic&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pate sucrée&lt;/i&gt; the day before and refrigerate it over night, but if you want to use the speedway get yours at your local bakery. I recommend at least to prepare &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;compote&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;dacquoise&lt;/i&gt; since those two elements are the true essence of this airy and delicate treat, but if you cannot get your hands on some fresh ripe apricots then maybe you can buy some apricot compote or jam at your local farmers market.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;P&lt;i&gt;ate sucrée&lt;/i&gt; discs molds can be baked in advanced &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and stored in&amp;nbsp;airtight&amp;nbsp;containers)&lt;/span&gt; as well as the compote, so if you follow this little map, you will only need to prepare &lt;i&gt;la dacqouise&lt;/i&gt;, assemble the tart put it in the oven and impatiently wait til its ready to enjoy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tart or quiche molds, greased and floured&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 &lt;i&gt;pate sucrée&lt;/i&gt; discs &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(about 200-250 grs each disc). &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/355008/michel-rouxs-pate-sucree"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;´s a good recipe if you need one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 kg apricot compote &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(about 400 grs per tarte. Use the rest for next morning´s tartine or serve it with thick greek&amp;nbsp;yogurt)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;800 gr hazelnut and almond dacquoise &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(abt 400 grs &amp;nbsp;per tart)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 handfuls of slivered almonds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;confectioners´ sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assembly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On a greased and floured tart or quiche mold put the paté sucree discs already baked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Add a nice thick even layer of room temperature apricot compote.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Finish with a thick layer of almond-hazelnut dacqouise. (Just spoon it gently over the compote or if you feel fancy use a piping bag) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sprinkle 1 big handful of slivered almonds over the uncooked dacquoise.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sprinkle a thick layer of confectioners´ sugar over the almonds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bake in the oven at 160C with the fan on for 20-30 minutes or until the dacquoise looks golden-caramel and it has lost most of its humidity &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(it will still be soft to the touch but not too sticky)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Let it cool. Serve it with vanilla ice cream and apricot coulis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the kind of tart that not stores very well, but I don´t think you will have any leftovers if you prepare it. Is that comforting and delicious and easy to eat. Specially if you leave it at the table while you continue talking about life with your friends. ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;apricot compote&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tbsp &lt;i&gt;demi salé french&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;butter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 kg fresh apricots, peeled, deseeded and cut in 4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tbsp lavender honey &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(or any other honey, you can always add your touch with a fresh sprig of rosemary, thyme or&amp;nbsp;verbena&amp;nbsp;to &amp;nbsp;the compote)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;few drops of Amaretto or Armagnac&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;few drops of lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;water, if necessary &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;60 grs almond paste &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(facultatif)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In a heavy bottomed and non corrodible sauce pan put all the compote ingredients except the almond paste. Bring the mixture&amp;nbsp; to boil, then  reduce heat and simmer until the apricots  are plump and tender. Taste the compote and if its too acid add the almond paste &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and this is my husband´s advice, so listen to him)&lt;/span&gt;, just make sure to add it while the compote is still hot, that way, the paste will dissolve perfectly and this will diminish the acidity. Leave the mixture to cool. Compote keeps well in the fridge for up to a week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;almond-hazelnut dacquoise&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;200 grs ground almonds &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;poudre d´amande&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;200 grs ground hazelnuts&lt;br /&gt;80 grs flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;400 grs confectioners´ sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;600 grs egg whites&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 drops of lemon juice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;350 grs sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a bowl combine the ground almonds, hazelnuts and flour. Set aside.&lt;br /&gt;Put the egg whites and the lemon juice in a clean bowl and beat with the whisk on medium speed. Gradually add the sugars, 2 tablespoons at a time, while continuing to whisk. Beat until soft peaks. Carefully fold the nut mixture into egg whites with the help of a rubber spatula. Use&amp;nbsp;immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuando estuvimos en&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt; Provence&lt;/a&gt; mi marido horneo ésta tarta como un gesto de aprecio a la familia y amigos para agradecer por tantos momentos especiales durante nuestra estancia. Nunca hay palabras suficientes para expresar &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(bueno, al menos si eres mexicano; porque somos famosos por ser muy agradecidos, muy agradecidos y muy agradecidos)&lt;/span&gt; a quienes amamos cuanto en realidad significan para uno . ¿No?. Por eso pensamos, ¿Hey, porque no preparamos una tartas como &lt;i&gt;thank you note&lt;/i&gt; comestible?.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una tarta fue disfrutada con&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;les beaux parents, la Mamie et le beau&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;frère&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; durante uno de los muchos almuerzos&amp;nbsp;alfresco en el jardin de la familia. La otra tarta la llevamos a &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;le cabanon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, donde C y su novia A organizaron una cenita en nuestro honor. Varios de los amigos de infancia de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mon&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;calisson&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;estuvieron presentes y por sugerencia de ellos nos tocó llevar el postre, ya que muy como no quiere la cosa, soltaron un par de veces un: ¿a ver cuándo se nos hace probar alguno de sus postres no?, y como yo me hice a la que la Virgen le habla, pues mi adorado tormento fue el que salió al quite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A. preparó un suculento y muy provenzal buffet frío: &lt;i&gt;pates basilic&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pasta al basílico)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;tomates et oeufs farcis&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(tomates y huevos a la farsa)&lt;/span&gt; y otras cosas que no recuerdo. Los chicos por su parte se encargaron de&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;l´apero, &amp;nbsp;le rosé et la musique&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y ya todos en conjunto le pusimos pimienta al asunto con una muy divertida&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;mixtape&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(uno de los amigos de éste grupo es DJ profesional.....y los otros son DJ´s frustrados)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;de conversaciones sin sentido sobre la inmortalidad del cangrejo, &lt;i&gt;les impots&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(no dejarán de ser frenchies)&lt;/span&gt; y la insoportable levedad del ser. En fin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alimentos hechos en casa, amigos de infancia y algo de vino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alegría en su estado más puro.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Considero que con la ayuda de unos &lt;i&gt;shortcuts&lt;/i&gt; ustedes también podrán preparar una tarta similar a ésta que hoy les comparto &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y así no tendrán que hacerse la Mamá del muerto)&lt;/span&gt;. ¿Qué tal y se lanza alguien a prepararla éste fin de semana?. Otoño es una temporada ideal para comer al fresco. Como dice el chiste de &lt;i&gt;gallegos*&lt;/i&gt;: - Ni frío ni calor= cero grados. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*gallegos: los amo. no lo tomen personal please. xo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tarta dacquoise de albaricoques&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;rinde 2 tartas para 6 ó 8 personas cada una&lt;br /&gt;receta de mi señor marido: Pastry Chef Regis Monges ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rápidamente preparamos una&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pate sucrée&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; el día anterior y la refrigeramos toda una noche, pero si no teneís tiempo o paciencia para tales menesteres podeís ir a su panadería local y comprarla ya hecha &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pero no horneada de preferencia)&lt;/span&gt;. Lo que sí recomiendo es al menos preparar en casa&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;compote&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;dacquoise&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; ya que son éstos dos elementos la esencia de ésta delicada tarta, pero si no pueden conseguir albaricoques &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(o duraznos!)&lt;/span&gt; frescos y maduros, otra opción es comprar compota o mermelada de su fruta favorita en su mercado artesanal favorito.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Los discos de p&lt;i&gt;ate sucrée&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; pueden ser horneados con anticipación, sólo hay que guardarlos en contenedores herméticos, la compota también puede ser preparada días antes y hay que almacenarla en el frigorífico hasta usarla. Siguiendo éste pequeño mapita, lo único que queda preparar es &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la dacquoise &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(que es un tipo de merengue a base de polvo de almendras)&lt;/span&gt;, montar la tarta, hornear y esperar a que esté lista para saborear. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 moldes para tarta, quiche o pirex como en la foto. engrasados y enharinados&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2&amp;nbsp;discos de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pate sucrée&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;ya horneados &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(del diámetro de su molde, pero aproximadamente calculen en peso unos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;200-250 grs cada disco).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 kg compota de albaricoque&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(alrededor de 400 grs por tarte. Usa el sobrante para el desayuno del siguiente día en una tostada o con yogurt griego) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;800 gr dacquoise de almendra y avellanas&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(aprox 400 grs por tart)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 manojos de almendras fileteadas &lt;br /&gt;azúcar glass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montaje&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En el molde engrasado y enharinado montar los discos de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pate sucrée&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;prehorneados.&lt;br /&gt;Añadir sobre el disco de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pate sucrée &lt;/i&gt;una capa espesa de compota de albaricoques a temperatura ambiente.&lt;br /&gt;Terminar con una capa gruesa de dacquoise de almendras y avellanas. Para hacer esto, verter delicadamente la dacqouise sobre la compota y con la ayuda de la pancita de una cuchara esparcirla en una capa pareja sin aplastar la dacqouise.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Espolvorear &amp;nbsp;delicadamente uno o dos manojos de almendras sobre la tarta.&lt;br /&gt;Espolvorear una capa gruesa de azúcar glass sobre las almendras. Darle dos golpecitos ligeros al molde para eliminar exceso de azúcar. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(ésto le da un color más dorado y apetecible a la tarta. consejo de super chef)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hornear a 160C con ventilador por aproximadamente 20-30 minutos o hasta que la dacqouise esté de un color caramelo dorado y haya perdido la mayoría de la humedad. Es normal que se sienta suave al tacto pero no pegajoso.&lt;br /&gt;Sacar del horno, dejar enfriar sobre rejilla y servir directamente del molde a la mesa. Va de maravillas con helado de vainilla y coulis de albaricoques.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este es el tipo de tarta que es mejor comer fresca el día en que fue horneada, pero, creo que no deberan preocuparse por cómo guardar los restos ya que no habrá. Así de deliciosa es, especialmente si se deja en la mesa los últimos trozos de tarta y entre conversación y conversación. Verán como desaparecen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;compota de albaricoques&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 cdas de mantequilla&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;demi salé &lt;/i&gt;de preferencia francesa..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 kg albaricoques frescos, pelados, sin semilla y cortados en 4&lt;br /&gt;2 cdas de miel de lavanda &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(o la miel de su gusto, también se puede agregar el toque especial con alguna hierba del jardín a la compota misma)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;algunas gotas de Amaretto o Armagnac al gusto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;algunas gotas de jugo de limón al gusto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;agua, si es necesario&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;60 grs pasta de almendras&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En un cazo de doble fondo, anticorrosión, &amp;nbsp;verter todos los ingredientes de la compota excepto la pasta de almendras. Llevar la mezcla a ebullición, reducir el calor y dar un ligero hervor hasta que los albaricoques esten suave y hayan perdido un poco la forma. Con cuidado porque está caliente, prueba la compota y si está muy ácida, añade la pasta de almendras &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(consejo del marido)&lt;/span&gt;, sólo asegúrate de hacerlo cuando la mezcla esté todavia caliente para que la pasta se disuelva por completo. Esto eliminará el exceso de acidez. Deja reposar. La compota se mantiene en refrigeración máximo una semana. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;dacquoise de almendras y avellanas&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;200 grs almendras molidas&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;poudre d´amande&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;200 grs avellanas molidas &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(polvo tambien)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;80 grs harina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;400 grs azúcar glass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;600 grs claras &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(ni modo, a hacer sabayón con las yemas..)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 gotas de jugo de limón&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;350 grs azúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En un bowl mezclar las almendras, avellanas y harina. Reservar. &lt;br /&gt;Verter las claras y el jugo de limón en un bowl de inox completamente limpio y seco, batir con batidora a velocidad media. Gradualmente agregar las azúcares, mientras se continúa batiendo. Batir hasta que las claras estén a picos suaves. Cuidadosamente con una espátula de plástico &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.likeastrawberrymilk.com/2011/09/une-maryse/"&gt;marise&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; envolver la mezcla de polvos de nueces con las claras montadas. Usar inmediatamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-4310009552168930803?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/4310009552168930803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=4310009552168930803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/4310009552168930803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/4310009552168930803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/happy-friday-about-alfresco-meals-and.html' title='Happy Friday: about alfresco meals and an apricot dacquoise tarte - Feliz Viernes: acerca de comidas al fresco y una tarta dacquoise de albaricoques'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6196720351_b2d93992c1_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-4357327400945607474</id><published>2011-09-22T18:22:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T18:22:36.419+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portuguese Restaurants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portuguese Cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='our weekend'/><title type='text'>{eating out}: arroz con mariscos and mille feuille. a colonial style café and pastry chefs talk - arroz con mariscos y mil hojas. un café estilo colonial y chefs talk</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171290723/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="casitas row by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="casitas row" height="639" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6171290723_9f3eee6a19_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171916432/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich1" height="419" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6171916432_0289d99fbf_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171946218/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dyptich2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dyptich2" height="441" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6171946218_e59315c11b_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This past week our saturday and sunday took place on sunday and monday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The life of Hospitality people.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;During those days we took advantage of the nice cool weather and took our little scouter to wander around the peninsula and the islands. Sunday, after working out &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Regis started to train for MO´s half marathon and I did my yoga)&lt;/span&gt; we began the day with a visit to Miramar in &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane&lt;/a&gt;, which I can assure has become our weekend ritual. That restaurant may not be the prettiest in town but the sea view and the mouthwatering food make for it. Also, I might be living in Macau for too long but I think that look of old rusty rustic house has a&lt;i&gt; certain&lt;/i&gt; charm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We ordered arroz com mariscos, which as always was&amp;nbsp;succulent&amp;nbsp;although at two hundred something patacas it´s not a cheap dish. I also highly recommend the octopus salad and if you are a meat eater I know their roasted lamb leg is &lt;i&gt;la piece de resistance&lt;/i&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Look for the weekend specials, big platters (usually containing one or two type of meat) to be shared family style. Or should I say chinese style?.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On Monday we went for lunch at a small french restaurant located downtown Macau that it hasn´t win me yet. Sometimes food is very well executed and sometimes is just too salty and buttery. So, no recommendation on this one. At least no yet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After lunch my husband was craving &lt;i&gt;une petite gourmandise&lt;/i&gt; so we headed to Bela Vista Cafe, a very charming and cozy restaurant located on the second floor of Grand Lapa Hotel &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(formerly Mandarin Oriental)&lt;/span&gt; and this is were things turned sweeter than ever.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171953838/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bela vista by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bela vista" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6171953838_563e394449_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171973138/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="regis-herve by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="regis-herve" height="434" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6171973138_41b2cc0f30_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171975412/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="black currant napoleon by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="black currant napoleon" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6171975412_0ba1f83880_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6171443923/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="shop by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="shop" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6171443923_fa49659855_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regis and GL´s Pastry Chef &lt;a href="http://www.hervelemonon.com/"&gt;Hervé Lemonon&lt;/a&gt; went on a conversation about chocolate sculptures, competitions and exchange of &amp;nbsp;tips and techniques for achieving the best guava &lt;i&gt;pate&amp;nbsp;de fruit&lt;/i&gt; .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;While they discussed such serious matters as how to preserve marshmallows in a South East country were humidity indexes can reach to 80%, &amp;nbsp;I indulged over a perfectly assembled black currant Napoleon which in a very Proust &lt;i&gt;faiçon&lt;/i&gt; transported me to France where this past summer &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sniff, sniff, oh summer..)&lt;/span&gt; I ate way too many gourmandises either in &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Paris&lt;/a&gt; or &amp;nbsp;in&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112981912/in/photostream/"&gt; Provence&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;but also make me think on Regis´&lt;i&gt;mamie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(granny)&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A young at heart but picky eater Mamie Claudette says that amongst ALL french delicious pastries, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille-feuille"&gt;mille feuille&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(or napoleon for that matter, since although technically speaking are not the same thing, yet they both are made with &lt;a href="http://cuisine.larousse.fr/recettes/detail/pate-feuilletee"&gt;pate feuilletée&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; is the best&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;gâteaux&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;because it must be executed with precision, care and a lot of patience. &amp;nbsp;And at her eyes alongside taste and texture those are the qualities food should be judged.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I believe this reflexion just show how much french people truly care about their food.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I would like to believe that when choosing a dessert or pastry confection people would consider those qualities first and foremost than prettiness, trends and packaging &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(are you looking at me cute cupcake and cake pops?. yes, I´m talking to you)&lt;/span&gt; because at the end the one who will get the reward of eating a superbly executed and delightful &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;madeleine&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;pain au chocolat&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;mille feuille&lt;/i&gt; is going to be you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Is it just &lt;i&gt;la mamie&lt;/i&gt; and me or do you also care about not just the ingredients but the execution of &amp;nbsp;what you put in your mouth?. Am I becoming and oooold lady who thinks the things we need to spend time on making them vs let´s say fast food, are way better?. Are you gals/guys with me?.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ah la nostalgie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Miramar - Portuguese Cuisine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Norte de Praia de Hac Sa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Coloane&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Telephone: (853) 2888-2623&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Reservations recommended, specially during weekends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Closed on Mondays&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;dress code: casual&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mandarinoriental.com/grandlapa/dining/cafe_bela_vista/"&gt;Café Bela Vista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;956-1110 Avenida de Amizade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(853) 2856-7888&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opening hours:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Monday to Thursday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6:30 am-3:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Friday to Saturday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6:30am-10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;dress code: smart casual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All &lt;a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/myPhotos/list"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; taken with instragram for iphone4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;Disclosure: unless stated, we always pay for our meals/hotel stays and I do not write my&amp;nbsp;recommendations&amp;nbsp;as a return favor. On this&amp;nbsp;occasion, we payed for our meal at Miramar; as concerning Bela Vista Café, Pastry Chef HL had the kindness to invite us the coffee as a Chef´s colleague/friend favor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Este pasado finde para nosotros cayó en Domingo y Lunes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La vida de la&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Hospitality people&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Durante éstos días aprovechamos el lindo cambio de clima más fresquesito y no paramos de usar nuestro scouter para pasear por la península y sus islas. Domigo, después de ejercitarnos (Regis comenzó a entrenarse para el medio marathon de MO y yo practiqué yoga) comenzamos el día con una visita a Miramar en&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane&lt;/a&gt;, la cual les puedo asegurar se ha convertido en nuestro ritual de fin de semana favorito. El restaurante puede no ser el más lindo pero la terraza con vista al mar y la comida exquisita valen más. Y probablemente después de vivir por más de 2 años en Macau como que le he agarrado cariño al look rústico y rotten (por la humedad).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ordenamos &amp;nbsp;arroz com mariscos, el cual como siempre estuvo suculento aunque a doscientos y tantos patacas no es platillo barato. También altamente recomendable la ensalada de polvo (pulpo) y para los amantes de la carne sé que la pierna de cordero rostizada es una delicia. En fines de semana ofrecen los especiales, los cuales consisten en guisos presentados en platones para compartir&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;family style&lt;/i&gt;. O debería de decir &lt;i&gt;chinese style&lt;/i&gt;?.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;El lunes fuimos a un pequeño restaurante francés ubicado en el centro de Macau el cual todavía no me convence. En ocasiones la comida está muy bien preparada y en otras es simplemente demasiado salada y mantequillosa. Así que no recomendación de éste lugar. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Después del almuerzo mi &lt;i&gt;dulce&lt;/i&gt; esposo tenía antojo de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;une petite gourmandise&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; así que nos dirigimos al &amp;nbsp;Bela Vista Cafe, un muy encantador y acogedor restaurante ubicado en el segundo piso del Grand Lapa Hotel&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(antes Mandarin Oriental)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;y aquí es donde las cosas se pusieron más dulces aún.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Regis y&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.hervelemonon.com/"&gt;Hervé Lemonon&lt;/a&gt;, el Pastry Chef del hotel conversaron acerca de esculturas de chocolate, concursos e intercambiaron tips y técnicas para obtener el mejor &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pate&amp;nbsp;de fruit&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; de guayaba.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mientras discutieron cuestiones tan importantes como la mejor manera de preservar marlvaviscos (hechos en casa obviamente) en los países del Sureste de Asia donde el nivel de humedad alcanza sin pena el 80-90%, yo me dediqué a atacar un muy perfecto a la vista y más al gusto Napoleon de black currant &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(grosella)&lt;/span&gt; el cual en una muy Proust&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;faiçon&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;me transportó a Francia donde éste pasado verano &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sniff, sniff, oh summer..)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;comí demasiadas &lt;i&gt;gourmandises&lt;/i&gt; tanto en&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html"&gt;Paris&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;como en&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112981912/in/photostream/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Provence&lt;/a&gt;, &amp;nbsp;pero tambien me hizo recordar a la &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mamie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(abuela)&lt;/span&gt; de Regis.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Una muy jovial de corazón pero muy quisquillosa para comer Mamie Claudette dice que de todos las gourmandises y patisseries francesas el&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille-feuille"&gt;mille feuille&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(o napoleon ya que técnicamente no son lo mismo, pero ambos son elaborados a partir de la &lt;a href="http://cuisine.larousse.fr/recettes/detail/pate-feuilletee"&gt;pate feuilletée&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;es EL&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;gâteaux&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;porque debe de ser realizado con precision, atención y mucha paciencia. Y a sus ojos éstas cualidades junto con por supuesto sabor y textura deben de ser cualidades en las cuales uno debe juzgar un platillo o creación culinaria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Creo que ésta reflexión sirve para mostrar que tanto los franceses se preocupan &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y ocupan)&lt;/span&gt; por sus comida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Me gustaría creer que al escoger un postre, &lt;i&gt;viennoiserie ó gateaux sec&lt;/i&gt; la gente considerara ésas cualidades antes que si son oh-mira-que-lindura ó uy-que-frosting/fondant-más-cuco, tendencias &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pie is the new black..)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; y empaques/presentaciones/fotos/styling &lt;i&gt;trop mignon&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(are you looking at me cute cupcake and cake pops?. yes, I´m talking to you)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;porque al final quien recibirá la recompensa del deleite de comer un&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;madeleine&lt;/i&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pain au chocolat&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;mille feuille&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;perfectamente bien preparado y exquisito serás sólo tú.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;¿Acaso es nada más&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la mamie&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y yo quienes nos preocupamos no sólo por la calidad de los ingredientes pero tambien la preparación de lo que ponemos en nuestras boquitas? ¿Me estoy poniendo muy &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;oooold lady&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;al preferir las cosas que toma tiempo, dedicación, esfuerzo y pasión preparar vs la comida de rápida consumación?. ¿Hay alguien por ahi que coincida conmigo?.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ah la nostalgie.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Miramar - Portuguese Cuisine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Norte de Praia de Hac Sa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Coloane&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Telephone: (853) 2888-2623&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Reservations recommended, specially during weekends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Closed on Mondays&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;dress code: casual&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mandarinoriental.com/grandlapa/dining/cafe_bela_vista/"&gt;Café Bela Vista&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;956-1110 Avenida de Amizade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(853) 2856-7888&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Opening hours:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Monday to Thursday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6:30 am-3:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Friday to Saturday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6:30am-10:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;dress code: smart casual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todas las&lt;a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/myPhotos/list"&gt; fotos&lt;/a&gt; tomadas con instagram (iphone4)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 16px;"&gt;Aclaración: a menos que lo mencione, siempre pagamos por nuestros alimentos/estancias y no escribo recomendaciones o menciones en mi blog como un favor o a cambio de algún beneficio monetario o no. En ésta ocasión, pagamos nuestro consumo completo en Miramar y en cuanto a Bela Vista Café, el Chef HL tuvo la gentileza de invitarnos el café como un gesto de camaradería/amistad entre colegas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-4357327400945607474?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/4357327400945607474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=4357327400945607474' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/4357327400945607474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/4357327400945607474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/eating-out-arroz-con-mariscos-and-mille.html' title='{eating out}: arroz con mariscos and mille feuille. a colonial style café and pastry chefs talk - arroz con mariscos y mil hojas. un café estilo colonial y chefs talk'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6171290723_9f3eee6a19_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-5413997920990861880</id><published>2011-09-19T11:38:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T11:38:30.797+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy weekend'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer'/><title type='text'>lasts days of summer: bathing area - últimos días de verano: zona de nado</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It has changed.&amp;nbsp;Slightly, &lt;i&gt;petit a petit&lt;/i&gt;, the weather feels pleasantly cooler. Nothing to be surprised if we consider we just recently celebrated &lt;a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/216411673"&gt;Mid-Autumn Festival&lt;/a&gt; at this part of the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I say we should ignore the previous fact and we all should get on our swimsuits and embrace these last days of sunshine. I´m thinking to silly&lt;i&gt; plouff &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;plaaff&lt;/i&gt; in a fancy casino swimming pool but to be honest any &lt;a href="http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/piscina"&gt;piscina&lt;/a&gt; will do.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although if I could teletransport myself to &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/verdon/pays.htm"&gt;les Gorges du Verdon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;le lac de Sainte Croix&lt;/i&gt;, two aaaamazing places I discovered on my recent french holidays in South France I would do that in a snap. Or a &lt;i&gt;splash&lt;/i&gt; to keep on with the watery theme...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Happy Monday!.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And just in case you want to read more about our french sejour:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Carnets de voyages [France]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/carnet-de-voyage-la-fare-les-oliviers.html"&gt;La Fare les Oliviers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Beaucaire and Plage Napoleon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;Le Cabanon, un coin de Provence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Bapteme à Lambesc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-09.html"&gt;Pyla sur mer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Note: Yes, darlings. I´m totally aware you´re all just got back from your summer holidays and kids are also back to school. But who cares?. Besides, usually Mondays are my Sundays... ;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ha cambiando. Ligeramente, petit a petit, el clima se siente más fresco. Nada de que sorprenderse realmente si consideramos que sólo recientemente por éstas tierras que habito, celebramos el&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail/216411673"&gt;Mid-Autumn Festival&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yo digo que hay que ignorar los hechos antes mencionados, hacerse un poco la loca &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(o loco)&lt;/span&gt; y meternos en nuestro bañador y aferrarnos con uñas y dientes &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y bañador, no lo olviden)&lt;/span&gt; a éstos últimos días de rayos de sol. Yo estoy pensando seriamente en &amp;nbsp;hacer&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;plouff y&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;plaaff&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; en alguna lujosa piscina de uno de los muchos casinos en nuesta ciudad, pero para ser honesta cualquier pocillo-pileta-fuente sirve para tales fines.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aunque pensándolo dos veces, si tuviera el don de la teletransportación ya estaría en&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/verdon/pays.htm"&gt;les Gorges du Verdon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;le lac de Sainte Croix&lt;/i&gt;, dos lugares &lt;i&gt;aaaamazing&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(uy que gringa, verdad?)&lt;/span&gt; que recientemente descubrí en nuestras pasadas vacaciones en el Sur de Francia &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(si &lt;i&gt;mijos&lt;/i&gt;, hay &lt;i&gt;gentesss&lt;/i&gt; que sufrimos mucho pues)&lt;/span&gt;. Pues que sí, que yo en un snap o mejor dicho en un &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;splash&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; para seguir con el tema acuático estaría feliz de la vida chapoteando en esas captivantes&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/10/puerto-morelos-riviera-maya-and-fish.html"&gt; aguas turquesa&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(color que me fascina)&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Feliz Lunes!.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Y sólo por si quieren leer más sobre nuestro&amp;nbsp;french sejour:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Carnets de voyages [France]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/carnet-de-voyage-la-fare-les-oliviers.html"&gt;La Fare les Oliviers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Beaucaire and Plage Napoleon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;Le Cabanon, un coin de Provence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Bapteme à Lambesc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-09.html"&gt;Pyla sur mer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nota: Si mis &lt;i&gt;darlings&lt;/i&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Ya sé que regresaron a los trabajos y al cole, pero y eso qué?. ¿Se vale soñar no? &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(especialmente en Lunes!)&lt;/span&gt;. Después de todo los Lunes para mí son mis Domingos. ... ;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-5413997920990861880?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/5413997920990861880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=5413997920990861880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5413997920990861880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5413997920990861880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/lasts-days-of-summer-bathing-area.html' title='lasts days of summer: bathing area - últimos días de verano: zona de nado'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6160684295_49b670586b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-3011581495801480343</id><published>2011-09-06T14:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:30:06.021+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{carnet de voyage}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carnet de voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><title type='text'>{carnet de voyage} La fare les oliviers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6108074837/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="la fare 2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="la fare 2" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6108074837_7f82133869_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6108218267/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fachada blurry by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fachada blurry" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6108218267_72fcb03065_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6108067689/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="moi - volets by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="moi - volets" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6108067689_f54520e013_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6108551010/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="scheneider bw by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="scheneider bw" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6108551010_a93739803e_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6107771765/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tree-door by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tree-door" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6107771765_8cf82b813f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6108590086/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="planetepizzagrainy by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="planetepizzagrainy" height="1075" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6108590086_9f5d26b51c_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This past week was &lt;i&gt;la fete de la Sainte Rosalie&lt;/i&gt;. According to the legend, the fervor and devotion of &lt;i&gt;les villageois&lt;/i&gt; to this sainte was the reason why &lt;i&gt;le village&lt;/i&gt; of La Fare les Oliviers was spared from the monstrous peste during the 14th century&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(unlike neighboring town Salon-de-Provence who had a certain&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;monsieur&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;medecin&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nostradamus who although helped to fight la peste, lost several family members)&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;and that is why every year my husband´s town celebrate their sainte giving to this occasion the level of &lt;i&gt;fete anuelle de village&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fetes&lt;/i&gt; asides, Regis hometown is as picturesque and charming as any other non touristic village in the middle of La Provence. Meaning it is truly rustique l in a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Pagnol"&gt;Marcel Pagnol&lt;/a&gt; way. &lt;i&gt;Les farencs et farenques&lt;/i&gt; are people very attached and proud of their land, traditions and gastronomy and just like any characther from &lt;i&gt;L´Eau des colines&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;are also a little bit distrustful of foreigners. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(um. yes, that sometimes includes me on my character of very foreign and exotic stranger).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Throughout the years I have learned many lessons about life and love in this little town. I have learned how to eat, behave and &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(pretend to)&lt;/span&gt; think as a provencal. &amp;nbsp;I have learned how the first and foremost important thing in la Provence is to listen and see how the wind caresses the &lt;i&gt;platanes&lt;/i&gt;´trees branches to guess if there´s a mistral on its way, because a true provencal knows that this tricky wind from the North transforms not just nature. It can literally turn an apparently small bonfire into a catastrophe fire that can consume an entire coline in just few hours when its temperament is at its top and this can also be taken on advantage for settling personal vendettas. Le Mistral is not just a &lt;i&gt;vent,&lt;/i&gt; is a way of life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I also learnt provencals don´t wear a chapeau but a&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;capeau&lt;/i&gt; under the inclement sun. I have exchanged confidences with my Mother in law while we hang up the wet clothes &lt;i&gt;just before&lt;/i&gt; the mistral starts &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(which btw, is the fastest way to dry out your clothes)&lt;/span&gt;. I have made &lt;i&gt;la mayonaisse&lt;/i&gt; following the vigilant orders of my husband´s grandmother and I have almost passed out after eating &lt;i&gt;le grand aiolli&lt;/i&gt; during summer time. &lt;i&gt;Oui&lt;/i&gt;, there is such thing as aiolli coma.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6108686030/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="corsica - bouchesdurhone by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="corsica - bouchesdurhone" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6086/6108686030_36656dab8a_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6111553855/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="au bar by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="au bar" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6111553855_3f19b994d7_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6113433414/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fuente by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fuente" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6113433414_42a4bc2e77_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6113440390/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="paussecafe by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="paussecafe" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6113440390_f0ee373816_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112106250/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="shadow by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="shadow" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6112106250_8acf5353a7_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6111624693/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="liberte-idealdevie by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="liberte-idealdevie" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6111624693_0c55f22f2c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112042743/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tejas-plantas by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tejas-plantas" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6112042743_978751109a_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But I cannot say this is a dream town. It is obviously not as chic and posh as Aix-en-Provence nor as historic as Salon or as painfully and awfully beautiful than St Remy, yet at the same time it contains in it more of that picture perfect framed idea we all have of sunny lazy Provence than all the others towns.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here, locals do buy organic products on their marché du samedi with no tourists on the sight, except this crazy mexican lady. &lt;i&gt;Farencs&lt;/i&gt; known each other by family name, they all go religiously not to church but to the &amp;nbsp;bar &lt;i&gt;pour prend un cafe&lt;/i&gt; followed by a short stop at &lt;i&gt;la boulangerie&lt;/i&gt; to get their daily baguette fix. And that is just the mornings, but I think by now you got the idea on how the days passes around here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Slowly. Very slowly indeed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Philosophizing about life on the rocks &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(as in glass of rosé wine or pastis with ice on one hand while holding&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/4790488960/"&gt; a boule de petanque&lt;/a&gt; on the other)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As it must be in &lt;i&gt;le pays du soleil&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112122147/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="door detail by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="door detail" height="1039" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6112122147_eb4bc0151c_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112154415/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="flower by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="flower" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6112154415_527b0d9226_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112682164/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fare by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fare" height="923" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6112682164_3ac92b10ea_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112463619/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="reloj-azaleas by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="reloj-azaleas" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6112463619_916fbcdb02_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112483969/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="clement by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="clement" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6112483969_3e35470364_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112981912/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="coffee, pain et provence by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="coffee, pain et provence" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6112981912_0d2484e1e5_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112567567/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="jet by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="jet" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6112567567_b90cf6f646_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112510823/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="marche de provence by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="marche de provence" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6112510823_86f8173a95_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112559425/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="3e-miel by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="3e-miel" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6112559425_5af52b0b31_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6113156624/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="olives by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="olives" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6113156624_88483a8242_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6112576129/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="maisonetarbre by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="maisonetarbre" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6112576129_8edf43a7af_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;La Fare les Oliviers (Bouches du Rhone)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;how to get there&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Located &amp;nbsp;between Aix-en-Provence and Salon-de-Provence.&lt;br /&gt;40 kms from Marseille - 30 kms from Aix - 20 kms from Salon&lt;br /&gt;20 mins from Aix´s TGV station and Marseille´s airport (Marigagne)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;what to do&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fete Annuelle de Village&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from 26 August to 2 September&lt;br /&gt;fete foraine (towns fair), course a pied (walks and races), fireworks, concours de boules (petanque competition) and &lt;i&gt;le gran aiolli&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Le marche du samedi&lt;/i&gt; &amp;nbsp;(saturday´s market)&lt;br /&gt;miniscule but quite well stocked market with excellent products, mostly sold by its own producers. My favorites are the fresh cheeses and &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5919452897/"&gt;navettes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(cookies)&lt;/span&gt; stalls, &lt;i&gt;les tapenades&lt;/i&gt; ones and &lt;i&gt;la paella&lt;/i&gt; made by a lovely Spanish couple from Madrid.&lt;br /&gt;every saturday morning from around 7:00 am to 1:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Cours Charles Gallard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemoulindelafare.fr/accueil.htm"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Le Moulin à huile&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;an old stone mill from the 18th century which is still pretty active thanks to the villagers cooperatif.&lt;br /&gt;Olive oil from Aglandau, Salonenque &amp;nbsp;and Picholine olives. First cold pression. Classe AOC.&lt;br /&gt;Boutique open every day except sunday and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;jours fériés&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(public holidays)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;from 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00&lt;br /&gt;14 Avenue du pavillon&lt;br /&gt;Phone number: 0490576507&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huiledecoudoux.com/index.htm"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Le vieux moulin à huile&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Coudoux)&lt;br /&gt;Coudoux is a tiny comune next to &amp;nbsp;La Fare&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(5mins by car vers Aix-en-Provence)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;that worths the detour for its old but very reputed moulin. Their production is one of the few artisanal ones left in whole France and the olive oil quality is outstanding, they usually win several&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.huiledecoudoux.com/index.htm"&gt;medals&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;each year but this delicious elixir is only available in situ or at &amp;nbsp;Manosque and in rare&amp;nbsp;occasions&amp;nbsp;in Paris.&lt;br /&gt;Apellation Origine Controlé - Methode traditionnelle&lt;br /&gt;here´s a little&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/24121814"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;about this olive mill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vignerons-castellas.fr/l+histoire+des+vignerons+du+castellas-2.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cave vinicole Les Vignerons du Castellas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apellation Origine Controle, Coteaux d´Aix.&lt;br /&gt;Open everyday except sunday and &lt;i&gt;jours fériés&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15 Avenue du Général de Gaulle&lt;br /&gt;Phone number: 0490426147&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;where to sleep&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I kid you not when I tell you there is not a single hotel in town but I found these links that might be useful&lt;br /&gt;a &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.maison-en-provence.eu/en/bouches-du-rhone/la-fare-les-oliviers/villa-discovery/d985.htm"&gt;villa&lt;/a&gt; and &amp;nbsp;this &lt;a href="http://www.maison-en-provence.com/fr/0/-discovery/d737.htm"&gt;maison&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;a louer&lt;/i&gt; (to rent) for your dreamy $$ holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.habitants.fr/hotels_la-fare-les-oliviers_13037.html"&gt;Hotel (list) dans le departament 13&lt;/a&gt; (Bouches du Rhone)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.likhom.com/chambres-d-hotes/la-fare-les-oliviers/bouches_du_rhone/france"&gt;Chambres d´hotes&lt;/a&gt; around the area&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More &lt;i&gt;carnets de voyage&lt;/i&gt; on France:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Beaucaire and Plage Napoleon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;Le Cabanon, un coin de Provence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Bapteme à Lambesc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-09.html"&gt;Pyla sur mer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ésta pasada semana fue&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la fete de la Sainte Rosalie&lt;/i&gt;. Cuenta la leyenda, que gracias al fervor y devoción de &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;les villageois&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;a la susodicha santa, el pueblo de&amp;nbsp;La Fare les Oliviers se salvó de la terrible epidemia de peste del Siglo XIV&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(a diferencia del pueblo vecino de Salon-de-Provence que fue terriblemente azotado por la misma y en la cual un no tan famoso en ese momento,&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;monsieur&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;medecin&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nostradamus perdió a varios seres queridos)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;es por esto que cada año en el pueblo de mi marido se celebra tal santoral con categoría de &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;fete anuelle de village &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(no vaya a ser y la Santita cambie de opinión y el pueblo caiga en desgracia. uno nunca sabe ;) )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fetes&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;aparte, el pueblo de Regis es tan pintoresco y encantador como cualquier otro pueblo no turístico &amp;nbsp; perdido en la Provenza. Con lo cual quiero decir verdaderamente rústico al más fiel estilo de&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Pagnol"&gt;Marcel Pagnol&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Les farencs et farenques&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;son gente muy arraigada y orgullosa de su tierra, tradiciones y gastronomía justo como cualquier personaje salido de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;L´Eau des colines&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y también justo como ellos son un poco desconfiados de los extranjeros. Y entiéndase por extranjero cualquier persona que no haya nacido en el pueblo o sus proximidades. Es decir más allá de la Provence todo es &lt;i&gt;foreigner&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sin embargo a través de los años he aprendido varias lecciones de vida y amor en éste pequeño pueblo. &amp;nbsp;He aprendido a comer, comportarme y pensar (o pretender que pienso) como un provenzal. He aprendido que la primera y más importante actividad del día es escuchar y sentir el viento, ver su intensidad en la forma en que acaricia &lt;i&gt;les platanes&lt;/i&gt; del jardín de mis suegros o de la calle principal del pueblo para poder pronosticar buen tiempo o mistral. Porque sólo un verdadero provenzal sabe que &amp;nbsp;éste &amp;nbsp;traicionero viento del Norte transforma todo lo que toca. Puede literalmente convertir una simple e inocente fogata &lt;i&gt;vigilada&lt;/i&gt; en un terrible incendio que acaba con colinas enteras en cuestión de horas &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(la vegetación local es muy propicia a los incendios, con sus olivos y pinos con altas concentraciones de aceites muy flamables..)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;mismas situaciones que desgraciadamente tambien pueden ayudar a ajustar cuentas al más puro estilo vendetta.&amp;nbsp;Le Mistral no es sólo un&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;vent,&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;es todo un estilo de vida.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;También he aprendido cosas más ligeras y mundanas, como que los locales no usan &lt;i&gt;chapeau&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sombrero)&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;sino&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;capeau&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;para cubrirse del inclemente sol del verano. He cambiado confidencias con mi suegra mientras colgamos la ropa para secarse justo antes de que empiece el mistral &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(muy efectivo para tales efectos btw)&lt;/span&gt;. He preparado&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la mayonaisse&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;siguiendo las instrucciones vigilantes de la abuela de mi marido y casi he perdido el conocimiento después de la gran comilona que es el&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;grand aiolli&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Oui, there is such thing as aiolli coma.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aún así no puedo decir que éste pueblo es de ensueño. Evidentemente que le falta el chic y estilo posh de la siempre artística e inspiradora Aix-en-Provence, y la historia de Salon o la belleza cuasi perfecta de &amp;nbsp; St Remy, pero aún así, contiene más de ese cliché ideal que nos hemos formado en la cabeza del pueblo soleado en medio la Provenza.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aquí las farenques compran orgánico y local desde siempre &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(bio? quoi?..ah...du terroir..)&lt;/span&gt; en el &lt;i&gt;marché du samedi&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;con ningún turista latoso a la vista, bueno, excepto la que ésto escribe. Los&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Farencs&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;se conocen todos si no por nombre propio por lo menos de apellido. Aquí la gente va religiosamente todos los días no a la Iglesia pero al bar &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(sólo hay 2 en el pueblo)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;pour prend un cafe&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;seguido por la corta parada en&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la boulangerie&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;para comprar su baguette matinal y una &lt;i&gt;gourmandise&lt;/i&gt; para el &lt;i&gt;gouter&lt;/i&gt;. Y ésto sólo es por las mañanas, pero creo que para ahora ya se han hecho una idea de como la vida pasa por acá.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lentamente. &amp;nbsp;Muy lentamente.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Filosofando acerca de la vida en las rocas &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(por aquello de la copa de rosado o vaso de pastis con hielos en una mano mientras en la otra se sostiene &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/4790488960/"&gt;una o dos&amp;nbsp;boule de petanque&lt;/a&gt; como sólo los profesionales saben hacerlo)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Como debe ser en&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;le pays du soleil&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;La Fare les Oliviers (Bouches du Rhone)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;cómo llegar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ubicado entre Aix-en-Provence y Salon-de-Provence.&lt;br /&gt;40 kms de Marseille - 30 kms de Aix - 20 kms de Salon&lt;br /&gt;20 mins de la estación de tren TGV de Aix y del aeropuerto de Marsella&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Marigagne)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;que hacer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fete Annuelle de Village&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;del 26 de Agosto al 2 de Septiembre&lt;br /&gt;fete foraine &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(feria)&lt;/span&gt;, course a pied &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(carreras)&lt;/span&gt;, fireworks &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(fuegos artificiales)&lt;/span&gt;, concours de boules &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(petanque)&lt;/span&gt; y le gran aiolli &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(comilona comunal)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Le marche du samedi&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(el mercado del sábado)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minúsculo pero bien surtido mercadito con excelentes productos de la region, muchos vendidos por sus productores. Mis puestos favoritos son los de los quesos frescos y las &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5919452897/"&gt;navettes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (cookies), las tapenades caseras y la deliciosa paella hecha por una simpática pareja de madrileños.&lt;br /&gt;Cada sábado por las mañanas de 7:00 am a 1:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Cours Charles Gallard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemoulindelafare.fr/accueil.htm"&gt;Le Moulin à huile&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(La Fare)&lt;br /&gt;Un viejo molino de piedra del siglo 18 el cual se mantiene bastante activo gracias a la cooperativa del pueblo, de la cual mis suegros son orgullosos miembros :)&lt;br /&gt;Producción de aceite de olivas Aglandau, Salonenque y Picholine. Métodos tradicional y monovarietal. Unicamente primera presión en frio. Clase Apellation Origin Controlé. Classe AOC.&lt;br /&gt;Boutique abierta todos los días excepto festivos&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;9:00-12:00 y 14:00-18:00&lt;br /&gt;14 Avenue du pavillon&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: 0490576507&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huiledecoudoux.com/index.htm"&gt;Le vieux moulin à huile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Coudoux)&lt;br /&gt;Coudoux es una pequeñísima comuna a un lado de La Fare &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(5min en coche dirección Aix-en-Provence) &lt;/span&gt;que bien vale el &lt;i&gt;detour&lt;/i&gt; para visitar éste viejo molino muy reputado por su gran calidad y por su producción artesanal&amp;nbsp;así como por los muchas &lt;a href="http://www.huiledecoudoux.com/index.htm"&gt;medallas &lt;/a&gt;que año con año se lleva en los concursos. Delicioso aceite que sólo se consigue &lt;i&gt;in situ&lt;/i&gt; o en Manosque y en extrañas ocasiones en Paris.&lt;br /&gt;Apellation Origine Controlé - Methode traditionnelle&lt;br /&gt;acá un &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/24121814"&gt;videito&lt;/a&gt; ejemplo de la producción&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vignerons-castellas.fr/l+histoire+des+vignerons+du+castellas-2.html"&gt;Cave vinicole Les Vignerons du Castellas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apellation Origine Controle, Coteaux d´Aix &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(no, tristemente acá no &lt;i&gt;tenemos&lt;/i&gt; membresía...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abierto todos los días excepto los domingos y días feriados.&lt;br /&gt;15 Avenue du Général de Gaulle&lt;br /&gt;Teléfono: 0490426147&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;donde dormir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No les miento cuando les digo que no hay un solo hotel en el pueblo, pero encontré éstos links que espero sean útiles:&lt;br /&gt;una &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.maison-en-provence.eu/en/bouches-du-rhone/la-fare-les-oliviers/villa-discovery/d985.htm"&gt;villa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; y ésta &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.maison-en-provence.com/fr/0/-discovery/d737.htm"&gt;maison&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;a louer&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(rentar) para pasar sus vacaciones$$&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.habitants.fr/hotels_la-fare-les-oliviers_13037.html"&gt;Hotel (list) dans le departament 13&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Bouches du Rhone)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.likhom.com/chambres-d-hotes/la-fare-les-oliviers/bouches_du_rhone/france"&gt;Chambres d´hotes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;en los alrededores&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Más&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;carnets de voyage&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;sobre&amp;nbsp;Francia:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Beaucaire and Plage Napoleon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;Le Cabanon, un coin de Provence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11.html"&gt;Bapteme à Lambesc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-09.html"&gt;Pyla sur mer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-3011581495801480343?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/3011581495801480343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=3011581495801480343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3011581495801480343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3011581495801480343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/09/carnet-de-voyage-la-fare-les-oliviers.html' title='{carnet de voyage} La fare les oliviers'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6108067689_f54520e013_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-2797219550979234874</id><published>2011-08-24T21:13:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T15:49:47.384+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shanghai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='la expat vida loca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='expat life'/><title type='text'>about digital photography tips and  Shanghai´s Dajing Lu wet market</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073944748/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="scalions by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="scalions" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6073944748_ae430137b4_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073935732/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="skewers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="skewers" height="409" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6073935732_1c3bbfeaca_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073411021/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="brochette by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="brochette" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6073411021_7c60c281c1_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073252213/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="kebab - hand by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="kebab - hand" height="491" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6073252213_f2de1e2bdf_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073476859/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dumplings by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dumplings" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6073476859_1fe3b6b862_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many people asks me for tips on photography, most of the times I feel truly honored to be asked that since I still consider myself a young photographer. Some of those old and new friends have even requested private lessons, they usually tell me they want to learn how to make a photo look more pro, &lt;a href="http://www.advancedphotography.net/bokeh-effect-6-tips-create-bokeh-effect/"&gt;how to obtain a bokeh&lt;/a&gt; (blurry background) or a nice &lt;a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/depth-of-field.htm"&gt;do&lt;/a&gt;f.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All those times I really wish I could have the ability to&amp;nbsp;transmit&amp;nbsp;my limited knowledge but I´ve discovered that photo wise I´m really a bad instructor. I just don´t have the `chip´ to explain complicated things like f-stops or aperture. I am a very &lt;a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/right-brain-characteristics-a2607"&gt;right minded person&lt;/a&gt;, with an over tendency to positively respond to visuals, I can easily see/locate/create a picture in almost any surrounding but just don´t ask me to explain you my process to do so because truth to be told I do not follow one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now, I wasn´t born knowing how to shoot a decent picture. The photo bug got into me really late when Regis and I started our expat life together&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (he´s been an expat for long long time)&lt;/span&gt;, and as you can clearly see in this set of pictures I shoot back in early 2009 at my old neighborhood´s wet market in Shanghai, although it was so evident the desire to record my new surroundings I was far from being an&amp;nbsp;skilled&amp;nbsp;photographer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6074036846/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="crayfishes by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="crayfishes" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6074036846_fccb1c943e_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6074006750/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="chili sauce by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chili sauce" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6074006750_94396ac6c8_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073995748/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="crayfish by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="crayfish" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6073995748_129459c4c8_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6072336561/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="kuazi - crayfish by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="kuazi - crayfish" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6072336561_cfa8c60092_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073971480/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="boy - fishes by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="boy - fishes" height="508" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6073971480_a15ff5f927_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073416539/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="no by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="no" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6182/6073416539_4ef5232381_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073727502/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="escargots by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="escargots" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6073727502_d5bfdb1ae5_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can see how the majority of these photos are annoyingly out of focus and although processed, yet, it is evident that white&amp;nbsp;balance, ISO and exposure (to name a few) are just not&amp;nbsp;accurate. Yet, I was kind of happy when I shoot them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Today a couple of years later I see all those flaws that back then was very difficult to recognize because I was lacking the knowledge of what a good photo (or diagram) should be. But with the&amp;nbsp;supposed&amp;nbsp;wisdom we grown ups adquire thanks to experience, when I see these old pictures I feel if not pleased try content with how much my photography skills have improved. Still, there are plenty of roads to wander on the technical side of my work but the difference is now I´m aware of and I´m working on it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So my best &amp;nbsp;tip for those of you who are starting in digital photography is please don´t buy an expensive dSLR expecting to achieve great pictures without any time spent learning how to work with it, because au contraire if you don´t have previous experience with these types of fancy (and very expensive) cameras you might end up dropping your new hobby since to understand how a dSLR works is quite tricky.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073387157/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="mirando by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="mirando" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6073387157_86f6e25ec6_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073391979/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="peace by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="peace" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6086/6073391979_39aaa1f065_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073338629/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="houses - flowers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="houses - flowers" height="509" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6073338629_be37b814b3_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073355661/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="kid by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="kid" height="444" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6073355661_4d976c06cb_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073913832/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="hands - flowers by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="hands - flowers" height="504" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6073913832_bf5ec76a69_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6073747872/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="bread - seller by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="bread - seller" height="502" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6073747872_1586e59519_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6075655433/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="broom by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="broom" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/6075655433_a6777eb364_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Instead if you want to improve your photography skills and the overall results just go and embrace your old camera, whatever model you have. Even if it is a modest P&amp;amp;S. Just learn how to use all those settings, read photography books, visit photo galleries, &amp;nbsp;admire and analyze the work of the renowned photographers. Learn to discover what provokes you visually speaking and then my friend, hit the road and capture what you´re watching, transmitting&amp;nbsp;the emotion and mood of that experience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On a final note, just want to say my husband Regis has been working for the past and current week in Shanghai. He will be back home this weekend (yeah!). I was supposed to travel with him as usual but this time was just not possible. I may not be there but these photos are certainly transporting me there, making me feel closer to my love and to that city which has a special place in my heart. I hope these pics also transport you to the&amp;nbsp;outer&amp;nbsp;ring of Nantao, Shanghai´s old city, where they were shoot. Can you feel the same&amp;nbsp;excitement&amp;nbsp;I felt when I shoot them?. Can you smell the&amp;nbsp;intoxicating&amp;nbsp;aromas of chilies, sichuan peppercorn, star anise mixed with sea food drenched in cheap quality oil?.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Have you heard this old Cantonese saying: "Anything that walks, swims, crawls, or flies with its back to heaven is edible". Well, now you´ve got the picture ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Dajing Lu Wet Market,&lt;br /&gt;Nantao (Old City)&lt;br /&gt;Dajing road lies between Henan Road South and Renmin Road near Huai Hai Zhong Road and just few blocks from Xintiandi park and People´s Square.&lt;br /&gt;Subway station: Huangpi Road South&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More Shanghai posts here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{eating out}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-please-chef-on-his-birthday-de.html"&gt;Franck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/07/japanese-treat.html"&gt;Misato&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-all-in-details-and-almost.html"&gt;Pasha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/song-fang-maison-de-or-story-of-love-in.html"&gt;Song Fang&lt;/a&gt; (maison de thé)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{carnet de voyage}&lt;br /&gt;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/03/carnet-de-voyage-ferry-ride-in-shanghai.html"&gt;Shanghai ferry ride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/09/expo-2010-shanghai.html"&gt;World Expo 2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mucha gente me pregunta por mis mejores tips de fotografía, tal cuestión me hace sentir muy honrada ya que yo me considero aún una fotógrafa muy joven. Algunas de esas personas son amigos, de años o recientes, quienes esperan que les comparta de manera entendible lo que hay que hacer para lograr una foto más o menos pro, otros que si el famoso bokeh,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.advancedphotography.net/bokeh-effect-6-tips-create-bokeh-effect/"&gt;how to obtain a bokeh&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(fondo barrido) o cómo obtener un buen&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/depth-of-field.htm"&gt;dop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En todas esas ocasiones, y se los digo realmente desde el fondo de mi corazón, quisiera tener la habilidad de transmitir mi limitado conocimiento pero he descubierto que &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;photo wise&lt;/i&gt; soy una terrible instructora. Simple y sencillamente no tengo el &amp;nbsp; `chip´ para explicar cosas complicadas como &amp;nbsp;f-stops o apertura. (Para eso tenemos a nuestra querida &lt;a href="http://www.jackierueda.com/"&gt;Jackie&lt;/a&gt;). Yo soy más bien una persona muy muy de derecha, es decir &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/right-brain-characteristics-a2607"&gt;right minded person&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;;), con una sobre tendencia a responder positivamente a los estímulos visuales, me es muy fácil `reconocer´&amp;nbsp; o encontrar una oportunidad de foto en casi cualquier ambiente, nomás no me pidan que &amp;nbsp;les explique mi proceso creativo porque para ser honestos no tengo uno muy preciso. Soy muy &lt;i&gt;go with the flow&lt;/i&gt;..&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ahora, evidentemente que no nací sabiendo como tomar fotos decentonas. El bicho de la foto me llegó realmente tarde, cuando Regis y yo comenzamos nuestra aventura expat en equipo &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(él tiene ya larga carrera en eso del ex-patismo)&lt;/span&gt;, y como pueden ver claramente en éste set de fotos que tiré a principios del &amp;nbsp;2009 del wet market de mi ex-vecindario en Shanghai, es más que evidente el deseo de registrar y compartir mi visión de un mundo totalmente diferente al mío aunque es bastante claro que estaba yo lejos de ser una fotógrafa dotada.&amp;nbsp;Pueden ver como en la gran mayoría de éste set las fotos están fuera de foco y aunque procesadas, es claro que el balance de blancos, ISO y exposición no eran mis cuates &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(amigos)&lt;/span&gt;. Y aún así, recuerdo qué feliz estaba cuando las hice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hoy un par de años más tarde, veo todas las fallas técnicas que en aquél entonces me costaba trabajo identificar por falta de conocimiento sobre lo que una buena foto o diagrama &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(técnicamente hablando) &lt;/span&gt;es. Pero con esa supuesta sabiduría que uno adquiere cuando se convierte en adulto, puedo decir que me siento satisfecha del avance que he logrado en éste campo. Aunque claro, todavía faltan muchos caminos que deambular en el lado técnico de mi trabajo, la diferencia entre hace dos años y hoy es que ahora si puedo reconocer mis lados flacos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Así que mi mejor consejo o tip para aquellos que se están iniciando en la foto digital es por favor no vayan y se compren unas dSLR creyendo que ya con eso van a lograr fotos dignas del &lt;a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.org/"&gt;World Press Photo Awards&lt;/a&gt; sin estudiar y aprender como funcionan éstos equipos, porque al contrario si tienen cero experiencia en foto análoga y en foto digital, puede que terminen abandonando su nuevo pero prometedor hobby-carrera debido a que las&amp;nbsp;dSLR son bastante &lt;i&gt;tricky&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Al contrario, si lo que deseas es realmente mejorar tus habilidades fotográficas y el resultado general de tus fotos pues sólo queda que hacerse migas de tú cámara, no importa el modelo que tengas. No importa que sea de plastiquito, o una P&amp;amp;S. Solamente dedica tiempo a conocer tu equipo y todas sus funciones y botoncitos, porque en diferente escala, pero todas las cámaras tienen los mismo. Aprende, lee, investiga de libros sobre el tema, visita galerías de foto y arte, admira y analiza la obra de los grandes monstruos del arte fotográfico. Aprende a descubrir que es lo que te provoca visualmente hablando y entonces mi amigo, sal a la calle cámara en mano y registra lo que ves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En una nota final, sólo quiero compartir que mi esposo, Regis, se encuentra en &lt;i&gt;job assignment&lt;/i&gt; desde la semana pasada en Shanghai. Afortunadamente, regresará éste finde (yeah!). Yo tenía planeado acompañarle durante éste viaje, pero causas ajenas a nosotros no lo permitieron. Así que podré no estar allá pero éstas fotos ciertamente que me transportan a la Perla del Oriente, haciéndome sentir mas cerca de my love y de ésa ciudad a la cual le guardo un cariño muy especial. Sólo espero que éstas fotos también te transporten al anillo exterior de &amp;nbsp;Nantao, o lo que queda de la antigua ciudad amurallada de Shanghai, que és donde tiré éstas fotos y era nuestro barrio. ¿Puedes sentir la misma emoción que yo sentí al tomar éstas fotos?. ¿Puedes oler la intoxicante mezcla de aromas a chiles, pimienta de sichuan, ajo, anis estrella, mariscos y &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolongbao"&gt;xiao long bao&lt;/a&gt;?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Alguna vez han escuchado el viejo dicho Cantonés: Cualquier (cosa) que camine, nade, se arraste o vuele dándole la espalda al cielo es comestible". Bueno pues, entonces, &lt;i&gt;you´ve got the picture&lt;/i&gt; ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Dajing Lu Wet Market,&lt;br /&gt;Nantao (Antigua ciudad amurallada)&lt;br /&gt;La calle Dajing se encuentra entre la Henan- Sur y la Renmin, a sólo unas cuantas cuadras de Renmin Guanchang &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(People´s Square - Plaza del Pueblo)&lt;/span&gt; y Xintiandi &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(centro comercial y de entretenimiento al estilo occidental)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Estación metro: Huangpi Road South&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Más Shanghai por acá:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{eating out}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-please-chef-on-his-birthday-de.html"&gt;Franck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/07/japanese-treat.html"&gt;Misato&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-all-in-details-and-almost.html"&gt;Pasha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/song-fang-maison-de-or-story-of-love-in.html"&gt;Song Fang&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(maison de thé)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{carnet de voyage}&lt;br /&gt;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/03/carnet-de-voyage-ferry-ride-in-shanghai.html"&gt;Shanghai ferry ride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/09/expo-2010-shanghai.html"&gt;World Expo 2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-2797219550979234874?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/2797219550979234874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=2797219550979234874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/2797219550979234874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/2797219550979234874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/about-digital-photography-tips-and.html' title='about digital photography tips and  Shanghai´s Dajing Lu wet market'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6073944748_ae430137b4_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-3572201776575351760</id><published>2011-08-22T02:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T02:25:06.688+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau Closer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portuguese Cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portfolio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taipa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='published work'/><title type='text'>{Eating out} Porto de Macau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6066140680/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="spoon and fork by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="spoon and fork" height="936" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6066140680_4a75d2a505_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6065911473/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="clams by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="clams" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6065911473_d8e5a5f5bf_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6066143702/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lamps - chairs by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lamps - chairs" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6066143702_441a4c0dea_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6066249986/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="tenderloin by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="tenderloin" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6066249986_2b4998beca_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6066429372/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lamp by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lamp" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6066429372_da3e8bcb0c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A few weeks ago I shoot &amp;nbsp;a food and interiors photo session for &lt;a href="http://www.macaucloser.com/"&gt;Macau Closer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(a bilingual - Chinese and English - Lifestyle and Arts magazine)&lt;/span&gt; for their monthly Restaurant Review section, wittily written by &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/#!/davidwong1966"&gt;David Wong&lt;/a&gt;. This month´s &amp;nbsp;subject was Porto de Macau, that, as the title of the article states is a take on ¨new flavor, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(with) &lt;/span&gt;familiar surroundings¨.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Formerly a french bistro just recently changed to Portuguese Restaurant that is not as focused on changing the previous decor as in working really hard on serving good traditional northern portuguese cuisine with a modern twist &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and well, shouldn´t good food be the most important element on a&amp;nbsp;successful&amp;nbsp;restaurant?)&lt;/span&gt;. And that my friends, was challenging. Trying to photograph and old familiar surrounding in Macau´s food scene with new eyes. I went for angles and light.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After all is always the light what makes a picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6066156288/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="detail - tapas by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="detail - tapas" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6066156288_201ae48d0d_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6065761363/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="notes by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="notes" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6065761363_aa24fb8d10_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6066147564/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="plants - window by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="plants - window" height="501" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6066147564_b9cd1aeda6_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6065817783/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="porto de macau by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="porto de macau" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6205/6065817783_2e6c8d791d_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just a week after I went to Porto de Macau for the shooting, Fernando Marques our &amp;nbsp;Portuguese friend and Cafe Ou Mun owner, invited my husband and I to have dinner at this place. We shared some entreés: &amp;nbsp;shrimps coated in spicy piri piri sauce that begged to be mopped on a slice of bread and &lt;i&gt;Bulhao Pato&lt;/i&gt;, clams with Alvarinho wine. As per main course, we all ate a meat brochette with foie gras and pan fried potatoes as suggested by Chef-Owner &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and new dad! :) )&lt;/span&gt; Gil Reposo. Last dish did not look very traditional portuguese cuisine but we enjoyed every single bite of it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So, I have a question for you dear readers, whenever you find yourself in a similar situation where you need to provide/present a new product with the same old face. How do you tackle this difficult situation?.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Macau Closer´s August issue is already available on news stands but for those of you not living in the Delta area you may want to check the issue on MC´s &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1856754668179&amp;amp;set=a.1856705546951.2086947.1520228457&amp;amp;type=1&amp;amp;theater"&gt;facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Porto de Macau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rua de Seng Tou, Edificio Nova Taipa Garden&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Block 27, Taipa. Macau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;telephone: +853 28843739&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;lunch: 12.00 - 14.30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;dinner: 18:00 - 22:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;closed on Wednesdays&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;{Eating Out} series:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Macau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;Angela´s Café&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-petisqueira.html"&gt;A Petisqueira&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane´s eateries &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;Fernando´s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-weekend-in-pictures-lunch-at.html"&gt;Horizons &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-sunday-our-weekend-in-pictures.html"&gt;La Gondola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei loja de sorvetes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/02/chinese-lunch.html"&gt;Wing Lei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hong Kong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/eating-spainportugal-in-hk-fofo-and.html"&gt;Casa Lisboa &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/eating-spainportugal-in-hk-fofo-and.html"&gt;fofo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/eating-out-isola-hong-kong.html"&gt;Isola &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Joia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Hugo´s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-sakesan.html"&gt;Sakesan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Hace unas cuantas semanas tiré una sesión de fotos de comida e interiores para la revista &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.macaucloser.com/"&gt;Macau Closer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(una revista bilingue - Mandarin e Inglés - de vida, estilo y arte &amp;nbsp;)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;para la sección&amp;nbsp;Restaurant Review la cual es escrita por &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/#!/davidwong1966"&gt;David Wong&lt;/a&gt;. Este mes el objetivo fue Porto de Macau, el cual, como el título del artículo lo menciona es un &amp;nbsp;¨new flavor,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(with)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;familiar surroundings¨.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Anteriormente un bistro francés y sólo recientemente semi-transformado en un restaurant portugués, el cual no está todavia muy enfocado en cambiar la antigua deco francesa pero si en crear platillos de la cocina tradicional del norte de Portugal pero con un twist moderno. Y eso mis amigos, fue un challenge. Fotografiar un espacio familiar para la comunidad de Macau pero con nuevos ojos. Como en verdad la decoración no cambió ni un ápice, me fui por ángulos y luz para crear diferentes ambientes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Después de todo es la luz la que hace una foto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Justo una semana después del shooting, nuestro amigo Fernando Marques Chef propietario de Cafe Ou Mun nos invitó a cenar a éste lugar. Compartimos de entradas; camarones en salsa piri piri, la cual era una delicia que pedía a gritos mojar un pancito en ella; también como entrada comimos &lt;i&gt;Bulhao Pato&lt;/i&gt;, almejas al vino Alvarinho. Como platillo principal, a sugerencia de Gil Reposo, Chef-Propietario de Porto de Macau comimos una brocheta de carne con foie gras y papas que aunque no parece muy tradicional portugués la disfrutamos muy pero muy bien.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Y bueno, todo ésto me hace pensar, querido lector, ¿Cómo enfrentas una situación donde debes presentar/proveer un nuevo producto con la mima cara?. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;La edición de Agosto de Macau Closer ya está a la venta en kioskos, pero para aquellos que no viven en la region delta pueden checar la pagina de MC en fb: &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1856754668179&amp;amp;set=a.1856705546951.2086947.1520228457&amp;amp;type=1&amp;amp;theater"&gt;facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Porto de Macau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Rua de Seng Tou, Edificio Nova Taipa Garden&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Block 27, Taipa. Macau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;teléfono: +853 28843739&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;almuerzo: 12.00 - 14.30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;cena: 18:00 - 22:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;cierra los miércoles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;{Eating Out} series:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Macau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/macau-walks-vol1.html"&gt;Angela´s Café&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-petisqueira.html"&gt;A Petisqueira&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-weekend-in-pictures-fishy-tale.html"&gt;Coloane´s eateries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2008/11/portugal-in-dish.html"&gt;Fernando´s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-weekend-coconut-ice-cream-for-two.html"&gt;Hone Heng Cocos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-weekend-in-pictures-lunch-at.html"&gt;Horizons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-sunday-our-weekend-in-pictures.html"&gt;La Gondola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-out-lai-kei-loja-de-sorvetes.html"&gt;Lai Kei loja de sorvetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/02/chinese-lunch.html"&gt;Wing Lei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Hong Kong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/eating-spainportugal-in-hk-fofo-and.html"&gt;Casa Lisboa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/12/eating-spainportugal-in-hk-fofo-and.html"&gt;fofo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/01/eating-out-isola-hong-kong.html"&gt;Isola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Joia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-weekend-eat-laugh-and-run-or-what.html"&gt;Hugo´s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/eating-out-sakesan.html"&gt;Sakesan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-3572201776575351760?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/3572201776575351760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=3572201776575351760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3572201776575351760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3572201776575351760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/eating-out-porto-de-macau.html' title='{Eating out} Porto de Macau'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6065911473_d8e5a5f5bf_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-5596508353753920419</id><published>2011-08-12T20:38:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T21:55:23.430+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer favorites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking with fruits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coconut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dessert table'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gluten free'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desserts'/><title type='text'>recipe: rochers à la noix de coco (coconut rocks) - receta: rochers à la noix de coco (rosquitas de coco)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6034538921/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="rochers a la noix by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="rochers a la noix" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6034538921_e46900af7a_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;During our summer holidays I spent a considerable amount of time at &lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fnac.com/livre.asp"&gt;fnac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and alikes browsing french cookbooks; most of the times I left the bookstores empty handed. I felt overwhelmed by the immense book offer that make it so difficult (for me) to choose. Second, most of those books are huge and heavy, which is not the best when you´re reaching your luggage´s&amp;nbsp;weight limit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ahhh&lt;/i&gt;, the expat´s constant dilemma. That stupid desire to bring back to your temporary home&amp;nbsp;unnecessary&amp;nbsp;things like &amp;nbsp;5 packages of herbes de provence, or those 3 boxes of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seldeguerande.fr/index.php?l=e"&gt;fleur de sel de&amp;nbsp;Guérande&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Camargue r&lt;i&gt;espectivament&lt;/i&gt;, and many other things that make&amp;nbsp;you feel home away from home...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;That same dilemma forced me to &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; buy 2 cookbooks. A tiny little one on Smoothies and a heavy one: Petit Larousse des Recettes aux Fruits du Verger.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6035254736/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="collage2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="collage2" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6035254736_ca6d654551_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6034563983/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lavender by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lavender" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/6034563983_e215729e09_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6034614341/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="collage1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="collage1" height="494" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6034614341_3f54215024_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Even though when on my last night in Provence I had to redo my&amp;nbsp;luggage no less than three times&amp;nbsp;and carefully think and decide &lt;i&gt;what should I &amp;nbsp;left chez mes beaux parents this time?&lt;/i&gt;. Even though like a bad Sophie I had to choose and leave behind all the cooking magazines I collected during les vacances&lt;i&gt; and&lt;/i&gt; several pairs of lovely frenchie&amp;nbsp;espadrilles, even then it never crossed my mind to get rid of my brand new heavy cookbook.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I´m so proud of myself. Because this book is yes, like most of the Larousse collection, an essential.&amp;nbsp;This is not just another pretty book to be displayed on your coffee table. Yes, photography and styling are breathtaking, yet the recipes on this book are the true essence of it. They are easy to follow and replicate with no further effort; like these coconut rochers that can be assembled and baked in less than 1 hour if you happen to have all the ingredients at home &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(and probably &lt;i&gt;sauf&lt;/i&gt; the coconut you have them all, but from now on, thanks to these rochers I trust you will regularly store&amp;nbsp;unsweetened coconut flakes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;in your pantry).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Petit rochers à la noix de coco&lt;/b&gt; (coconut rocks)&lt;br /&gt;recipe slightly adapted from Petit larousse des recettes au fruits du verger&lt;br /&gt;yield: about 12-15 little pieces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 vanilla bean&lt;br /&gt;2 egg whites&lt;br /&gt;100 gr unsweetened coconut flakes &amp;nbsp;(grated coconut)&lt;br /&gt;50 grs sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat the oven at 180C.&lt;br /&gt;Cut the vanilla bean lengthwise and remove the seeds &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(reserve the bean for other uses)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Briefly mix the egg whites with the grated coconut, sugar, vanilla seeds and salt.&lt;br /&gt;Let the previous mix rest for about 15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Cover a baking sheet with a&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silpat"&gt; sylpat&lt;/a&gt; sheet or parchment paper.&lt;br /&gt;With the help of two small spoons make little coconut balls and place them over the silpat/parchment paper. Wet the tip of your fingertips in cold water and make a tiny indentation on the top of each rocher.&lt;br /&gt;Bake them for about 10 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(do not&amp;nbsp;over-bake&amp;nbsp;them or they will be dry).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remove from the oven and let rochers cool on a wire rack. Rochers can be stored in an&amp;nbsp;airtight&amp;nbsp;container at room temperature for about 4 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cuisine.larousse.fr/livres-de-cuisine/9782035844194"&gt;Petit Larousse de Recettes aux Fruits du Verger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;recettes et photographies de Valerie Lhomme&lt;br /&gt;Larousse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Durante nuestras pasadas vacaciones veraniegas pasé una considerable cantidad de tiempo en &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;la&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fnac.com/livre.asp"&gt;fnac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y similares hojeando libros de cocina francesa; la mayoría de las veces salí de las librerias con las manos vacías. La mayoría de las veces me sentí sobresaturada por la inmensa oferta culinaria de libros que me hacían el trabajo de elegir, uno casi imposible. &amp;nbsp;En segundo lugar, la mayoría de esos libros son enormes y muy pesados, lo cual no es el camino ideal a seguir cuando ya se está rozando la terrible marca del sobrepeso en las maletas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ahhh&lt;/i&gt;, el constante dilema del expat. Ese estúpido deseo que nos invade de traer a nuestra temporary casa cosas realmente no necesarias como 5 paquetes de&lt;i&gt; herbes de provence&lt;/i&gt; o esas 3 cajitas de &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seldeguerande.fr/index.php?l=e"&gt;fleur de sel de&amp;nbsp;Guérande&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;y Camargue respectivamente, y muchas otras cositas que nos hacen sentir en casa cuando estamos viviendo lejos de casa......&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Mismo dilema que me forzó a&lt;i&gt; sólo&lt;/i&gt; comprar 2 libros de cocina. Uno pequeñito sobre&amp;nbsp;Smoothies y uno grandote y pesadote: &lt;i&gt;Petit Larousse des Recettes aux Fruits du Verger&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Aún en mi última noche en Provence tuve que rehacer mi maleta no menos de 3 veces y cuidadosamente pensar ¿que dejaré en esta ocasion en casa de mis queridos suegros?. Aun cuando como una mala Sophie tuve que escoger y dejar mis revistas de cocina que con tanto amor coleccioné durante las vacaciones y mis (varios) queridisimos pares de espadrillas a 5 euros, aún en esos momentos, nunca me pasó por la mente deshacerme de mi nueva adquisición de peso pesado.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Y por eso, estoy tan orgullosa de mi misma. Porque éste libro, sí, como la mayoría de la colección Larousse, es un libro indispensable. Este no es sólo otro bonito libro para presumir en la mesita de café de la sala (living). Sí, la fotografía y el estilismo culinario son de hay me quiero morir de ver tanta belleza, pero la verdadera esencia de éste libro recae en las recetas (como Dios manda). Recetas fáciles de seguir y replicar sin mayor esfuerzo, cómo éstos rochers de coco que hoy comparto con ustedes y que pueden estar horneados en menos de lo que canta un gallo, si tienen todos los ingredientes a la mano &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y a excepción del coco rallado el resto de los ingredientes son esenciales de cualquier alacena, por lo que a partir de ahora confio en que agreguen el coco rallado a su lista de must have).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Petit rochers à la noix de coco&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(rosquitas de coco)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;receta ligeramente adaptada del &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Petit Larousse des recettes au fruits du verger&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;rendimiento:12-15 rosquitas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;1 vaina de vainilla&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;2 claras de huevo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;100 gr coco rallado (sin azúcar)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;50 gr azúcar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;1 pizca de sal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Precalentar el horno a 180C.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Cortar la vainilla a lo largo y con un cuchillo mondador retirar las semillas (guardar la vaina para otros usos)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Brevemente mezclar las claras con el coco rallado, azúcar, semillas de vainilla y sal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Dejar reposar la mezcla por unos 15 minutos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Cubrir una charola para hornear con sylpat o papel siliconizado.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Con la ayuda de dos cucharitas hace pequeñas bolitas y colocarlas sobre el sylpat/papel. Mojar las puntas de los dedos con agua fria y hacer una pequeña indentación en la punta de cada bolita para darles forma de rocher. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Hornear por 10 minutos o hasta que los bordes comiencen a tomar color dorado (cuidado de de sobre hornear o los rochers quedaran muy secos).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Retirar del horno y colocar los rochers sobre una rejilla a que se enfríen. Los rochers pueden ser almacenados en un contenedor hermético a temperatura ambiente por aproximadamente 4 días.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cuisine.larousse.fr/livres-de-cuisine/9782035844194"&gt;Petit Larousse de Recettes aux Fruits du Verger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;recettes et photographies de Valerie Lhomme&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Larousse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-5596508353753920419?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/5596508353753920419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=5596508353753920419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5596508353753920419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5596508353753920419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/recipe-rochers-la-noix-de-coco-coconut.html' title='recipe: rochers à la noix de coco (coconut rocks) - receta: rochers à la noix de coco (rosquitas de coco)'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6034538921_e46900af7a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-5720850765575497458</id><published>2011-08-09T01:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T01:36:35.906+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mexican food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home kitchen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taipa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='our weekend'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='private kitchen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='our weekend in pictures'/><title type='text'>our weekend: a texmex meal, a private kitchen dinner and the love of cooking - nuestro finde: una comida texmex, una cena en un restaurant en casa y el amor a la cocina</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6021199983/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="dumbo insta by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="dumbo insta" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/6021199983_dba157b9e7_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6021746778/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="insta texmex collage by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="insta texmex collage" height="506" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6021746778_710b4bcebc_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This past friday I found myself lusting Mexican food terribly bad. So, although I know how awful are the reinterpretations of my country´s cuisine abroad, I walked under an inclement summer sun towards the one and only&amp;nbsp;texmex restaurant in Macau. As usual, the experience was an unpleasant one. I felt robbed, mocked; and ended my long wished meal with a heavy heart just to think people &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(read chinese people and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweilo"&gt;gweilos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; could ever believe Mexican Gastronomy equals bad, real bad burritos and hard shell tacos made with canned beans and cheap pseudo mozza-cheddar &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(which btw, we don´t eat those things back home)&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Really. Is it that difficult to prepare a decent &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/estaban-los-tomatitos-mexican-rice.html"&gt;arroz a la mexicana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;or cook some simple but&amp;nbsp;re-comforting&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;frijoles de olla &lt;/i&gt;without adding tons of salt, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_(flavor)"&gt;msg&lt;/a&gt;, ketchup, tabasco hot sauce and God knows what else to &lt;i&gt;add flavor&lt;/i&gt;?. Is that what them &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(restaurant owners, managers, cooks)&lt;/span&gt; think is good Mexican food?. Is that good &lt;i&gt;soul &lt;/i&gt;food?.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I believe is not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I´m the first one to admit Mexican food is hardly impossible to replicate &lt;i&gt;como en casa&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(just like home)&lt;/span&gt; but I consider creativity, good knowledge of the country´s most representative ingredients/dishes, regions and techniques are essential to attempt to replicate or recreate an ethnic cuisine as vast and time consuming like Mexican cuisine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That and authentic love for cooking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6021589833/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="shrimps by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="shrimps" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/6021589833_5d264dca31_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6022286586/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="razor clams by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="razor clams" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/6022286586_b05485cf09_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6021916169/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="salad by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="salad" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6021916169_6eb9cfb340_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6021919107/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="african chicken by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="african chicken" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6021919107_d341b62fb8_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6022479592/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="upside down cake by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="upside down cake" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6022479592_f9f76c8be5_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A day after my texmex &lt;i&gt;telenovela&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(soap opera)&lt;/span&gt; I went to a dinner at a very particular place. A &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_kitchen"&gt;private kitchen&lt;/a&gt;; a concept that has &amp;nbsp;deeep roots in Hong Kong and that just in the recent years can also be found in Macau.&amp;nbsp;The group of people I went with are all somehow involved in the Food and Beverage/Hospitality industry; people not just with strong knowledge of International Cuisine but acquainted on how challenging is &amp;nbsp;to deliver &amp;nbsp;western quality standards in Greater China . These same people and I, we all agreed this was one of the bests Portuguese/Macanese meals we ever had.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Maria, the cook, treated us with a traditional home cooked Portuguese-Macanese meal. Each dish was carefully prepared and served at the correct temperature. Each dish had imprinted a noticeable respect to the ingredients. Each dish was a happy discovery of flavors and textures, an a sudden &amp;nbsp;terribly desire to be/eat Portugal. &lt;i&gt;Saudade&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;for the unknown. Altogether, it was a feast. A proud humble hommage from Maria to her country and her ancestors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Isn´t that what real good ethnic food should always be?.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En Español&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Éste pasado viernes me encontré con un agudo antojo de comida mexicana. Así que aún a sabiendas de lo malas que son las reinterpretaciones de la cocina de mi país en el extranjero, aún así caminé bajo el inclemente sol de verano hacia el único restaurante texmex en Macau. Y para no perder la costumbre, la experiencia fue desagradable. Un robo y una burla; terminé la tan deseada comida con el corazón hecho cachitos de pensar que la gente (leáse chinos y &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweilo"&gt;gweilos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;puedan siquiera imaginar que la Gatronomía Mexicana equivale a burritos &lt;a href="http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&amp;amp;LEMA=chafa"&gt;chafas&lt;/a&gt; y tacos &amp;nbsp;en &lt;i&gt;hard shell&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;aún más chafas servidos con frijoles de lata y pseudo queso mozza-cheddar&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(los cuales por cierto no se usan en los tacos....)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;En serio. ¿Es tan difícil preparar un decente &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/estaban-los-tomatitos-mexican-rice.html"&gt;arroz a la mexicana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;o cocinar unos sencillos pero reconfortantes &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;frijoles de olla&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;sin tener que añadir toneladas de sal, &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_(flavor)"&gt;msg&lt;/a&gt;, ketchup, &amp;nbsp;salsa tabasco y Dios sepa cuanto cosa más para dizque añadir sabor?. ¿Es eso lo que ellos &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(restauranteros, propietarios, managers y cocineros)&lt;/span&gt; piensa que es la buena cocina? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Yo creo lo contario.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Soy la primera en admitir que la comida mexicana es casi imposible de replicar al detalle&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;como en casa&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(just like home)&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;pero considero que con creatividad y buen conocimiento de los ingredientes/platillos mas representativos, regiones y técnicas del país en cuestión, se puede replicar o recrear con respeto una cocina étnica tan vasta y elaborada como la de mi Mexico. Eso y auténtico amor a los fogones.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Un día después de mi super&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;texmex&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;telenovela&lt;/i&gt;, fui a cenar a un lugar muy peculiar. Una&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_kitchen"&gt;private kitchen&lt;/a&gt;; un concepto que tiene grandes raices en Hong Kong y que sólo se ha afincado en Macau en recientes años. El grupo de personas con las que asistí están todas involucradas en la Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas/Hostelería; gente no sólo con un firme conocimiento de técnicas culinarias pero también con experiencia en el desafío que significa proveer continuamente un servicio de calidad con estándares occidentales en China. &amp;nbsp;Esta misma gente y yo, coincidimos en que, ésa cena fue una de las mejores degustaciones de cocina Portuguesa/Macanesa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Maria, la cocinera, nos agasajó con un menú de comida tradicional casera de su país. Cada platillo fue cuidadosamente preparado y servido a la temperatura correcta. Cada platillo tenía impreso un notable respeto por los ingredientes. Cada platillo fue un feliz descubrimiento de sabores y texturas, un súbito deseo de comer/estar/descubrir Portugal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Saudade&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;por lo desconocido. En conjunto un festín. Un humilde homenaje de María a su país y a sus ancestros.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;¿Acaso no es eso lo que la buena cocina y la cocina étnica debería siempre ser?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-5720850765575497458?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/5720850765575497458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=5720850765575497458' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5720850765575497458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/5720850765575497458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/our-weekend-texmex-meal-private-kitchen.html' title='our weekend: a texmex meal, a private kitchen dinner and the love of cooking - nuestro finde: una comida texmex, una cena en un restaurant en casa y el amor a la cocina'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/6021199983_dba157b9e7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-3841704245512941611</id><published>2011-08-04T22:38:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T22:38:22.408+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer favorites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer compilation 2010'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer compilation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compilation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer'/><title type='text'>Summer compilation 2011 - Compilación Verano 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6007991227/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="summer compilation 2011 cover by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="summer compilation 2011 cover" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/6007991227_65ca2deff0_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These last few days I have been really occupied, coincidentally or not, since I´ve got my Macau Residence card, job gigs just don´t stop to drop from the sky. But even with all the work loads I had recently, I still find time to play in the kitch since we´re at the peak of another hot and humid summer in South East Asia, and I prefer to spend my leisure time indoors, especially cooking something light and fun.&amp;nbsp;Today for example I fixed a couple of little things to either eat all together as lunch or to enjoy as small nibbles during the day: fake hummus &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(cannelino beans dip)&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;i&gt; jícamas con limón y chile&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(jicama with lime and chile flakes)&lt;/span&gt; and coconut &lt;i&gt;rochers&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6008060671/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="summer storm by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="summer storm" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/6008060671_39e49ca182_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6008600202/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="venetian by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="venetian" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6008600202_08e793b0b6_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6008054451/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="cuando calienta el sol by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="cuando calienta el sol" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/6008054451_bc2dab5a62_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I Guess by now you might be already enjoying your summer holidays, and this compilation of dishes that I gathered around will work perfectly &amp;nbsp;to keep your belly happy while you don´t spend long hours in the kitchen but savour these flawless lazy sun drenched days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This compil screams&lt;i&gt; verano&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(summer)&lt;/span&gt;, don´t you think?. &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Alors&lt;/i&gt;, where´s my glass of rosé?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6008693508/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="to nibble by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="to nibble" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/6008693508_3299cdaa0f_z.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/08/red-love-you-on-red-gazpacho-soup-rojo.html"&gt;asian style gazpacho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/11/broad-bean-dip-dip-de-habas-habichuelas.html"&gt;broad bean dip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.251431488201247.72019.168239569853773&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;fake hummus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/10/puerto-morelos-riviera-maya-and-fish.html"&gt;fish ceviche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.251431488201247.72019.168239569853773&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;jícamas con chile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/06/sinaloa-style-tuna-tostadas-tostadas-de.html"&gt;Sinaloa style tuna tostadas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/05/party-of-five-and-salad-party-de-cinco.html"&gt;pumpkin and butternut carpaccio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/09/sabor-mexico-or-how-to-throw-mexican.html"&gt;nopales tacos (prickly pear tacos)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6008151403/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="sweet nibbles by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="sweet nibbles" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/6008151403_41d5439a2f_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/06/of-being-grateful-and-cherry-clafoutis.html"&gt;cherry clafoutis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/01/chocolate-pear-and-yogurth-verrines.html"&gt;chocolate pear yogurt verrines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coconut rochers (coming soon)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/09/adiosito-to-summer-and-ispahan-popsicle.html"&gt;ispahan popsicles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/simple-pleasures-strawberries-and-creme.html"&gt;strawberries with Créme Chantilly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/6008148573/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="to sip by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="to sip" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/6008148573_808a8f1a92_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/10/aguita-de-horchata-for-soul-aguita-de.html"&gt;agua de horchata&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.251431488201247.72019.168239569853773&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;framb-yog smoothie&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-friday-iced-yuzu-matcha-au-lait.html"&gt;iced matcha tea au lait&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.251431488201247.72019.168239569853773&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;lemon, lavander and honey slush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;l&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-weekend-bittersweet-love-and.html"&gt;itchee vinegar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/07/pina-para-la-nina.html"&gt;pinneaple, celery and parsley shake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2009/08/mango-coconut-milk-and-guava-juice.html"&gt;mango, guava and coconut milk smoothie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.251431488201247.72019.168239569853773&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;summer juice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Español&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estos últimos días he estado bastante ocupada, coincidencia o no, desde que recibí la Macau Residence card, el trabajo no deja de llover del cielo. Pero incluso con toda la reciente carga de trabajo me hago tiempo para jugar en la cocina ya que además estando en el pináculo de otro caliente y húmedo verano en el Sureste de Asia, se entenderá que prefiero pasar mi tiempo libre en espacios cerrados (climatizados), especialmente si es cocinando algo ligero y divertido. Hoy por ejemplo, prepare un par de &amp;nbsp;platos que se pueden disfrutar tanto como un lunch o como botanas durante el transcurso del día:&amp;nbsp;fake hummus&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(dip de frijoles )&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;jícamas con limón y chile&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;y&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;rochers &lt;/i&gt;de coco&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Supongo que en estos momentos ustedes deben de estar disfrutando de sus vacaciones de verano, así que espero ésta compilación de platillos que he organizado les sirvan para mantener el estómago contento sin pasar mucho tiempo en la cocina y puedan seguir disfrutando de éstos perezosos días bañados de sol.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Ésta compil grita&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;verano&lt;/i&gt;, no creen?. &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Alors&lt;/i&gt;, donde está mi vaso de &lt;i&gt;rosé&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-3841704245512941611?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/3841704245512941611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=3841704245512941611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3841704245512941611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3841704245512941611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/08/summer-compilation-2011-compilacion.html' title='Summer compilation 2011 - Compilación Verano 2011'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/6007991227_65ca2deff0_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-2005762164313174608</id><published>2011-07-26T21:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T21:20:56.214+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ville gâteau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='{eating out}'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salons de thé'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eating out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patisseries'/><title type='text'>Paris, ville gâteau, favorites pâtisseries and salons de thé:  Le Valentin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5977877698/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="valentin by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="valentin" height="1009" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5977877698_c0f35d484a_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5976936913/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="le valentin petit dej by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="le valentin petit dej" height="497" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5976936913_19a90f04c8_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5976867751/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="chandelier by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="chandelier" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5976867751_22c09a8eaf_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5977859508/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="le valentin collage by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="le valentin collage" height="984" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5977859508_a2547fa49b_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5977564602/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="passage jofroy by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="passage jofroy" height="1034" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5977564602_5d1b8a905d_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5977588608/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pastry by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pastry" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5977588608_0ece97b60a_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Located just a few steps from &lt;a href="http://www.grevin.com/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Musee Grévin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp; Le Valentin is an old school patisserie like they don´t make anymore. Beautiful and classic setting with lovely decoration and framed pictures that evoques a long passed&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="st"&gt; &lt;i&gt;belle époque&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This patisserie and salon de thé is one of my husband´s favorite &lt;i&gt;jardins secrets&lt;/i&gt;. He discovered it one day long time ago, when he was living in Paris while he worked at the pastry kitchen of &lt;a href="http://www.ritzparis.com/home_ritz/home.asp?show_all=1"&gt;Le Ritz&lt;/a&gt;; and since then, Le Valentin has become part of his obliged stops when in &lt;i&gt;la ville gateau&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We tried &lt;i&gt;le déjeuner, &lt;/i&gt;croissant was as flaky, buttery and full of guiltiness &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(from my part)&lt;/span&gt; as it must be. Also excelent their&amp;nbsp; homemade jams. We enjoyed green tea for my hubs and a french tea for me to water down the butter. Sorry, I meant the croissant &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; les toasts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also decided to buy some pastries for the road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mauvaise idée&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(terrible idea).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the waistline, I mean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Le Valentin&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;em&gt;déjeuner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: croissant or viennoiserie to choose, home made jams, butter, toasts and coffee or tea and freshly squeezed juice. Their quiches and salads also looked enviting. Very enviting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 Passage Jouffroy, 75009 Paris&lt;br /&gt;01 47 70 88 50&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ratp.fr/plan-interactif/?lang=uk"&gt;Métro&lt;/a&gt;: Grands Boulevards&amp;nbsp; or Richelieu Drouot&amp;nbsp;&lt;small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station &lt;a href="http://www.velib.paris.fr/Plan-stations"&gt;Vélib&lt;/a&gt;':      Vivienne&amp;nbsp;&lt;small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ubicado a sólo unos pasos del&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.grevin.com/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Musee Grévin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;  Le Valentin es una &lt;i&gt;pâtisserie&lt;/i&gt; de veja escuela como ya no las hay más. Hermosa, con un setting muy&lt;i&gt; parisian classique &lt;/i&gt;con fotos enmarcadas que evocan una ya también extinta&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="st"&gt; &lt;i&gt;belle époque&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ésta pastelería y salón de té&amp;nbsp; es uno de los &lt;i&gt;jardins secrets&lt;/i&gt; de mi marido. La descubrió hace ya muchos años cuando vivía en Paris y trabajaba en el &lt;a href="http://www.ritzparis.com/home_ritz/home.asp?show_all=1"&gt;Ritz&lt;/a&gt;; y desde entonces, Le  Valentin se&amp;nbsp; convertió en una parada obligatoria cuando Regis visita&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;la ville gateau&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En ésta ocasión ordenamos&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;le déjeuner; &lt;/i&gt;el croissant o cuernito como lo conocen en mi país, estaba crujiente,&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;buttery&lt;/i&gt; y lleno de sentimiento de culpa &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(bueno, de mi parte)&lt;/span&gt; a cada mordida&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Vamos pues, exquisito. También excelentes sus mermeladas confeccionadas &lt;i&gt;a la maison&lt;/i&gt;. Disfrutamos todas éstas calorias acompañadas de unos desintoxicantes tés, verde para mi esposo y francés&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (negro con aromatizantes)&lt;/span&gt; para mi.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;También decidimos comprar algunos &lt;i&gt;viennoiseries&lt;/i&gt; para el camino. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mauvaise idée&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(terrible idea).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para mi cintura, pues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Le Valentin &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Déjeuner&lt;/i&gt;: croissant o viennoiserie a escoger, mermeladas de la casa, mantequilla, tostadas de pan, café o té a elegir y jugo natural de fruta (recien exprimido)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 Passage Jouffroy, 75009 Paris&lt;br /&gt;01 47 70 88 50&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ratp.fr/plan-interactif/?lang=uk"&gt;Métro&lt;/a&gt;: Grands Boulevards&amp;nbsp; or Richelieu Drouot&lt;br /&gt;Station &lt;a href="http://www.velib.paris.fr/Plan-stations"&gt;Vélib&lt;/a&gt;':      Vivienne&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-2005762164313174608?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/2005762164313174608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=2005762164313174608' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/2005762164313174608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/2005762164313174608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/paris-ville-gateau-favorites.html' title='Paris, ville gâteau, favorites pâtisseries and salons de thé:  Le Valentin'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5976936913_19a90f04c8_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-3514271112923064402</id><published>2011-07-22T02:06:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T09:24:09.277+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fruits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french cuisine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breakfast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vanilla bean sugar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='azúcar vainillada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desserts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking fruits'/><title type='text'>Simple pleasures: Strawberries and Crème Chantilly - Placeres sencillos: Fresas con Crème Chantilly</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5961517476/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="strawberies and chantilly by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="strawberies and chantilly" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5961517476_79f577a6f9_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The strawberry season is almost over but I decided to upload this recipe for those of you who are still lucky to get your hands on a nice pint of these colorful and tasty simple pleasures. I believe my recipe can work as a suggestion and a friendly reminder that there are indeed other ways to eat strawberries than just on their own by handfuls &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(nothing against that)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although strawberries and cream might sound totally demodé, trust me they´re not. I find is one of the best ways to eat this summer treat and when done well, crème chantilly is a direct&amp;nbsp; first class ticket to cloudy melt in your mouth heaven. The Chef´s secret in here are actually three: 1) make sure your stainless steel mixing bowl is cold and with no signs of water, 2) cream must have 40% &lt;i&gt;matière grasse&lt;/i&gt; and it has to be also cold and 3) once the cream is fluffy don´t overbeat it or you will end up with butter instead. Chantilly cream should not be anything similar to that thing sold already whipped. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;During our past holidays in France I got my hands on plenty of sweet and extra fragrant &lt;i&gt;fraises de Provence&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt; pints from &lt;i&gt;le marché du village&lt;/i&gt; that we indulged &lt;i&gt;avec la crème chantilly&lt;/i&gt; courtesy of my french husband&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (and pastry chef;) )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What is your favorite way to eat strawberries? Au naturel or &lt;i&gt;dressed&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5961211055/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="collage by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="collage" height="505" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5961211055_47afda0dd1_o.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fraises avec Crème Chantilly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Strawberries and cream)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;yield: 6 portions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 strawberries pints,&amp;nbsp; hulled, cleaned and halved&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;500 ml best quality &lt;i&gt;crème fraîche liquide&lt;/i&gt;/whipping cream. &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(I tend to use french brands, remember 40% matiere grasse)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 vanilla pod* &lt;a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/tipstools/tips/2008/04/how_to_scrape_vanilla_bean"&gt;splitted and seeded&amp;nbsp; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;30 grs&amp;nbsp; sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Make sure your whipping cream is cold. The cream´s best temperature for obtaining a good Chantilly is at 4C.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Put cream and vanilla seeds in the &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(cold)&lt;/span&gt; bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk and beat at medium speed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just when the cream starts &lt;i&gt;a monter&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; (to hold) add the sugar &lt;i&gt;en pluie&lt;/i&gt; (one time).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Beat just until soft peaks begin to form. Don´t overbeat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cover and refrigerate until serving.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Serve alongside strawberries.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tip: don´t throw away the vanilla pod. Put it inside your sugar (airtight) container and &lt;i&gt;voilà&lt;/i&gt;: vanilla bean sugar you have!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La temporada de fresas está casi por terminar por lo cual me decidí a compartir esta receta pensando en todos aquellos de ustedes que están con suerte y todavía tienen acceso a&amp;nbsp; ese placer sencillo de comer canastillas de dichas coloridas delicias.&amp;nbsp; Creo &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(modestia aparte)&lt;/span&gt; que mi receta puede servir de sugestion para éste finde y también como un &lt;i&gt;friendly  reminder &lt;/i&gt;de que hay otras maneras o placeres sencillos de comer frutillas frescas durante éste verano que sólo comerlas fresquitas y por groseros (&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;pero ricos)&lt;/span&gt; puñados.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aunque las fresas con crema puede sonar como algo totalmente &lt;i&gt;demodé&lt;/i&gt;,&amp;nbsp; creánme, no lo son. Al contrario, es una de las mejores maneras de disfrutar éste rico manjar de la tierra sin realmente alterar su composición. Cuando bien ejecutada, una Señora Chantilly es lo mismo que un boleto directo en primera clase a un paraiso de nubes que se deshacen en la boca. El secreto para lograr una buena crema Chantilly no es uno sino tres: 1) asegúrate de usar un bowl de inox bien frío y sin signos de agua 2) la crema que uses debe tener 40% &lt;i&gt;matière grasse&lt;/i&gt; y tambien debe estar extra fría y 3) una vez que la crema montó a picos suaves no hay que sobrebatirla o terminarás con mantequilla. Una verdadera crema C. no se parece en nada a esa cosa innombrable que se encuentra en los estantes comerciales.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Durante nuestras pasadas vacaciones en Francia nos díimos gusto comiendo super dulces y perfumadas&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;fraises de Provence&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt; directamente del&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;marché du village&lt;/i&gt; que disfrutamos &lt;i&gt;avec la crème chantilly&lt;/i&gt; cortesía de mi Señor Marido&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (y Chef Pastelero Francés ;) )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;¿Cuál es tu manera favorita de deleitarte comiendo fresas?. ¿&amp;nbsp; Au naturel or &lt;i&gt;dressed&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fraises avec Crème Chantilly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (fresas con crema)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;rendimiento: 6 porciones&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 canastitas de fresas, limpias, sin palito, en mitades &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;500 ml&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;crème fraîche liquide&lt;/i&gt;/crema liquida para batir, calidad repostería. &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Elle&amp;amp;Vire o President son recomendables, recuerda: 40% matiere grasse)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;las semillas de 1 vaina de vainilla* abierta por la mitad &lt;a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/tipstools/tips/2008/04/how_to_scrape_vanilla_bean"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;splitted and seeded&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;30 grs azúcar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Empieza por asergurarte que tu crema líquida para batir esté fria. La mejor temperatura para batir la crema y obtener una buena Chantilly es a 4C.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pon la crema y las semillas de la vainilla en el bowl &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(frío)&lt;/span&gt; de la batidora &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(electric mixer) &lt;/span&gt;con el batidor de varillas delgadas &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(whisk)&lt;/span&gt; y comienza a batir a velocidad media.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Justo cuando la crema comience&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;a monter&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(montar)&lt;/span&gt; añade el azúcar en forma de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; pluie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(en lluvia, todo en un sólo movimiento).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bate hasta obtener picos suaves. No sobrebatas la crema.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cubre con plástico alimenticio y refrigera hasta servir.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sirve al lado de las fresas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;tip: no tires la vaina de vainilla, ponla dentro del contenedor hermético de azúcar&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (que la vaina quede bien cubierta de azúcar)&lt;/span&gt; y &lt;i&gt;voilà&lt;/i&gt;: ahora tienes azúcar vainillada&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6074758078788827948-3514271112923064402?l=aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/feeds/3514271112923064402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6074758078788827948&amp;postID=3514271112923064402' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3514271112923064402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6074758078788827948/posts/default/3514271112923064402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/07/simple-pleasures-strawberries-and-creme.html' title='Simple pleasures: Strawberries and Crème Chantilly - Placeres sencillos: Fresas con Crème Chantilly'/><author><name>heidi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17446369779242559877</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjvc2OQJ794/Tp6Oe-y3rfI/AAAAAAAAMbU/4pgGtiSKZus/s220/IMG_1212-2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5961517476_79f577a6f9_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074758078788827948.post-8829062967198748361</id><published>2011-07-17T00:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T00:42:34.090+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breakfast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pancakes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gluten free'/><title type='text'>about french friends, breakfast love and pancakes - acerca de amigos franceses, breakfast love y panqueques</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5940247080/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="banana-berries gf pancakes by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="banana-berries gf pancakes" height="941" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5940247080_3417fe75ef_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After a month and two weeks enjoying our holidays in France, to be honest, I came home feeling totally exhausted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Don´t take me wrong, I´m not &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; kind of spoiled expat who gets easily bored. Totally the opposite. I love to travel because (to me) is the best way to experience and learn a different culture, make new friends and comeback inspired by the local people and their surroundings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I  discovered so many magical places during this trip: La region  camarguese with its own micro-culture, the overwhelming historic and  amazing Arles&lt;i&gt; et &lt;a href="http://www.rencontres-arles.com/A11/Home#/CMS3&amp;amp;VF=ARL_2_VForm&amp;amp;LANGSWI=1&amp;amp;LANG=English"&gt;les rencontres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, the Valensole plateau, as gorgeous as in those postcards you find at every tourist stand in France &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(whenever I think of those lavender and tournesol fields, my heart instantly sings!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5940825286/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="girasoles by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="girasoles" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/5940825286_2c263faec1_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5943120814/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="marseille by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="marseille" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5943120814_d509ddd54c_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5943070434/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="collage1 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="collage1" height="984" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5943070434_882562bc85_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5943225458/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="lavender field by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="lavender field" height="939" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/5943225458_01305a0260_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1. sunflowers at Valensole Plateau 2.&amp;nbsp; Marseille´s view from L´Estaque 3. (collage) sea view near Ensues - a faux taureau, Arles symbol - affiche at Arles - panisses Chez Magali 4. lavender fields near Manosque&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But as usual, the memories that remains are those moments spent with the loved ones.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Endless afternoons by the pool. Lunches followed by&amp;nbsp; peaceful siestas in the garden while listening the cicadas &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Did you know provencals say aiolli makes you sleepy?)&lt;/span&gt;. Dinner at the loveliest &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;cabanon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;i&gt;Mer&lt;/i&gt; time&amp;nbsp; at &lt;i&gt;our&lt;/i&gt; calanque &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(several times, actually)&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Visits to &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(another favorite of us)&lt;/span&gt; L´Estaque &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Marseille)&lt;/span&gt; just to eat freshly made &lt;i&gt;panisses&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;chichis fregis&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La &lt;a href="http://www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr/en/International/presentation/"&gt;fete de la musique&lt;/a&gt; at Aix-en-Provence with my husband´s best friends. A walk around Le Panier with C. and A,&amp;nbsp; a girls pool party with L. and C. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;{coucou les filles!}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Barbecue with JM. and his girls. Tajine al fresco chez C. and M. while the sun set over&amp;nbsp; Lambesc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, the list is of memories is endless.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our friends did everything they could to make us feel welcomed. &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/feel-at-home-sentirse-en-casa.html"&gt;Feel at home&lt;/a&gt;. And I´m thankful for that. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5940638024/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fete de la musique - nuit by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="fete de la musique - nuit" height="438" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5940638024_9b0a121335_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5940125913/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="les amis by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="les amis" height="433" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5940125913_03bf0271e2_z.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5942547225/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="collage2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="collage2" height="1011" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5942547225_21b73daa77_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;1. La fete de la musique, Place Hotel de Ville, Aix-en-Provence 2. The other rencontre: les amis 3. (collage) more sunflowers - little miss sunshine - Mom of little miss sunshine - C and A with La Major as background &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If I could I would cook these pancakes to show them my inconditional love, because to me there are few better ways to express your love than waking up on a saturday morning to fix a nice table, with a tall glass of milk and a huge tower of hot pancakes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Altough I wonder if french people eat &lt;i&gt;americain&lt;/i&gt; pancakes....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, it was a good holiday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;gluten free banana and berries pancakes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;yield: 2 persons&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/croutonandcalisson/5940003595/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="pancakes2 by Heidi Leon Monges, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="pancakes2" height="960" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5940003595_4c7ea152d7_b.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I took all the inspiration from Green Kitchen Stories´&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/flour-free-banana-blueberry-pancakes/"&gt; recipe&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 bananas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 eggs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;25 grs shredded dessicated coconut&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;25 grs flaxseed meal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;50 grs almond meal&lt;br /&gt;1 pinch of gluten free baking powder &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/4 cup fresh or frozen berries&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;honey&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1/4 cup fresh or defrosted berries&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mash the bananas with a fork. Add the eggs. Mix well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Add coconut, flaxseed meal, almond meal, baking powder and frozen berries to the previous mix. &lt;br /&gt;Cook the pancakes in a hot griddle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Serve with more berries on the top and a generous amount of your favorite honey. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;En Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Después de un mes y dos semanas de disfrutar nuestras vacaciones en Francia, para ser honestos, regresé exhausta.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No lo tomen a mal. No soy del tipo de expat malcriada que se aburre fácilmente &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y se queja de todo)&lt;/span&gt;. Totalmente lo contario. Una de las razones por las cuales amo viajar es porque &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(para mi) &lt;/span&gt;es la mejor manera de experimentar y aprender una cultura diferente, hacer nuevos amigos y regresar a casa&amp;nbsp; inspirada y motivada por la gente y los lugares que conocí.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Durante éste viaje descubrí lugares mágicos: la region de la Camargue con su propia cultura, lenguaje y estilo de vida que se cuece a parte de la France y la Provence, la majestuosa y mega histórica Arles y sus&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.rencontres-arles.com/A11/Home#/CMS3&amp;amp;VF=ARL_2_VForm&amp;amp;LANGSWI=1&amp;amp;LANG=English"&gt;rencontres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, el &lt;i&gt;plateau&lt;/i&gt; de Valensole, tan grandioso como esas tarjetas postales que uno se encuentra en cada kiosco en Francia &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;( y ahora, cada que recuerdo esos campos locos con lavanda y girasoles por doquier, me entra un éxtasis casi casi místico. bueno, no tanto)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero como siempre, los recuerdos más memorables son los momentos que pasamos con nuestros seres queridos.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Interminables tardes al lado de la piscina. Almuerzos seguidos por pacíficas &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(y muy necesarias)&lt;/span&gt; siestas en el jardin arrullados por el canto de las cigarras &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(¿Sabían que los provenzales dicen que el aiolli adormila?).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Cena en el más hermoso &lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/06/carnet-de-voyage-french-holidays-11-le.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;cabanon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de la region. Visitas continuas a la&lt;i&gt; mer&lt;/i&gt;, en especifico, a nuestra c&lt;i&gt;alanque&lt;/i&gt; consentida. Paradas obligadas en L´Estaque &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Marseille)&lt;/span&gt; sólo para comer &lt;i&gt;panisses&lt;/i&gt; y &lt;i&gt;chichis fregis&lt;/i&gt; recien hechecitos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;La  &lt;a href="http://www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr/en/International/presentation/"&gt;fete de la musique&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; en Aix-en-Provence con mi marido y sus mejores amigos de la infancia. Un paseo por Le Panier con&amp;nbsp; C. y A,&amp;nbsp; una muy &lt;i&gt;private pool party&lt;/i&gt; con L. y C. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;{coucou les filles!}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Barbecue con JM y sus chicas.&amp;nbsp; Cena al fresco en la terraza&amp;nbsp; chez C. y M. con el atardecer cayendo sobre Lambesc. Puros momentos kodak.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Si, la lista de recuerdos es interminable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nuestros amigos hicieron cuanto pudieron para hacernos sentir bienvenidos y&lt;a href="http://aromasysabores-heidileon.blogspot.com/2011/05/feel-at-home-sentirse-en-casa.html"&gt; en casa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y por eso estoy agradecida. .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;De poder hacerlo, los juntaria a todos y les prepararía estos pancakes pra corresponderles sus atenciones y demostrarles&amp;nbsp; nuestro amor incondicional. Porque para mi hay pocas mejores formas de expresar amor incondicional que levantarse un sábado por la mañana y preparar&amp;nbsp; una&amp;nbsp; linda mesita de cama con una rosa recien cortada, una servilleta de tela, un par de cubiertos, un vaso grande de leche fria y un plato con una torre de panqueques calientitos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aunque me pregunto si a los francesitos les gustaran los&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;americain&lt;/i&gt; pancakes....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, it was a good holiday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Panqueques sin gluten (hot cakes) de plátano y frutos del bosque(bayas/berries) &lt;/div&gt;rendimiento: 2 personas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La inspiración de ésta receta me vino de otra receta que recientemente apareció en Green Kitchen Stories. Acá su versión&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/flour-free-banana-blueberry-pancakes/"&gt; recipe&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 plátanos (banana)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 huevos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;25 gr hojuelas de coco deshidratado &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;25 gr semilla de linaza molida fina (flaxseed meal)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;50 gr polvo de almendra (almond meal)&lt;br /&gt;1 pizca de polvo de hornear (libre de gluten) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div
