The good, the bad and.. that’s it

For the first time in my life i went to a restaurant. By accident My other half and i were invited to a conference in a hotel and for lunch we were all invited to eat at the hotel’s restaurant.

“oh, my”, i thought, “i’m gonna have lunch in a real restaurant”. Expensive food, weiters dressed sharp and everything, just like in the movies Too bad i left dissapointed.

The food was… less than nothing. There were 3 dishes and dessert.

The first dish was a big plate with 3 pieces of transparent meat, coverred with 3 pieces of salad and 3 pieces of a tomato… “great”, i thought, “i will only eat the vegetables but maybe they have something else coming, something more consistent”.
Wrong…

The weiters noticed i don’t eat meat and offered to prepare me something based on cheese instead of meat.

The second dish was a small (and i mean SMALL) piece of lasagna… “ok, this must have been the apetizer. I’m really hungry, when does the real food come?”

It didn’t… For the last dish i got a plate with cheese. 3-4 pieces of cheese, 2-3 salad leaves and a small piece of mozzarella. “oh my god, we’re gonna starve until we get home..”

I always thought that going to a restaurant was something luxurious. For a high price i expected something to ease my hunger but instead i left more hungry than i arrived. Not to talk about my other half, he’s a man, he clearly eats more than me.

Of course the day ended in a fantastic wish to eat a kebab. We felt like 2 people in the dessert and the kebab was our oasis! But we were to tired from all that hunger and went straight to bed when we arrived home

From now on if i really have to go to a restaurant, i promise to eat at home before

I’m back and still alive… I had no internet for 2 weeks, it was awful (trust me, it’s a nightmare playing Heroes and Solitaire for so long).

Italians celebrated Easter last Sunday. They’re catholic, like the Pope All in all i find them pretty boring. They go to their families to have lunch, the streets are empty as my wallet and the only Easter-related products were some chocolate eggs with toys inside.

Easter for me was yesterday. My other half and i were supposed to go on a visit out of town but we didn’t quite sleep and didn’t feel like waking up early. Plus it was raining since saturday.
And this was my first Easter without red eggs.

In Romania we have the habit of saying “Christ came back to life”, but since the holiday already passed i hope everyone had a good time and relaxed

yup.. i actually like to cook

I realized this some time ago.
My dad always used to tell me to go sit in the kitchen with mom, to see how she cooks so i could learn, but I’m a bit too stubborn and didn’t listen (always thought i had all the time in the world. I’m still disappointed that isn’t’ suppose to be true ).

At first i only knew how to make boiled eggs and fried potatoes (even that was a disaster).

Little by little i tried to make other dishes. Classic peas sote, mashed potatoes, vegetable soup… simple foods. Then i thought why not mix more ingredients and see what i obtain. It turned out to be a good idea

I never asked for help or advices. I always preferred to make things by myself (darn stubborness…). I don’t deny there were a lot of times when i had to throw out all the food and order pizza but in time i realized i like to cook.

Since i realized i have a passion for kitchen activities, i started to work on my veggie-food site (i’ve been a vegetarian for almost 5 years).

Cooking is quite relaxing, and i feel great when someone tells me how tasty the food is

I still have to try harder with baking cookies. Rarely they turn out to be eatable.
But i still think i have all the time in the world