December, 2004


26
Dec 04

Outcome Christmas Dinner

Deeeelllliiiiiccciiiooouuuuussss!!!
Ok, the presentation was not great. The chicken fell apart a bit because it was so tender and I don’t know how to carve a chicken. But the taste, it was very yummy.
The cranberry sauce of Nigella/Feast tasted great. However the consistency was not what I expected. It was too watery, while the cookbook promised that after it cooled down, it would solidify a bit. May be today it would be different. So next time, make cranberry sauce one day earlier or in the morning. Or… buy IKEA’s cranberry sauce. The bread sauce from Uit De Oven tasted great too. But again the consistency was a bit weird.
All in all it was great. Now to the next meal… New Year’s day…


25
Dec 04

Christmas Menu

What we are eating tonight…

Stuffed Roast Chicken
Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts in Butter
Pan-Fried Mini Sausages
Rosemary Roast Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Bread Sauce
Ricotta Crepe Blinis
Wines

Merry Christmas!


25
Dec 04

The Book of Four – Review

When I saw the cover and the title of this book, I was hoping that it would be as exciting as The Da Vinci Code. I like mystery, thriller, mix with history and science. That reason made me bought The Book of Four. But the book was very dissapoingting. The science and the history are there in the book, although not much. The mystery is there, the thriller is almost non-existence. The setting at the University of Princeton, the students life, the girlfriends, the thesis….all of these made the book really bland and boring. I did manage to finish reading, luckily. Just so to make me feel that I didn’t waste my money on buying the book. I just can’t believe that it took the authors 6 years to finish this book, which is their first. May be the research costed that much time, I just hope that the writing costed them only 20%. All in all it is uninteresting.


25
Dec 04

Angels & Demon – Review

The start of the book is pretty much the same as The Da Vinci Code. Exciting, unputdownable. It is like that until the end. However, the final or climax is too over the top. Too unrealistic? May be. Too much fantasy? Too much work? Possibly. In the end, the ending is not as satisfying as The Da Vinci Code. I am not sure what Dan was thinking about. Too spectacular is not always good…


12
Dec 04

The Da Vinci Code – Review

What can I say? Excellent book! I always hesitated to put it down. But then I had too, since I had to work…
A good distraction to the unstable emotional level at the office.


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