love lock

even on Tucholskystraße bridge, Berlin

on my way home

one sunday in berlin

It started with a new musical discovery. Rupert's Kitchen Orchestra has been around with these members since 5 years - why have I only found them today?! Their cool funk music will make anyone dance! Here's a sample I took (put on your headphones, else you won't hear the bass!):

Make sure you visit them on their website! Or directly to their YouTube and Facebook and Twitter! And no, they didn't pay me to promote them ;-) I got their CD - signed, too!

Then my trip outside ended with a visit to Café Krone, Oderberger Straße. Small, cozy, with delicious Bruschetta.

And how was your Sunday?

must.eat.cookies.

A few days ago I created this...

...which is basically a simple cookie tin with some pretty japanese masking tapes on the lid. Since now I have this pretty cookie tin, I just have to bake some cookies...

...and now I have to stop myself from eating them.

(Pesto cookies - the recipe was from this book. Thank you, whoever invented them!)

dinner

hellooo

a strange creature appeared on the longest day of the year

チェキ

my friend since summer 2010

sad dinner

I used a lot of alphabets. Why didn’t I see many of them in my soup? :’(

ちゃりんこ

I wish this beauty was mine.
Love that milk side-basket.

flohmarkt am mauerpark

Do you like flea markets? I love them. Today I went for the one near my place, Flohmarkt am Mauerpark. The weather was really strange, one minute the sun came up, the other minute it rained heavily. The rain didn't seem to drive the people away from the market, though. That's why I like umbrellas. We need them to become friends with rain!

I love meat way too much to convert myself into vegetarian, let alone vegan, but these people with their vegan burger almost convinced me to become vegetarian - almost ;-)

The Fernsehturm is watching over Berlin.

"Hi there, sexy!"

Everytime I go to a flea market I always need to stop myself  from buying too many things. This time I only bought these...I swear I need them! ;-D

冷やし中華

Though today was not so hot I still decided to make 冷やし中華 (hiyashi chuuka) for lunch today.

 

A sweet friend gave me the recipe ♥

冷やし中華 (chilled Chinese noodles)

Ingredients:

2 packs ramen noodles

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cucumber, julienned

2 tomatoes, quartered  

1 slice cooked ham, cut into thin strips

1/4 sheet nori, cut into thin strips

Sauce:

3 tablespoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

5 tablespoons water or chicken stock

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon sesame oil

• Make the sauce: mix the sauce ingredients in a saucepan, heat (not boil) and stir until the sugar dissolves. Refrigerate until cold.
• Cook the ramen noodles like the instructions on the package. Drain immediately. I usually rinse the noodles with cold water until they are not sticky anymore. Refrigerate until cold.
• Meanwhile, prepare the egg: heat a nonstick pan over medium heat, pour in the egg and tilt the pan to thinly coat the bottom with egg. When the egg is ready, remove from pan and slice into thin strips.
• To serve: mix the noodles with sliced vegetables, egg and ham. Pour the sauce and top with sliced nori.

On really hot days you can also some ice cubes into the noodles!

Today I used paprika instead of cucumber. Of course, you can try out other vegetables, too!

Enjoy!

[nailart] candy

different city, different cars

 This week I found out...

 ...that in Berlin, a car could knock on your door, while standing upside-down...

...while in Munich, a car could easily drive on water.