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19.9.2013 pisinreisii

Kokkareilta kotibileisiin / Party-party

On the 16th of August we attended a doctoral dissertation and the following cocktail party and threw an unplanned party of our own:

Last weekend turned out as one of these marathon fiestas. On Friday we celebrated my sister’s husband on his dissertation and attended his cocktail party where his friends, family and acquaintances came from many different nationalities and backgrounds. What an awesome night! They served wines from his home country and among them were one of my favorites: inexpensive and tasty Campo Viejo from the Rioja area.

On Saturday my friends came over and we had a vegan lunch which transformed into a home disco. We had bought one of our favorite wines (organic): Casa de la Ermita Crianza and I also made a new friend with a whitey that I had already discarded as a fluke due to its heavy representation in the finnish food magazines but I admit I was too prejudiced: Kungfu Girl Riesling, which is a medium dry fruity white wine from the United States.

The brunch menu included quinoa-salad, two types of vegan steaks, rice spring rolls and numerous spreads, dips and pastes which we all perceive as the cornerstone of cooking. I made beetroot-horseraddish-sunflower seed spread (that turmed out as visually enticing and tasty), sundried tomato-red pepper-kikbean paste and my friend Eliisa made the mind blowing mango chutney and soy-based raita.

A little tipsy from the wine, good food and the shared love between friends we turned our studio into a disco. Now just waiting for the feedback from the neighbours.

Suhteet Ruoka ja juoma Ystävät ja perhe

19.9.2013 pisinreisii

Arkistojen aarteita / Unseen things from the past

These photos are from the mid-August. I was spending my last holiday days with my nearest and dearest before moving to Lapland. In the photos there is my second living room (that has the best cappucino with soy milk in town) and some other urban spaces that I am fond of in Turku.

In the photos you can see my sister’s chihuahua which is a funny creature: a small dog with an extralarge ego – I swear he thinks he is the king of the streets.

My godson, who is absolutely a heartbreaker already now, has a sweet tooth especially for ice cream, so this summer we have checked out the italian ice cream places in Turku. The winner was the place located in the centre where my godson was able to have black ice-cream (everything has to be black nowadays) but he had no complaints of the cafe in the city library either (NOTE: they do not make the ice cream themselves in the library cafe). The library cafe has a really peaceful and beautiful terrace where you can enjoy the sun and the magnificent cow-statue / Kyyttö by Miina Äkkijyrkkä.

Check out those awesome cabbages that I just had to have to add some nice color and form to our apartment interior (unfortunately during my absence my man has managed already to malnourish the other one).

The Barbour jacket shown in the lower-corner photo was one of those once in a lifetime findings: I was passing time at the BCN airport before our flight to Finland and saw this Barbour in my size in discount (-75%!). Did not take me long to have it in a shopping bag traveling home with me.

Muoti Ystävät ja perhe Suosittelen Ostokset