There's always room for dessert right? There' s also always room for a brownie. This brownie sort of blows all other brownie's out of the park! It's rich and "fudgy" and just plain old yummy. I may have been on the tad too sweet side and the ground almonds were not a fine as I would have liked. However, even with all those faults, It's still that good. When Nigella Lawson states in her book that this was a real chocolate fix, she was not kidding nor was she exaggerating.

I tried her  flour less chocolate brownies. The flour was replaced by ground almonds. I am going to make this recipe again but I may need some time to pass first. It may not require any flour but it was definitely high on all other things not so good for the body. Think of it as a MARS bar that needs those 25hour days to burn it off. You may need even more than that to burn one bar of the brownie. Of course, that may be the case because I made the slices a tad bit too big. All in all, I will definitely make this again.

By the way, the sushi buffet was so worth it! I did not have to become best friends with the toilet at all. I also went to this other place that serves real Peking style duck and I have to say, It was Authentic. It is the only Chinese place here that also serves actual dim sum. All in all, a very successful food tripping weekend.

I know how this sounds. It sounds like a future trip to the hospital for food poisoning or at least a full night spent beside the toilet. But this place received really good reviews for fresh fish and stomach poison causing bacteria free....so let's try it and i'll post later to write how it went.

To experiment is sort of the name of the game in my kitchen...I just think of what might taste good then i make it. See if it's good then tweak it to make it better and better. This time it was for the squid. I tried using some Fermented Korean Chili Paste I bought on the border of the north and south Korea some time back. It's salty, sweet and spicy all at once. So this is what went on the marinade...First some vinegar, salt, pepper, and lastly the Korean paste. I let the squid rings soak up the juices for about a day in my fridge. The next day, I let my boyfriend try it. He said it was too spicy...back to adjusting it then.

The following day he said the taste was good but the sauce had too much liquid so my next attempt will be to thicken the sauce after frying the squid. This will have to wait though cause I have been eating squid for a couple of days now so time for something else.

On the side note....a quick "eggy" breakfast turned out great! All I used were two eggs and a few pickled jalopenos. It was all chopped and mixed into the pan...it did a very good job of waking me up in the morning; pleasantly so I might add. I might add some cheese next time but believe me...the peppers were salty enough. The cheese would just make the dish too rich. Maybe if it were the only dish for breakfast and not a side to some sausages and brown rice. Which, by the way, was how I had my eggs this morning.

Today I went to do some groceries.

I have always tried to eat healthy but never sacrifice on taste. Bread is wonderful but the whole wheat selection in my area never has a satisfying variety. Now in Australia there are so many varieties! From diabetics bread, heart healthy, fiber conscious, low sodium low sugar to the dairy free! That was just to name a few. When I came back I brought the low fat whole wheat bread with seeds. It was so good. So much flavor that I could eat it alone. No need for butter. Really! But then it was almost finished and I didn't have any Aussie flights soon so I decided to make my own.

Here is what happened, I read all over the Internet on how to make bread and then got the ingredients for it at my local hypermarket. I also remembered a really delicious olive bread from before with bites of juicy black olives in all it's salty goodness so I chose to make an olive loaf! No butter, oil, eggs or salt, plus I only used whole wheat flour; that's the health nut in me swimming up to the surface. The salt came from the chopped olives anyway so no need. Less than an hour to make and it was Good. Not bad for my first try. The smell of bread was all over. It was the perfect choice for when I get those hunger pangs...no need to add anything...well, maybe dip it to some balsamic vinegar and a little virgin olive oil. That would do the trick.

I am a firm believer of the saying, "don't knock till you try it". So many parents nowadays say "my child will never eat that...no matter what I do". In my childhood, that would never pass. You either ate what was cooked or you can starve until you are hungry enough to eat it.

Seems harsh I know, but it made me open to all kinds of food the world has to offer. In a purely Philippine household,I leaned how to eat all kinds of food. From learning how to pick up beans using chopsticks to eating duck pate for breakfast. Diversity was the only constant in our home.

So now, I can say with all my heart that I am open to all kinds of food and I am willing to try anything once. Besides, how do you know you it's not bad until you actually try it first. I am not talking about anything you put in a blender and then dare people to eat it as part of some club initiation. No, I mean the different cuisines that people have eaten for generations. Whether it's a rare delicacy or recipes passed down from parent to child.

Food is about nourishment, and that means both body and mind. This is my food adventure.