Food

We've been busy making lots of food since day 1 at Rochussenstraat. This was one of our first dinners:


Paella dinner with crayfish, squid, crab and shrimp


About to start our dinner

I have to say that I am glad that I pressured Inga into moving in a week ahead of her schedule...

For my birthday, we made way too much food. Marissa recommended that I make Le Gâteau Piège. As you can see, the cake got a little bit crooked, since *someone put the grill in the oven upside down, and I was too lazy to fix it. But, it turned out delicious and I am definitely making it again. I also found out that wide window ledges are good for something besides sitting.


Le Gâteau Piège on the drying rack

Alexander offered to make me a delicious cous cous dish as a present. In the morning, I made friends with my local Turkish shop owners by buying about half of the store, including three whole chickens for the spit.


Ingredients for cous cous

The dinner turned out really well. Everyone really liked the food. We walked fat and chubby to the outdoor theater. The next day, I had about 8 kilos of food left; enough for one school lunch, before the rest had to be tossed out :(

Birthday Menu
- Hummus + turkish bread
- 2 whole grilled jerk chickens
- Cous Cous (have to get recipe from Alexander)
- Vivian's famous potato salad

- Le Gâteau Piège
- Apple crumble (Vivian)
- Fruit salad (Kim and Cyril)

- Melon cocktails for North by Northwest (Fedde)
- Bathub cooled beer

The next step is to buy a recipe book to record all our favorite house recipes!