Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Items from Checkers Superstore
We went to Checkers for grocery shopping and finally we found the most craved pesto ever! The Sacla char-grilled aubergine pesto. Apart from that, we bought a pack of strawberries, Haagen-Dasz ice cream smoothie raspberry & summer berries and Innocent pure fruit smoothie blackberries, strawberries & boysenberries. Not forgetting the chocolate fingerella and mini croissant with chocolate filling. Well, here are the photos of items bought from Checkers. Enjoy!
Friday, 22 May 2009
Food in Guernsey
Today I had cupcakes bought from Marks & Spencer. It was yummy. Let me talk about what I had since I arrived here in Guernsey.
On the first day, I had tuna sandwiches with sweetcorn. Oh my! No good, no good.....Staying at Duke of Normandie Hotel for 3 weeks I had not-so-english breakfast (without bacon) which was baked beans, toast, jam and butter. My husband had scrambled eggs, which I hate! Once in a while kippers with a slice of lemon. Lunch was more or less the same everyday. I had bread and nutella, the hotel's complementary biscuits and sometimes sandwiches, 'sigh'. For dinner, I had Indian takeaways and the delicious Thai takeaways.
We had dinner with a friend and his family at La Perla in North Esplanade one night. I had crab cakes, sea bass and a yummy dessert, banana and chocolate crepe.
Once we got our flat ready, we had a proper meal for lunch and dinner. As I am not working, I have time to prepare lunch for hubby because his office is just 5 minutes walk from our flat. Usually whenever I do groceries, I like to try several pasty shops on the way. I've tried the cheese and onion pasty from the Cornish Pasty Shop near my flat. It was good. I also had a slice of banana cake and oh, it was so yummy. The next 2 days I tried the vege pasty and a slice of chocolate cake.
On one occasion, I went to a newly operated shop called Patisseries' Molloy and tried the shop's version of cheese and onion pasty. Unfortunately it tasted worse that the one I had from the Cornish Pasty Shop.
One Saturday morning me and hubby went to Victor Hugo Boulangerie in Lower Pollet. I had an almond croissant and a cup of white coffee. Before that while still staying at Duke of Normandie Hotel, I had a strawberry and custard tart and a slice of black forest.
In order to stock up on chocolates for hubby, I usually buy chocolates from Le Lievres in High Street. So far I had viennese truffle, alpini, chocolate riche, dark chocolate and orange chocies, chocolate chip chocies, dark chocolate and apricot chocies and turkish delight.
My favourite from The Co-op at Market Street are marble cakes and blueberry muffins. However, I love banoffee cheese cake and chocolate pudding with melted dark chocolate in the middle from Marks & Spencer.
During Liberation Day celebration, I bought a packet of home made chocolate chip cookies from a French stall at St Peter Port. Should have bought more than a packet though. It was really good. My friend bought several packets and honey nougats as well.
(this photo is from D - thx!)
Today, on Bank Holiday Monday 25 May we went to Victor Hugo Boulangerie and bought some delicious cakes and biscuits.........yummy...........
Monday, 2 February 2009
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Airlines Meals
My husband urges me to start a blog on food, my favourite past-time. As I am a frequent traveller for the past 3 years and I still am due to hubby's around the globe job I shall start with my experience on airlines meals.
In between year 2006 and 2007, I flew with Malaysia Airlines, a direct flight to Heathrow Airport. Of course, the food was to my liking. I remember having rice and beef rendang as dinner with steamed vege and delicious dessert. An hour before arrival I had nasi lemak with squid sambal which was hot and spicy, fruits, low fat yogurt, orange juice and a cup of coffee.
In between year 2007 and 2008, I flew with Etihad Airways, a direct flight to Abu Dhabi International Airport. The food was very tasty. One of the best airlines meals I ever had. I had couscous and beef, prawn salad with cold noodles, croissant with butter and jam and a delicious dates cheese cake. As the journey only took 6 hours, I had a light snack before landing, a chicken sandwich and a mini kitkat. The most unforgettable experience was when my seat was upgraded to business class! That happened when I flew alone to Abu Dhabi. I remember having salmon teriyaki and cheese cake cum black forest ??
Somewhere in 2007, my trip to Rome was with Lufthansa Airlines. It wasn't a short journey though. From Amsterdam I flew to Frankfurt and board a connecting flight to Rome. I had a slice of cheese, probably cheddar stuck in between a stone cold bun (oh, no!) and a choco banana wafer style chocolate bar. Unfortunately these weren't to my liking :( Most probably I am used to hot and spicy meals.
On my birthday, November 2008, hubby decided to treat me with a special getaway birthday gift. We went to Andaman Langkawi and flew with Air Asia. We booked online tickets from Abu Dhabi. Oh no, we didn't fly to Langkawi from Abu Dhabi, of course. We left Abu Dhabi for good and went home. Boarding Air Asia was mad since no seat was pre-allocated to each passenger. Anyway, I had 1901 hotdog and hubby had nasi lemak. On the journey back we both had chicken beriyani. Food was good....
New year 2009, me and hubby flew to Channel Islands to start his new job. We board Malaysia Airlines to Amsterdam to avoid the hectic Heathrow Airport. Malaysia Airlines meal was delicious, of course. I had chicken curry for dinner and omelette just before landing. However the journey was shaky and scary as thunderstorm kept on targetting the aircraft! From Amsterdam, we board British Airways to Gatwick Airport in London. I had a cheese sandwich and an apple juice. In order to get to Guernsey, Channel Islands, we board a small aircraft, Flybe. The journey only took 45 minutes and I was already tired and dizzy and not in the mood to buy snack-on-plane.
Well, there goes my food experience with several airlines. As we are flying with Emirates and Aurigny soon, I shall update this page.
UPDATE: The last flight that I boarded to go back home for good was Qatar Airways. The food was delicious and the hospitality was great. Nowadays I don't go anywhere so there is no new post on airlines meals :(
In between year 2006 and 2007, I flew with Malaysia Airlines, a direct flight to Heathrow Airport. Of course, the food was to my liking. I remember having rice and beef rendang as dinner with steamed vege and delicious dessert. An hour before arrival I had nasi lemak with squid sambal which was hot and spicy, fruits, low fat yogurt, orange juice and a cup of coffee.
In between year 2007 and 2008, I flew with Etihad Airways, a direct flight to Abu Dhabi International Airport. The food was very tasty. One of the best airlines meals I ever had. I had couscous and beef, prawn salad with cold noodles, croissant with butter and jam and a delicious dates cheese cake. As the journey only took 6 hours, I had a light snack before landing, a chicken sandwich and a mini kitkat. The most unforgettable experience was when my seat was upgraded to business class! That happened when I flew alone to Abu Dhabi. I remember having salmon teriyaki and cheese cake cum black forest ??
Somewhere in 2007, my trip to Rome was with Lufthansa Airlines. It wasn't a short journey though. From Amsterdam I flew to Frankfurt and board a connecting flight to Rome. I had a slice of cheese, probably cheddar stuck in between a stone cold bun (oh, no!) and a choco banana wafer style chocolate bar. Unfortunately these weren't to my liking :( Most probably I am used to hot and spicy meals.
On my birthday, November 2008, hubby decided to treat me with a special getaway birthday gift. We went to Andaman Langkawi and flew with Air Asia. We booked online tickets from Abu Dhabi. Oh no, we didn't fly to Langkawi from Abu Dhabi, of course. We left Abu Dhabi for good and went home. Boarding Air Asia was mad since no seat was pre-allocated to each passenger. Anyway, I had 1901 hotdog and hubby had nasi lemak. On the journey back we both had chicken beriyani. Food was good....
New year 2009, me and hubby flew to Channel Islands to start his new job. We board Malaysia Airlines to Amsterdam to avoid the hectic Heathrow Airport. Malaysia Airlines meal was delicious, of course. I had chicken curry for dinner and omelette just before landing. However the journey was shaky and scary as thunderstorm kept on targetting the aircraft! From Amsterdam, we board British Airways to Gatwick Airport in London. I had a cheese sandwich and an apple juice. In order to get to Guernsey, Channel Islands, we board a small aircraft, Flybe. The journey only took 45 minutes and I was already tired and dizzy and not in the mood to buy snack-on-plane.
Well, there goes my food experience with several airlines. As we are flying with Emirates and Aurigny soon, I shall update this page.
UPDATE: The last flight that I boarded to go back home for good was Qatar Airways. The food was delicious and the hospitality was great. Nowadays I don't go anywhere so there is no new post on airlines meals :(
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