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Mountain of chocolate brownies

Mountain of chocolate brownies
Originally uploaded by Manne.

Great to visit Borough Market again, haven't been there for ages. Chocolate brownies are a must. The guys at the stand thought it would look really cool to put all the brownies in one big pile. Right they were, it attracted quite a crowd.

Good thing they are in the food industry though and not engineering. They forgot the fact that brownies are soft, and very heavy. As the bottom brownies started to compress and spread out, the whole pile started to topple over...

Stand back! She is going to blow!

Their brownies rock though. Big, soft, moist and so filling... Can't eat more than a half at the time.

Also tried the Brindisa chorizo sandwich. Fried chorizo and roasted bell peppers on a piece of white toasted bread with lots of olive oil, all topped off with plenty of rocket. Absolutely fabulous. They guy putting the pieces together really doesn't show much finess, he's just slapping sausage on bread, wacking the bell pepper in place and shoving a bunch of rocket on top. Goes to show that all you really need to make an amzing meal is good and fresh ingredients.

Made me think of when I was a kid and we used to go away with school in winter time for outdoor activities. Those sandwiches are exactly what you want when you have been out ice skating all day, standing in front of an open fire and hardly feel your feet or hands. Stomping your feet in the ground to get circulation back and warming your fingers on the bread while chewing away.

London? Yes dear? I love you...

Finally back in London after working two full weeks in Sweden. It is good to be back. Don't get me wrong, I love Sweden. It is probably one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with the highest standard of living to boot. And decent water pressure everywhere!

Living in a suitcase is a drag though. Sorry to all hotels and friends I stayed with, but nothing beats my own bed, my own fridge and my own kitchen utensils.

Coming back I realised how much I actually like dirty, grubby and dodgy Elephant & Castle. Fascinating how the brain works. Just coming back from a stress less and beautiful, snow covered Sweden, where you expect to find fawns and magical lamp posts around every corner, as I was walking down Walworth Road (we are talking seriously ugly road here with blocks of flats of the scariest kind all around) I certainly felt like I was coming home. Truly acclimatised.

Brought a new knife with me back, a Japanese chef Edge knife from Sagaform. Beautiful, and half price on sale. Very comfortable, well balanced. Since I am now getting my own apartment, I need to stock up on things. Unfortunately the apartment I am most interested in doesn't have gas... I thought electrical stoves was a big no no in this country. Shame, but the rest of the apartment is to good not to consider. I can always cook at my friends', and get good company while doing so!

Lots of blogging to catch up on, reading as well as writing. Simply found no time or place to cook wile on this trip, too much work, too many to catch up with and too easy to go out to eat. I need to write about the kama from Pille, the cook book challenge from Anne and get cracking on the Five Food Challenges of 2006 that Paz tagged me with.

Broke my camera in Sweden. Yes, while drunk and having a great time at a really cool bar called Tranquilo in Gothenburg. The way the rest of that weekend evolved more than well made up for it though, so I sincerely don't mind much... But pics will be crappy PDA 640x480 VGA grainy stuff for a while until I get that sorted somehow.

Now off to Borough Market to try and think of something for lunch. Oh, the chores I have to do every weekend.