h two, four, six, ate: September 2006

15 September, 2006

 

I need to be bribed


Events to look forward to this week:

* My antique maps to be delivered via post
* Ocean Extreme tomorrow arvo
* A long, long lunch on Monday to celebrate my man's sister's birthday ('squirt' as he refers to her turns a big 26 and arrived 2 days ago from England with a friend in tow. They currently have the pleasure of test-driving our newly furnished/decorated "guest room")
* Varekai on Tuesday

........to be enjoyed upon completion of my brief AND my refugee paper.

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back to reality


...until I snap back to reality.

I'm procrastinating. I have a brief due on Monday and I'm finding it very difficult to focus on transnational crime prevention. A cup of chai and a chat with the guy who made it definitely woke me up deferring what I inevitably have to complete.

I love it though. Last week I had to come up with a Foreign Ministry position paper in response to a hypothetical crisis in the Philippines. I'm kicking myself though because how can you forget to deal with displaced persons?!! doh! Oh well, if I pass, then I'm pleased.

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masala chai


I called David Thompson, of Larsen & Thompson tea merchants, this afternoon just to tell him that his chai brought me back to the streets of India. I discovered his great masala chai at the Taste of Slow on the weekend at the Abbotsford Convent. He even served it in little terracotta pots (baands) just like India. Except I couldn't throw it on the ground and see it smash into a thousand little pieces. That would have been rude and slightly mad.

So, back to David, of Larsen & Thompson tea merchants and why his chai kicks ass.

The latest batch was picked in June from central India and mixed with special masala spices and delivered a couple of weeks ago. In my opinion, a lot of chai being sold at the moment has the masala mix right but the tea just doesn't cut the mustard. This is beautiful - a deep rich honey colour, creamy, spicy, aromatic. Use full cream milk, raw sugar and brew it nice and slowly for 15 minutes. I'm in India again......

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14 September, 2006

 

and the point is?


Ok, not quite sure what this blog is about. It might turn out to be a foodie blog, who knows, but I think there are plenty of great foodie blogs around.

Although, I do spend a LOT of time thinking about food......Who doesn't?

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