Wallmans and Taste of China

Wallmans gives you dinner and a show (left in pic). A beautiful three course meal with beautiful voices, themed songs, and great dancers. Eirik and I were lucky enough to get great discount tickets with our friends Jana and Alex, and go with them. Our table chose to have the Wallmans menu, an entree of raw salmon with wasabi mayonnaise, sotéd leek, and sour coleslaw; entrecôte with potato fondant, mushrooms, bacon, onion, and red wine jus; and an amazing vanilla panacota with raspberry couli and crumbles.

My birthday was about two weeks ago, on a Monday. I didn't want to do much this year, so I spent time with friends over the weekend and had a special day skyping mom, and spending time with Truffle and Eirik, who gave me beautiful hydrangeas, a stunning tea set made up of pastel blue, pink, and beige tea cups, saucers, and cake plates, and a home made mud cake!

 For my birthday dinner, I really felt like some good Chinese food, and google reviews lead Eirik and I to Taste of china. The food was very reasonably priced. We ordered chicken dumplings, beef dumplings, and noodles with pork and blackbean sauce. It was absolutely delicous! And the dessert... ouwwww banana in a thin batter with a thin caramel sauce with a side of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. We also tried their Chinese beer Tsing Tao. I'm not a fan of beer, but this was really good.

The restaurant felt a bit like home. The reviews say that its an authentic chinese restaurant like those in China, with paper as a top table cloth and your order written on it. For me, it reminded me a bit of the chinese restaurants in Mauritius. The stairs going up to the restaurant, the feel and decor as you walk in. All in all, I do recommend it!

Saskia P dress with Temt jacket    

Foodie on a budget - Mini chicken burgers

One of the keys to saving is planning ahead and making dishes that share some of the same ingredients, especially ingredients that you can save on when buying in bulk, or those that you won't use up in one dish. These little burgers were quite a delight! Eat them hot and you'll be amazed at how delicious they are without any sauce. The juicy patties and mix of flavours and textures make them a real treat.

Ingredients

Makes 10 (approx Kr 40)

400g Chicken mince
1 Red Chilli (chopped)
1 tbsp Extra Virgo olive oil
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
Rocket
3 Tomatoes
1/2 Red onion
Mini baguettes

• Preheat the oven as instructed for the mini baguettes if frozen, or to 125C to heat until crisp.
• In a big bowl mix the mince, chilli, olive oil, and salt.
• Slice the tomatoes and onion, and wash the rocket. Set aside. 
• Use two spoons or your hands to roll the patties into an oval shape, then flatten with a fork and fry them in a little olive oil on medium heat.
• Get another bowl ready for the patties, and a plate to cover to keep them warm.
• If using fresh mini baguettes, put them in the oven just before frying your last batch of patties. If using frozen mini baguettes, follow the instructions on the packaging.
• When the patties are fried, slice the baguettes open and plate up with a patty, one or two slices of tomato, some red onion and rocket leaves to top it off.

Enjoy!