Bubble Tea or Boba Tea is a phenomenon, that's gettin bigger in bigger around the world. Invented in Taiwan during the 1980s, it has now made its way all to Germany.
So far I only knew Bubble Tea Bars in western German cities and one in the western part of Berlin at the Kudamm, which is still very far away for me.
BUT NOW! A new Bubble Tea Bar oppened at Hackescher Markt (names aren't my fault...)
I got to know it today around 10am and at 4pm I was there and bought my very first Bubble Tea.
The sort is called "Honeydew" and has honey melon with black tea and milk. My boba bubbles were Lychee taste. It was really good!! But tasted nothing like tea. Still, I wish I had the bigger size, not only small to try it out.
The bar is really cute. Smal, but nice. They have 13 sorts of drinks, but you can also have your own bubble tea mixed. Price is 2,70€ for small with 0,30€+ for some special boba bubble sorts.
You can also buy small cakes, which I didn't try. But they seem to be really good, because there were only 5 pieces left.
As I've told you before, I'm now a Lolita fashion model (I told you, didn't I?) and and finally got my first pics on April, 25th. Yesterday I even got the next two outfits! It's so great!! But since we have to make much more pics than everyone just once a month, it's like it's becoming real work, not just fun. I still know now what it's like to love your job. We're getting promoted quite a lot and May, 1. is our big premerie at our boss' website. I'm really nervous that people may not like us and our pics, because they think they know cuter girls, more talented girls or just less stupid girls. Who knows, internet makes people mean!
This is one of my pics:
It sure is cute... but a friend told me, it's not looking like me! Is that good or bad? Does it mean, I'm not pretty enough in real life? I was way to afraid to ask though...
Last week I went to celebrate Hanami with friends. And although it was more like tree-watching because all the cherry blossoms were already withered, it was really fun.
I had the obligatory Hanami picnic with a friend, who is quite new to bentos and cooking in general, so she just made a fairly simple lunch. But the taste was good and so I don't see, why she wasn't happy with it. Just because Mozart started off with composing a sonette at age 3 (or was he already 4?!...) doesn't mean we all have to be little obnoxius geniuses, right? Plus, since Mozart had some big time problems with alcohol and died at age 35, he might not be the best role model.
Well, what was I saying? Ah yeah, we had picnic and I made several bentos for that occasion.
It was really good! I never made either annindofu or salad rolls, but both went absolutly fine.
If you'd like try out the salad rolls, here's the recipe:
For 3 rolls you need:
2 cups of prepared sushi rice
3 sheets nori seaweed
Fillings:
3 Tbsp canned tuna
6 surimi sticks
shredded omelet (1 egg + 1 tsp sugar + a dash salt all beaten and then fried in a pan)
Lettuce
Mayonnaise
Optional makisu
Lay makisu or plastic wrap over a flat surface. Put 1 sheet of nori on it and with wet hands spread 1/3 of the sushi rice leaving 2cm at the top uncovered. At about 1/3 from the bottom place 1 tbsp tuna, 2 surimi sticks in a line, 1/3 of omlett, some lettuce leaves and mayonnaise.
Start rolling up, while carefully pressing the fillings inside. Bring near edges of the nori sheet, so you get a roll. Roll up and press the whole roll, so it won't fall apart later.
Remove makisu or plasticwrap. Slice roll with a wet knife, be careful not to remove the nori wrap.
And that's it! You can enjoy perfectly healty and delicious futomaki without needing fresh fish!
Das Rezept gibts natürlich auch in Deutsch:
Für 3 Rollen braucht ihr:
2 Tassen vorbereiteter Sushireis
3 Blätter Nori
Füllung:
3 EL Dosenthunfisch
6 Surimisticks
Kleingeschnittenes Omlett (1 Ei + 1TL Zucker + eine Prise Salz, alles verschlagen und in einer Pfanne gebraten)
Salatblätter
Mayonnaise
eventuell eine Makisu
Lege die Makisu oder Plastikfolie auf eine grade Oberfläche. Verteile 1/3 des Reises mit angefeuchteten Händen auf einem Noriblatt. Dabei muss oben ein 2 cm Rand stehen bleiben. Ungefähr 1/3 vom unteren Rand entfernt, platziere 1 EL des Thunfischs, 2 aufgereihte Surimisticks, 1/3 des Omletts, etwas Mayonnaise und 1, 2 Salatblätter.
Jetzt geht's los mit Aufrollen. Die Füllungen vorsichtig zusammenpressend, bringst du die Enden der Makisu oder der Folie zum oberend Reisran. Drücke die ganze Rolle von außen, damit sie schön fest wird und am Ende nichts rausfällt. Drücke schließlich den restlichen Nori Teil über die dicke Rolle, ohne dabei die Plastikfolie einzuwickeln!
Schneide die Rolle mit einem feuchten Messer in Stücke, ohne das Nori zu verletzen.
Fertig!
Still insecure? Learn how to make Futomaki with this great video:
