I Love Key West Part 2

I wasn't going to let so much time pass during the entries, but hey. It happens, right?

So my second day in Key West was really great.

First, we drove to the town (of course) and walked down to the southernmost point of the US. I have to say, this place is really nice!
Trees, houses, everything is just beautiful. I'd love to live in a place like this, but sadly I'm living in a not so pretty part of Berlin.

So here's me 90 miles away from Cuba. This spot is closer to Cuba than it is to Miami! Underneath the berries is my mum.

We also found this cute thing nearby. I've always just seen them on TV and I never thought thing like this actually existed nowadays. My mum forgot to hide her arm though...

After this we went home to have "lunch." You know, the Keys are very famous for their Lime Cake. And although it sounds disgusting, we had to buy some. Of course!

So we headed to the hotel to eat some cake ... an because I know myself (I don't like most cakes ... I'm the fried food type) I got myself some sushi from the supermarket. Well it sure was good ... but I didn't check the label and ended with spicy sushi. WHO ON EARTH PUTS CHILI SAUCE IN SUSHI?!?! IT'S NOT DELICOUS! SPICY TUNA MAKI ARE MADE A DIFFERENT WAY!

Eh ... well ... it was quite alright.

The cake was not. I can't even describe it ... I ate a small piece and that was it. Just not my taste.

Afterwards we decided to go for Hemingway's house. I have to say ... that guy knew how to live.

We wanted to see his favourite bar, too (good stories), but it was crowded!

So we went here for dinner:

Which was a great decision!! Probably the best food during our whole trip. We just went there, because we had coupons for drinks from our hotel but it was great!

Very big cocktails - the only ones during this two weeks (talking 'bout expensive...)

Ribs for my dad:

I don't know what they did with the fries, but they were so delicious, I could have eaten two servings of them alone!

My mums Italian sandwich:

My tuna avocado sandwhich:

This was so good, I'm going to make one like this at home. You should try it out as well... SO GOOD!


So this was pretty much the Key West part of our trip. Some more interesting pictures:

I've taken these pictures, because we don't have these M&Ms flavours in Germany and I've never seen them before. I've tried the pretzel ones (German, hello?) and they're weird ... chocolaty, sweet, crispy, dry and salty. Really weird.

I remember, they sold this stuff in Germany, when I was in elementary. Nowadays you can't buy it anymore. I tried this to remember and it was just as chemical as I thought! I don't think there was any ham in this ham ... I think we have a law against stuff like this in Germany.

And last one!

We didn't get in. It was already filled.

Well then, see you soon!

Dolly Styling and Last Week

Lately I haven't blogged very much ... or I have and didn't post any pictures. Well, I'm not the best ... eh ... camwhore ... but who cares, right?

So, I've been up to some things. I hade a photoshoot, which I can't blog about yet, because it would be like spoiling. We also got a BIG package with lots of great new Lolita things ... but I can't tell you about them either. 

Well I can show you my styling ... a bit.

It was after the shoot, so I'm already back in my everyday clothes. The lashes are really too much, but it was a dolly theme.  Oh ... and why does my face look sooooo ... askew. Weird.

I've also been to that very famous Swedish chain of furniture markets and I found something totally cute!

Haha ... it was the same day, that's why I'm wearing the same shirt. I had the shooting afterwards. I know I look a little nerdy here but sometimes I'm just too bored to dress up.

Just concentrate on that little strawberry and broccoli! I wonder if they also have other plushies like that.

I also mad my very first California Roll Uramaki! I always thought it would be so difficult, but it's actually not that big of a deal. Maybe I'm talented, but I guess, it's just not that hard.

It was more of using lefovers instead of favourites. It had avocado (dislike), surimi (depends), cucumber (oishii) and mayonnaise (dislike again). Everything for it's own is so not delicious. But in combination it was good! Unbelievable.

Alright then, I'll show you some things from the new package later! :)

Bento: Salad Rolls

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.

Fried chicken Karaage, Annindofu, cherry tomatoes and cucumber
Salad rolls (big rolls, futomaki)

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

1. 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.
2. 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!
3. 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: