Gochugaru Girl

This minced pork mix is what I use to stuff a whole deboned chicken.

It is Friday and the end of the working week.

There is no denying that I like cake very, very much.

It is the beginning of Autumn here in London and the cold weather will arrive soon enough.

Here is what you get if you search for Banana Cake on this blog: a cake made with banana and various additions of sesame, tahini, black sesame, specaloos, white chocolate, date, coconut.

To re-work a line from Oliver the Musical: You’ve got to pitta pocket or two.

The weather has cooled somewhat here in London, making it more comfortable.

This is a quick post because a) I am removing skirting boards and b) I have yet to finish the task at hand.

It’s the 31st of August, marking Merdeka Day in Malaysia and a Bank Holiday here in the UK.

There is a very sweet scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding when the 30-year-old Toula Portokalos goes back to college as an adult to take a course in computing and tourism, having decided to forge a different path to working at her family’s Greek restaurant.

Lobster.

BACKGROUND My Project Monopoly Series continues over the summer, making consistent progress despite some house renovation work taking place.

I am sorting out my bookshelf, this time out of necessity as we are having a new wooden floor laid down soon.

You can always depend on Ottolenghi.

“let’s take a drive to Primrose Hill It’s windy there, and the view’s so nice” For Tomorrow by Blur (1993) (details of map and books at the end of the post) It is a short walk from our house to Primrose Hill, and ordinarily you would not drive anyway for…

[updated 13 August 2026, as I found the working recipe which is at the end of the post] When the children were young, they had free run of the kitchen sink filled with water and some washing up liquid.

As I walked towards Bow Street for my Project Monopoly, Mr Gochugaru had to remind me multiple times why we were here in the first place.