Month: July 2015

Eggsactly a breakfast item of bacon and eggs!

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The deliciousness of Eggs Benedict.

A breakfast item for after a long night’s out or for a hangover. It taste great, coz of the runny egg yolk, the salty but fatty bacon, the soft & toasty English muffin, and topping it all of with some hollandaise sauce.

It is even nice just as a breakfast item.

So here is what you need for my variant.

Ingredients:
2 egg yolks
2 whole eggs
2-4 slices of bacon
1-2 slices of cheddar cheese
1/4 of a lemon
1-2 slices of bread
vinegar

Toast the bread with a toaster or on a pan. Cook the bacon on a pan until it is a bit crispy brown. When both things are done put it aside.

Hollandaise sauce; Boil a pan with water on the stove. Separate two egg yolks and put it into a bowl. Squeeze out the lemon onto the yolks and put the whole bowl on top of the pan with water. (au bain-marie style) Now stir the egg yolk and the acidic lemon juice until you get a nice sauce like consistency. It might take some tries to get it perfect. If the bowl gets too hot, you get scrambled eggs and if it is not hot enough you get raw egg yolk. Also stirring too hard/long the sauce will split and if not enough it will be runny. When it is done put the pan and the bowl aside on low heat for keeping it warm.

Poached eggs; Boil a pan with water add some vinegar to it. Take a mug and crack an egg into it. Spin the boiled water in the pan with something you can stir it with. While the water is spinning lower the mug with the egg into the pan. This will create a roundish/oval poached egg. Use a small sieve to spoon up the excessive egg whites. I takes about 2-3 minutes to have poached egg, firm on the outside and runny yolk on the inside. When ready let it dry off the excessive water on some kitchen paper.

Assemble time: (from bottom to top)
Toasted bread
Slice of cheddar cheese
Crispy bacon slices
Poached egg
A layer of Hollandaise sauce.

Don’t take too long to make it, coz it the best when it is still warm.

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Driver’s license and moving on with my journey..! Update…

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It has been a week now, since I past my drivers exam. One of the few bucket-list challenges completed. Although I have succeeded in being another Asian driver on the road, it is not expected of me to be immediately cruising in a fancy car. Here is why: I needed one week for making an appointment to apply for a driver’s license and another week for getting my driver’s license. Ughh.. the administration process…  well I have the time for it, so no rush. What is another two weeks in comparison to nearly a decade.

Well, I hear you might think “Wow, ten years of learning to drive. So horribly slow/dumb/stupid, etc.” That was not the case. I was in my early twenties when I started taking lessons for driving; In one year time I did the theory exams two times, failed the first nailed the second; took two times the final driving exams and failed both. I wasn’t getting it done, my driving school was mwah, the driving instructor was a douche and most of them all I was short on time/money.
At that time I was not getting the driver’s license entirely for my self, it was partly just like my school records. I quit getting my license after the second try, I was too discouraged to continue. Insecurity, low self-esteem and fear of failure played  big parts in my twenties.

I did not try again until the start of this year, I’m bit older, wiser and have changed a bit. I started to do things as I want to do, instead of doing it for social acceptance. (or what you think that others want you to do.)

My next destination in my journey is to move out of Zwollywood and move to Amsterdam. It is one of the things on my list and from there my story will probably unfold. I have already made starts with preparations of moving out. A notice has been given of me moving out, to my family, friends and work. Until then I’ll keep you posted.

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