Hungarian Snack

Turo Rudi!

Nope it's not a greeting, but a snack!!
Yep, this is one of the most popular snack/junk food here in Hungary.

Thanks to my manager here, he purposely bought one of this from the vending machine in the company to let me try it.

What's in it you may be wondering?

Hehehe..it's basically like a snack bar but the fillings consists of Cottage Cheese coated in Chocolate!!!
Eww!!!! What a weird combination! And you may be wondering, how can cheese go well with chocolate right?
My initial reaction was like this too and I'm kind of reluctant to try.
But let me tell you, this stuff is really good! Ok, it's a little too sweet for my liking actually, but what the heck, indulging in this once in awhile is still satisfying! :)


This is how the packaging looks like..actually there's many other different flavors..apart from this, you can have hazelnut choc with cheese, strawberry flavoured choc with cheese and etc etc..


This is how it looks like after a bite! The white stuff is the Cottage Cheese..

Yumm!

What's cooking?

Over here, I cook at least two meals a day. 1 for lunch, the other for dinner. Sometimes I prepare some simple meals for breakfast too.

As my shipment has yet to arrive, I have to cook with just basic ingredients. Looking at the bright side, I've realised that food taste as good in its basic form.
I've learnt to appreciate the natural taste and sweetness of the food and not to rely so much on "flavoring' like soya sauce!

Here's what's being prepared over the past 1 week.


My first meal is none other than the unhealthy Maggi Mee, curry flavor!! My favourite!Slurrp!!! Everytime I eat this,it definitely reminds me of Malaysian food as I pratically grew up eating this!


Sometimes, I'll have a complete meal. A must have steamed lettuce, black pepper chicken and the no-brainer omellete with onions.


A simple ham and cheese sandwich for breakfast + a cup of hot Milo.


The easy to cook colorful tomato and carrot omellet


Finally, a simple 1 dish wholesome meal of chicken cooked with fresh tomatoes and carrots. :)

My First Weekend!

Yeah! I've survived through the first weekend! :p
Before I came, I did not set much expectations for this country as I've been told that language will be a main barrier since not many people speak English! Also, there's nothing much to do in Debrecen, and I've already prepared for the worse..

Anyway, it's quite a surprise that there's still quite some festivals that's being held here. Not to mention, people are a very warm and friendly in general and they do try to converse in English whenever we ask for help. Well, at least they tried! It's my responsibility to pick up some basic Hungarian phrases too. Boy, this is definitely not an easy language to master for sure.

Anyway, back to the festival, thanks to the big university (Debrecen University), they organize the Campus festival every year during the summer. And one of the higlights is none other than the Music Festival! I'm so glad that we're just in time to check this annual event!

I'll let the pictures do the talking now.



Bought the tickets! It costs 4900 HUF! (approx RM80)



Posing in front of the entrance. Btw, it's held at a sports center open field.


They served some free drinks too! Btw, Hungarian ladies are really pretty! :P


They set up a hot air baloon too!!


A makeshift outdoor concert platform! They really do have some good performing acts around Europe!

Hello From Hungary!!

Szia!! (Hello in Hungarian)

At the time of posting, I've already relocated to Hungary. Debrecen to be exact.
This place will be my home for the next 9 months!...Let's just hope I could find time to note down my experiences here...in the mean time, enjoy the pics!



The Hungarian Flag on the right, and yes, it's part of the EU.


My signature jump! hehe..!


All of us, with Eva our dear HR... :)


The most famous landmark here, the Yellow Church.


Finally, I'm posing within the Debrecen University Hallway. A really nice and beautiful campus with at least 52 faculties!! :)

What a long hiatus!!

(......Clearing away the cobwebs....)
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Oh my gosh!! Has it been that long!??

...I'm really sorry dear bloggie, I have forgotten about you..

Time to set my calendar, I need to post in more entries here soon!!

Will be right back!!

Happy reunion!!!

This year may be the last year that I could be home for reunion..*sob**sob*...
I will definitely miss this.



These mouth-watering dishes are also used as offerings during prayers to our ancestors on the eve of Chinese New Year.


Sumptious meals..


Not forgetting the must have longetivity noodles!

CNY Homemade Cookies - 2011

After a hiatus of 5 years,my mom and I decided to bake some homemade cookies for the Chinese New Year this year...of course one of the deciding factor is the fact that I'll be home much earlier this year unlike last year where I did not get back home until the first day of CNY due to my company trip to Denmark. Another deciding factor is none other the fact that I just bought a new mixer!! So it's time that I learn to bake, part of my resolution for this year.

I'll let the pictures do the talking on the cookie making process.

Beating,mixing,creaming, my Kenwood mixer does it with perfection!


Freshly pressed butter cookies dough...


Hot in the oven!


Taaadaaaaaaa!Freshly-baked butter cookies! crispy and yummy!


Put into containers for distribution and own consumption!

Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone!! :)