Some Like it Haute

today at work we had pizza for lunch and I had the enviable task for choosing the toppings. my pampered tastebuds were calling out for something simple and since I was tired of house specials and pizzas with more toppings that you could count of one hand, i choose the pepperoni. BORRR-RINGGG. yea what do you expect from a traditionalist such as myself?



though basically unimaginative, the collective mix of salami, onions and cheese was hands-off-its-mine good. luckily the pizza was big enough to feed the brady bunch or i would have dispensed dirty looks to those who wanted second helpings unconditionally. this is probably one thing i would really miss about copenhagen, no! not hogging the pizza but walking into a pizzeria at any time of the day to grab a smackin-licious family-size pizza.



xing chen had a present for me. initially i had thought she brought pastries but when i opened the bag and was greeted by a box of auqua-resistent plasters, i howled with laughter. there really could not have been a more suitable present. ever since my non-fatal encounter with flying wine glass pieces on my second day at work, i have lost count of the number of times i have cut and sliced myself as a result of being ill-acquainted with the kitchen knives.



of course, xing chen did not give me the shrimp. the story of the shrimp is that i would always start work by shelling and cleaning at least three boxes of shrimps.. though each time it only takes about a couple of hours, i must have cleaned out the guts of more than a thousand shrimps throughot my career with sanshin.. haha..

shrimp phobia? you bet. i will never be able to eat shrimps without thinking of how much effort has been put in to edible-lize them..



the emblematic danish fruit tarts were ambrosial and i had no problems polishing them off even after close encouters with the pizza. the blueberries were fresh and popped like bubbles when i bite into them. almost felt like the squashy bubbly bits that you use to wrap fragile glass with- only sweeter and utterly delectable. throw in the nectarous strawberries, smooth custard and a melt-in-your-mouth pie tart.. it was a great follow up to the savory pepperoni pizza.



needless to say, I would also yearn for the makis, especially when people make it an effort to use my favorite ingredients. today's makis were created from a stretch of jay's imagination.





he had matched ebi tempura with slightly-sweet-and-spicy japanese pickles and topped it with roe. the inari and seaweed salad maki was undeniably good despite supposedly labelled as a vegetarian maki.

after work, we hang around and i am happy to annouce i have a place to live and work should i ever decide to return to copenhagen.. haha.. i can just see my parents rolling in their plush office armchairs, "what!?!? you have a business degree, a major in finance and marketing and you want to shell and peel prawns for the rest of your life........"

JUST KIDDING. having said that, mum and dad, you guys should probably visit copenhagen next summer..