Spring has Come!

Winter is gone and Spring has come!

Flowers are blooming everywhere.

Cheap Tuesday

Every Tuesday, Dominos pizza at $5.90 each and movies at $8 each.
So today, went to watch Inception at 530pm at Topdown Cinema.
And after movie, we had pizza for dinner - Rasher Bacon Mushroom pizza!
Yummy!
I love Tuesday!

Butter Roasted Cauliflower

What's for dinner tonite?

Well,yesterday Mindy gave us half of the cauliflower she bought from the Saturday market for $2!It was huge!Have never seen such a gigantic cauliflower in my life.

1. Cut cauliflowers into small florets.

2. Melt a teaspoon of butter in the microwave and lightly buttered on each of the floret.

3. Sprinkle with some salt and pepper. Bake in the oven at 180C for 30 minutes.


Voila! Delicious, healthy cauliflowers. Served with mushroom soup.

Haven Fish and Chip

When in Nelson, one must eat the fresh fish.
So, we headed to Nelson quay and get some feesh n cheeps.
We ordered Blue Cod($5.70) ,fish of the day($3.50) and of coz a cup of chips($3.50)

Then, we find a nice spot overlooking the sea..enjoying our hot fish and chips.
I love blue cod. Yummy!


Haven Fish n Chip
268 Wakefield Quay
(03) 548 7969

Indicator and Side mirror

Today, we found out that the left front indicator is not working. The tickling sound when the indicator is turned on quickened. We knew something is wrong. So, we got our backpacker host , Anthony to help us. He unscrewed the indicator panel and took out the bulb then gave us direction to Repco to get the light bulb replacement.
The light bulb costs NZD4.60 for 2.

Another thing, we went to Repco again, thinking that we can just replace the mirror without actually replacing the entire side mirror. The lady directed to Smith and Smith Glass which is just 100m away, near Warehouse. The Maori guy said he can't cut the glass for us coz the frame holding the mirror is missing.

We drove to Tahananui Spare parts to get the side mirror replacement. The repair guy told us for NZD50 he will fix it for us.

What a day!

Cable Bay

I've been staying in The Bug backpacker for more than a week now. While waiting for the job in Sealord, we just killed time doing nothing.

We went to Cable Bay yesterday with 3 other girls - Esther, Koo and Luna. It is about 15 minutes from city center.

The water was very clear and blue and the weather -super fine! Blue skies and blue water..great company..

We hiked to the top to get the whole view. On the way up, we saw some sheeps grazing the green grass, inhaling the fresh air. For a moment there, I wish I was a sheep and a NZ born sheep!What a good life, just eating and enjoying the breathtaking view from a top.

Apple Crumble Pie With Vanilla Ice Cream

Today, i made apple crumble pie and it's pretty easy..


Ingredients


3 Apples - Peeled

Sugar

half cup of oats

half cup of flour

Cinnamon powder



1. Cut the apples into thin slicers and lay it into the baking pan.

2. Sprinkle some sugar and cinnamon powder





3. Mix flour,oats,butter and sugar until it becomes crumbs.

4. Pour the dry ingredients into the apples.

5. Bake in the oven at 180°C for 30 minutes

6. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Delicious apple crumble pie!!

Updates:

I made this a second time on 22nd June and this time, I added more sugar and pour some orange juice to the apples. Added salt and sugar to the crumbs.

Outcome: It's way better than the first attempt! Served to 5 new friends I met in the backpacker and they said its yummy!