Food
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Proeflokaal de Smokkelaar
Recently visited Proeflokaal de Smokkelaar in Oldenzaal in The Netherlands. We were walking through the village and looking for a place for a drink and a toilet and more or less stumbled on to their terrace by accident. They brew their own beers and also promote beers from local breweries. I tried out their Aloha…
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Celebrating Summer with Greek Cuisine
After the heat wave of last week and with exams finished we had to go and celebrate with a nice dinner. We chose to go to a Greek restaurant called Tzikis Ouzeri. It is a family restaurant run by a couple of brothers. The weather was still good enough to sit outside which added to…
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Dining at Restaurant Barba in Leuven
Some weeks ago I went for dinner at Barba in Leuven. It is located in the city center and we were lucky we had made a reservation because it was completely packed. The interior is stylish with a modern touch but an somewhat studied old look and feel to it. It is housed in an…
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Olivita in Leuven
This week we went for dinner at Olivita in Leuven. This is a Spanish restaurant in the city center. Probably because we are in the middle of the exam period and there is soccer world championship ongoing there were not many people walking around in the streets and the restaurant was almost empty. As the…
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Growing Peppers in the Auk Mini: Tips for Success
A while ago I posted about how my peppers and chillis were not producing much. I went over to the Auk site and read about growing peppers in the Auk Mini. I learned that I should have put maximum 1 or 2 plants in the Mini and not the 3 I have now. The combination…
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Harvesting Chilli Peppers in the Auk Mini: A Beginner’s Journey
Beginning of May the first chilli peppers appeared on my plant. They were small and green and this week they started to turn red so I am hoping to harvest them soon, all 3 of them. In the mean time a fourth chilli has appeared as well but that one is still green. If these…
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Solis Rice Cooker: Convenient Cooking Made Easy
After contemplating and hesitating for a couple of years whether or not to buy a rice cooker I finally made the jump and bought a small rice cooker from Solis at a local store last weekend and used it for the first time yesterday. Use is super simple, simply add the number of cups of…
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Café Vicogne in Stuivekenskerke
In the weekend we went for a bike ride around Diksmuide and made a drink stop in Stuivekenskerke in Cafe Vicogne. It was sunny so we could sit outside. We were with 19 so some rearrangement of the tables and chairs on the terrace was required. The owner didn’t object as long as we placed…
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Auk Mini Bell Pepper Tasting
Today we tasted our first mini bell peppers harvested from our Auk mini plant. They are mini and we only had 2. So I cut the both in half and added them to our salad so each family member could taste half a mini bell pepper. The taste was good, as was the texture which…
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First of May, first chilli peppers in the Auk mini
After months of growing and a long time flowering I finally have the first chilli peppers on my plant in the Auk mini. Last week I also harvested the first mini bell peppers. I still have to taste those. In the mean time a new pepper appeared on the plant. The tomatoes keep growing giving…
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