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Cocktail Friday: een Ibiza Reloaded met licor 43

Cocktail Friday: een Ibiza Reloaded met licor 43

Met dit heerlijke weer hier in Nederland is het toch wel extra lekker genieten zo in onze eigen tuin. Op dit soort momenten waan je je qua temperatuur toch bijna in Ibiza. En als het dan ook weer lekker weekend is, dan heb ik toch wel weer zin om een cocktailtje te maken. Dat is alweer best lang geleden. Ik heb er niet zo heel veel tijd meer voor om veel Blogpostjes te schrijven, maar aangezien…

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Making super easy Sushi Japanese style

Making super easy Sushi Japanese style

Last week, we were invited for lunch at Japanese friends of us. They asked us if we want to eat Sushi and Tempura, but we had to make the Sushi ourselves. Of course we wanted that, we love eating Sushi and tempura. But making it is quite another story. The last time I made Nigiri Sushi myself, all the rice was sticking to my fingers and the Sushi really looked awful. But when we arrived at our…

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Heel makkelijk simpele Sushi maken

Heel makkelijk simpele Sushi maken

Afgelopen weekend waren we te gast bij Japanse vrienden voor de lunch. Ze vroegen ons of we zin hadden om Sushi en tempura te eten en met hen te maken. Tuurlijk hadden we daar zin in, we zijn gek op Sushi en tempura. Het zelf maken van Sushi is dan wel weer een andere verhaal, dus we waren heel benieuwd hoe dat zou gaan dan. Ik heb zelf wel eens geprobeerd om Nigiri Sushi te maken en daarbij…

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Groeten en Fruit - Asis Fruitwagen Curacao

Groeten en Fruit – Asis Fruitwagen Curacao

Het is alweer even geleden dat ik een Blogpost gemaakt heb over Curacao, terwijl ik nog best een aantal dingen heb die we gedaan hebben of waar we gegeten hebben die ik graag met jullie wil delen. Tijd dus om maar weer eens een paar Blogpostjes te schrijven. Elke dag reden we op de weg terug naar ons appartementje bij Jan Thiel baai, langs een grappig groente en fruittentje, waarop stond Groeten…

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Mono Japan - Japans handwerk en design beurs

Mono Japan – Japans handwerk en design beurs

Gisteren hebben we vanuit het Brabantse land een bezoekje gebracht aan Mono Japan, een kleine beurs met Japans handwerk, design en wat kunst. De beurs wordt gehouden van 15 februari t/m 19 februari 2018 in het Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam, waarbij de 19e alleen op uitnodiging is. Wij dachten snel op vrijdagmiddag rond een uurtje of 13.00 even naar Amsterdam te rijden , maar dat…

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A Gin Tonic with Bobby's gin for Cocktail Friday

A Gin Tonic with Bobby’s gin for Cocktail Friday

So it’s a long time since I wrote a blogpost for Cocktail Friday. The last post for Cocktail Friday was in Suriname, a Rum Cola. Time to try a new cocktail. And since it’s friday today, and I was up for a little cocktail, I tried a Gin Tonic.

Some time ago we were having dinner at ‘t Weeshuysin Geertruidenberg and we drank this delicious cocktail with Bobby’s gin for the first time. If we go…

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Serena's Art factory Curaçao

If you really want to take a nice souvenir back home and also want to visit a special place, then you should definitely visit Serena’s Art factory. When I’m travelling, I like it a lot to take different souvenirs home, and for me that’s the case with a Chichi. (more…)

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Pop's place, where you can eat delicious local food in Curacao

Pop’s place, where you can eat delicious local food in Curacao

Driving around on Curacao with a friend of us, he gave us the tip to have lunch or dinner at Pop’s place. On the 2nd of January we went to the restaurant to see of they were open, but they were not. Two days later they were open, so we went there to have lunch. (more…)

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Fish restaurant Purunchi Koredor Curacao

The pro of having family on the island is that they take you sometimes to the nicest places and restaurants of the island. Last week the niece of Martin’s mother brought us to some great beaches on the western side of the island. Last Saturday we went with her to a really nice fish restaurant in Willemstad, named Purunchi Koredor. (more…)

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Koko's Beach on Jan Thiel baai, Curacao

Koko’s Beach on Jan Thiel baai, Curacao

On Jan Thiel beach you can find this idyllic part of the beach near Koko’s beach. I think it’s new or recently renovated by Chogogo resort, which is close to this part of the beach. It looks great and is very quiet. (more…)

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Cocktail Friday: A Rum Cola

While I was moving all the Blogs from Photosforfoodies to Cakes and Pumps I noticed that I never wrote a Blog about Rum Cola. And this happens to be the most made cocktail in Suriname, which is the country where my hubby Martin is born and where we have spent almost 6 vacations already. So the choice was made quickly , the first Cocktail Friday Blog for Cakes and Pumps is about Rum Cola, or…

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Cocktail Friday: a Fresco 43

Cocktail Friday: a Fresco 43

On Wednesday and Friday I always have my days off, and of course in the weekends, because our company is closed then. I always use my free days to do some refurbishing in the house, working on some creative ideas that I have or shopping the stuff that I need for all those ideas;-). These last two days were shopping days. I try to change some things in our living room and decided that it can use…

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Cocktail Friday: a Margarita

Cocktail Friday: a Margarita

For a couple of weeks I thought about making something with tequila, but every time I got an idea for a cocktail without Tequila. So this week I bought a bottle of tequila to finally make a cocktail with it. And then I read on Instagram that it’s World tequila daytoday on this 24th of October. What a coincidence;-). But what should I make with the Tequila? For the first Tequila cocktail I start…

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BBQ: Pork Tenderloin skewers

BBQ: Pork Tenderloin skewers

Summer always brings nice barbeques, together with the three of us or with friends and family. For a bbq I always make skewers. This can be with chicken, shrimps, beef or with pork tenderloin. Every time we try new things, like these pork tenderloin skewers. (more…)

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Cocktail Friday: a Strawberry Daiquiri

Cocktail Friday: a Strawberry Daiquiri

When we are talking about the Cocktail Friday at work, one of my colleagues always tells me that she drunk some Strawberry daiquiris on a vacation in Mexico. She really liked it a lot. So I thought I should really try this Strawberry Daiquiri for this Cocktail Friday. (more…)

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Cocktail Friday: Batida de Banana Coco

Cocktail Friday: Batida de Banana Coco

Did you miss last week’s Cocktail Friday? It’s not you, just me. Last week I didn’t had time to write the post for cocktail Friday. But we tried the cocktail the day before and it was such a delicious cocktail, so I wrote an other post about it. You can find last week’s Cocktail Friday: Cloud 9 here. For today we fly to the other side of the world, to Brazil again. Remember the Caipirinhathat we…

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Cocktail Friday: a Cloud 9

Cocktail Friday: a Cloud 9

Last weekend was a very busy weekend. We had a company weekend with the team of Bailey Lights, the company I work for. On Friday I was so busy with packing and buying the last stuff for the weekend, that I didn’t had time to write and publish the cocktail for Cocktail Friday. Bailey has her 30th year anniversary this year, so for that we stayed from Friday until Sunday in the Belgium Ardennes.…

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