3:25 AM
Visited haoz's sis - Peiqi @ Aix-en-Provence (southern France) last wkend.
Aix is a lil lovely town! reli different from Paris.. Aix's old, but has got that rustic charm to it =) I reli reli like Aix actually.
Aix main street..
the Cathedral.. (look at the lovely CLEAR blue skies!! - if only the weather in UK's this good. it rained whole day today, and the rain seems to be staying =( arghhh)
ooh.. i stayed over at her place that night. nice lil apartment!
and she's got her own lil garden..
the next day, we visited Marseille..(reli big and busy seaport.. i preferred Aix much more.. Marseille's a lil too 'rough' and messy)
of coz, it's still pretty nonetheless..
and then, there's the awesome hearty food..
canard dish with red fruits sauce + barley ~ i'm not a big fan of duck but this is so soft and lovely!!
pork & duck casserole, stewed with butter & kidney beans i think (another meaty artery clogging yet oh-so-good dish!)
my favourite ~atas cookie gourmet shop!! their specialty's almond cookies - they fall apart in your mouth! and these stuff's called navettes - almond based as well i think.
BEEEEEEEEGG fat macarons!! - i bought 2! the pistachio & choco one. sweet and chewy!
potato omelette - it's spanish i think. but we juz bought it anyway. it looked too good to resist!
ooh and this is the best!! we went supermarket shopping on Friday nite, bought loads of cheese & ham and had a raclette dinner!! =)
you heat up the cheese on the lil raclette pan to melt it..
then pour the molten cheese over baked potatoes, all sorts of ham, or eat it with bread!
and this is how the real French enjoy their cheese..
make a hole in the middle of Mont d'or (special kind of cheese), pour white wine into it, then bake it in the oven till it melts within!
then u pour it over potatoes & bread as well. ~ simply the best cheese ever!!=)
at the Aix Saturday market..
madalienes! so rich & heavenly..
fresh seafood!
my marron (chestnut) crepe ~ i finally got to eat a french crepe. =)
un croque monsieur - cheese & ham sandiwch laden with soft melted gruyere ALL OVER.. sinfully yummilicious!
and last but not least.. here's my host who stuffed me round and pudgy~ (yeh ok.. i was the one who stuffed myself=)
yet another fun-filled (& fat-filled) trip! =)
gotta break for winter now..time to get back to reality and brave the wind & rain.
~gone in a moment.. 
