a little amuse bouche

… I have far too many food pictures backlogged on my computer and flickr, so I thought I’d just start nice and easy with a little introduction to what I’ve eaten today before I get into hardcore blogging. Consider it something of an amuse bouche (how I adore that phrase)!

Today, after a rather boring stint at the library I needed a little light pick-me-up before dinner. So what better than to make a little appetizer-like dish to satiate the palate before an actual meal? And especially because I had several new taaaasty treats to try out, such as the salami that Yuki brought back from Italy, and a free cheese!

As you probably won’t know me, you wouldn’t have known that for the past month I’ve been working at a publishing company that has titles such as Country Life and other such magazines in its portfolio. So on Friday morning I waltzed into the office to a slightly strange smell and much of the office moaning about a certain ‘cabbagey’ odour circulating around the building. Turns out the culprits were boxes and boxes of these homemade soft cheeses that the wife of someone who works at Country Life had donated ;) So happy days, we all got to take one home, double wrapping them just in case the strong smell escaped our handbags/briefcases. I swear there must be something wrong with my nose though, because I could hardly smell the intense odour they were all complaining about!

The cheese is very much like Brie, but with a slightly stronger sulphur-ish tinge to it, and slightly more peppery. I’m not quite sure how much I like it at the moment, but it was a nice combination with the salty salami and sweet, crisp Fuji apple I had on the side. The olives (bought at last minute on Friday afternoon from Borough Market) were an afterthought, but an excellent one.

So there it is, here’s to happy blogging from now on!