Last night I’ve been at a party organized by Carrie in her flat. Carrie works in our Asian marketing dept and is very cool. She cooked amazing dishes, but I don’t know their names. Something like rice with meat, noodles, pork ribs cooked in wine and coca cola and even more weird and delicious things. But the thing I liked the most was the tea. She carried some jasmine tea from Taiwan and it’s the most flavoured and good tea I’ve ever tasted. I’m a tea lover so I definitely need to buy some. After dinner she managed to take some artistic and fetish pictures of our feet, an hilarious exercise. It’s been a wonderful night!

Today my mate wanted to cook Filetto al pepe verde (tenderloin with green pepper) and to do so he needed some cognac for the flambé.  I bought a bottle of Martell.  It’s not exactly the cheapest cognac out there, but it was the cheapest on the shelf.  I’ve never been a cognac fan, I tend to prefer whisky (scotch), but I have to say Martell is great.  Gold and copper colour; fruits, leather and sandal on the nose.  When you pour in your mouth, at first you feel sweet and honey, then it turns to pure silk.  Someone tried to describe the difference between cognac and whisky: cognac is like a well-dressed fine lady, whisky is like a sweat and dirty mason.

Last wednesday I’ve been to the movies, watching Volver by Pedro Almodóvar. I think it’s a great movie describing how important it is taking care of close relatives and friends. This is a movie about women and their relashionship, the wind driving people crazy, ghosts and bad men. The few men you encounter in the plot are completely marginal and disappear after a few minutes. And Penelope Cruz has never been so beautiful and fascinating.

Volver (aka To return)
Spain 2006, by Pedro Almodóvar, Drama
with Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Bianca Portillo
IMDB 441909

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