Hamlet observa a Horácio que há mais cousas no céu e na terra do que sonha a nossa filosofia. Era a mesma explicação que dava a bela Rita ao moço Camilo, numa sexta-feira de novembro de 1869, quando este ria dela, por ter ido na véspera consultar uma cartomante; a diferença é que o fazia por outras palavras.

— Ria, ria.

Os homens são assim; não acreditam em nada. Pois saiba que fui, e que ela adivinhou o motivo da consulta, antes mesmo que eu lhe dissesse o que era. Apenas começou a botar as cartas, disse-me: “A senhora gosta de uma pessoa…”
Confessei que sim, e então ela continuou a botar as cartas, combinou-as, e no fim declarou-me que eu tinha medo de que você me esquecesse, mas que não era verdade…

Machado de Assis nesse trecho de “A Cartomante” toca em um assunto que fascina a humanidade desde que eu me conheço por gente: O tal do destino.

Hoje, no que pareceu a mais improdutiva das tardes e ao mesmo tempo a mais produtiva, gastando um tempo com a @Mariliarastelli e o @glhermepaiva enquanto tomávamos nossos milk shakes e conversávamos, acabamos nos questionando sobre como serão nossas vidas depois de formados. Onde vou trabalhar? O que vou fazer?  Em que área atuar? Será que vou realizar aquilo que desejo? Bom…Não encontramos respostas para essas perguntas…

A única certeza com relação ao destino incerto é a de que ele existe. Não como um objetivo inalterável.

Posso dizer , ou pelo menos tentar dizer , que o destino incerto é resultado dos passos concretos que damos. Das escolhas convictas que fazemos…

Disso não há dúvida.

After dinner the family wanted something sweet, chocolaty, and icy – so we decided to a have a raw ice cream shake using two flavors of my favorite coconut-cashew based raw ice creams I made previously. I decided to use bananas and coconut water to give it a super sweet, and milk shake like flavor. This recipe was right on! Enjoy!

2 medium sized bananas peeled and cut
2-3 large scoops raw vanilla ice-cream
2-3 large scoops raw cacao ice-cream
2-3T raw cacao nibs
3T raw cacao powder
1/4 cup almond nut milk
8oz fresh coconut water
generous drizzle of agave
1T raw coconut butter
1T raw almond butter
4-6 drops chocolate flavored SweetLeaf Liquid Stevia
6-8 purified ice cubes

Place all ingredients in the blender and mix/puree on high-speed until very smooth, creamy, thick and cold like a shake! Yummo!!!!

Dairy Queen Trinoma

I like Dairy Queen’s Blizzard ice cream since it was introduced in Manila. I remember way back in high school when my best friend and I would go to Megamall just to have Oreo Blizzards and shed it off by walking from Mega building A to B. John never really care about Dairy Queen until  we went to Gateway and suggested he try the milk shake since he is a milk shake person. After one sip of the thick chocolate-y shake he was hooked — and so his mini me, Peewee.

Milkshake Madness at Dairy Queen Eastwood

They have become obsessed with DQ’s Double Cocoa Fudge Milkshake(12oz P59.00 and 16oz P79.00)! The milkshake is made from Dairy Queen vanilla ice cream mixed with Cocoa Powder and Chocolate Fudge and a little milk.  It came to a point that we can only go to places where there is a Dairy Queen branch. That’s how obsessed my boys are with the milkshake. As for me, I don’t really have a favorite treat at DQ. I always try different flavors of Blizzard or a DQ ice cream sandwich (P35.00).

DQ Ice Cream Sandwich

A classic eskimo sandwich, the DQ ice cream sandwich is two soft chewy chocolate biscuits sandwich an inch thick vanilla ice cream. The sandwich is enough to satisfy my DQ craving but not overly sweet like the Blizzard.

Peewee eating DQ ice cream sandwich

What’s your fave DQ treat?

Mês passado abriu em Canoas/RS um restaurante da rede Bebelu Sanduíches. Estive presente na inauguração, mas não cheguei a tirar fotos.

Bebelu é uma rede de lojas que se iniciou em Fortaleza, mas agora já está por quase todo o país e finalmente chegou ao RS! xD

O cardápio conta com sanduíches naturais, hamburgueres, saladas, sucos, milk shakes, sorvetes, ovomaltines, macaxeira (aipim aqui no Sul), batata frita.  Há desde hamburgueres tradicionais á montagens com frutas, carne de sol, carne de gado e de frango num mesmo hamburguer dentre outros diferenciais. E uma maionese maravilhosa! ^^

Como eu sou uma pessoa exageradamente comilona, já provei as batatas fritas, a banana split, e o principal: o suco de morango (que já virei super fã xD)!

A loja de Canoas fica na rua Dr. Barcelos bem no Centro, super fácil de achar! O ambiente conta com duas Televisões, Computador com acesso a internet, espaço kids (com legos, cavalinhos e mini playground), mesas na rua e na parte de dentro. Também conta com o que é principal para mim em um restaurante: higiene impecável; sabe aquela pessoa mega chata, que comer em algo que não seja descartável fora de casa quase tem um colapso? Pois é, sou eu!

Quem não é do Rio Grande do Sul passa aqui no site e confere qual a loja mais perto de você.

Pois bem, vou deixar umas imagens para aguçar o paladar. ^^

O Bob’s e a Neslté fizeram parceria para lançar uma nova linha de sobremesas co-brandend. Trata-se do sorvete e do milk shake Prestígio. Os produtos já vão estar à venda em todas as 660 unidades do Bob’s em Outubro.

Essa é uma ação que 1) é estratégica, 2) tem a ver com o core dos dois parceiros, 3) é diferente e 4) parece uma delícia.

Achei ótimo. Este é o tipo de ação que vale o investimento de propaganda.

Parabéns à Nestlé e ao Bob’s.

]]> http://rikilee.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/my-hanoi-experience/ Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:41:05 +0000 Riki Lee http://rikilee.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/my-hanoi-experience/

There are plenty blogs and guides talking about Hanoi and the famous
Halong Bay. Thus I decide to share some fun facts during my 4D3N trip.

1. There are very limited English signboard in Hanoi. So be prepare to
ask around and not everyone speak English too.
2. Uncountable and unstoppable motorcycles on the road. If you want to
cross just walk as usual to opposite. The motorcyclist will avoid you.
Pedestrian rule! But don;t make eye contact or look at the
motorcyclist, it will make them confuse!
3. Hardly see any music store or anyone listening radio. My ride to
Halong Bay and Perfume Pagoda was on a silent tour bus.
4. TV feature most of the International channels, just like our Astro,
but this one is totally FREE!
5. No need to bargain hard because Hanoi seller will sell you standard
price same as they offer to local. (You can try to bargain if you
speak good in Viet)
6. There is a famous fruit milk shake located near Water Puppet
theater. Make sure you have a glass to complete your Hanoi tour.
7. Water Puppet show is so unique and special. The ticket is just
VND40,000 (RM8). Brilliant and bravo!
8. Be at Hoan Kiem to catch some romantics moments.
9. Every street in Old Quarter is selling specific products.It is very
convenience to do shopping.
10. Most buildings in Hanoi are slim and tall.
11. There is no really a pagoda in Perfume Pagoda.
12. In weekend you wouldn’t to miss Dong Xuan night market.
13. Ask for price before you buy. My friend bought few bananas for RM8
while a bicycle woman approach him outside the bus.
14. The local brew beer only cost VND3000 (RM0.60). Cheaper than water!
15. The wires hanging around city is art. The cable guy does amazing
stuff to manage it.

Ask for more pictures

Ouille ! Pourquoi je montre ça moi ? c’est mon illustration en plein chantier, loin mais très loin d’être fini.

Et comme toujours, voici la charpente de l’illustration de la couverture.Illustration faite avec un porte-mine de 0.5 mn.
Le but et de garder un trait assez rugueux pour avec un contraste avec les autres traits très lisses fait en vectoriel.
Dans quelques heures les premiers essais couleur, Seulement sur LITTLETOON BLOG !!! O__O .

Salut les petits loups ^__^  Aujourd’hui je m’attaque à la couverture.

Voici la première image, Elle n’est encore qu’à l’état de prototype. Dans quelques heures, je vous proposerai les premiers choix pour l’illustration, Donc aujourd’hui je bosse sur l’illustration de cette couverture, une tâche importante car elle reflétera tout l’intérieure du livre.
(A Gauche le dos et à droite la face avant)

Voici le ” chemin de fer ” de mon livre. ça permet d’avoir une vue d’ensemble du projet et surtout les tâches qui restent à faire.(Couverture,page intro,montage maquette dans Indesign,etc..)

Cliquez sur plus d’infos ci-dessous  -_-

Today is a brilliant day of new things! Ok, really old things made new–sorta one of those aha! Moments brought on by a couple amazing customers.
First is milkshakes…I know I know…a milkshake is not new. Yes, I do know this. The lovely space we occupy used to be home to a soda fountain…(it closed because they could only find “jerks” to work there…hee). Anyway, so on any given day I have more than a dozen people coming in asking for classic soda fountain fare…enter the two handsome young men about town wanting a vanilla shake, i’m about to say no, I then aha’d…wait! I have milk! Wait, I have homemade ice cream! Tada! A shake! And, we were told a pretty darn dandy good one resulted! So come on in and ask for a vanilla shake, or a John shake (chocolate). Named John cause he was the first customer to ask for a chocolate one…(don’t get any crazy ideas…we will not be naming the banana bread after you just because you order a piece).
Scene 2: enter Kat. Kat is in town working on a feature film. Kat first came in last Sunday, and about every other day comes in to continue her love affair for our iced coffee…
Today Kat brings a counterpart from the movie accounting office…and then comes the dilemma. Kat’s counterpart orders ice cream…Kat really really wants ice cream, but she also cannot shy away from her longing for the delicious cold brew…the result? A coffee float! I mean, of course!!!!! Vanilla ice cream swimming in the rich goodness of our Graffeo brew.
Thank you Kat, thank you men about town, and thank you John for your inspiration!!!!!
Living is growing…
Hope you’ll come grow with us soon.
Elisabeth
Ps, watermelon water ice tomorrow! Mmmm hmmm!

Bonjour à tous ! O_O
Voici la deuxième double page de mon livre.
Elle n’est pas totalement finie, je laisse reposer quelques jours puis je la finirai.

Allez  ! Cette semaine je m’attaque aux pages 12 et 13 de mon futur livre sur les milk-shakes.
Comme toujours en avant-première seulement sur littletoon Blog la progression du projet.
Sur le première photo vous pouvez voir ou j’en suis, sur la seconde image l’illustration brute au crayon et pour finir le croquis de base.
A bientôt.

]]> http://littletoon.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/wip-livre-sur-les-milk-shakes/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:28:31 +0000 littletoon http://littletoon.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/wip-livre-sur-les-milk-shakes/

Voila en avant-première :] quelques pages de mon futur livre sur les milk-shakes.
A bientôt.

(Format du livre : 26 cm/14 cm)

Ok, este é um blog de receitas, mas falar de comida também vale, certo?

É que ontem eu fiquei muito feliz em poder comer no Eddie Fine Burgers, a melhor lanchonete de BH na minha opinião, aqui no Rio. E o melhor, ela abriu bem no Barra Shopping, pertinho da minha casa, o que significa que eu vou poder me empanturrar lá com frequência!

E isso ainda não é tudo: o Ah! Bom, outro estabelecimento que vende delícias finas em BH, do mesmo dono do Eddie, também abriu… AO LADO DO EDDIE. A escolha vai ser difícil! Faltou só uma Specciali pra fechar com chave de ouro e pizzas divinas (os belorizontinos sabem do que eu estou falando).

Ontem mesmo eu e o Digo (marido) pedimos um cremosíssimo e colossal milk shake de ovomaltine com calda de chocolate e dividimos um Italian Style com bife de picanha, acompanhado com crocantíssimas onion rings (As melhores que já comi. Deixam as do Outback no chinelo, definitivamente). Deu água na boca, né? Aposto que sim!

Pra quem mora em BH, ir ao Eddie com os amigos é uma rotina. Comer hamburgueres deliciosos e diferenciados, saladas refrescantes e saborosas, aquela costela de porco com molho barbecue, o fantástico borwnie de chocolate e dividir um milk shake… ai, escrever isso na hora do almoço está fazendo meu estômago roncar.

Fora que o ambiente é mega divertido, com aquelas cadeiras juntas e estofadas com bastante espaço, estilo lanchonete americana, quadros de pin ups pra todo lado, brinquedos dos anos 50 (aqui no Rio eles não compõem a decoração, mas tá bom, nem vou reclamar… fizeram um painel da orla de Copacabana que ficou “maneiro”).

Enfim, consegui matar a saudade de BH por algumas horas. Faltou a turma pra alegrar ainda mais o momento e encher a mesa, falando besteira com comida no canto da boca.  Eu sei, tá parecendo propaganda, mas é que eu realmente acho que vale a pena ir até lá, fazer um pedido e ir embora com aquela sensação feliz de quem está satisfeito, parecendo que comeu um boi inteiro

Mini Burger

Name: Snow White Grill

Location: Winchester, VA

Meal: Two Mini Burgers, French Fries, and a Chocolate Shake

Type: Hamburger Joint

It should have been obvious to me that Winchester, VA would be home to good restaurants; it was settled in the 1700s and has long been a working town. I was quite happy to come across the Snow White Grill tucked between two larger buildings off of a sleepy pedestrian walking mall in downtown Winchester. The 60-year-old Snow White has been serving up their menu for decades. The Snow White’s claim to fame is their mini burger. The entire restaurant holds a counter of maybe 10 seats with a walk up window for anyone opting to get theirs to go. Not wanting to squeeze me and my camera gear in during the busy lunch hour I opted to get mine to go.

I started with the fries since they were on top of the bag and still hot as can be despite my walk to the car. Placed in a small tray and wrapped up in paper they were nicely crunchy with almost a creamy aftertaste. The star obviously is the mini burger though it couldn’t have been more than two and half inches across. The burgers are made from fresh ground beef and then grilled over thinly sliced onions. A complete burger is served on a steamed bun with a pickle, no condiments; they’re not needed. For being tiny, the burger has good beefy taste and the acidity of the pickle balances out any sweetness of the roll.For the sake of argument I ordered one burger with just cheese and one deluxe (lettuce,tomato, and mayo). On a normal burger those toppings are just fine, they have room to move around and create different bites, on a mini burger they just get in the way. I’ve learned that on a mini burger every bite becomes precious. Last but not least, the milkshake was a wonderful compliment to the whole meal, texture and temperature were dead on.

As I was eating my burger I very quickly came to the realization that this Snow White Grill burger was what the owners of White Castle probably think their burgers taste like. It was beefy with just the hint of onion, the roll was steamed approaching collapse, and it was over before you wanted it to be. The chocolate milkshake was another fast food idol, it was everything a McDonald’s chocolate milkshake isn’t. It started out as real hand scooped ice cream, it had a discernible flavor besides cold, and its texture was perfect. Sure it would be great if White Castle and McDonald’s could match the quality of the food at Snow White Grill but deep down I don’t want them to. They are good for what they but they also help highlight those restaurants that really are able to take a simple meal, work it well, and elevate it to a rememberable level.

French Fries

Deluxe Mini Burger

Chocolate Milkshake

Snow White Grill

Friday night, I scooped the man from work & we headed to PYT, TommyUp’s newly-launched burger & shake bar at the Piazza at Schmidt’s. My patronage is the least I can offer to someone who has provided me with some epic party memories over the last 5 years! A storm was astir, so we sat ourselves at the strategically-placed yellow tables protected by the tunnel entrance-ways. We placed our order with the anticipated hipster waitress, adorable in her leopard dress, platinum bangs, & bright smile. 20 minutes later, magic arrived… complete with a stunning boom of thunder!

PYT Cheeseburger - med-well w/ lettuce, tomato, onion, fried egg, bacon, & mayo on a potato roll

An unnamed dinner date didn’t believe in magic until he tried the $10 Chocolate, Vanilla, & Strawberry Shake (custom request) spiked with Maker’s Mark! I kept it simple with a $5 Chocolate Shake, classic from the rich taste to the cherry on top. The burgers arrived smaller than expected, but paired with kettle chips & a pickle spear ,the $6 price tag met the portion & quality. The flavorful patties were hugged by Martin’s Potato Rolls & topped with the standard melted cheddar, shredded romaine, tomato, & white onion. I upgraded my medium-rare with avocado & some amazing bacon while Dre opted for a med-well with fried egg & the same amazing bacon (worthy of the dbl mention) at $2 per topping. We finished each with a slather of mayo & dug in for enough delicious bites to leave you satisfied, but contemplating #2.

‘You want fries & onion rings with that shake?’ Well indeed, we do! Hand-cut fries & homemade onion rings to be exact, served in wax paper bags with a stainless steel ramekin of ketchup. The onion rings were perfect in taste & texture with a crisp, well-seasoned batter & a soft sweet onion finish. Not complaining, but rather extending my inner food snob, I’d love to see these paired with a spicy remoulade. Might as well request homemade pickles while I’m at it. Just sayin’…

Flavorwise, the hand-cut fries seasoned with cracked salt & fresh herbs were on point. I’d buy a jar of that season mix to shake on every future potato I encounter if I could. However, the texture & size (of the fries, not the portion) were a bit disappointing. I thought I may have gotten the bottom of the batch with the many mini fry-bits tucked in my wax paper bag, but I heard a comment from our neighboring diner with the same complaint. The smallest fries were to0 crisp & the few thick ones I would have preferred were too raw. I’m a condiment junkie, so I was a bit disappointed I couldn’t dip them in my ketchup. I do at least promise to give them another chance!

PYT, I shall return with enthusiasm – may it be a random night or a perfect Sundae afternoon!

His: Neopolitan spiked w/ Maker's Mark ~ Hers: Classic Chocolate

PYT Battered Onion Rings w/ ketchup

PYT Hand Cut Fries w/ ketchup

PYT Cheeseburger - med-rare w/ cheddar, lettuce, tomato, avocado, bacon, & mayo on a potato roll

P.S. @tommyup – The SquareBurger I had today was pretty much an uber-salty, glorified MickeyD’s burger! Though, can’t hate on that Cake Shake, oh man….

On morning, class at the University…

At 15:00, a milk shake!

And 17.00, a beer (or two)!

Une boisson toute fraîche, qu’on retrouve souvent à la table du Ramadan. Et même en d’autres temps ! Tout simple et rapide.

Il vous faudra simplement pour 3 verres environ :

1 banane

1 pomme

6 morceaux de sucre, 1 sachet de sucre vanillé

Environ 3 à 4 grands verres de lait bien frais (en fait la quantité que vous voulez), quelques gouttes de citron

Dans un blender/mixer, mettez le sucre en morceaux et la moitié du lait (pour qu’il fonde), épluchez pomme & banane et coupez les en morceaux. Ajoutez les dans le blender, ainsi que le sucre vanillé, le reste de lait et les quelques gouttes de citron. Mixez, gouttez, rectifiez s’il le faut. Si ce n’est pas assez liquide, ajoutez du lait. Servez aussitôt !