Come Away with Me

Taste of home

I woke up on the second day of the new year and received a belated Christmas present from my home. It actually arrived on 1st Jan but as i was out the whole day, the postman left a note at my doorstep instead. I rang the post office and got them delivered whatever it was to my place and was delightfully surprised when the post lady handed a small and compact parcel to me. I've always love it when i receive things in the mail but somehow it is an even more special feeling when one is abroad and receive things from loved ones back home :)


I hastily opened the parcel and was astounded and touched to find a loaf of Gardenia Fruit and Nut bread and a box of Lipton Gold Tea! Friends who know my family well will know that the one thing we like most is teatime (ok and sometimes coffee too)at home. Teatime can be anytime really. From the usual late afternoon when we will sit down and chat over all sorts of tea and snacks to weekend midnight teatime when we will usually catch soccer matches and enjoy drinking tea together.

As for the loaf of bread, Rosie sent it over because i was complaining to her sometime back how it is really difficult (if next to impossible on this island) to find wholemeal bread (and brown rice) in Japan. I am sure you can certainly find some good stuff in the big cities but one thing's for sure,you'll definitely have to pay a premium for those. But in general, Japanese just like their bread and rice WHITE and i just so miss my chunky, high fibre wholemeal loaves terribly! :( Even though the fruit and nut load is not entirely wholemeal, compared to the ones here, they are like godsend! Thank you everyone back home, love you all so much!

So i brewed myself a cup of hot tea and enjoyed my first slice of wholesome fruit and nut bread in a long long while. Gardenia has never tasted so good before! :p

As for the rest of the loaf, i've preciously wrapped each slice with clear wrap and put them in the freezer so i can toast slice by slice and eat leisurely during breakfast on weekend, yay!

posted by テレサ @ 9:11 AM