Rainbow Part 2 - 虹 その二

First time to see such a rainbow this vivid. 

こんなに鮮やかな虹を見るのは初めて！

Chicken Byriani - チキンベリアニー

Ever since I had my frist curry when I was a child, I was inlove with curry. And believe if or not but most of Japanese people eats curry probably more than once a month. It is every ones food and from a child to a grown up just loves the taste of it. I probably can say that curry is one for food that have conqure the world. Well that is really based on my knowledge but I'm pretty much sure that mojority in the world will like the taste of curry. I can probably take curry evry single day if my tummy was not going any bigger. Generally I am fond of food and I like to taste or try every thing as much as possible.

So, since I am currently working in an evvironment where 90% of my officemates are Indians, I took the opportunity to learn something from them. I asked one of my officemate to make me something that I've always wanted to know also how to prepare. The Biryani Rice.

Fortunately a friend of mine who is from Southern India and was willing to show me how to make one. Tamil style Biryani. According to him, Indian food really varies from its reagion. From the spices the use and the amount of chili they use. Surprisingly some region in India use less spices and less chili. Well from a non-Indian view, that is quite unusual because all I thought, Indian can not have their meal without any spices, but I guess not all of them.

After buying the ingridients from the market we started preparing for the.... BIRYANI

	So here are the main ingredients. - Tomato - Onions - Potato - Apple - Chicken - Rasins - Garlic - Ginger - Coriander - Green Chili - Black Pepper - Cloves - Cumin Seeds - Funnel Seeds - Mustard Seeds - Biryani Mix - Cinnamon Stick - Turmeric powder - Chili Powder - Coconut Powder - Salt - Water - Oil - Rice
	This is how it looks after mixing.
	Chopped onions and cucumber with Yogurt. It is something that comes with most Indian foods to nutralize the spice.

Raspberries?! - ラズベリー？！

I just discovered something in the streets of Quatre Bornes.

Apparently it grows in Mauritius and they were looking good from a far... I bought a small pack  of it since I didn't want to waste it if it wasn't good. It was about 20 MUR for this size. Probably 10 to 15 pieces.

Oh yes, by the way they are"Raspberries"

So I had one... then two and sadly I didn't continue... they were not fully riped yet and realize why the man selling it asked me if I wanted sugar on it...

Considering that Mauritius is a tropical country, I never thought raspberries would actually grows in this climate.

After almost 4 months in this island, I'm still facing with surprises!

またまた新しい発見をしました。

こんな暑いトロピカルな国モーリシャスに地元産のラズベリーがありましたと！しかもカトロボーンのオープンマーケット近辺で。

自分の知識内ではベリー系は四季のある国にしかできない物だと思いました。間違ってたらごめんなさい。。っていうか間違ってました。モーリシャスでもできます。

早速ベリーの試食！20ルピー払って10～15個のパックを頂き一個目を食べました。

うん。。微妙にすっぱい。。。

二個目。。。

やっぱりすっぱい。。汗

甘さがまったくなく香りもほんの少しでした。。

興奮が一気に下がり。。やっぱりかーと先ほどベリー売ってた兄ちゃんに何で砂糖をかけるかと聞かれた理由がわかりました。きっとまだ旬が早いのかもと一ヶ月後に再チャレンジしてみます。

というわけでもうモーリシャスに着陸してから4ヶ月、まだまだサプライズでいっぱいです！

Indian Temple Ganga Talao - インド式寺院 ガンガ・タラオ

On the way back home we decided to go the higher mautains to see the biggest Indan temple in Mauritius. The Ganga Talao.

Pereybere - ペレベル

I joined on drive with some of my officemate and check out the beach in Pereybere in the Northern part of the island. It is another beautiful beach glowing in emerald green. 

Even the dog seem to love the view.

on the way back home. Photo was taken along the expressway to Port Louis.

summer time... サマータイム…

has gone, the moon has been showing up on the way home.

Too bad I don't get to catch the sunset anymore but instead I get to see the beautiful moon.

がなくなったおかげですっかり帰りは月を良く見るようになりました。

残念ながら夕日が見れないがこう見る月もと美しいものだな。