My Last Meal

So I've started watching Last Meals a while ago. The show's slogan is "We all gotta eat and we're all gonna die". With every new episode I watch, I started wondering about what my last meal would be, if I were to choose.

• patat speciaal: Dutch-style fries with curry ketchup, mayonnaise and chopped raw onion. The best one I ever had was at a small bistro in Muiden, the Netherlands. 
• unagi nigiri: hands-down my favorite sushi
• the tuna burger from Shiso restaurant, it's Asian fusion cuisine and that burger is the best
• Lyonerpfanne: (veggie) bologna sausage stir-fry. It's a regional dish from Saarland region in Germany and it's just such a comfort dish to me. It's usually made with meat and dairy but I adapted it to be able to still enjoy it.
• Steckrübeneintopf: turnip stew. It's a North German dish that I always had at my grandparents'. Whenever I visit that grandpa now and the season is appropriate, we make it.
• (vegan) pumpkin spice latte: I am basic, but fuck this is great. I love love love coffee and this one is just the best non-simple way.
• bibimbap with salmon: I just loooooove this Korean dish. Perfectly spicy, I love all the veggies, the kimchi, I especially love the gochujang sauce.
• (vegan) blueberry cheesecake: I had that once at Ikea and I've been missing it ever since
• chanh da: my favorite lemonade that I get whenever I eat at an Asian restaurant
• (vegan) chocomel: best fucking chocolate milk of all time. Sadly the vegan version is only available in the Netherlands
• blueberries: I become insane when I eat blueberries. They are so delicious
• lemon sorbet: my favorite kind of ice cream. I'm so glad it's naturally vegan so I didn't have to stop eating it when I got my dairy allergy. There is one ice cream place near my grandpa's house that makes it the absolute best. 

Take the Unknown Road, Or, Impressions from My Walk

The sun is shining, the pollen is starting to get to me, but I went.

Instead of taking my usual route, I chose the road less traveled, deliberately exploring the little roads I'd never walked, opening my senses to what I would find. Still, I had my sunglasses and noise-cancelling headphones, but without music this time. Sensory accomodations that I need.

I saw:

• people on their balcony, enjoying the Sunday sun
• a white blouse on a hanger, swining in the light breeze, below it pink flowers
• the pink-purple buds of a tree
• a turqoise metallic car
• so many houses with barn-style roofs
• pieces of litter that make me contemplate taking gloves and a trash bag next time
• one yellow house, and one salmon colored house. all other houses were shades of cream and beige, with various pale pastels mixed in
• a little purple wildflower bursting through a crack in the concrete
• one timber-framed house
• chickens behind a fence, making chicken noises
• people actually having little gardens and outdoor spaces. out of my window it's block city
• a shiny stone in the gravel on a construction site
• the tiniest most adorable row house
• fancy in-ground bike stands on one property. that struck me as very unusual 
• a house with an arched panoramic window and the way the roof tiles were curving on top of it 
• my favorite car in the neighborhood parking in its spot, and another one i really liked beside it
• some bulk trash sitting on the side of the road. i contemplated taking one of the planter pots but ultimately decided against it. there were some extremely 80s nightstands 
• fancy garden decorations that seemed like fairytale children's heads, but instead of a body there was just a stick. disturbing 
• a very old couple on a walk, and a young couple on a walk
• two women fixing something on a car
• some cobblestone streets. and some very broken concrete 
• so many broom bushes in the neighborhood. i really like the yellow flowers