Gochugaru Girl is not easily frightened by cakes. An exception is the Red Velvet Cupcake, which she and Mr Gochugaru first came across whilst shopping for plates in Notting Hill. The shop assistant, taking a quick break, bit into the reddest cake we have ever seen.
This kind of cake poses many questions.
How does a cake get to be so red?
Does it taste of cake?
If I eat it, will my tongue be stained?
Worse, would my wee look red?
Gochugaru Girl has to switch to Über-woman mode in June, as there are three family birthdays to celebrate, as well as Father’s Day on the third Sunday of the month. Then the extended family arrive from the Far East for their annual summer vacation.
When I find myself short of time but in desperate need to impress, I turn to the recipes that never fail.
Gochugaru Girl has a glass jar filled with samples from renowned beauty brands. Each time she passes a stand in a department stall offering a free sample, she pops it into her handbag and retrieves it for a one application use at a later date.
This afternoon, after exchanging my deceased Alessi kettle for a new one, I had to walk along Brook and South Molton Streets in order catch my train at Bond Street tube station. You need an iron will to walk ahead towards your goal. Like Monopoly, if you pick the wrong Chance card, the consequences are severe: ‘Go to Jail – Move directly to Jail – Do not pass “Go” – Do not collect £200’.
In this case, the jail is a financial jail.
Gochugaru Girl loves green tea in all its forms – as a refreshing hot drink brewed with the leaves and served without milk; as green tea latte made using ground green tea powder; as a dessert ingredient lending a slight bitter foil to the sweetness of cakes, biscuits and ice cream. Lately, she has even discovered its use in cosmetic products. Green tea, it seems, is good for us externally as well as internally.
There is a danger when trying to type with one hand whilst holding a cup of tea in the other. I have just made a typo and ‘iLad’ appeared instead of ‘iPad’.
Many of us have first-hand experience of the versatility, portability and utility of an iPad but what of this hypothetical iLad? What would we do with him?