Margaux is on her way home from France, she texted me around 6pm saying that they were leaving and that it was a 12 hour drive. So I guess she'll be home around 6am. Can't wait.
I called my sister today because I missed her. I frequently miss my sister. I guess I should be lucky, because I always hear from other people how they really hate their siblings and their parents. I mean, I guess my siblings and I argued a bit when we were younger but we don't hate each other… Usually? And I definitely never hated my parents.
Last Friday, Jenn and I went for a wander around the outskirts of downtown The Hague. Downtown is rather large and we only ever stay in the center, so we wanted to see if there were any small and/or cheap places to eat that we might be missing out on. We actually saw a lot of interesting places, and might go back to a few if we ever have the time and money. We ended up eating at a place called Burgerz (link) which was a very interesting place. Step One was to pick your burger, Jenn got the pumpkin and chickpea veggie burger while I got the spinach and chickpea one. Step Two was picking a bun, they had Italian rolls (which is what I got. You could pick white or brown, so of course I got brown), a sesame-seed covered brioche roll that Jenn got (I guess that one was an extra cost. I don't know, I don't like sesame seeds on bread anyway). Step Three was where you specify how well done you'd like your burger but that doesn't really apply to us. Step Four dealt with sides (regular fries, salad, garlic fries, sweet potato oven fries). Step Five was for adding things, like extra cheese, bacon or an egg.
It was pretty good. Definitely exceeded expectations. But it wasn't very burger-like at all, and I've been craving a burger for so long. So today, I made my own burgers. I made baked black bean and quinoa burgers and they were soooo good.
Mine are not as pretty as hers and my toppings are not the most exciting (only gouda cheese, grilled mushrooms and onions, avocado and romaine; I was trying to avoid condiments) but that was the most delicious burger I ever could have hoped for. Oh, and I just chopped up a head of romaine to go in a bag, so that's back there on a towel, drying. Now I have 4 more burgers and, if I want, I can use them for… well, more burgers, or tacos, or… whatever I want. Pretty yummy.
Looks like a good burger. Who was dining with you?
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