Asian breakfast and Turkey Coffee

Waking up early is the next best thing... To a full night of sleep. If you are going to lose sleep, the way to do it is to lose sleep to a productive morning and good breakfast. And that's just what I did last Wednesday. Because it was early, I dispensed with the tea and tried my hand at some Turkish Coffee. Suffice it to say, it is not my forte. I think I have the measurements slightly off. I don't know why, it says very clear: 5-6 gms to 65 mL of water. I don't know what that is in American. The first cup was too weak, so I drank it and made another. It was better, but not there yet (I have since made a third cup and it went even better. By cup 4 we should be in business.






But it is fun to make in it's classy copper Cezve. In case you were wondering, my Turkish Coffee fascination was a Christmas gift from my brother. I made breakfast, then lunch (more on this) and coffee.





Then I studied until it was time for a little morning swim workout before class. 1000 meters in just over 19 coffee fueled minutes! That's not really fast, but it's pretty good for me.





And, for lunch I tried my hand at some sushi. I am not a sushi chef... As I found out. I made up a batch of jasmine rice and let it cool a little.






I spread it over some seaweed and put in julienned carrot and celery and cream cheese and avocado. I rolled it on a sushi bamboo mat (thanks world market). With a little soy sauce, it was amazing. But, more importantly, it was easy.