Cardamom and attempting to overcome inertia.

I’m trying to get a good post together, but forces seem to be against me (dancing til 3am and crazy hair antics, mostly). An unplanned stop at Din Tai Fung on Friday night (mostly underwhelming) reminded me of my love of garlicy water spinach (on which I have already blogged) so that will be my dinner this evening.

Last weekend I bought some beautiful cardamom pods, but haven’t successfully used them yet – I think I need to give up on cakes until we move, the oven is just not up to it.

Instead, while I tweak the ingredients and alter the levels, I will just leave you with this appetiser (above).