{"id":257,"date":"2012-01-31T18:21:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T08:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:07:02","slug":"wins-hands-down-and-tied-behind-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/31\/wins-hands-down-and-tied-behind-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Wins hands down and tied behind back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was looking at Single Origin&#8217;s menu last night among other things, and discovered that their menu contained this home made creamed corn, avocado, tomato salsa and bacon toast thing. I haven&#8217;t had creamed corn in a long while, and the thought of it was just so tasty &#8211; as I love corn and food in general (but that&#8217;s obvious). I got so excited seeing their menu and giggling at the term &#8220;macerated&#8221; and how the only two times I&#8217;ve seen it have been about describing strawberries. It just sounds so messy and violent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;m always trying (and mostly failing) to save money, so I considered not ever trying this wonderfully nice sounding breakfast dish ($15)&#8230; but in the end I couldn&#8217;t resist. I rocked up and ordered it, since they do AMAZING takeaway &#8211; they make it just as pretty as if it were on a plate :), so in a way, not only do I get it for the taste, it&#8217;s just absolutely fantastic to look at as well. So I took it back to work with some awesome coffee, and proceeded to munch\/hack away at my food. Wooooow creamed corn tastes SO GOOD! I really need to learn how to make some smashing creamed corn. The bacon was a little more cooked than what I was hoping for, i.e. it wasn&#8217;t crunchy but it wasn&#8217;t chewy either. While I generally prefer chewy, I figured that the contrast between the creaminess of the corn and avocado and the almost crunchiness of the bacon did well. However, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever get over the fact that toast crusts are so annoying to cut with cutlery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SO-creamed-corn-on-toast.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SO-creamed-corn-on-toast.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SO-creamed-corn-on-toast-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SO-creamed-corn-on-toast-768x565.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Food and coffee made me very happy! When it comes to good coffee, they have a fair few rivals, but breakfast so far is unmatched by any other shop \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Also my brother came back from his trip to Europe, and got some masquerade masks. I was supposed to get one, but since he didn&#8217;t have use for the other one he bought, so I&#8217;m keeping both for now. I keep wanting to take pictures of them in good lightning, but the weather and sun fail these past few days, so lightbulb it is XD They&#8217;re so pretty! I think I still like the filigree one better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-1.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-1-768x596.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-2.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Masq-mask-2-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, after 3 months and losing hope that this would ever get to me, look what arrived in the mail! TOCCATA AND I CAN NOW FINALLY SAY THAT I OWN AN ARTBOOK YAAAYAYAYYAYAYAAAAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My life is complete for today \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-1.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-2.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.raining-chaos.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toccata-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SMASHING<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking at Single Origin&#8217;s menu last night among other things, and discovered that their menu contained this home made creamed corn, avocado, tomato salsa and bacon toast thing. 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