I didn’t update my blog for a while and I missed the blogging and the cooking for all these weeks. I replaced them with my other favourite activity – travelling.
First I went back home to Romania. I really love this place, gives me so much energy, it reminds me of who I am and somehow I always get back optimistic and happy.
And every time I go back there is a little culinary experience to enjoy. This time was a delicious BBQ that included chicken, pork meat and some delicious traditional sausages called Carnati de Plescoi. The recipe for these sausages is kind of national best kept secret. The sausages are so spicy and rich that you really need to cool down with some nice local red wine 
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After the trip to Romania I had to go to Oslo and Paris, both of them great culinary experiences. In both places I had great fish dishes, so back home I got inspired and I cooked some fish again.
tuna with wasabi flavoured potato puree, asparagus tips, red beet and white carrot chips
fresh tuna steak
4-5 asparagus tips
4-5 potatoes
one red beet
white and orange carrot
Start by boiling the potatoes for the puree. Mash them and strain them to make sure there are no lumps left in it. Mix the mashed potatoes with a bit of milk, wasabi and salt. Meanwhile, roast the red beet drizzled with some olive oil in some aluminium foil in the oven. It takes about an hour, depending on the size of the beet. When it is cooked throughout, let it cool down, peel it and the slice it thinly. Prepare the white carrot chips just the same way you would make potatoes chips
For the tuna steak, pat it dry in a kitchen towel and then season it with salt, pepper and then coat both sides of the tuna with white and black sesame seeds.
What a beautiful serving of tuna. Your travels look wonderful and seeing photos of you experiences is enjoyable. Of course, when they are accompanied by food dishes, its even better!