Another afternoon spent drinking coffee......

I can't think of creative ideas when at home. Too many distractions at home - the ringing of the phone, the ironing basket screaming for some TLC, too many snacks waiting to be consumed etc. So, I got ready, armed with my notebook and a pen and hit the coffee shop - I have to say, what was missing was a nice sleek laptop - preferably a MAC. Ideas, would have just pored in and maybe, all right just a big maybe, a cafe filled with mouth watering food would be up and running by now. However, I shall not blame it on the lack of resources.

So, in my favourite coffee place which is Costa, I sat with a large coffee and a blueberry muffin, hoping for ideas to pour into my head so that I could then record them into my notebook. To be honest, the environment did help - and there were some fantabulous ideas of food that I could possibly serve in my cafe. Thought of delicious fillings in a Panini/wrap - ideas kept pouring and I kept recording them in my little notebook - promising to move them on to the computer ASAP. Thought people can choose what they want as fillings in their wraps/paninis - but then it occurred to me that my dream cafe would just end up being like a Subway. No offence to Subway, but there are far too many Subways in Delhi. Sorry, I am just about to sound like a snob, but I did want my dream cafe to be slightly more up market - so, I trashed all that I had written and promised to start afresh over another cup of coffee the following day, hoping for THE idea to come to me.

I will leave you today with this delicious recipe of a finger-licking good Panini:

Ingredients
Fresh Ciabatta bread
Pitted Black Olives
3 - 4 sun-dried tomatoes
1 jalapeño peppers, chopped
2 chunks of fresh buffalo milk mozzarella cheese
1 tbsps of balsamic vinegar
Handful for rocket leaves

Method
1. Slightly brush the ciabatta bread with olive oil and place on the griddle pan for 1-2 mins on each side
2. Marinate the olives, jalapeño peppers, mozzarella and the sun-dried tomatoes in balsamic vinegar for about 20 minutes
3. Place the marinated mixture on the griddled bread
4. Add the rocket leaves

Enjoy - nothing unusual, but amazingly good.