JUICE BOX

"i'm so sorry. it was raining heavily and i couldn't make it so i had to send Tee to come pick you up instead", said Buddy my friend. Buddy, what a name...always wonder if there is any point referring to him as a friend when his name already says it all, lol.
i was invited to an opening at ikota shopping complex, shop A67, VGC, Ajah and Buddy was apologising for failing to come pick me up. he is lucky he sent someone else 'cause he would have felt my wrath if i had missed this opening.

the opening is for a shop aptly named JUICE BOX. as i am sure you would have deduced from the name, it is a juice making shop. just juice, juice, juice...hmmmm... i got a juice extractor from my aunt a couple of months back so i really dont see why i would want to spend my money for some overly priced glass of juice when i can comfortable make some for myself at home... (of course that all depends on when i find the time to unpack the juice maker and bring myself to really use it)... but hey no judgement ok?
it is a public holiday, May 1st to be exact, and yet the traffic build up on the way to ajah is unbelievable. really dont understand why folks choose to live here, i doubt i could handle this amount of stress on a daily basis.
we arrive and of course the opening is already in progress. Buddy orders water melon, plum and red grape (can those all coexist in the same glass?). i take a sip from his glass and i am suddenly a believer. the way the different tastes assail your buds is almost magical. hmmm...maybe there is something to having someone squeeze your juice after all. i look at the menu, looking for the most ridiculous mix i can find. i order for a 'Screamy Cream', lol, really?? it is a mix of coconut, plum and yogurt and i must admit it was divine. i mean for the first time i am relaxed and it is almost as if the juice just washed away all my problems and made me a whole new man. i will surely have another before i leave, i want this feeling to last all the way into tomorrow when i have to drag myself to work.
well aside from the obvious attractions, JUICE BOX is a place where you can be sure what you are getting is fresh. the juice is freshly made right in front of you, except of course you make an order to be delivered to you. the staff all have their heads covered and you can watch as each fruit is juiced out.
the menu include
screamy creamy
banana, ginger and yogurt
banana, mango and yogurt
pineapple, pear and yogurt
pineapple, plum and yogurt
pear, apple and yogurt
water melon, plum and red grape
there are other mixes available according to your tastes.
a small cup costs 500 naira and a large cup costs 700 naira
for those of us trying to keep fit or lose some pounds you can do without the yogurt.
there is also a free delivery within ikota shopping complex.

JUICE BOX
IKOTA SHOPPING COMPLEX, SHOP A67, ROAD 1, IKOTA SHOPPING COMPLEX, VGC, AJAH

what a way to win back mama's heart from an untidy kitchen.

THIZ HAPPEN SOMETIME LAST YEAR.......

Just closed from work and visiting my cousin was the next agenda. Had a pile of dirty dishes in the untidy kitchen, I wasn’t ready to clean. My mum just came visiting, she would never touch them. She would wait till I returned to rain all the motherly insult for not “repping her” well. (I be girl? I nor dey go husband house jor).

At my cousin’s place, I had nice afang soup with pounded yam( not something I want to write about).

“Good evening mum.” “Good evening,” she murtured.

Not even a hug( my traditional signature)?

“Just go and see how untidy your kitchen looks,” and the motherly insult continued.

She is hungry and not in the mood to make eba which is easy, but I just consumed pounded yam, a blend of tomatoes, pepper and onions( not smooth), found out there was no groundnut oil. Palm oil was not a bad idea though!

Got it all hot( not to be breaching level), turned my bended tomatoes mix and vola. Smoked fish is a type of fish I crave for and I really don't enjoy the ones available in Lagos.

(If you know where I can get a good one, please let me know).

I washed my smoked fish all the way from the ancient city of Benin. Adding my vegetable and the normal maggi, salt and little bit of curry, my vegetable fish stew was ready. Serving was with yam and ripe plantain.

When did you start adding sugar to your food? And I laugh. Mum, thanks for the compliment, I learnt from the best" wink".
Thanks a way to win back a mama's heart from an untidy kitchen.

www.dolebae.blogspot.com Ohhh no

Www.dolebae.blogspot.com Ohhh no, it's been almost a year, or maybe. But it's good been back again. It took instagram to make me realize how have missed my blog. Well for my followers on instagram, adding a picture and the comments got my craving  back for good food again. Make be I was broke to visit restaurants or even to cook at home. I promise my self to continue this good work even if it's not read by anyone but this what I want to do and enjoy it.  Thanks for the inspiration @tytryone for the lovely post below, I want to write and I will.
Catch ya soon!!