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1 abela Jauary 2015 delicatesse fie food, travel ad livig a ew year, a ew you Valetie s Day from the heart Plaig for the year ahead A few days by the Daube Advetures i the zoe A sese of place at Rosewood

2 November 2014 Issue 21 Jauary 2015 We re makig the switch i this [2015] issue... New look card, same great rewards... a quick word 5 a message from Abela A ew year, a ew you 7 a ew year rigs i chage Gettig pumped at Adveture Zoe 11 so much to do so little time! Ito the great outdoors 14 break free of the gym Hugaria specialities 16 mii cheese scoes Paprika! 18 sweet, hot, smoky Embrace the seaso 20 showcasig Jauary produce What s ew i store 23 a lie up of the ew products For the love of chocolate 28 Raw ad delicious A sese of place 30 the Rosewood Abu Dhabi Grad old city 32 architecturally stuig Budapest The best apps for travel 44 smart phoe travel ifo ABELA SUPERMARKETS Desiged ad produced for Abela Supermarkets by Phishface Creative FZ LLC. To advertise please call: Writte material ad imagery cotaied i this magazie are copyrighted ad the sole property of Abela Supermarkets, Phishface Creative FZ LLC. or PHISHFOTOZ ad may ot be reproduced as a whole or i part without express writte permissio from the publisher. Abela Supermarkets

3 Jauary a quick word Dear readers, Welcome back to, delicatesse, our free i-store magazie to complemet your lifestyle, itroduce ew products, ad hopefully etertai. We would like to firstly wish all of our customers a very Happy New Year! May it brig you wealth, health ad happiess. We hope that we ca cotiue to be your preferred supermarket cotiuig our traditio of providig high quality products ad friedly customer service. This issue we take you to the grad old city of Budapest where we try local food, thermal sprigs, ad some cavig beeath the city. We get a sese of place at the Rosewood o Al Mariyah Islad ad of course with Valetie s Day just aroud the corer, there are chocolate treats aboud for your loved oes. Do t forget to use your Smart Shopper Card for all your shoppig. The program has ow bee re braded to the Souq Plaet brad - but rest assured, you ear poits i exactly the same way with the same great beefits. Collect poits every time you shop ad redeem them for shoppig vouchers to sped i-store. It s simple: shop, ear poits, redeem shoppig rewards! Pick up your istat applicatio pack or ask oe of our staff for more iformatio. We would like to hear what you thik of delicatesse magazie, so please drop a to commets@abeladelicatesse.com ad let us kow. Festively yours Low Sodium David Derrick COO - Retail Operatios Abela Supermarkets & Souq Plaet 5

4 Jauary 2015 Watch out... for the trasformatio - evolvig soo! a ew year a ew you realistic goal-settig for 2015 ABELA SUPERMARKETS skip extreme resolutios i favour of small, smart health chages you ca actually stick to Abela Superstore, Etihad Plaza, Khalifa City A

5 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 a ew year a ew you Resolutios are great, but let s face it, the more radical they are, the more likely you are to fail with them. Ad the feel twice as bad about doig so. Try adaptig a few smart ew habits istead - the chages you ll make to your routie are practically effortless but they ca have life-alterig beefits. A perso s drive is ofte based o what they believe of their abilities, ot o how objectively taleted they are. Set out to succeed, ad chaces are you will! New year, ew you. It s such a simple pereial Jauary Make yourself a priority. Put your eeds first, eve whe percet reduced risk of developig breast cacer. Quit smokig ad after five years your risk of developig catchphrase that holds such promise. Ad the you get sidetracked ad come February, well, who ca eve remember their resolutios? Stayig motivated ad achievig what you set out to do o that bright New Year s Day is surprisigly possible. Here are a few ways to keep focused: it might feel utterly selfish. If you sacrifice yourself for others i order to please them (such as eatig a cupcake that a coworker baked eve though you re o a diet) you are doomed to fail. You Are What You Eat Accordig to the Natioal Cacer Istitute, research from more tha 60 global studies shows that wome who are physically active have a lower risk of developig breast cacer tha their sedetary peers. Oe explaatio: Exercise may prevet tumours from developig by lowerig hormoe cacers of the mouth, throat, ad esophagus is cut i half. After 15 years, your risk of developig lug cacer is as low as that of a lifetime osmoker. Cigarette smoke cotais at least 250 chemicals that are toxic or carciogeic, all of which compromise your body s Whe you make a pla, aticipate small bumps alog the way. Idetify pitfalls ad troubleshoot them before you begi - the you will be prepared for how to tackle them whe they arise. A perso s drive is ofte based o what they believe Probably 90% of people will head ito the ew year with the goal to lose a little or a lot of weight - eve if it is to get rid of the excesses ejoyed over the festive period. Just as predictably, the media is iudated with fad diets, pills, ad gimmicks that promise a gorgeous bod, edless eergy, ad ad isuli levels, improvig the body s immue system, ad keepig body fat low (havig a high percetage of body fat is associated with developig breast cacer). Lose 7 percet of your body weight if you re overweight ad you ca lower your risk of developig type 2 diabetes by up ability to fight off ifectio, bacteria, ad disease. Whe you stop exposig your mouth, throat, ad lugs to these chemicals, your immue system ca begi to work at its maximum potetial agai, accordig to the America Lug Associatio. of their abilities, ot o how objectively taleted they are. a ballet booty. However, the simple truth we ofte overlook to 58 percet. Studies have show that people who have perceived selfefficacy perform better tha those who do t. If you set out to fail, you will. Set out to succeed ad it s more a possibility. Rhei i your dreams. Whe your sights are too ambitious, they ca backfire, bur you out, ad actually become demotivatig. Istead of aimig urealistically high, set goals that are challegig, but realistic. Workig costatly to achieve them. Tell people. Istead of keepig your itetios to yourself, make them kow to may. It s harder to abado is that radiat health starts with what you eat. The priciples for detoxificatio are just as straightforward: Focus o clea, livig, utriet-dese fruits ad vegetables so your body receives maximum utritio with miimum stress. Thik of it this way: the closer your foods are to the groud the better. That meas as uprocessed as possible. No cas, o boxes. If these are eate i a calorie cotrolled way, i cojuctio with regular exercise, you ca toss the diet books ad ejoy feelig happy whilst maitaiig a healthy weight. Elevate your heart rate I a America Diabetes Associatio study of more tha 3,000 overweight patiets who had a coditio called prediabetes (i which blood glucose levels are elevated, though ot high eough for a diagosis of diabetes), researchers foud that those who reduced body weight through eatig less fat ad fewer calories ad exercisig for at least 150 miutes a week were able to delay or, i some cases, prevet the developmet of diabetes. The study authors surmise that weight loss ad physical activity improve the body s ability to use isuli ad process glucose. STOP SMOKING 8 a dream whe you kow that people are trackig your progress. Exercise moderately for 30 to 60 miutes a day ad you may have up to a 80 This has to be up there with diet resolutios, right? Well, here s a fact or two to keep you o the straight ad arrow. 9

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8 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 get yourself out of the gym ad ito the wide ope spaces of the UAE. ito the great outdoors Witer meas we ca take advatage of the abudat empty spaces we have o our doorsteps here i the UAE. So leave those stiky idoor gyms behid ad head outside for a breath of fresh air ad a mega dose of Vitami D. TRAIL RUNNING There are so may places to ru it s impossible to ame all of them. So let s look at terrai. The desert sads harde up from the colder temperatures, so what i the summer ca be a tough, quad-sappig slog, ca be a traquil skip alog the dues i the witer. You still eed gaiters for your shoes, but ruig is ifiitely more ejoyable whe you ca actually ru ad ot trudge through the treacle-like sad. Early morigs ad dusk ca be a magical time to ru whe more aimals are likely to be scattered over the rollig dues. Next we have the beautiful moutai rages ad surroudig wadis. Both of these offer some great off-road advetures if you feel like a little more exploratio. You will fid jeep tracks everywhere leadig to dead ed or valley ad o to the ext village, ad all offer great ruig, but try to seek out small goat trails wor dow over years of repeated hoofs trottig back ad forth. These will lead you off the beate (huma) track ad possibly discoverig little-visited areas of the UAE. These tracks ca rage from smooth gravel to rocky ad boulder strew ravies. The wadis ca ofte be soft mushy gravel or water-wor rock beds. All of which offer a challegig ad core stregtheig workout. MOUNTAIN ad Fat BIKING Most great moutai bikig ca be foud i the orther emirates. The closest of which would be a area called Wadi Helo ad Wadi Showka, foud e route to Kalba. This area is well used ad has bee lovigly created ad cared for by the MTB ethusiasts of the UAE. There are a umber of challegig or begier routes here, all of which just take a little exploratio to fid. A fatastic ew facility is the Hatta Moutai Bike Trail Cetre - offerig a rage of well-desiged ad excitig routes for everyoe from begier to experieced rider. The there s fat bikig. No, ot fat people o bikes. These bikes have wide tyres, which ca float over traditioally soft terrai like sow ad sad. Obviously we do t get sow, but we are surrouded by sometimes uavigable desert. Eter the fat bike. It is still hard work, but imagie the size of your playgroud o oe of these fu fat bikes! Get out ad try oe - available for hire from AdvetureHQ. STAND-UP PADDLING (SUP) ad Kayakig Formed i 2009, Abu Dhabi Stad Up Paddlers is a o-profit commuity group. Their purpose is to uite the Abu Dhabi SUP commuity ad provide a social platform from which their sport ca flourish. They orgaise races, dowwid paddles, recreatioal exploratio paddles, family fu days, weeked trips, SUP yoga ad fitess, cliics alog with ogoig weekly paddles at club ights. They wat to promote the healthy beefits of paddlig alog with the beautiful paddlig eviromet i which we all live. (Club ight at Yas Maria - Every Wedesday 6:30-8:30). If you do t facy the stadig up bit so much, the sturdier sea kayak might be a optio that still requires exertio but less balace. Equipped with food ad water, you ca set off to the magroves or a sedate paddle aroud the capital s islads for a day s adveture. Watercooled ret both bits of equipmet from Yas Maria ad Jebel Ali ad for a Kayak or Stad up Paddleboard (SUP) hire for 60 mis is AED 100. Call 800-watercool Whatever you do this witer make sure it s ot i the gym! 14 15

9 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 cheesy ad delicious pogacsa Igrediets: [600g white flour, 250g butter, 50g fresh yeast or 2 sachet dried oes, 1 Tbsp of bakig powder, 200 ml milk, 2 egg yolks, 1 egg for glazig, g medium hard cheese, cheddar, emmetal, 1 level Tbsp of salt, 1 tsp of graulated sugar] METHOD: Heat the milk util it is lukewarm, add the teaspoo of sugar i it the crumble i the fresh yeast ad set aside. Combie the flour ad butter with your hads will give you a crumble cosistecy, add the salt ad bakig powder, egg yolks ad the milk with the yeast which should be bubbly ad frothy by ow showig that the yeast has started to work o the sugar.. Work i half of the grated cheese. Kead the dough util it comes away from the side of the dish, becomes sprigy ad elasticated istead if sticky. Leave it to rest i a warm place for miutes, it will rise ad double i size.. Preheat ove to 200 C. O a floured surface roll it to 2cm thickess tha fold it from the sides to the middle tha i half ad roll it agai. This will make our scoe ice ad layered. Leave it to rest for about 10 miutes. Beat oe egg ad with a brush give the rolled out dough a egg wash. Sprikle with the remaider of the cheese ad with a roud cookie cutter cut out the idividual scoes. Lie a bakig tray with bakig paper or lightly grease with butter ad dust with flour. Place the scoes o the tray ad bake o the middle shelf at 200 C for 25 miutes. Place the scoes o a plate ad let them cool, best served fresh o the day. (Recipe makes about 40 small scoes). These scoes are fluffy ad light ad make a pretty good party sack or weeked treat. The recipe could be exteded or chaged easily, you could use feta cheese ad sliced olives, maybe chopped su dried tomatoes for a Mediterraea feel. Feel free to experimet ad put your ow spi o the recipe! Pogacsa (scoes) is a highly popular traditioal Hugaria bakery product with several variatios of flavour. Most Hugaria housewives have a favourite pogacsa recipe to impress their guests with at ay give time. The savoury scoes are ofte metioed i Hugaria fables ad folk tales as the sustaiig food that the youg ma off to coquer the world takes i his backpack! Whether it is made from puff pastry dough, keaded or mixed dough, however, the essece of a pogacsa (cruchy o the outside, soft o the iside) is i its flavourig. While the most sought after pogacsas are the oes i traditioal flavours like cheese or potato, you ca make the recipe your ow just by addig your favourite igrediets. A doze differet igrediets ca be foud either i the dough, sprikled o top before bakig, or both: medium-firm fresh cheeses, aged dry hard cheese(s), cabbage, black pepper, hot or sweet paprika, garlic, red oio, caraway seeds, sesame seeds, suflower seeds or poppy seeds - the list is edless. Potato (krumplis pogácsa), cheese (sajtos pogácsa), cottage cheese (túrós pogácsa) ad crackligs (tepertős pogácsa) are the most commo types. The base is a type of Balka, Hugaria ad Turkish bread traditioally baked i the ashes of the fireplace, ad later o i the ove, similar to focaccia, with which it shares the ame - through Byzatie Greek. It ca be leaveed or uleaveed, but oly experieced cooks ca make good quality uleaveed pogacsa, from white flour, whole-wheat flour, ad a mix of two thirds to three quarters of wheat flour ad the rest either barley, or (less frequetly) rye. It ca have potatoes or cheese iside ad it also have some grais ad herbs like sesame, black sesame, dried dill mixtured with its flour. Every place makes its ow versio, or more tha oe variety, ad so they come i all differet textures ad flavours across Hugary. Some pogacsa are oly oe ich aroud ad oe ich high; others are much larger. Some have a crumbly scoe-like cosistecy iside, while others are more teder like a fresh dier roll or croissat. More specifically, i Hugary this sack food or meal item is typically 3 to 10 cm i diameter, though they rage i size from the smaller, crispier scoes-like buttos through to the larger fluffier versios. Oe Debrece variety is a foot i diameter, probably the world s largest biscuit that is commoly made. They are traditioally eate aloe as a sack or, especially bigger oes, with a stew such as goulash. I witessed lies of people every morig, queuig to get theirs fresh from their favourite bakery ad eat o their way to the office. 16 while the pastry with yeast is easier to make. It ca also be made 17

10 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 Hugary is oe of the leadig producers of paprika i the world paprika sweet, smoky, fiery hot The Turks itroduced the pepper plat to Hugary durig their rule i the 16th-17th ceturies which was at first regarded ad used as a ordiary plat. The spice evetually made its way ito the kitches of the peasats through herdsme who with cotact with the ivaders used it to add flavour to their meals. Aristocrats foud the peasat foods very tasty ad slowly they started to use it too. By the 19th cetury, paprika became a domiat spice i Hugaria kitches ad restaurats. The powder is produced by gridig the dried deep red paprika pods of the pepper plat which due to Hugary s favourable climate, ad geographical coditios has a bright red colour ad rich flavour that has led to Hugary becomig oe of the leadig producers i the world - with Kalocsa ad Szeged, i the south, at the heart of productio. Durig the first decades of paprika productio the pugecy of the powder could t be cotrolled. The pepper s veis ad seeds that cotai the capsaici resposible for its pugecy were maually removed from the dried, crushed pods prior to gridig. Not oly was the process legthy, but some capsaici always remaied i the pods which made it impossible to predict the hotess of the powder. I the mid 1800s the Palfy brothers from Szeged iveted a efficiet way to remove the veis ad seeds thus eablig mass-market productio of sweet paprika that has always had a larger market tha the hot types. Its pugecy rages from sweet to mildly hot ad very hot, depedig of the type of pepper the powder was produced. Note that the brightest red paprika is ot the hottest! The orage coloured oe will make you really cry. The fresh red pepper is rich i vitami C ad other importat mierals. Delicatesse recommeds! A hearty warmig dish. A simple ad tasty recipe for a traditioal beef goulash. BEEF GOULASH Igrediets [2 Tbsp Olive oil, 700g stewig steak, cut ito chuks, 30g plai flour, 1 large Oio, thily sliced, 2 clove Garlic, fiely chopped, 1 gree pepper, de seeded ad thily sliced, 1 red pepper, deseeded ad thily sliced, 2 Tbsp tomato puree, 2 Tbsp Paprika, 2 large Tomatoes, diced, 300ml beef stock, 2 Tbsp flat leaf Parsley, chopped, black pepper, 150ml Sour cream] Method: Preheat the ove to 170C/gas 3. Heat 1 tablespoo of olive oil i a casserole dish or heavy-based saucepa. Sprikle the steak with the flour ad brow well, i batches, i the hot casserole dish. Set the browed meat aside. Add i the remaiig olive oil. Add i the oio, garlic, gree pepper ad red pepper to the casserole dish ad fry util softeed, aroud 5 miutes. Retur the beef to the pa with the tomato puree ad paprika. Cook, stirrig, for 2 miutes. Add i the tomatoes, white wie ad beef stock. Cover ad bake i the ove for 1 hour 30 miutes. Alteratively, cover ad cook it o the hob o a getle heat for about a hour, removig the lid after 45 miutes. Sprikle over the parsley ad seaso well with salt ad freshly groud pepper. Stir i the soured cream ad serve

11 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 embrace witer seasoals what s i tip top shape this Jauary The begiig of the year brigs with it some seasoal sesatios - make sure you take advatage of the fresh produce available. Usig produce i the right seaso meas you will beefit from maximum flavour ad freshess as well as best-value prices! Blood orages Blood orages are best eate freshout of had, or i salads, salsas, or marmalades. They sport a thi, red-blushed orage ski, with flesh that rages i colour from pik to brilliat red to burgudy; taste-wise, they re tart-sweet ad slightly berry-like. Sea Bass Sea bass tastes great as both a dier party dish or simple supper. A superb sweet, white, textured fish, sea bass is a popular feature of meus. It is caught i the North Atlatic, from Norway to Seegal. It closely resembles sea bream i flavour. Mussels Ofte regarded as poor ma s shellfish, mussels are cheap ad pletiful. I the wild, they grow o coastlie rocks ad stoes but the majority of mussels available i the UK are farmed i suitable coastal waters. Mussels are oe of the most evirometally soud types of fish or shellfish available. There s o hefty price tag ad, what s more, these little creatures are i abudace. SAVOY Cabbage Like the rest of the cabbage family, savoy cabbage has high utritioal value. It is very low i calories, ad cotais o fat or cholesterol. It is a good source of dietary fibre, ad protei. It is also rich i may vitamis ad mierals, such as: Thiamie (B-1), folic acid, vitami A, vitami B6, magesium, potassium, magaese, calcium, copper, phosphorous, ad copper. They are also a excellet source of both Vitamis K ad C. Each of the differet types of cabbage have high utritioal value, as well as tremedous atioxidat ad disease combatig properties. These properties make cabbage oe of the worlds healthiest foods. Delicatesse recommeds! Who does t love the wobble of a good paa cotta - creamy ad smooth, this oe will delight most palates. Blood Orage Paa Cotta Igrediets: [2 blood orages, juice ad rid reserved, 75g/2½oz caster sugar, 150ml/5fl oz double cream, 1 vailla pod, split legthways, 2 gelatie leaves, soaked i water for a few miutes util soft, 300ml/10½fl oz buttermilk For the roasted rhubarb, 300g/10½oz rhubarb, cut i 2cm/¾i pieces, 1 Tbsp caster sugar] Method: Paa cotta... preheat ove to 140C/275F. Place orage rid oto a bakig tray ad bake for 20 mis, or util dry. Heat the dried rid, sugar, cream ad vailla together i a pa ad simmer util sugar has dissolved. Remove the orage rid ad vailla. Squeeze excess water from softeed gelatie, add to cream mixture ad cotiue to simmer util dissolved. Remove from the heat ad add buttermilk. Place four dariole moulds or ramekis oto a bakig tray ad pour i the paa cotta mixture. Chill for 1-2 hours util set. Roasted rhubarb: preheat the ove to 200C/400F. Place the rhubarb i a roastig tray, sprikle over sugar, drizzle over the orage juice. Roast rhubarb for 8-12 mis, util teder. To serve, remove the paa cotta from fridge. Briefly dip the bases ito a bowl of hot water. Getly slide a kife aroud the edge of each paa cotta ad tur out ito the cetre of a servig plate. Place the roasted rhubarb o the side ad drizzle over ay juice left i the pa

12 Jauary 2015 ADVERTORIAL Frico is a brad of Dutch cheeses, made from milk from Friesia cows. Kow ad loved worldwide, the rage icludes traditioal brads such as Edam, Gouda ad Maasdam as well as a umber of speciality cheeses. Frico has produced authetic Dutch cheeses for over 110 years. Although the compay has chaged cosiderably, startig out as a small busiess ad becomig the largest cheese producer i the Netherlads, oe thig has stayed the same: the love for quality cheese. The Frico brad has a log ad iterestig history which emerged from humble begiigs i Made with fresh milk from Friesia cows, the cheeses are aturally ripeed ad crafted by experieced cheese-makers to provide the pure goodess ad authetic taste of ature at its best. Frico uses premium igrediets to esure its authetic Dutch cheeses taste cosistetly superior. Three key factors are essetial to the productio of Frico cheeses: origi, craftsmaship ad atural goodess. New i store... take a look at some ew ad excitig additios to our rage Wolfy s Porridge Pots Wolfy s make it as easy as possible for you to ejoy their Porridge Pots wherever you are All you eed is a kettle or flask of boilig water ad a spoo ad four miutes later you re holdig breakfast, luch, supper or a aytime sack from daw till dusk. Wolfy s porridge is the ultimate comfort food ad because it s made from oats provides plety of slow release eergy. All igrediets i Wolfy s Porridge pots are completely atural, with o artificial aythigs. The porridge is bleded with great care i a artisa kitche by a pack of wolves (disguised as people). The little pot of Hoey, Jam, Marmalade or Maple Syrup you ll fid iside comes from the award-wiig Kitche Garde. Wolfy s also care for the eviromet, so all Porridge Pot packagig is made from recyclable, compostable or re-usable materials. (Eat o the go!) 23

13 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 Jacob s Criklys Baked ad crikled for more flavour. These little devils are a tasty alterative to crisps ad perfect for a sack luch box or just as a tiy treat. The multi-pack cotais 7 coveiet packs i Cheese ad Oio, Salt ad Viegar ad Sweet BBQ flavours. (Baked ad crikled for more flavour) Walkers Extra Cruchy Crisps Better tur up the TV whe you are eatig these! So cruchy you wo t be able to hear yourself thik, ad with all the great flavour you ve come to expect from Walkers. Delicious flavours ad great to share with the family these chips are sliced a little thicker ad come i figer lickig flavours cooked with suseed oil, aturally lower i saturates (over 75% lower i saturates tha traditioal cookig oils) (CRUNCHY!) Eat Real Quioa Chips From the aciet ad timeless cultures of South America comes a revolutioary ew sack made from Quioa grais. The grai first domesticated aroud 3000 years ago, was also held sacred by the Icas who valued it for its utritioal beefits. Quioa today is cosidered to be a Superfood all aroud the world. By haressig this Supergrai source to the ever-expadig rage of sack products, Eat Real brig these tasty light Quioa Chips i mouthwaterig flavours. Ejoy this crispy sack with a differece. Available i: Su dried Tomato & Roasted Garlic, Hot & Spicy, Sour Cream & Chives, ad Chilli & Fresh Lime flavours. (Aciet goodess!) Sooma Creamery Mr Cheese O s A wholesomely, cruchy o-the-go real cheese sack ejoyed by all ages. No artificial igrediets, Orgaic quioa ad other aciet grais, Glute-free, Artificial hormoe-free, Preservativefree, Cor-free, Wheat-free, Just 75 calories per servig (150 calories per pack), 10 grams of protei per pack, 25% of daily value of calcium per pack, No tras fat, 0 grams of sugar, 6 grams of carbohydrates per pack. Available i the followig flavours. Origial: 100% real Parmesa cheese with quioa ad other aciet grais i a light, cruchy, savoury, super yummy sack. Mmm Hmm! Cheddar: real cheddar ad Parmesa cheeses with quioa ad aciet grais i a light, cruchy sack. Cheddar? You kow it. Tusca Herb: real Parmesa ad other cheeses with bold garlic, sweet basil, other Italia herbs ad quioa i a light, cruchy sack. Ciao baby! Sweet Chili: real Parmesa ad other cheeses with chili peppers, quioa ad a hit of sweetess i a light, cruchy totally awesome sack. Oh Yeah! ANNAS Pepparkakor Aas is so much more tha a deliciously thi ad crispy giger spiced biscuit. Aas is a shortcut to great memories ad to perfect spiced pleasure. Aas Origial is the classic Aas Pepparkakor that has spread happiess for geeratios: as much the obvious choice for parties ad traditioal festivities as for a momet s ejoymet at ay time. Nutella Bready The world s most famous Nougat Creme delivered i a ew ad exclusive way. A uique product that combies the origial crisp wafer of bread with all the creamiess ad the uique taste of Nutella. (YUM!) 24 25

14 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 BOLD 2 i 1 Brigs out the sesorial side of clea laudry, erichig both laudry ad life. Created i 1972 as the first o-biological powder, it was re-lauched i 1982 as the first combied deterget ad fabric coditioer. Bold 2i1 does so much more tha just clea it delivers the perfect balace of cleaig, softess, ad freshess. Bold 2i1 offers log-lastig scets that keep your laudry fresh eve after 3 weeks i your wardrobe. (Feel good, feel Bold!) AirWick 4 i 1 Air Fresheer Air Wick 4i1 Aerosol ow combies 4 great beefits i just oe spray! 1. Premium Fragrace 2. Elimiates Odours 3. Lasts up to 1 hour 4. Acts i secods (More bag for your buck!) Persil Small & Mighty Bio liquid deterget i a iovative, multifuctioal bottle Persil Small & Mighty helps you get the best results from your wash with better stai removal guarateed eve i a quick wash, whe compared with results from a previous formulatio o the same 30 C wash programme. Now with a improved biological formulatio, ad iovative bottle desig. Vaselie Me Deodorat Vaselie ati-perspirat deodorats ow have ew, improved fragraces ad each oe cotais ProDerma, a uique bled of ski-carig igrediets, which mimics the ski s ow protectio layer. Vaselie ati-perspirat deodorats are ow available i spray, roll-o ad cream ow with a improved, light, fresh fragrace. FLASH Wipe & Go Flash Wipe ad Go Lemo Wipes Pack of Easy clea, wo t fall apart. suitable for hard washable surfaces. Not for use o carpets, upholstery or fabrics. Available i Lemo ad Orage Flash Liquid Gel Revolutioize your cleaig routie with breakthrough cleaig techology ad a uique dosig cap, providig 2.5x more cleaig power tha dilute products. Tackles the toughest household messes o ad off the floor without oe drop goig to waste - from effortlessly cleaig dried food stais ad tough grease, to moppig the floors ad makig bathrooms sparkle. With just oe firm squeeze, the dosig cap pours the right amout of liquid gel ito your bucket, or you ca use it eat by pourig tiy amouts directly o the stai you wat to target, with o mess or overdosig. Use it for all-purposes, alogside your other sprays ad wipes products. Do t let the cleaig drive you crazy. It ll feel like you have your ow specialist cleaer at had, as you watch it quickly cleasig your surfaces

15 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 for the love chocolate of Righteously Raw Chocolates are made with love, positive eergy ad huma hads - ad what better way to show someoe you care this Valetie s tha with a selectio of these scrumptious bars. High frequecy food, also kow as high vibratio foods, are chocolate cooisseur. Goji Berry are believed to ehace aturally sourced foods ublemished by processig ad the immue system, improve circulatio ad eyesight, ad chemicals. They are igrediets from the earth as preseted protect the liver. They cotai all eight amio acids essetial to us aturally. All the igrediets foud i Earth Source for life, as well as polysaccharides ad other atioxidat Orgaics foods are high frequecy, obtaied from oly the compoets. highest itegrity suppliers who have visited the sources of each igrediet ad therefore kow how they are grow, harvested ad shipped. DARK CARAMEL Covered i 90% dark chocolate, this delightfully smooth truffle redefies the caramel experiece ad itroduces a ew superfood to the maistream palate. Orgaic Raw Lucuma Cacao is oe of the leadig atioxidat rich substaces has a woderfully distict flavour, high i beta-carotee ad o the plaet kow today. It cotais chemicals which iro, as well as other vitamis ad mierals. What better way to show your love tha a delicious rage of uique chocolates... what will you choose? ST. VALENTINE S DAY Saturday 14th February give its reputatio as a food associated with love, such as pheylethlamie, tryptopha, ad aadamide, feel good chemicals that aturally occur i the brai ad aid i oe s sese of well-beig. MACA Explore the flavourful sesatio of warm utty Adea Maca root evelopig a rich dark Ecuadoria chocolate fudge truffle, offerig a uparalleled taste experiece. The powerful flavour of the coatig, complemeted by the sweetess of the truffle bleded from low-glycemic dates ad golde Huza raisis, balace each other to offer a distict taste. GOJI 90% cacao coverig high frequecy berries ad luscious ACAI 80% silky dark chocolate coverig a smooth Açaí berry truffle cetre. Kow to be oe of the most powerful berries o the plaet it is foud i the Amazo raiforest ad is a abudat source of atioxidat flavooids, such as polypheols ad athocyais. ROSE Bleded i this decadet truffle are sesatioal layerigs of tastes begiig with sumptuous dark raspberry ad delicious sweet beet ad edig o otes of rich chocolate ad fragrat rose. Maqui Berry is the umber oe Super Food today. It is higher i atioxidats tha ay other botaical kow to ma. Atioxidats reduce the free radicals that 28 figs make this a decadet treat for the experieced dark break dow tissue i the body ad cause all kids of ailmets. 29

16 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 a sese of As with every hotel i the collectio from Los Cabos to Bermuda, this property ecompasses Rosewood s A Sese of Place philosophy by reflectig the culture, history ad geography of its locatio. place A eclectic combiatio of uique artwork ad decor could havig o real kowledge of the regio or what is has to offer. easily have you fooled ito thikig this is a tredy New York The Gaudi-ispired iterior gave off a refied impressio ad boutique hotel, ot the 189 room glass sided tower risig the food defiitely lived up to that with a feast of a set meu from the sea that it is. Opulet ad tasteful, yet ot a bit of usig traditioal ad uusual igrediets to esure you wo t white marble or heavy gold platig to be foud. eed to eat for the ext 3 days at least. 30 Al Maryah Islad is a 114 hectare residetial, retail, leisure, hotel ad commercial developmet - home to the chic Galleria Mall ad the luxuriously elegat, Rosewood Abu Dhabi Opeig its doors back i May 2013 it marked the first presece of the Rosewood brad i the UAE. May years before that I remember cuttig through this ope body of water with just a few sad bars threateig a groudig, ad the oly thigs stadig betwee me ad a lively eveig at Beachcombers. A thig of the distat past, this hotel ow overlooks the space where the Tourist ad Abu Dhabi Maria Clubs oce stood ad what will i time become a eve more spectacular view of the city. The cabaas by the pool, the glisteig caal, a occasioal water skier slicig clealy through the calm waters - it all makes for a peaceful experiece as you peruse the morig papers over breakfast at Aqua - the aptly amed all day diig restaurat ad Friday bruch veue makig the very best of the capital s skylie. (The Friday Bruch beig a hidde little treasure that I hope o-oe ever discovers). The itimate space of Aqua esures a slightly more sophisticated experiece where you ca forget sprawlig buffets ad dodgig the crowds - statios are small yet regularly repleished ad restaurat-themed to offer a taster of the full complemet of Rosewood s diig choices. A dizzyig collectio of ie diig veues i all - offerig moder iterpretatios of Mediterraea, Italia, Lebaese, Idia ad Spaish - or to be more precise Cataloia. Which is where I chose to idulge for dier, Accommodatio is as you would expect, tastefully appoited ad clea-lied... but uexpectedly itelliget. Fortuately your persoal butler will cofidetly guide you through all of its Hogwarts wizardry. (The butler, like all staff at Rosewood Abu Dhabi were quietly capable, ad attetive without beig overbearig). From the comfort of your bed, a quick swipe of the room s ipad will have you cotrollig the TV, the lights, closig, opeig, closig, opeig ahem, the curtais, checkig your bill, the hotel facilities... everythig i fact, bar makig the coffee. But that did t stop me tryig. Sese, a Rosewood Spa perfects your stay whether for busiess or pleasure. A rage of Thai-ispired treatmets are iflueced with a touch of Arabia, bledig for example Bergamot ad Oud oils for their sigature Aromatherapy massage. As I start to sik ito the cloudlike bed followig the deep breathig ihalatio itro to the treatmet I remember that I am supposed to be takig otes ad try desperately to stay focused ad ot drift off ito aother galaxy. My therapist glides ad soothes muscles by usig a combiatio of her hads ad hot bamboo sticks. Popular i may parts of Asia, the massage itself promotes circulatio, sesory erve perceptio, ad lymphatic draiage ad provides a deep sese of relaxatio ad well-beig. But it s o good, I have to fially give i to the pleasure of my seses. I sese I may be back for more from the Rosewood Abu Dhabi. 31

17 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 grad old budapest A treasure trove of baroque, eoclassical, eclectic ad Art Nouveau architecture. Some buildigs still riddled with the bullet holes ad shrapel pockmarks from WWII ad the 1956 Uprisig. With the Buda Hills to the west ad the Great Plai to the east, Budapest is a glisteig gem of a city waitig to be discovered. There s a lot more to Budapest tha goulash. Not oly does it ejoy the well-deserved reputatio as a food capital, it is also blessed with a abudace of hot sprigs ad some of the most icredible architecture I have ever see. O arrival, we were met with what I cosider a stereotypical easter europea welcome - hard uwelcomig faces ad ster to-the-poit resposes. It probably did t help that our taxi driver who had uwittigly igored the o pick-up sig was istatly set upo by two friedly policeme. About 45 miutes later, our driver was released by Tourism Hugary s aswer to visitor relatios, presumably with a large fie ad wishig he had stayed i bed o this drizzly damp day! Despite the dismal start to the trip, I was quickly swept away by the architecture begiig to appear as we etered the city. Classical, historical, regal, breathtakigly beautiful. I had chose the rather bohemia lookig Brody House from a iteret search as the base from which to explore the city ad I was ot disappoited at what I foud. Fouded i 2009, The Brody House collectio offers a host of differet hotel rooms, apartmets ad houses desiged ad furished i the Brody House style ispirig places to sleep, work or hag whether you re i tow for a oe ight woder, busiess trip, city break, family visit or loger term residece. It operates as a guesthouse cum boutique hotel where you ca choose from 11 uique ad idividually desiged bedrooms for short term stays. All rooms have esuite bathrooms (some eve have a free stadig bath i the room for those decadet cork-poppig momets). Each is uique ad amed after a epoymous Brody House artist whose works feature i what were ofte their former studios. The commual spaces have 32 words ad pictures Louise Adamso 33

18 Jauary high ceiligs, lots of atural light ad origial parquet floors; yet somehow the towhouse still has the air of a (very cool) private home, ad the apartmets eve more so. Its locatio could t be more coveiet, eviably situated o a quiet grad square i the palace quarter o the Pest side of tow, literally a stoe s throw from the Daube ad the beautiful Freedom Bridge; its eighbours, historic masios ad a former parliamet buildig. Budapest lies o the geological fault separatig the Buda Hills from the pacake-flat Great Plai, ad more tha 30,000 cubic metres of warm to scaldig (21 C to 76 C) mieral water gush forth daily from more tha 100 thermal sprigs. As a result, takig the waters has bee a Budapest experiece sice the Roma times. With the choice of bathhouses geerous you ca choose amog Turkish-era, Art Nouveau ad moder establishmets ad joi people seekig a cure for whatever ails them, but also may there just for fu ad relaxatio. A visit to Budapest would ot be complete without goig to oe of the city s may spas or swimmig pool complexes ad soakig i the cathedral-like Art Nouveau Gellért Baths, ope to both me ad wome i mixed sectios, has got to be oe of the most icoic. The eight thermal pools rage i temperature from 26 C to a very toasty 38 C, preparig you to face the witer temperatures outside. The baths though are ot for the self-coscious. Feelig like, but alas far from lookig like a Miss World cotestat o the swimsuit parade, oe getly floats dow the stoe stairs grippig the rail to avoid a embarrassig head first etry, dow ito the steamig pools below uder the watchful gaze of every sigle perso lied up alog the perimeter - apparetly the place to positio oeself oce semi-submerged. Failig there beig a slot with adequate persoal space you ca fid yourself creepig to ad fro across o ma s lad util a place becomes available, upo which you practically walk o water to get to ad occupy to avoid ay further attetio. A stroll through the Cetral Market, parks ad high streets will o doubt have you comig across some woderful Hugaria specialities, may of them hearty ad carb-loaded to esure the arctic witer temperatures do t peetrate too deep. The smell of the caramelisig sugar o the Kürtöskalács (or Chimey Cake) is guarateed to get your mouth waterig regardless of your huger. Made from sweet yeast dough, a strip is spu ad the wrapped aroud a trucated coe shaped bakig spit, ad rolled i graulated sugar. It is baked above charcoal ciders while lubricated with melted butter, util its surface turs a woderful golde-brow colour. Durig the bakig process the sugar stuck o kürtöskalács becomes caramel ad forms a shiy, crispy crust o the cake. The surface of cake ca the be provided with additioal toppigs such as cocout, groud walut or ciamo powder. 35

19 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 Paprika spices of every descriptio o sale at the market Hugary s favourite sack, Pogácsa. Hot Lágos, a deep fried flat bread with cheese ad sour cream. Kürtöskalács or Chimey Cake dusted with cocoa, sugar, cocout or ciamo 36 37

20 Jauary 2015 Jauary 2015 Brody House embodies the art ad culture of Budapest The Little Pricess perched o the rails of the tramlie o the Pest side of the Daube 38 The there s Gulyás (better kow as goulash outside of Hugary). This might soud like the obvious choice, but gulyás is ot oly delicious ad typifies may Hugaria flavours, but is also really misuderstood, so it s worth tryig the real thig while visitig Budapest. The soup is rich ad flavourful made primarily of beef, potatoes, ad paprika though it s ot a stew, as is commoly thought by travellers. (The typical Hugaria stew would be called pörkölt which should also be sampled while i tow.) The best versios also come with homemade piched pasta (csipetke). You might ot wat to eat this hearty soup every day, but soups are a itegral part of a Hugaria meal ad you should ot leave without tryig a steamig bowlful. Lágos is aother sack bread-variatio. A deep fried flat bread made of a flour, yeast, salt ad water dough. It is also traditioally made i Vojvodia, Serbia, where it was itroduced by the local Hugarias. These are typically served with sour cream, soft cheese or grated cheese - meltig as it hits the hot surface of the bread. Imagie dout, meets bread meets Dutch Olibol. Delicious. Hidde throughout Budapest i metro statios, amog the stalls of markets ad may storefrots, are fatastic bakeries filled with delicious baked goods like pogácsa or mii scoe. Cruchy o the outside, ad soft o the iside, light ad fluffy, with may layers, almost like a croissat they are perfect for breakfast or as a side with your luch or right before you head beeath the city ito its may cave systems o a udergroud adveture... Ca you imagie that aother world lies uder your feet whe you stroll o the old cobblestoed streets i Buda Castle District? The Castle Caves stretch several kilometres with oly part of it formed aturally. Ihabitats of the Castle District excavated labyriths, ad cellars i the hill for protectio purposes durig the may wars, but i additio to these ma-made caves it is possible to explore the atural Pálvölgyi cave with a guided tour. (There are ie strictly protected caves i Budapest, with just three ope to visitors). Pálvölgyi cave is the most beautiful ad the logest cave i the Buda Hills with its 29 km legth (the secod logest i Hugary). However, oly 500m ca be explored with a guide. The dripstoe-rich cave, exceeds 7,200 meters ad has a costat temperature of 11 C with high humidity. Just a 15 miute drive from the city cetre, we arrived at a woode cabi ad waited for istructios. A first time caver, I had o idea what to expect but was pleasatly surprised to meet our humorous youg guide as we were haded helmets with headlamps ad a set of uflatterig waterproofs. It was clear our guide was ot oly a experieced caver but also a straight-faced comedic guide as we desceded the log etrace ladder ito the depths of the first chamber uder his watchful eye ad costat oe-liers. Be prepared to challege yourself if you suffer from mild claustrophobia, this is defiitely a adveture where beig small ad female is a advatage - the larger males i the group strugglig with fittig ito or through the small spaces. Our 3 hours below the city explorig the cave systems passed i a flash, ad has to rak up there as oe of the most fasciatig ad challegig experieces I have ever had. From begiig to ed we were bombarded with facts, figures ad cavig trivia, all whilst slidig, crawlig, droppig, squeezig ad fallig through the caves. Our headlamps illumiatig the ever-preset clay dust i the air, it was a differet world. A seemigly dead ed slowly revealig a small hole to squeeze through ad emerge o the other side ito a large acoustic chamber where we were istructed to tur off our lamps plugig us ito blackess as listeed to our guide sig a folk sog i a hautigly beautiful but impeetrable laguage. Urgig the braver amog us to belt out our favourite tues ito the darkess. It was magical. If you decide to brave the caves, make sure you wear comfortable clothig, a t-shirt ad loose trousers with some good trail shoes or hikig boots for your feet. You ca eexpect to clamber up, slide dow ad squeeze through some tight places - the physical climb back up to the top is where you will fid the humidity kicks i ad you begi to sweat - the fitter you are the better. Just remember that hudreds of people have explored these caves, you are ot i uchartered territory ad your guide will ot take you beyod your capabilities. Do t miss: Cetral Market, where you ca explore local specialities. A light bite alog with gulyás, like lágos or pogácsa. Do t leave cois as a tip it s cosidered rude. Stick to lower deomiatio otes. Do t order mieral water from the bottle. Budapest is blessed with a abudace of atural sprigs, so tap water is already eriched with mierals. A simple tap water is sigificatly better for both your wallet ad the eviromet. 39

21 Jauary 2015 Q & A With her cliical dietetics, food service, psychology ad maagemet backgroud, Rita works to deliver the highest level of food quality ad customer care for all cliets. She also thrives to esure that all Slim Lite cliets receive a full educatioal sessio durig their cosultatios ad all the support required to esure a healthy ad happy life. Sed us your diet questios to Rita for some professioal advice... Q My doctor is recommedig I take vitami E to compesate for ot beig exposed to the su. (I am muslim ad cover fully). How does that compare to gettig direct sulight. A Vitami E is a fat soluble vitami that comes maily from food sources such as uts, seeds ad vegetable oils. Vitami E has high atioxidat properties ad helps protect the ski from UV rays foud i sulight. If your doctor is worried about you due to lack of su exposure, I believe he wats you to get eough Vitami D istead which ca be provided via food sources, supplemets ad sulight. It could take aywhere from just 15 miutes to 2 hours for you to get the eeded amout of Vitami D depedig o the followig: - The time of day: your ski produces more vitami D if you expose it durig the middle of the day. - Where you live: the closer to the equator you live, the easier it is for you to produce vitami D from sulight all year roud. UAE is the perfect place to get Vitami D all year roud. - The pigmet of your ski: light ski makes vitami D more quickly tha darker ski. - The amout of ski you expose the more ski your expose the more vitami D your body will produce. My recommedatio is that you allocate at least 30 miutes of your day i your private garde ad esure exposure to the su. Durig the moths of the year whe it is too hot to stay outside for 30 miutes, I would recommed you cosult with your doctor ad get Vitami D supplemetatio. Q My baby seems to be gettig bad cramps after breast feedig. Is it somethig I am eatig that causes this? Ca I do somethig to ease the cramps of my baby? A Sed your questios to: utritioist@abeladelicatesse.com Cogratulatios o your ew-bor ad I am glad you ve chose to breastfeed as it is prove that the beefits for you ad your baby are tremedous o all levels! The oly issue with breastfeedig is that everythig you eat is directly affectig your baby. Eve your mood ad the hormoes released by you could be affectig the comfort ad mood of your baby. If your baby is sufferig from cramps after breastfeedig, the the first thig you should avoid are gas formig foods such as beas, letils, cabbage, cauliflower, ad basically aythig that you feel makes you bloated, will i tur make your baby cramps. As such cut out all the foods that persoally make you feel gassy ad bloated. Oce you do so, you will otice your baby will be feelig much better. Remember also ot to stress too much ad try to relax as much as possible ad your baby will too. Yours i hea lth, Rita 41

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