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Originally Posted by Marco
More or less the same as yesterday:
Wild rocket and lettuce, with grilled whisky and oak smoked back bacon, hard-boiled egg, tomato, cucumber, yellow capsicum, with balsamic dressing and some honey and mustard dressing.
Again watermelon for dessert, and Gallo White Grenache rosé to drink.
Tomorrow is going to be just as hot, if not hotter - so it is quite likely it will be another salad for tea.
Yes, but the bacon makes all the difference!:eyebrows:
It's my birthday today, so we're taking a trip out to Powys Castle, then spending the night at a nice hotel.
Marco.
Happy birthday Marco, hope you have a great day, was mine yesterdayQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Cheers, mate. Should be a good one (due to leave soon). Hope you had a good one yesterday:)
Marco.
Happy birthday Marco - was Sue’s on Wednesday, but not yet had her proper birthday dinner as we were in Disney. Enjoy your break!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
A pub lunch today at The Anchor in Danbury, Essex. (www.theanchordanbury.co.uk)
King prawn salad and chips:
Dessert was profiteroles and cream (some of the best I have enjoyed, but sorry - no photo.), and a couple of pints of Old Speckled Hen. :)
Sausage toad
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Cheers, mate. We had a great time here (some lovely peaceful, scenic walks): https://www.google.com/search?q=lake...client=gws-wizQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Staying here: https://www.lakevyrnwy.com/?sjrncid=...SAAEgK5UvD_BwE
As it says: "Lake Vyrnwy in Powys, Wales, is definitely worth visiting if you love peaceful nature, dramatic hills, and outdoor activities without the massive crowds found in places like the English Lake District." Here, here, as the busyness of the Lakes is one of the things that spoils it for us.
Food at the hotel was excellent, but not especially photogenic - I'm probably spoiled with how good Del's food looks, lol.
Marco.
Good homemade grub, as usual, Roy!:)
Marco.
A bit mean with the prawns there, Barry, no?:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco.
There were five, so we asked for more; which were cooked and brought to our table after I took the photo.
Cool... The chips looked good, too:)
Marco.
The profiteroles were even better, but sadly I didn't take a picture.
Anyway, what about your birthday meal? Let's see the pics. :)
See post 609...
Marco.
Looks good in general, but exactly what did you and Del eat? Our pub lunch was not exactly photogenic, but pictures were supplied.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol... Del had, to start, Burrata with heritage tomatoes. Then, a butternut squash and chick pea salad with Tahini dressing, for her main. I had cod fillet with a watercress sauce, to start, followed by pan-fried tenderloin pork fillet wrapped in Parma ham, in a red wine jus, with Dauphinoise potatoes.
Wine was a bottle of Puligny Montrachet 2009.
Marco.
All sounds good, and very much to my taste.
But that Côte de Beaune, Puligny Montrachet 2009 would cost at least £100, and if a Puligny Montrachet Les Combettes Domaine Leflaive 2009, nearly £500! :eek:
Lol, it wasn't quite that, Barry, but a fair old wedge. The waiter did look rather excited serving it!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Tonight's tea... Homemade steak and ale pie with mashed potato, heritage carrots and peas:
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Marco.
Looks good Marco.
My family can be traced back to at least the 17th century (if not earlier), so our orange carrots, which were selectively bred by the Dutch in the 17th Century are good enough for me.
Anyway just to let the side down, any "mashed" potato I eat is "smashed": the skins are where all the goodness is.
Lol, Del loves her 'fancy' carrots - it makes what she's eating more interesting.
I've also had potatoes the way you describe, and they're nice, but Del's mash is made with butter and cream, and just so unctuous!
Marco.
Unctuous maybe, but not particularly healthy. :hmm:
Don't have it all the time, mate - like I said, variety is the spice of life!:)
Marco.
Paris for the day today, lunch was 3 entrées shared between us, Cafe Buci, Saint-Germain-Des-Pres:
Charcuterie, baked Camembert and onion soup gratin (no, I didn’t know cheese on soup was a thing, so much so that I forgot to take a picture!)
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Dinner was at Cafe Bruant in Monmatre- their speciality is mussels, I had them in a blue cheese sauce and they were wonderful, we shared Escargot as Sue and Tamzin have never tried them. (Will had them on a school trip to France last year when they visited a snail farm.) Will loves French toast, and had a French toast pudding!
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Nice pics, Alex... Food looks good - typically French:)
Marco.
Where I used to live in the West of England, there was a farm where they raised (?) snails. They were so good they supplied French restaurants.
Haven't eaten escargot for a good while now - they're not bad with garlic butter, but a bit 'rubbery' in texture. Like frog's legs, tasty but hardly worth the effort. :sofa:
Some more charcuterie for lunch:
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Marco.
Charcuterie not up to previous standards, Barry?;)
Marco.
Sunday dinner is pan-fried pork fillet with a peppercorn sauce, fresh asparagus, mushrooms and onion rings:
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Marco.
No comments... Barry?:scratch:
Marco.
What do you want me to comment on: the charcouterie or your Sunday dinner?
The charcouterie looks very nice, did Del make it? We sometimes have something like that for lunch. Again your dinner looks very appetising; Del is an excellent cook.
Both! (Which you've now done):)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
No, the charcouterie is all from Lidl - they really do excel at this type of thing. Yeah, Del's not bad at cooking up an acceptable plate of scran.
Marco.
Tonight's tea... Sticky honey-glazed chicken wings with chips and sweetcorn:
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Marco.
Quite how supermarket guac manages to fail so badly against homemade I dunno.
But it does.
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Desert ...
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Nice, Justers... Love yer plates!:)
Marco.
Chips look a wee bit underdone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Raise this serious issue with head chefette?:D
Villeroy and Boch. Wife's choice. I thought they would mark really badly but they seem to survive knives pretty well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
She's got good taste... Just wonder how she ended up with you!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Lol, yeah they were ok, but somewhat of an afterthought... I'm not really a chip person.Quote:
Originally Posted by User211
Marco.
Nice bit of caramelisation there, Roy!:)
Where are the chips, though?:hmm:
Marco.
Awesome [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
A very tasty bit of rump and surprisingly tender.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Swerving carbs at the moment Marco, trying to drop a few pounds.
Thanks to a pound shop cast iron grill pan I got in Clacton about three hundred years ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by User211
No worries, matey. Rump is always the tastiest - if you can get a good bit, as often it's a bit tough/gristly. Yours looked good, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Marco.
Tonight's scran... Pan-fried lemon sole in a caper, white wine and cream sauce, with skin-on Jersey Royals and seasonal veg:
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Pudding was ice-cream and fruit:
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Marco.
Breakfast earlier:
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Marco.
One for Barry... Today's lunch:
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Marco.