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[Cooking] An almost perfect asparagus soup
This long weekend was perfect for some experimentation in the kitchen so on Monday I used up the rest of the asparagus (I had sauteed spears with my lamb steaks on Sunday evening), cooking the front half of the spears in lemony butter, removed them from the butter and kept them warm. Then I cooked the chopped stems in the same butter with some veg ( Read more... ) -
An evening of QI
After something like two years on the waiting list, I was finally lucky and got into the stage in which I could apply for tickets and I got some for the recording of episode 6 of the J series ( Read more... ) -
To those who would FFW
The website with day/weekend passes and programme for the Fantastic Films Weekend in June (15th-17th) is live!
Apart from the usual suspects like pmoodie, who's in?
A very rare Cinerama showing of The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Big Trouble in Little China in 70mm, Troma and Hammer specials and a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on ( Read more... ) -
Lunch at José on Saturday
On Saturday I met up with skorpionuk at Jose Pizarro's sherry/tapas bar José for lunch. I had been to Pizarro (his restaurant) before and loved it but I fancied more variety this time. José is on a corner on Bermondsey St. There aren't any tables with chairs but counters along the windows with stools and a few tall bar tables as well as the bar itself. It's ( Read more... ) -
Dinner at Restaurant Sat Bains, 28/04/12
Restaurant Sat Bains has been on my "to do list" for a while because his food always sounded and looked interesting when featured on TV, reviews or food blogs. A couple of months ago I mentioned my desire to visit and a friend who lives in Nottingham offered to come along and a roof over the head for the night so I took the offer and booked a table ( Read more... ) -
Dinner at The First and Last, Cambridge
The First and Last opened last year in Cambridge in the premises that used to be The Cricketers, reverting to the name of the original pub in that location. I've been a couple of times but for some reason haven't blogged about it yet. The menu contains both pub grub (things like burgers, fish&chips etc. cooked to a high standard) and dishes you ( Read more... ) -
[Cooking] Sirloin steak cooked the Heston way, boulangere potatoes, new season asparagus
After my light lunch, I fancied a nice piece of meat for dinner. I'm pretty confident in cooking steak my usual way (fast sear and then finished in a low oven) but I wanted to try the method Heston Blumenthal demonstrated in his last TV seriesThe steak had quite a chunk of fat on one end so I cut that off, chopped it up and rendered it on a low/ ( Read more... ) -
[Cooking] Ballotine of salmon and asparagus, crispy salmon skin, lentils
Last night I bought a pack of salmon fillets at the supermarket (from the saucy fish co.) because I needed something quick for dinner. The first fillet I pan-fried and had some leftover mediterranean couscous with it. Perfect quick evening meal ( Read more... ) -
[Dining] Lunch at Tuddenham Mill, 14/04/12
On Saturday I finally had the chance to go back to Tuddenham Mill near Newmarket. My first visit was brilliant but in the evening the lighting is so low you can't really appreciate the prettiness of the food and we only ate a la carte so deciding what to have was really hard. So this time I went for lunch on a bright spring day and had an 8-course ( Read more... ) -
[Cooking] Pork tenderloin, chorizo, morcilla, mash, purple sprouting broccoli
My butcher had nice pork tenderloin portions so I picked up one and they also had cooking chorizo and morcilla (Spanish black pudding) which I thought would go well with it. I also picked up potatoes and sprouting broccoli from Les Ward across the court and my shopping was done ( Read more... )