I write this having just bade “good night” to our dinner guest, the lovely Katyboo. Though I say it myself the food, the company and the conversation was rather good.
Steamed English Asparagus and Jersey Royal Potatoes
dressed with butter and flaked Parmesan
dressed with butter and flaked Parmesan
Smoked Chicken, Broad Bean & Pasta Salad
with Tomato, Rocket & Avocado
Served with a Lemon & Garlic Dressing
Alcoholic Summer Fruit Salad with Clotted Cream
(Nectarine, Blueberries & Raspberries marinated in Cherry Brandy)
Coffee & Florentines
Washed down with a couple of bottles of excellent
Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages
Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages
All devised and prepared by me. Yes, I am showing off ‘cos I’ve eaten a lot, lot worse in expensive restaurants. And I don’t think I need eat again for a week! Hic!
Somehow, too, we seem to have magically added another branch to the extended family.
As Samuel Pepys might have said “A good day. And so to bed.”