Wednesday 24 March 2010

Jamie's Italian - George's real birthday

Went there for dinner.  Food was good but I still felt service was "put on".  I had fish stew, truffle chips and affogatto - all excellent.
£71 for the 3 of us

Saturday 20 March 2010

George's 17th birthday dinner

Spent the day cooking.  Fantastic evening with everyone.
George, Jayne, Annie, David, Charlie, Claire, Vivienne, Derek, Lisa, James, Sue, Craig, Lizze, Jan, Ken, Sheena, (+1?) & moi.

Dinner was:
  • Smoked haddock chowder
  • Sour-dough bread
  • Asian spiced pork belly with noodles & pak choy
  • Raspberry, Lemon Curd & Meringue shots
  • Rhubarb & Strawberry cheesecake with same compote
  • Blueberry & sweet potato tart
  • Brazilian chocolate cake
Someone said - a pudding too far...(although most people had all the courses!)
Sue and Italian joke. Lots of singing afterwards.  Finished sometime after 1am.

Saturday 6 March 2010

dinner at the bear

3 of us.  I had duck - not impressed