A day of over indulgence
Today I went slightly overboard as it seemed there was an eating festival at work.
First the monthly order from a bakery came and Leland kept my favorite "honey bee" lying innocently near the keyboard.
After lunch, a chef brought in a plate of eclairs. I love eclairs dearly and first tried to resist but better sense came over me and I took one and proceeded to demolish it lest it vanished.
Then there was "an afternoon of dessert" which translates to my having not one but at least two or three plated desserts in one sitting. So I had a light puff pastry stacked with milk marmalade topped with a scoop of lemon yogurt sorbet and kiwi. The puff pastry tasted a bit like a macaroon and with the sorbet was quite delicious.
I also asked for and was given two scoops of cranberry swirl ice cream to taste.
Then I had a savory. Mushrooms and spinach encased in two layers of puff pastry with a bechamel sauce around it and two sprigs of scallions for decoration. This was tasty although one observer found it odd to have a salty dish after the sweet but if you are an Indian, it is a fairly easy thing to do.
Leland also had two offerings from the menu - a crisp rhubarb tart served with a strawberry and rhubard coulis and then the savory dish that I had.
We both felt slightly ill to say the least in the afternoon and assured each other that we wouldn't partake of any refreshments at the bar after work.
Food promises however, are meant to be broken and they were when we repaired to the little bar across the street to unwind over bottles of wine and chorizo which Brendan adores and salted almonds.
Then if that wasn't enough - how better than to end the day after hearing the magical word "bacon" being mentioned in a conversation, but with an invitation to share gruyere omelettes, bacon crisped but still soft in spots and yam fries cooked in bacon grease.
Bacon overload! Thank you Leland for making my bacon wishes come true.
Once in a while that is just what we need, especially when we have indulged and bulged at an afternoon of dessert along with an eclair or two thrown in for good measure!
First the monthly order from a bakery came and Leland kept my favorite "honey bee" lying innocently near the keyboard.
After lunch, a chef brought in a plate of eclairs. I love eclairs dearly and first tried to resist but better sense came over me and I took one and proceeded to demolish it lest it vanished.
Then there was "an afternoon of dessert" which translates to my having not one but at least two or three plated desserts in one sitting. So I had a light puff pastry stacked with milk marmalade topped with a scoop of lemon yogurt sorbet and kiwi. The puff pastry tasted a bit like a macaroon and with the sorbet was quite delicious.
I also asked for and was given two scoops of cranberry swirl ice cream to taste.
Then I had a savory. Mushrooms and spinach encased in two layers of puff pastry with a bechamel sauce around it and two sprigs of scallions for decoration. This was tasty although one observer found it odd to have a salty dish after the sweet but if you are an Indian, it is a fairly easy thing to do.
Leland also had two offerings from the menu - a crisp rhubarb tart served with a strawberry and rhubard coulis and then the savory dish that I had.
We both felt slightly ill to say the least in the afternoon and assured each other that we wouldn't partake of any refreshments at the bar after work.
Food promises however, are meant to be broken and they were when we repaired to the little bar across the street to unwind over bottles of wine and chorizo which Brendan adores and salted almonds.
Then if that wasn't enough - how better than to end the day after hearing the magical word "bacon" being mentioned in a conversation, but with an invitation to share gruyere omelettes, bacon crisped but still soft in spots and yam fries cooked in bacon grease.
Bacon overload! Thank you Leland for making my bacon wishes come true.
Once in a while that is just what we need, especially when we have indulged and bulged at an afternoon of dessert along with an eclair or two thrown in for good measure!
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