Lovely to see you back
@shelley262 I missed posting yesterday and there are a few pages to look back on already, I don’t think I’d contemplate 4 weeks worth!
Good news about the house move
@ianpspurs and about the boiler
@maglil55 . I’ve finally got round to sending your chicken crackling btw.
Got back from our spa break a short while ago and feeling very rested. Lovely to see little Den looking much perkier that when I left, although one of his meds has given him diarrhoea which is not a good look on a cream carpet.
Yesterday’s food was scrambled egg and 1/2 avocado at home for breakfast.
Lunch at the hotel a very nice antipasto plate
Dinner was stunning. Olives with a G&S in the bar first.
Appetiser of smoked salmon on a wasabi crispy thing. Glass of champagne.
Amuse bouche of onion veloute with a cheese croquet ( breadcrumb coating but it was tiny so I threw caution to the wind)
Starter of a huge Orkney scallop and I can’t remember what all the fancy bits and bobs around it were but they all tasted wonderful.
Main was turbot (cooked in sous vide) on celeriac with another scallop and champagne sauce.
Shared a cheeseboard for pud. Each cheese came with its own little square of matched jelly ( quince, fig etc) which I didn’t have. Also matched bread and crackers also sadly left on the plate. Each course with a glass of wine chosen to compliment it.
We were highly amused by the pretentious chap on the next table talking loudly to the waiter about the turbot which he pronounced turbOH