Anna N

Garlic naan with crumbled blue cheese, grated cheddar cheese and lots and lots of pepper.

Yep that’s the one I aspire to. So far it’s out of my reach.

You can both keep your knickers on. It’s going to be some time. I expect to do the Danish æbleskivers first.😂

Thank you. I hope to try these in a takoyaki pan. Might be a few days before I actually get around to it.

Can you share the recipe? Please?

Yes you will. We all do.

Yeah. I would’ve done that and made sure it went into the compost bin.

Strictly to contain the eggs. I need the dual tray that doesn’t exist!

I think the way the restaurant responded is the bigger story. Here. “Lau told CNN that it was "a shame" to have been deleted from the 2020 guide. "But we take it as a fair judgment and a fresh start following the departure of our master Mitsuhiro Araki," he said. "We believed it placed Michelin in a difficult position to make a decision on how to score The Araki, as the master was here during half of the inspection period for 2020's guide." The restaurant has not asked Michelin for an explanation, he said. "It's their guide, and we're in total respect of how they want to do it. I'm taking it on the chin and getting on with proving myself. "Lots of chefs are devastated when they lose stars, but you'll get nowhere with that attitude. You have to dust yourself off and try again."

Enjoy every minute. I can’t think of anyone who is more deserving of a break than you.

I have been using this appliance almost exclusively but most of it is pretty repetitive so I have not been posting about it. Tonight I used it to reheat some roasted vegetables and cook a couple of eggs.

I like Cosco’s chicken so much so that I won’t buy rotisserie chicken anywhere else but 6lbs. I don’t think so.

Yes we went for the original crust. I think the big draw of this pizzeria is that it offers toppings that are quite unusual in this neck of the woods such as pesto and white sauce and drizzles of olive oil! Pizzas are small compared to other pizzerias. You would need more than one large pizza to feed more than two people adequately in my opinion. From my observation while sitting waiting for Kerry a large pizza was being treated as a personal size pizza by most of the young people in there. It’s a novelty and I’ll definitely try it again but I don’t think it is going to be my “go to” meal by a longshot.

Has to go in for maintenance every six months.

So am I understanding this correctly because if so it’s genius. You are making a frittata and then using it like a flat bread and piling stuff on top?

I wish I had timed the wait. Had we been in a restaurant waiting for a drink order I swear we would’ve got up and walked out. As for the facilities I did tell you not to ask. 😂

That is so much less exciting than what I imagined that kind of jam to actually be. Mine involved a blender.

I read party dinner. Party or pantry it all looks good to me.

Lunch out two days in a row! This morning @Kerry Beal and I went into Burlington for haircuts. We decided, also for the second day in a row, to eat at a little Chinese place that has a good reputation. It was closed yesterday and according to the website would not open until 3:30 in the afternoon. But, also according to the website, today it should be open at 11:30 so we were very enthusiastic about getting there. But once again it was closed. Not really sure what is happening there. When we called the message said basically that it should be open. Oh well. But we had another plan as always. One of the drivers from the limo service that Kerry uses to get back-and-forth to the airport had recommended a new, to us, pizza joint called Blaze Pizza. we decided we would give it a try today. it is a very different merchandising model. You get to watch while they put the toppings on your pizza and carry on a constant one-sided conversation asking how it looks as they add each topping. By the time Kerry had actually got the two pizzas that she ordered in her hands I, waiting at a table, had lost all sense of proportion and just wanted to scream. Who has that much flipping time to waste ordering a damn pizza? I asked if we could take the pizzas home since they were already each in a box. (Needing to use the facilities might’ve had something to do with my impatience. Don’t ask!) Kerry said she had a feeling it was all going to be worth it. And they were nice pizzas. Not for those who like a nice thick doughy crust though! two topping pizza – – pepperoni and mushroom. Meat lovers pizza. I did enjoy this one. We might do this again but only if we order it online for pick up!

Today @Kerry Bealand I returned to an old favourite in Burlington, Bahn Thai. They always had the very best crispy calamari and I’m pleased to say nothing has changed. It’s still the best. Ginger tea for Kerry and I had a small glass of Merlot. Calamari. Perfect combination of crispness on the outside and tenderness on the inside. Dry Penang curry with beef. Shrimp in tamarind sauce. I could’ve spent the whole afternoon just eating these things. But we had other things to do. You know why your Besty is your Besty when she not only takes you to IKEA, picks up a cart for you, and then, after treating you to lunch, takes you and it home and assembles it right before your very eyes. Now that’s a Besty of the very best kind. forgot to post the rice. Yep

I was hungry tonight but for some reason these store-bought pork and chive pot stickers just didn’t do it for me.

Big breakfast today all made on the A4 Box. “Bangers”, fried egg, skillet toasted English muffin and some chutney. Quotation marks around the sausages because to me they are nothing like bangers but that’s what they are called. Why a big breakfast on a Tuesday? So glad you asked. I decided today would be a pyjama day and I would play all day long and I don’t want to be interrupted to make lunch. This breakfast will keep me till dinner I hope.

If it makes you feel any better that’s the only way I have ever found that works to avoid burning the onions.

Thanks so much. I learn a great deal from your mini travel blogs.

The hermit cookies of last week were a real hit with my son-in-law. He saved two for his coffee following day and lied to one of his coworkers that they were all gone! This week Thick and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Smitten Kitchen. Most of these will go off with my son-in-law tomorrow morning. These aberrations, however, with their crisp and caramelly edges are MINE. MINE. MINE.