Yesterday night I was in York, in the city centre with a friend and had a sudden pang of pain, urging me to eat some Jamon. Unfortunately, York has a very poor selection of Spanish restaurants, so we had to head for La Tasca, the chain Spanish-ish bar restaurant. We went in, and ordered some ham, which was good for Jamon of its class (Serrano), We got some patatas bravas on the house (because we're charming) and then got some bread. After that I noticed Gambas Pilpil on the menu, but was very dissapointed on its arrival to see the sauce was completely unemulsified and the chef had clearly never seen a proper 'al pilpil' dish. after that we had very tender ribs, some fairly poor chicken in white wine, some paella, an (underripe) avocado and spinach salad, and a nice bit small Aubergine gratin. It was all just ok, but we got a free bottle of wine and, as I decided to sit at the bar for the duration as opposed to a table, got to witness the frankly STUNNING Polish barmaid for a couple of hours. after that we drank a lot more wine and gin and juice cocktails. we also ended up in a chinese disco bar eating dim sum and drinking cans of Stella.
I woke up a little hung over and made a savoury pain perdu with smoked bacon, and a sneaky bit of ketchup. Foodies, you may mock, but I truly believe that ketchup, and HP brown sauce, are some of the world's greatest classic condiments. Great way to start the day
Yesterday I made some a garnache for dark chocolate and espresso truffles and had fun molding and dusting them afer a night in the refrigerator. so rich, so dark, so delicious, so horribly more-ish.
Later on I whipped up a batch off summer fruits pithiviers; raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and redcurrents, sugared and baked in a glazed puff pastry, served hot with natural, unsweetened greek yoghurt. very nice.
Good eating. Good living.
Bon appetit
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