MANILVA ON SUNDAY

SUNDAY 28^th/ APRIL 2013.

We had a nice long lie in on Sunday morning before we got the day on the go; after our tea and toast we started on our roast, sadly not Rib of Beef as we can only dream of it as the price is too restrictive at the moment due to the Euro v the Pound! Another day – say la vie!! We roasted a nice Loin of Pork and I made a savory Herb Stuffing and the finger coating Pan-Gravy later; Brenda’s vegetables were Cauliflower and Broccoli florets with my now famous ‘Three’ Cheese sauce, Cabbage with Alselgas,sweet Baby Carrots and Garden Peas for me! We had some nice minted New Potatoes and I roasted in Goose fat crisp half sliced baby Roast Potatoes. We have not heard from Mano and Anna and they have not called in to pick up their papers so it was just the two old aged pensioners sat down to dinner!

Whilst I’ am on about food we were very jealous this week when David and Jane with two friends went and stayed at the “Gleneagles” Hotel and dined at the eponymous restaurant ‘Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles’ as part of David’s 50^th birthday celebrations; it has two ‘Michelin’ stars, has been voted as one of the world’s top ten best hotel restaurants and he was voted AA Chef’s Chef of the Year; Home Smoked Scottish Lobster with warm Lime and Herb Butter and Roast Fillet of Turbot, Seaweed Butter, Asparagus and Clam Veloute being two of his signature dishes that they tried! See the pictures above; proper food, no spheres, foams, chemistry or molecular cooking as David commented served by charming, professional and knowledgeable staff. Sublime!! 

At lunchtime we went for a late walk with the dog and stopped at Bar Rojas for a drink; we then had my Mint and Pea Frittata back at our house after showing Lumy the pictures, for her approval, as it is her recipe! And ‘Yes’ she did !! We then caught up with all the sport and then watched the afternoon film classic “ The Yards ”from 2000 which is set in the commuter rail yards in New York City, hence the title; Mark Wahlberg, the award winning Joaquin Phoenix,Charlize Theron who I did not recognize with short hair, James Caan and Faye Dunaway in the true story based on a corruption scandal of the 80s.

In the early evening Brenda picked the dog up with her bed as she was staying with us for the night as Isobel was not well and was staying at her daughters and going to see the doctor in the morning;she is no problem and we love having her to stay!

After our roast dinner for two sat at our fully laid table,as usual we settled down to watch the late film on TVE1; “ The Inside Man ”from 2006 also based in New York, it is a bank robbery with a difference! A ‘Spike Lee’ film starring Denzel Washington as the cop, Clive Owen as the robber, William Defoe miscast as a uniformed police chief, Christopher Plummer as the bank owner with a past and the ever watchable Jodie Foster as a mysterious  ‘Fixer’ Watch it to find out !!

Thoughts for the Day; in pictures for a change !

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