T. B-DAY W-END
This weekend it was T's birthday! So instead of playing friday night couch potato we went to have a drink @ HELM around the corner. It more or less becoming our favorite hang out.
And on her actual B-dag, saturday, I tried to have her wait for her presents, but since she knew where I had hidden them, there was no way of keeping them from her. And because spring was really in the air this time (the weather is ALWAYS nice on T's birthday), we did some rockin' strolling around town, lined up with 30 people at Café Olimpico for that perfect cappucino and sipped our caffeine fix on the sun terrace outside desperately trying to get that first sun tan, walked down Main (Boul. St Laurent) and ended up having a drink in Le Saint-Ciboire in Quartier Latin. And we were back just in time for dinner at Oishii Sushi. Well I'm normally not a big sushi aficionado (I think fire was invented to cook food, not to have it raw), but we had a succulent meal! We started of with a Tokyotini, think dry martini with a splash of sake and ginger. I'd go all night on these babies! Then a platter with some sashimi (your regular tuna, shrimp, salmon and squid), some great sushi rolls with tempura, cucumber, tuna and toasted sesame seeds inside) and great tempura shrimps. I had superdry Asahi beer and T. some japanese green tea. And as dessert we shared a wonderful green tea cheese cake and hot sake!
And what better way to top a perfect evening with some fine scotch at the Whisky Café. A dram of Bunnahabain and The Macallan on the other side of the table quite did the trick.
On sunday, I roasted a whole leg of lamb. Since I needed to stuff it with zingy herbs, I deboned it partly (took out the H bone and thigh bone). And basted it every 15mins with red wine (Sangiovese/Merlot). Add some veg, and you have a great meal! Oh, and the meat we didn't eat: with feta salad and tzatiki in soft warm pita breads!
And on her actual B-dag, saturday, I tried to have her wait for her presents, but since she knew where I had hidden them, there was no way of keeping them from her. And because spring was really in the air this time (the weather is ALWAYS nice on T's birthday), we did some rockin' strolling around town, lined up with 30 people at Café Olimpico for that perfect cappucino and sipped our caffeine fix on the sun terrace outside desperately trying to get that first sun tan, walked down Main (Boul. St Laurent) and ended up having a drink in Le Saint-Ciboire in Quartier Latin. And we were back just in time for dinner at Oishii Sushi. Well I'm normally not a big sushi aficionado (I think fire was invented to cook food, not to have it raw), but we had a succulent meal! We started of with a Tokyotini, think dry martini with a splash of sake and ginger. I'd go all night on these babies! Then a platter with some sashimi (your regular tuna, shrimp, salmon and squid), some great sushi rolls with tempura, cucumber, tuna and toasted sesame seeds inside) and great tempura shrimps. I had superdry Asahi beer and T. some japanese green tea. And as dessert we shared a wonderful green tea cheese cake and hot sake!
And what better way to top a perfect evening with some fine scotch at the Whisky Café. A dram of Bunnahabain and The Macallan on the other side of the table quite did the trick.
On sunday, I roasted a whole leg of lamb. Since I needed to stuff it with zingy herbs, I deboned it partly (took out the H bone and thigh bone). And basted it every 15mins with red wine (Sangiovese/Merlot). Add some veg, and you have a great meal! Oh, and the meat we didn't eat: with feta salad and tzatiki in soft warm pita breads!
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