Sunday Scones

It was a very nice sunny and warm Sunday. We had bought some dried lavender at the markets and Trent decided to whip up some lavender & lemon scones! It was pretty good, I give it 8/10.

L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - London

The credit crunch ain't all that bad... well at least for us food enthusiasts, there are some pretty good bargains for michelin restaurants.

Tonight, Trent and I tried the 2 star L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon on West Street, London. They were pretty easy to book, but it was packed out for the special 2 & 3 course dinner menu. May I add, we got some freebies ..woohoo!

The monkfish was exquisite and for some reason my chocolate dessert was bigger than the lady next to me. All the staff was very attentive and even the head chef, Olivier Limousin came out and said goodbye. Hmm.. Trent thinks we snubbed him because he wanted us to take a photo with him! I think he might have given me the death stare while I was putting on my coat.. Ooopsy...

Lack of updates

We apologise to those who read our blog for the lack of update. Nothing really interesting has happened lately, as we havent planned any major travel for March, trying to save money!

Last weekend we went to London Fashion weekend, that was kinda boring as we missed out on the runway shows. The designer exhibits were a bit like an outlet, with girls and women pushing and shoving.

Oh ..and our Fat Duck experience has been rescheduled to early May, hopefully noone else will claim to be sick just for a free meal!

We haven't had any new inspiration for our home cooking, but we attempted to make thai-green curry from scratch. It turned out very fragrant but I felt it lack some sort of kick...hmm.

Chocolate Fondant - Trent Style

After Marisa's initial attempt at the chocolate fondant, I was determined to impress her with some of my own cooking. 

I give myself 7 out of 10. Bit longer in the oven and it would have been perfect! Top that Mr Ramsay. hehe

Food...

We ate at Holm House, our B&B on the first night. I thought most of the dishes were overseasoned, but I did enjoy my smoked duck, hazelnut salad with onion chutney.

For breakfast, Trent had Welsh breakfast and I had smoked salmon, scrambled eggs on a crumpet. Havent had a crumpet in ages!

Most of the better restaurants in Wales were fully booked for a Sunday lunch, we were quite lucky to be able to reserve a table at The Vineyard in Stockcross with 2 michelin star chef John Campbell.

We had 3 course lunch and was stuffed by the time we drove home!

This was John Campbell's michelin star, kinda disappointing. I would have thought it was a minature statue of the michelin baby himself!

Old South Wales for the Weekend

Unfortunately our Fat Duck reservation had to be rescheduled due to a slight food poison scare.. hopefully they will be back on their feet in no time! Since we had hired a car, we decided to go on a small road trip to old South Wales for the weekend.

We drove past Cardiff Castle and we stopped by a fairytale inspired castle, Castell Coch.

We stayed at a Penarth B&B which was real nice and cosy, but the owner seemed very stress, she should really lighten up!

The place wasnt all that interesting, maybe we will be back in the Summer time for some hiking and camping!

Homemade Lasagne & for Pancake Day!

Last night was the first time I made lasagne from scratch, except for the pastry sheets <- next time I will attempt to make my own pastry!

Ramsay's recipe was easy and top notch! Made my own beef sauce, cheese sauce and finished off with homemade pancakes, banana and milk chocolate. MmmmMmm...