Sunday, 22 August 2010

This year is my year to collect Michelin stars and I'm now on my 4th.. I've been dying to try the Peat Inn after hearing the ravings about the place and with a 2 month waiting list to get a reservation, I've finally been to the place and it was amazing!

The starter was a feuillete of langoustines, scallops and smoked haddock in Hollandaise sauce. Ooh lovely and I don't even eat seafood. The haddock was so perfectly cooked and all so fresh!

The next on the list - we decided to be greedy and go for four courses instead - was the Anstruther crab with marinated cucumber. I have to say this was the best dish! The cucumber was sweet and crunchy, perfectly paired with the light taste of the shredded crab.. Yum.

It was hard to get better after this but I then had the roast rib eye which was lovely as well. Could have done with slightly rarer beef but to be honest, it was hard to fault such excellent cooking.

However, the piece de resistance was the strawberry souffle! I had the chocolate fondant which was so rich and gorgeous, but the souffle was absolutely a work of art! Most souffles taste like butter cakes but this souffle was like eating a cloud. A cloud. My taste buds were actually dancing when I tasted this heavenly dish.

What can I say? I've lost my appetite for normal food now and my taste buds are already craving another meal at the Peat Inn!

Ah bliss...

Monday, 16 August 2010

the irony of it all

I don't think I'm generally a funny person... think all the clown genes got passed to my little sis, which is why my posts seem to be scarcer on this blog.

So it seems almost final.. I'll be going home before the F2 year is out. But not for all the reasons that people have been giving me! To be fair, I did want to stay in Dundee because of my Jag but then my family think I'm nuts...

What were the top 10 reasons then... or not good enough ones...

1. Cold Rock
2. XLBs
3. Poppy (my sis thinks that if xlbs and ice cream are on the list, then my grandma better make the list!)
4. Moving back to Greenleaf
5. Jag/Porsche Cayenne/ highly flammable Maserati
6. Sushi (the dog but maybe the food too)
7. Joanne Ng
8. Joanne Ng
9. Joanne Ng
10. Joanne Ng

You can see why I wasn't that motivated to go home.. Anyway, that's that.