Comments on: Live blogging the after-party party

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:47:54 +0000

Oh, yes. The lovely Celia had made some brooches from keyboard keys and when I admired them said “you cooked me food, you get one!”

It says “tab”, and I love it very much.

Also, DSO, the eggplants were my fave too – beautifully balanced.

On a slightly more alarming note, a lovely vegetarian asked me yesterday for the recipe for the mushroom and tofu braise. That one with 2 kilos of beef in it!

By: ampersand duck

ampersand duck — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:44:31 +0000

Oh, excellent! I didn’t get the chance to take a photo like this, because I was inside being Teh Host. I didn’t get to (see or) eat much of it, either: a little bit of braised beef and a sliver of terrine (but got the leftover terrine, which has been yummy all week).
Gawd, it looks great. You did so well! Ever since I’ve been getting praise for your food, which feels wrong. I hope you’ve been getting some directly from the art school types…

By: Dr Sister Outlaw

Dr Sister Outlaw — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:29:50 +0000

BTW, the eggplant and bastourma fingerlings were teh orsumest of the orsum offerings, just slightly edging out the delightful tartlets

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:50:23 +0000

And here (finally!) a peek at Teh Buffet table (with bonus Nigel):

Ftg a big pork and veal terrine wrapped in proscuitto with lots of homemade pickles and chutneys (thanks BB!), skinny long eggplants grilled, smeared with quince and rosemary paste (from Bruny Island Cheese Co) and wrapped in bastourma, little tarts, muhamorrah, a cavolo nero & cheese pie flavoured with lemon zest and smoky paprika and finally a big fat Sichuan red braise.

By: Aunty Lou

Aunty Lou — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:56:26 +0000

Congratulations Caren I was thinking of you on your opening day. You have achieved so much and have along way to go. This is a new start and a new adventure for you. Love to BB and Bumblebee. Cheers to all your friends and helpers on the day. Thats what friends are for! Once again I have loved reading about your life. It is giving us all a gift. Love Always Aunty Lou

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:10:44 +0000

I belive I am still slightly tired. I cleverly booked a Masterclass with French chef Kim de Pooter on Sunday with my friend Chris, so we spent five (! five!) hours tasting Mount Majura wines and eating buckets of butter, duck fat and truffle with my favourite Mountain Creek Farm heritage breed meats. It was a wonderful party, and I'm so glad that &Duck enjoyed it as she did. She's posted about it at her blog, and there's a flickr set of her beautiful studio.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:08:23 +0000

Congratulations on surviving what sounds like a truly wonderful warming and post warming feast. I’ll check out the recipes. And now I’m going to check the Bunnykins plates!

By: The Devil Drink

The Devil Drink — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:53:09 +0000

Kate: then there’s brandy brandy, on its own. A delicious accompaniment to every tomorrow, whenever tomorrow happens to fall.
&duck: that’s what I call Gross National Happiness.