Comments on: St John and the velvet centred liver http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: emica http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-3498 emica Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:19:29 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-3498 A year on and The Man is a year older, so we went back to St John for another special dinner. I betrayed my principles and we had the fois gras. I wanted to try it once before taking to the high moral ground. It was meltingly delicious, silky smooth and laced with brandy. My beef was beefy and the chard chopped with anchovy and cream was yummy but it was all a bit lukewarm. I know you rest beef, but this was tepid. The Man had smoked eel which didn't look attractive but had very nice Scandi flavours. St John is known for its madeleines and rightly - flufffy and still warm! Yum! Alongside we had the buttermilk pudding with cherries, which is kinda like a pannacotta but more a balance of sharp and sweet. A spoon of madeleine with a dollop of soft pudding on top YUM! A year on and The Man is a year older, so we went back to St John for another special dinner.

I betrayed my principles and we had the fois gras. I wanted to try it once before taking to the high moral ground. It was meltingly delicious, silky smooth and laced with brandy.

My beef was beefy and the chard chopped with anchovy and cream was yummy but it was all a bit lukewarm. I know you rest beef, but this was tepid. The Man had smoked eel which didn’t look attractive but had very nice Scandi flavours.

St John is known for its madeleines and rightly – flufffy and still warm! Yum! Alongside we had the buttermilk pudding with cherries, which is kinda like a pannacotta but more a balance of sharp and sweet. A spoon of madeleine with a dollop of soft pudding on top YUM!

]]> By: Zoe http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2580 Zoe Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:06:35 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2580 What a great link, emica. I spotted some FR pig's heads at Belconnen markets this week, but Michael of Mountain Creek Farm has offered me one of his Wessex Saddleback ones - can't really eat other pork after you've tried it. Coincidently, Michael is breaking his self-imposed rule of not selling his meat in Sydney for a special dinner by Fergus Henderson at birdcowfish during the Sydney International Food Festival in October. Wish I was going to that dinner ;) What a great link, emica. I spotted some FR pig’s heads at Belconnen markets this week, but Michael of Mountain Creek Farm has offered me one of his Wessex Saddleback ones – can’t really eat other pork after you’ve tried it.

Coincidently, Michael is breaking his self-imposed rule of not selling his meat in Sydney for a special dinner by Fergus Henderson at birdcowfish during the Sydney International Food Festival in October. Wish I was going to that dinner ;)

]]> By: emica http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 emica Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:14:08 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2578 The great man himself http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/aug/28/fergus-henderson-pig-head-cook The great man himself

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/aug/28/fergus-henderson-pig-head-cook

]]> By: Helen http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2514 Helen Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:22:04 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2514 Chickpea and Chorizo stew is a staple at our place. Fry up some thinly sliced Chorizo with onions, paprika and olive oil (not a lot, as oil comes out of the sausage) and dump in: Chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, garlic, shitloads of flat parsley, and a chopped bunch of some kind of green like spinach, silverbeet, bok choy or rocket. It's an ideal uncomplicated after-work one-bowl dinner which can be further padded with rice or spuds if you want. Chickpea and Chorizo stew is a staple at our place. Fry up some thinly sliced Chorizo with onions, paprika and olive oil (not a lot, as oil comes out of the sausage) and dump in: Chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, garlic, shitloads of flat parsley, and a chopped bunch of some kind of green like spinach, silverbeet, bok choy or rocket.

It’s an ideal uncomplicated after-work one-bowl dinner which can be further padded with rice or spuds if you want.

]]> By: Scott http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2475 Scott Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:54:28 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2475 We celebrated a thirtieth birthday there (at St John Street)<a href="http://euroblather.blogspot.com/2005/04/hollys-birthday.html" rel="nofollow">a few years ago with whole suckling pig.</a> Deliciouso. Katie and I went back a year or so later for some real nose-to-tail stuff. Poached calf brain a highlight. Funny aside about Fergus Henderson; every year, he and the St John crew used to shut the restaurant and decamp to Glastonbury, where they'd run the fine dining <a href="http://archive.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/+green/+lost_vagueness/index.html" rel="nofollow">VEGETARIAN restauarant at the infamous Lost Vagueness complex</a>. We celebrated a thirtieth birthday there (at St John Street)a few years ago with whole suckling pig. Deliciouso. Katie and I went back a year or so later for some real nose-to-tail stuff. Poached calf brain a highlight.

Funny aside about Fergus Henderson; every year, he and the St John crew used to shut the restaurant and decamp to Glastonbury, where they’d run the fine dining VEGETARIAN restauarant at the infamous Lost Vagueness complex.

]]> By: Dame Mint Pattie http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2473 Dame Mint Pattie Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:32:48 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2473 I really enjoyed this post - you could almost taste it. I'd even think about eating snails after reading your desciption of the play between the salty slug stew and the lemony rocket flavours. BTW, keep and eye out for Matt Preston - apparently Matt and his cravats are in London (or so I'm told). I really enjoyed this post – you could almost taste it. I’d even think about eating snails after reading your desciption of the play between the salty slug stew and the lemony rocket flavours.

BTW, keep and eye out for Matt Preston – apparently Matt and his cravats are in London (or so I’m told).

]]> By: ampersand duck http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 ampersand duck Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:12:48 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2471 I was just about to go and grab some lunch, but I think I'm full now. Great post. I was just about to go and grab some lunch, but I think I’m full now. Great post.

]]> By: Taurus56 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/08/12/st-john-and-the-velvet-centred-liver/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Taurus56 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:19:20 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2515#comment-2469 Hi Emica, This is Taurus56 calling. I love your articles, they're written with such flavour. AnzacDayGirl has too many rules about eating fattening things - time she got over it! I would have gone straight to the dessert menu first just to make sure I could fit it in! Hi Emica,
This is Taurus56 calling. I love your articles, they’re written with such flavour. AnzacDayGirl has too many rules about eating fattening things – time she got over it! I would have gone straight to the dessert menu first just to make sure I could fit it in!

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