Theatre and cooking
Every year, GetIntoLondonTheatre offers promotions on many West End shows in January/early February.
This years we booked to go to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
I met Adrian at Fire and Stone on Maiden Lane for an early dinner: starter, a pizza and a glass of Prosecco for £15.
(Mushrooms in a very spicy batter)
The pizza were 'world-inspired'. I had a London (Cumberland sausage, smoky bacon, mushrooms - inspired by a full English breakfast) while Adrian had a Peking (shredded duck, hoisin sauce, cucumber strips). They were both very tasty.
We really enjoyed the show!
The staging, the costumes and the 'effects' were phenomenal. Perhaps we were a tad too old for it? No, extra cushion for us to sit on! LOL
The Theatre Royal is a lovely building.
I recall going to see My Fair Lady there many years ago.
(Wonka bars anyone?)
Yesterday I spend a sizeable part of the day cooking.
Michael and Christopher were coming for dinner. Chris is on a very strict diet: no alcohol, no gluten, no cow's milk products, no sugar... so cooking was a tad more challenging.
In the end I prepared:
Polenta bruschetta with porcini mushroom topping
Prawn, prosciutto and rosemary skewers on an avocado, ginger and lime salsa:
Turkey saltimbocca (with an experimental sauce made of grape suice, balsamic vinegar and honey to replace the Marsala):
and Nigella's Venetian carrot cake (but made with rum flavouring and orange juice instead of rum, and xylitol to replace the caster sugar):
They all seem to enjoy the food, and the cake especially. There wasn't much of left of it!
This years we booked to go to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
I met Adrian at Fire and Stone on Maiden Lane for an early dinner: starter, a pizza and a glass of Prosecco for £15.
(Mushrooms in a very spicy batter)
The pizza were 'world-inspired'. I had a London (Cumberland sausage, smoky bacon, mushrooms - inspired by a full English breakfast) while Adrian had a Peking (shredded duck, hoisin sauce, cucumber strips). They were both very tasty.
We really enjoyed the show!
The staging, the costumes and the 'effects' were phenomenal. Perhaps we were a tad too old for it? No, extra cushion for us to sit on! LOL
The Theatre Royal is a lovely building.
I recall going to see My Fair Lady there many years ago.
(Wonka bars anyone?)
Yesterday I spend a sizeable part of the day cooking.
Michael and Christopher were coming for dinner. Chris is on a very strict diet: no alcohol, no gluten, no cow's milk products, no sugar... so cooking was a tad more challenging.
In the end I prepared:
Polenta bruschetta with porcini mushroom topping
Prawn, prosciutto and rosemary skewers on an avocado, ginger and lime salsa:
Turkey saltimbocca (with an experimental sauce made of grape suice, balsamic vinegar and honey to replace the Marsala):
and Nigella's Venetian carrot cake (but made with rum flavouring and orange juice instead of rum, and xylitol to replace the caster sugar):
They all seem to enjoy the food, and the cake especially. There wasn't much of left of it!