Even more of my Thanksgiving meals
Anyhow, dim sum with eight people was very fun. It was noisy and crowded, we got too much food, and there were about five different conversations going at the same time, and it was lovely. Usually I don't like loud, noisy things, but it just feels sort of appropriate for dim sum and Chinese restaurants in general.
And then! I went to coffeeandink's for dinner with her and oracne! Home-cooked food! Wow! It is two full days later, and I am still amazed that Mely made it all! (well, except the bread and cheese, courtesy of oracne. I now feel really bad about not bringing anything.)
There were cranberry scones made of cornmeal, which were very tasty and had a satisfying texture due to the cornmeal. I topped mine off with loads and loads of cloudberry preserves. I have no idea what a cloudberry is, but the preserves are really, really tasty. Mostly I avoided the pumpkin butter, since I already ate my weight in pumpkin pie previously. And then there were little fried eggplant bits with a yogurt-cucumber dip, which was really, really good and crispy, and I can't believe it was the first time Mely made it.
Wah.
I am now inspired to cook. Ok, mostly I am inspired to make cornmeal scones and buy lots of cloudberry preserves so I can eat them for breakfast because they are the tastiest things ever. And they are so nicely substantial and dense! I felt sort of bad because I kept eating out with oracne and coffeeandink, which basically meant a total lack of conversational skills on my part -- am too busy stuffing mouth to talk. I am also now very sad that I didn't go for Scone #3, because I want another one now, sigh.
Mmmmm, scones....
Oh yeah. Mely's apartment is incredibly cute and she has a Wall of Books. I mean, seriously. I got through the door, and then sort of stopped dead and ogled. I need more shelves!
Vids were watched, artbooks were flipped through, and I got to read a Moto Hagio interview, which was extremely cool.
ETA: Doh! I got so distracted by the scones that I forgot about all the food after the appetizers! Anyhow, actual dinner was roasted red pepper soup with polenta croutons (I shall now never go back to normal croutons), which was lovely and creamy and pinky-orange, and there was very good bread and cheese, which was the only thing that didn't come from Mely's kitchen (it was really good cheese, but I don't remember what it was). Oh wait, we also had some raspberry lambic (raspberry beer type thing) which was also courtesy of oracne. And clementines and raw peas for dessert (and more scones!), after which I sort of collapsed on the sofa in food coma.
And then! I went to coffeeandink's for dinner with her and oracne! Home-cooked food! Wow! It is two full days later, and I am still amazed that Mely made it all! (well, except the bread and cheese, courtesy of oracne. I now feel really bad about not bringing anything.)
There were cranberry scones made of cornmeal, which were very tasty and had a satisfying texture due to the cornmeal. I topped mine off with loads and loads of cloudberry preserves. I have no idea what a cloudberry is, but the preserves are really, really tasty. Mostly I avoided the pumpkin butter, since I already ate my weight in pumpkin pie previously. And then there were little fried eggplant bits with a yogurt-cucumber dip, which was really, really good and crispy, and I can't believe it was the first time Mely made it.
Wah.
I am now inspired to cook. Ok, mostly I am inspired to make cornmeal scones and buy lots of cloudberry preserves so I can eat them for breakfast because they are the tastiest things ever. And they are so nicely substantial and dense! I felt sort of bad because I kept eating out with oracne and coffeeandink, which basically meant a total lack of conversational skills on my part -- am too busy stuffing mouth to talk. I am also now very sad that I didn't go for Scone #3, because I want another one now, sigh.
Mmmmm, scones....
Oh yeah. Mely's apartment is incredibly cute and she has a Wall of Books. I mean, seriously. I got through the door, and then sort of stopped dead and ogled. I need more shelves!
Vids were watched, artbooks were flipped through, and I got to read a Moto Hagio interview, which was extremely cool.
ETA: Doh! I got so distracted by the scones that I forgot about all the food after the appetizers! Anyhow, actual dinner was roasted red pepper soup with polenta croutons (I shall now never go back to normal croutons), which was lovely and creamy and pinky-orange, and there was very good bread and cheese, which was the only thing that didn't come from Mely's kitchen (it was really good cheese, but I don't remember what it was). Oh wait, we also had some raspberry lambic (raspberry beer type thing) which was also courtesy of oracne. And clementines and raw peas for dessert (and more scones!), after which I sort of collapsed on the sofa in food coma.