Tuesday 21 July 2015

Dinner At The French Embassy

SM Stirling, The Peshawar Lancers (New York, 2003), pp. 249-250.

While I eat a Danish pastry for breakfast, Henri who enjoyed a samosa now enjoys dinner at the French Embassy:

lobster thermidor;
salad with goat cheese;
kefta (minced lamb cakes with pepper sauce);
poulet aux truffles;
bottles of Sidi Bouhai (?);
desserts, including cakes, marron glacee and Creme Anglese;
cheeses;
unspiced coffee;
brandy from the ambassador's family estates.

Meanwhile, on our timeline, Sheila and a friend share their birthday today so, as usual, we will eat out although this time pizzas instead of Indian.

4 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Happy Birthday to your wife and her friend! And, of course, pizza is of Italian origin and can be much more elablorate than simply tomato sauce with cheese on top of flat bread.

Sean

Paul Shackley said...

Sean,
Over dinner at Marco's Restaurant, Lancaster, I conveyed your birthday wishes to Sheila and to our friend Nygel who has his own blog: www.nygelharrot.co.uk.
Paul.

Paul Shackley said...

That should be nygelgharrot.co.uk

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Many thanks! I'll try to remember to drop by Nygel Harrot's blog this week!

Sean