It is 2008!
It is 2008! A new year and ... an old beginning. Yes yes back to work after almost two weeks of spending time with the families thanks to my parents traveling all the way from the south of Italy to be here with us in Belgium. It was nice, very nice.
And since this is a food blog, yes there was a lot of cooking. But I did not take any photos so I will not post any of the recipes. I find that taking photos during parties or dinners with friends ... somehow not fun. I mean it feels strange. On the other hand I took some photos of something really nice we saw here in Turnhout on Christmas Eve: a monastery (or begijnhof in Dutch) lighted by 4500 candles in glass jars as in the photo above (see few others here). Quite impressive, not to mention very crowded and cold.
As regards the food, here is what we had and it would be nice if we all would share our menus from the festivities!!! So back to the menus ...
Christmas Eve: truffle & gray shrimp salad, crab salad, oyster risotto, gratin of scallops and lemon, rolls of turbot with ganda ham and basil (like this), panettone, pandoro. All with Boulard champagne.
Christmas Day: assorted crostini, roasted turbot rolls, Belgian endive soup, stuffed turkey with colcannon potatoes and string bean rolls, German marzipan stollen. Served with Boulard champagne 2002, Staete Ladt sauvignon blanc 2001 and gigondas De Bosquet 2004.
New Year's Eve: potato fritters, assorted rustici, pappardelle in lobster bisque', roasted lobster tails with a potato and (Sardinian) bottarga salad, lentils, panettone, pandoro. All with Goutorbe 2000, Boulard Petrea champagne, Chateau Vieux Maillet 1970 (the year of my parents wedding) and a glass of Fonseca Vintage 1987.
New Year's (by my in-laws): bread and salmon roll, boar pate' with red onion comfit, foie gras mousse with onion and hazelnuts, Boursin cheese roll, celeriac soup, gratin of cheese and wild mushrooms, veal prince orloff with Brussels sprouts and Belgian endive, Neapolitan pastiera. All with Boulard champagne and Bordeaux 1999 (do not remember which one).
It was very pleasant days and I hope everybody had nice time and feels recharged to start a new year! Once again I wish all of you a fantastic 2008 .... and now back to blog business too!!
Ciao
And since this is a food blog, yes there was a lot of cooking. But I did not take any photos so I will not post any of the recipes. I find that taking photos during parties or dinners with friends ... somehow not fun. I mean it feels strange. On the other hand I took some photos of something really nice we saw here in Turnhout on Christmas Eve: a monastery (or begijnhof in Dutch) lighted by 4500 candles in glass jars as in the photo above (see few others here). Quite impressive, not to mention very crowded and cold.
As regards the food, here is what we had and it would be nice if we all would share our menus from the festivities!!! So back to the menus ...
Christmas Eve: truffle & gray shrimp salad, crab salad, oyster risotto, gratin of scallops and lemon, rolls of turbot with ganda ham and basil (like this), panettone, pandoro. All with Boulard champagne.
Christmas Day: assorted crostini, roasted turbot rolls, Belgian endive soup, stuffed turkey with colcannon potatoes and string bean rolls, German marzipan stollen. Served with Boulard champagne 2002, Staete Ladt sauvignon blanc 2001 and gigondas De Bosquet 2004.
New Year's Eve: potato fritters, assorted rustici, pappardelle in lobster bisque', roasted lobster tails with a potato and (Sardinian) bottarga salad, lentils, panettone, pandoro. All with Goutorbe 2000, Boulard Petrea champagne, Chateau Vieux Maillet 1970 (the year of my parents wedding) and a glass of Fonseca Vintage 1987.
New Year's (by my in-laws): bread and salmon roll, boar pate' with red onion comfit, foie gras mousse with onion and hazelnuts, Boursin cheese roll, celeriac soup, gratin of cheese and wild mushrooms, veal prince orloff with Brussels sprouts and Belgian endive, Neapolitan pastiera. All with Boulard champagne and Bordeaux 1999 (do not remember which one).
It was very pleasant days and I hope everybody had nice time and feels recharged to start a new year! Once again I wish all of you a fantastic 2008 .... and now back to blog business too!!
Ciao
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posted by The Food Traveller at 6:22 PM
5 Comments:
Buon Anno!!!!! :))
Grazie e anche a te!
auguri di buon anno. un piacere scoprire nuovi siti. ho un attimo di tempo e guardo in girom davvero complimenti per il tuo lavoro, spero di seguirti spesso.
Saluti
Remo (ilmaialeubriaco)
Grazie Remo! E auguri a te!
Appena posso passo dal tuo e ti linko!!
Ciao
Francesco
Bonne Année Francesco,
Meilleurs voeux pouir l'année 2008.
Bonheur, Joie et Santé/ Cheers !
Amicalement
Francis
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