I've said before that my super-hero ability is that I am always hungry. And a few times in my life I've really pushed the envelope in terms of eating to excess. There was the infamous weekend out of town when I reviewed two posh restaurants in one night (2 full-on, 3-course meals between 5:30 and 11pm), the week in Italy when I decided that 2 whipped cream-covered gelati/day were necessary (alongside 3 no-holds-barred meals and plenty of wine); the birthday dinner when we had a cheese course before the blow-out meal as well as after (oh and the main course was braised short ribs on Gorgonzola polenta). But I've never pushed it on consecutive days like I did this past weekend.
The background: job # 1 is over, job #2 doesn't start in earnest til next week. Celebration(s) are de rigueur. Wednesday we were just trying to have a casual drink but the pub was rammed so we snuck over the bistro, once again installing ourselves at the bar for chicken liver paté and --favourite of favourites -- choucroute garnie, that heady mess of pork and sauerkraut. It's rarely on the menu so I feel compelled to order it when I can. Thursday brought a steak dinner - to die for ribeye with garlic mash and a pile of fried onions. By Friday we had to do something to justify the gluttony so we went skiing for the day, well, until we got back to the pub at 3pm for a burger, fries and pints. Of course we fell into a deep post-ski-and-burger coma/nap, and awoke positively begging for....uh, Champagne and oysters.
What could be better than a platter of little oysters from St Simon, New Brunswick, tiny plump Kumamotos, a few big guys from Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia, a bottle of excellent Champagne and the company of someone who is enjoying it all just as must as I was? But wait, Saturday Sean and Jane cooked a prime rib of pork with mushroom barley risotto! By the time Sunday came around a giant bag of popcorn at the movies seemed like a frugal snack. So though I adored every mouthful -- I can barely decide which was my favourite -- I'm afraid the word gluttony isn't too far from the mark.
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3 comments:
I love your gourmet adventures! We'll have to have some here when you come to visit me. muahh
Well, that sounds divine - for a divine cuisine, my cuisine in fact! My mouth waters, especially for the oysters and champagne - what every new Editor at a fancy-pants magazine deserves!!!
oh yes, and by the way? glutton?? shmutton!! you live, The Girl xxx
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