This Weekend

I am feeling like such a glutton at the moment, and as soon as C is dispatched to Vietnam tomorrow, E and I will resume business as usual on the eating front, and by that I mean salads all round until next weekend, but it has been lovely to have an excuse to indulge.

I was a bit disappointed with the places we ended up in this weekend - there was no amazing stand out meal, we only went to Shake 'em Buns (excellent but hardly the gourmet rush I was after), The Blue Duck Workshop (the less said about the food the better), The Peak Cafe (average, but a lovely garden when it's not chucking it down with rain - hello summer?) and Beirut for the best houmous in Hong Kong (honestly, I've tried them all).

Though we made up for this inviting the "the parents to be" over and having roasted welsh lamb marinated in beautiful olive oil with garlic and rosemary, accompanied by crunchy green beans in a minted wholegrain mustard vinaigrette, and smashed roasted potatoes (due to a tad too much par-boiling and a too vigorous shaking before putting them in the oven - though they worked). After this we had a steamed syrup sponge with a hint of lemon and lashings of custard coupled with five bottles of red and a bottle of pudding wine, followed by several games of cards, the "who am I?" game, the Game of Life, and a slump in front of the GP/Tennis with a cup of mint tea.

A lovely rainy Sunday.