45 minute conference call followed by 2 hour workshop with customer followed by another 1 hour meeting with customer meant we arrived at the canteen after they had closed. No sarnies but they could offer nachos and chilli or would retrieve a slice of gammon with potatoes and broccoli / bowl of spaghetti bolognese. Looking at the puddles of oil/fat sitting on top of the bolognese sauce I gave that an extremely wide berth - I would hate to see the results of an analysis of the calorie/fat/protein etc. content of it. The nachos and chilli did not look much better as it was covered by a carpet of high fat cheese so that left me with a slice of gammon which turned out to be OK in the end. As expected the broccoli was overcooked but the gammon had very little fat (which I cut off) and was actually quite tasty.
Nic got this book for Christmas from Paul and Joy: The Lebanese Kitchen. We forgot to take photos so these are from the book, but they're an accurate representation of the plated meal, to be fair. The starter was grapefruit, red onion and mint salad - unusual in that it also had salt and olive oil, but it was delicious. The main was monkfish in sumac with a saffron and cumin rice. She also made an authentic tabbouleh to go with it. It was really excellent, the monkfish was tender and savoury, the rice meltingly sweet and jammed with flavour, whilst the tabbouleh's freshness set everything off beautifully. AND we finally finished Homeland on the Sky+! Result :)
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