As Steve needed to be out of the house around 09:00 to get the bus into Toon for his bread making course at Blackfriars Restaurant an earlier than usual Saturday breakfast of bacon muffins was consumed. Steve then headed off while Nic worked her way up to doing some ski-fit exercises - made all the more interesting by Steve calling about an hour later to find out what she wanted for her lunch when she joined him later in the day. Much huffing and puffing down the phone later we had an order taken down.
Steve had a great start to the bread making course with a real mix of people on the course and lots of relaxed banter helped by an enthusiastic teacher. When he broke up for lunch and headed off to join Nic in the restaurant a surprise was waiting - him Mam was in with her friends for lunch too. The bread making 'students' and accompanying friends thoroughly enjoyed the fare on offer with Nic having home smoked salmon with pickled cucumber & heirloom beetroot followed by Cumbrian chicken & ham pie with honey roast Chantenay carrots. Steve tucked into home-made black pudding with poached egg and mushroom ketchup followed by roast fillet of Scottish salmon with winter greens & hollandaise.
Suitably fed Steve headed back off to the bread making and Nic joined Tony & Shirley in the restaurant (yes they ended up there too) while they finished off their meal and then all three of them headed off to the Crows Nest for the afternoon. Steve completed his course before joining the party, making the following breads in the process:-
Needless to say an evening or merriment followed with rather a lot of alcohol consumed by the four of us with Tony & Shirley heading off home around 21:30 while Steve & Nic headed down Northumberland Street to Dabbawal for a rather yummy meal. Feeling that we had not had enough to drink we consumer a further bottle of Sauvignon Blanc Vidal Estate Marlborough (New Zealand) and tucked into: -
Steve had a great start to the bread making course with a real mix of people on the course and lots of relaxed banter helped by an enthusiastic teacher. When he broke up for lunch and headed off to join Nic in the restaurant a surprise was waiting - him Mam was in with her friends for lunch too. The bread making 'students' and accompanying friends thoroughly enjoyed the fare on offer with Nic having home smoked salmon with pickled cucumber & heirloom beetroot followed by Cumbrian chicken & ham pie with honey roast Chantenay carrots. Steve tucked into home-made black pudding with poached egg and mushroom ketchup followed by roast fillet of Scottish salmon with winter greens & hollandaise.
Suitably fed Steve headed back off to the bread making and Nic joined Tony & Shirley in the restaurant (yes they ended up there too) while they finished off their meal and then all three of them headed off to the Crows Nest for the afternoon. Steve completed his course before joining the party, making the following breads in the process:-- Top left - Northumbrian Miller's loaf.
- Top right - Seeded and Malted bread.
- Bottom left - Seeded Rustic Soda bread.
- Bottom right - Focaccia.
Needless to say an evening or merriment followed with rather a lot of alcohol consumed by the four of us with Tony & Shirley heading off home around 21:30 while Steve & Nic headed down Northumberland Street to Dabbawal for a rather yummy meal. Feeling that we had not had enough to drink we consumer a further bottle of Sauvignon Blanc Vidal Estate Marlborough (New Zealand) and tucked into: -
- Popadoms & Pickles
- Kurkuri Lentil battered Okra
- Hara Chicken Parchey
- South Indian Lamb Pepper Fry
- Yellow lentils
- Plain Naan
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