CDWM: Suzy’s dessert

So to Suzy’s dessert and the quiz. The multi-page quiz. It was stapled! But it was multiple choice, so that was good – and there were no essay questions. It was of course a quiz on all things English – and a lot of it seemed to be based on alcohol. Which explains the identity [...]

CDWM: Suzy’s main course

Right, with 7 Days finished, let’s get back to what really matters: food. If you remember, we’d dealt with Suzy’s starter and we’re now on to the main course of beef wellington, cabbage, carrots and red wine gravy. A helpful note to you all, by the way: when the conversation inevitably turns to food, don’t [...]

7 Days: Day 1 – Going Ape

Today was Helen’s hen do, which was spent at “Go Ape” in Bedgebury Forest and then at Zapatas Mexican Restaurant. I didn’t go swinging through the trees myself, but staying on the ground, trekking trough the forest being the photographer was pretty tiring too! I spent a lot of time looking up as I watched [...]

Come Dine With … Suzy

Last Saturday, while many others were watching the World Cup match of England against the USA, Helen, Lauren and I headed to Suzy’s for her Come Dine With Me evening. I had heard tell of decorations being put up, but beyond that what lay ahead was to be a surprise.

The dining room was beautifully festooned [...]

CDWM: Helen’s dessert

This was Helen’s beautiful dessert: mango tiramisu, served in pretty individual dishes.

The Eurovision Song Contest was still going strong and we were judging the entries ourselves. Later we were also able to judge the country representatives – one-shouldered dresses were popular this year. Especially among the women. Graham Norton was doing an entertaining job of [...]

CDWM: Helen’s main course

Our Come Dine With Me evenings tend to last a bit longer than the times we go to restaurants. This is one of the aspects I rather enjoy – there’s even more time to talk and time to properly digest each course before the next is served.

While Helen thoroughly steamed herself in the kitchen putting [...]

Come Dine With … Helen

On Saturday evening it was Helen’s turn to host “Come Dine With Me”. Suzy picked me up and on the way over we shared a few preliminary thoughts on the evening:

We also discussed history and current affairs, but l thought I’d keep video on the subject to food – our speciality, I think you’ll agree.

We’d [...]

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