Foody Tuesday

Posted on 2007/07/24 22:12:39 (July 2007).

[Tuesday 24th July]
Today was characterised by two nice food related experiences.

Chie's office had flooded apparently (nothing to do with all the country wide flooding - just a coincidental plumbing problem) so she had the day off work. This meant she was able to come into my office for lunch, which she hasn't done for a while (she has been in for dinner, but the selection isn't quite as good in the evening).

The food today was really good - I had a very tasty mushroom ragout, in which I found several morels. Having on a few occasions eyed these exciting mushrooms up in various shops around London, but always ultimately decided they were just too expensive, I was really impressed to find them liberally thrown into a big stew like this. It was all the nicer for being able to have lunch with Chie, and as the weather was rather pleasant we even sat outside on the little roof terrace we have next to the cafe.

Lunch aside, today was even more empty in the office than it had been the previous day, which again meant I could just get on and have a really productive day, and this suited me very well. My current assignment basically requires me to just play around with a few different internal technologies we have to see which works best for the particular problem we're trying to solve, and I have to admit I'm finding it quite fascinating and rather enjoyable.

I also managed to get a few more of the arrangements for our forthcoming trip to Scotland sorted out today - I booked the hotels we were going to be staying at on Islay. First the White Hart in Port Ellen (where Alfred Barnard had also stayed back in the 1880s) and secondly the Kilmeny on the other side of the island, near Port Askaig. I also booked the ferry crossings which means all that remains is to find one more night's accomodation on the way back from Islay to Edniburgh (maybe around Loch Lomond?), and then the car hire and the return leg of the train journey from Edinburgh to London. Oh, and the all-important distillery tours!

In the evening we decided to go out for a curry. I've been to a couple of Indian places in the area around where we live now and had thus far generally been pretty underwhelmed. Tonight's venue was a considerable improvement though - whilst there wasn't anything wildly out of the ordinary on the menu, everything we ordered was done to a good standard, it was reasonably priced, and the service was very good too. What more can you ask for really?

So to recap:
1. Alone at work
2. GF (sorry WIFE now) coming in for lunch
3. No details about the afternoon there but we all know what you have done
4. Not satisfied you organized yourself a dirty weekend in Scotland, conveniently placed in a famous island which accommodates one of your favourite distilleries...

You are on top of your game!!

Posted by Lox at 2007/07/25 01:40:50.

Boring day at work Lox?

Posted by John at 2007/07/25 23:54:41.

John: Why is it so evident?!

Posted by Lox at 2007/07/26 03:32:22.

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