“Never waste pesto again! Mix left over pesto with butter, freeze in individual portions. Use the pesto butter on steak, chicken, lamb etc. Mix some garlic into it as well for a great tasting butter and spread on a toasted baguette.”

SUCH A GOOD IDEA

last night don and i celebrated his birthday with a fabulous feast at est.

no photos unfortunately because they didn’t come out well on my phone camera..
but i had the most delicious roasted quail and oxtail tortellini  and game consommé and caramelised beurre bosc pear with praline and chocolate and honey caramel icecream

and you had the tastiest ocean trout sashimi with crème fraiche & apple cucumber and steamed snapper and quince tartelette with apple vanilla sauce and poire william icecream.

and we shared the tastiest rosted guinea fowl breast.
and mash. the most incredible mash i’ve ever tasted.

it was a beautiful evening.
somehow, we ended up sitting in the same seat we did about a year ago.
we laughed so hard, and we were so comfortable
and i liked that feels like a familiar place, even though we don’t frequent it often.
you were ridiculously handsome across the table from me too.
thanks for letting me order mash.