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Five selection of cheeseboards is three hard cheese and two is soft cheese of cheeseboards in Feast and Bone steak house at OP mall in Tsuen Wan
Shapes and forms on the cheese board are an interesting echo of the wonderful Kandinsky exhibit I just visited
And so the day came.
The day of the great kitchen replacement.
First job, once up and juiced up on coffee was to round up three of the four cats, put them in boxes and take them to Lydden to the cattery. The knocking and banging and disruption would do them no good.
But then neither did the round up, chasing scared kitties round the house, and dragging them from their hiding places.
As Jools took them to the cattery, the guys arrived to begin work.
First job was to assess the job, then beginning to rip out the old units. It might be easier than putting new ones in, but the old units created lots of trash and rubbish, all to be collected for sorting.
One did the kitchen, the other did the utility room. The wall to the WC was down, and one by one the units were stripped of their doors, shelves before being ripped out with jimmys and hammers.
By half eleven it was done, all units off the walls, and broken down. The old fridge and dishwasher both now waiting to be collected outside.
We headed to B&Q for lunch of greasy burger, before returning before the guys when they loaded the rest of the rubbish, and take out the old stove.
By three it was all done, two empty rooms and the state of the walls and floors revealled.
In the next two days the walls will be de-greased, filled then painted ready for the installation of the new units beginning on Thursday.
We have the fridge-freezer, and that's about it. There had been talk of somehow leaving the sink in place so we could wash up. But that got taken away pretty quickly.
The basin in the utility room is gone too, leaving just the basin in the bathroom upstairs for handwashing and washing up, not that there'll be much to wash up until the end of the week at least.
Sounds echo in both rooms.
Meanwhile, all the stuff from the cupboards from the kitchen is in boxes in the living room. We have the table to sit and compute at, but that's it.
To make matters worse, Monday saw frequent heavy showers, so we couldn't really go anywhere, just sit on the sofa and read.
The drop off to sleep.
Scully is tested and fed, but the house is empty because the other cats are away. So, no scramble to feed them, though on occasion, Scully can make enough of a fuss for four.
In the evening, we met Ange and Sean for dinner, at a seafood place in Deal we have never eaten at, though have meant to.
Dunkerley's is mainly a seafood place, for me, fish and chips is as seafoody as I get.
So at half six, in torrential rain, we drive along to Ringwould, Walmer and into Deal, parking on The Strand as its free in winter evenings.
We dash over the road, avoiding being splashed by passing cars driving through the half-flooded roads, and into the warmth of the bar to wait for our friends to arrive.
Once they did, we were shown to our table and order taken. As expected I had beer battered cod, which was splendid: Sean had muscles, Ange had baked plaice. It was all rather good, all washed down with Guinness for me..
We even had a cheeseboard to finish.
And that was that.
Jools drove us back, the road slick with fresh rain and lots of golden leaves blown down from the branches overhanging the road.
But we got home safe, met by Scully. Hungry.
Today at lunch, I went to the Fromagerie and followed Sophies advice and went for a Welsh cheese themed cheeseboard selection for the dinner party. I had to buy some lovely olives while I was there too..... This little bundle cost ÂŁ27, but I tasted everything (except the brie) before I bought it and its all deeeelish!
The framing and focus isn't great in this photo, but the food's tastiness makes up for it. Mm 2 smoked salmon & bacon sandwiches, a mushroom cheesesteak, and crispy potato puffs. Gourmet food to-go. If you haven't already, get it! It's near Cheeseboard and Andronico's on Northside. The menu changes monthly but share an order of potato puffs.
Unfortunately not every day we have such a wonderful snack in the teacher’s room of our school. But once in a year a workmate is providing us with such a delicious cheeseboard. Thank you, Marina!
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„Die Gesellschaft setzt sich aus nur zwei großen Klassen zusammen: die einen haben mehr Mahlzeiten als Appetit, die anderen weit mehr Appetit als Mahlzeiten. „ (Nicolas Chamfort)
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"365: the 2013 edition", "365:2013", "Day 106/365", "Day 106", "16-Apr-13"
As a coming home from hospital present, Jon got me a cheeseboard, cheese knives and nice cheese to go on them :-)
Acton (a little like my home town of Croydon) isnât really associated with good food and drink, and on these grounds is often ignored by foodies. Whether that is true or not (and Iâd contest making that kind of judgement about ANY area!), there is at least one interesting thing for the gastronomically inclined to be found in Acton (well, two - if you count an Ancient Roman themed Italian takeaway called Hadrian'sâ¦)
As you have probably guessed, that âthing' is Vindinista, and having been there for one too many glasses of wine with my good friend and fellow wine writer Tim, I would like to tell you about it.
Vindinista is essentially a wine bar. And a tiny one at that (âtiny bar, huge attitude). I donât know how many they sit, but it canât be more than 30. Nothing too unusual there, right? Itâs what they serve thatâs interesting. The motto at Vindinista is âwine liberationâ. They have a pretty eclectic selection of vino (lesser known producers, styles, regions & grapes) and they focus (in their own words) on âwines off the beaten pathâ. The list changes very regularly, and many of these lesser known wines are available by the glass too (joy!). Vindinista is owned by Paola Tich - a wine blogger of some note. We didnât get to meet her, instead spending time with a slightly Rockabilly Kiwi guy called Stacey.
Theyâre open Tuesday-Sunday, 5pm-late, and are walk in only. Theyâre also very popular with the locals - we saw plenty of clearly familiar faces come and go in the time we where there. They clearly have their regulars â there were small groups of friends gathering together, couples on boozy excursions and a French waiter from fancy French bar who was very keen to play us some French pop music.
How about the food? Itâs bar food, on a par with the kind of stuff youâd get in a good gastropub (Modern British, mainly?). We had possibly the best cheese toastie ever conceived by man (black truffle + some indescribable voodoo), but look out for pork and duck charcuterie boards, potted shrimps from Upton Smokery and more cheeseboards. Basically these guys really love cheese. They apparently run the odd supper club as well, though I canât tell you too much about that.
Vindinista opened in February 2015, and is an offshoot of the Park+Bridge wine store (âyour neighbourhood wine shopâ - even when your neighbourhood is 20 miles away...) just across the road. And the great news about THIS is that if you find a wine that you really enjoy at Vindinista, all you need to do is wander across the road and pick up a bottle...
Acton (a little like my home town of Croydon) isnât really associated with good food and drink, and on these grounds is often ignored by foodies. Whether that is true or not (and Iâd contest making that kind of judgement about ANY area!), there is at least one interesting thing for the gastronomically inclined to be found in Acton (well, two - if you count an Ancient Roman themed Italian takeaway called Hadrian'sâ¦)
As you have probably guessed, that âthing' is Vindinista, and having been there for one too many glasses of wine with my good friend and fellow wine writer Tim, I would like to tell you about it.
Vindinista is essentially a wine bar. And a tiny one at that (âtiny bar, huge attitude). I donât know how many they sit, but it canât be more than 30. Nothing too unusual there, right? Itâs what they serve thatâs interesting. The motto at Vindinista is âwine liberationâ. They have a pretty eclectic selection of vino (lesser known producers, styles, regions & grapes) and they focus (in their own words) on âwines off the beaten pathâ. The list changes very regularly, and many of these lesser known wines are available by the glass too (joy!). Vindinista is owned by Paola Tich - a wine blogger of some note. We didnât get to meet her, instead spending time with a slightly Rockabilly Kiwi guy called Stacey.
Theyâre open Tuesday-Sunday, 5pm-late, and are walk in only. Theyâre also very popular with the locals - we saw plenty of clearly familiar faces come and go in the time we where there. They clearly have their regulars â there were small groups of friends gathering together, couples on boozy excursions and a French waiter from fancy French bar who was very keen to play us some French pop music.
How about the food? Itâs bar food, on a par with the kind of stuff youâd get in a good gastropub (Modern British, mainly?). We had possibly the best cheese toastie ever conceived by man (black truffle + some indescribable voodoo), but look out for pork and duck charcuterie boards, potted shrimps from Upton Smokery and more cheeseboards. Basically these guys really love cheese. They apparently run the odd supper club as well, though I canât tell you too much about that.
Vindinista opened in February 2015, and is an offshoot of the Park+Bridge wine store (âyour neighbourhood wine shopâ - even when your neighbourhood is 20 miles away...) just across the road. And the great news about THIS is that if you find a wine that you really enjoy at Vindinista, all you need to do is wander across the road and pick up a bottle...
Sunday 15 July 2012: Les Bossons (Chamonix-Mont Blanc) - Les Praz - La Flégère - Réserve Naturelle des Aiguilles Rouges (Aiguilles Rouges Nature Reserve) - Col des Montets - Les Frasserands
Day 2 of our Tour du Mont Blanc, on Exodus' Mont Blanc Circuit trip - a clockwise circumambulation of the Mont Blanc massif
We woke to rain, and after a damp breakfast and our first tussle with Kili (we had to pack up our "2 Seconds + III" each morning - it's not easy wrangling a c160cm diameter dome tent back into its 81cm diameter flat pack carrying case) we loaded our main packs into the van, said au revoir to Ben and headed off with Simon to catch the bus from Les Bossons school to the nearby village of Les Praz.
The TĂ©lĂ©phĂ©rique de la FlĂ©gère took us up from the Chamonix-Mont Blanc valley floor up to La FlĂ©gère at 1,894 m, where we swopped rain for cloud and a good few °C. Togged up in windproofs and waterproofs, we headed off along the footpath following the signs for Col des Montets- Simon had told us that the poor weather conditions meant that we would not be able do the planned high level route via Lac Blanc with its vertical ladders...
Still, the cloud and raindrops made for lovely flower photos in the Aiguilles Rouges National Nature Reserve, and Waiora and I got some glimpses of glaciers on the far side of the valley ahead and behind, waterfalls and the bright green lichen on the rich red iron rich gneiss rocks that give the Aiguilles Rouges mountains their name - the Red Needles. There's something quite magical about walking through the quietude of cloud.
As the day wore on, the skies cleared and we got better views of mountains above us and across the valley, including the Glacier du Tour. Waiora and I even had our own close encounter with a pair of Ibex, grazing in between the Alpine Rose (Rhododendrons) that cover the mountainsides in this part of the world. Shortly after, having enjoyed an easy day's walking along undulating path (the cable car having done the hard work of the ascent for us) we started the steep, zig zagging descent back down to the road, where we rendezvoused with Simon at the information centre at Col des Montets (1461m).
A short stroll later we were walking through the bucolic alpine village of Les Frasserands, where we found the rest of the group soaking up the sun at the campsite. After a rather late lunch, Hazel and I wandered into the town with Vicki and Rachel and treated ourselves to a jug of Jupiler beer served by a waitress from Wolverhampton at a bar in the village centre. A bit too cool to loiter for long once the sun went in/down.
Dinner was a feast served up in the dining room at Camping Les Frasserands - complete with a magnificent cheeseboard....
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Acton (a little like my home town of Croydon) isnât really associated with good food and drink, and on these grounds is often ignored by foodies. Whether that is true or not (and Iâd contest making that kind of judgement about ANY area!), there is at least one interesting thing for the gastronomically inclined to be found in Acton (well, two - if you count an Ancient Roman themed Italian takeaway called Hadrian'sâ¦)
As you have probably guessed, that âthing' is Vindinista, and having been there for one too many glasses of wine with my good friend and fellow wine writer Tim, I would like to tell you about it.
Vindinista is essentially a wine bar. And a tiny one at that (âtiny bar, huge attitude). I donât know how many they sit, but it canât be more than 30. Nothing too unusual there, right? Itâs what they serve thatâs interesting. The motto at Vindinista is âwine liberationâ. They have a pretty eclectic selection of vino (lesser known producers, styles, regions & grapes) and they focus (in their own words) on âwines off the beaten pathâ. The list changes very regularly, and many of these lesser known wines are available by the glass too (joy!). Vindinista is owned by Paola Tich - a wine blogger of some note. We didnât get to meet her, instead spending time with a slightly Rockabilly Kiwi guy called Stacey.
Theyâre open Tuesday-Sunday, 5pm-late, and are walk in only. Theyâre also very popular with the locals - we saw plenty of clearly familiar faces come and go in the time we where there. They clearly have their regulars â there were small groups of friends gathering together, couples on boozy excursions and a French waiter from fancy French bar who was very keen to play us some French pop music.
How about the food? Itâs bar food, on a par with the kind of stuff youâd get in a good gastropub (Modern British, mainly?). We had possibly the best cheese toastie ever conceived by man (black truffle + some indescribable voodoo), but look out for pork and duck charcuterie boards, potted shrimps from Upton Smokery and more cheeseboards. Basically these guys really love cheese. They apparently run the odd supper club as well, though I canât tell you too much about that.
Vindinista opened in February 2015, and is an offshoot of the Park+Bridge wine store (âyour neighbourhood wine shopâ - even when your neighbourhood is 20 miles away...) just across the road. And the great news about THIS is that if you find a wine that you really enjoy at Vindinista, all you need to do is wander across the road and pick up a bottle...
We got this pie from CheeseBoard a local pizza place. It's thin crusted but the crust is just right.. not to thin not to thick!! Yummy!!
Right next to them they also own a cheese/bread shop.. no wonder their pizzas are sooo good. Fresh ingredients daily.
The interesting thing is that Cheeseboard only sells one type of pizza per day and only in certain time periods. They're always busy -
We got this Friday:
Mozzerella, Feta Cheese, Tomato with dash of fresh Parsely.
You can search for their website online