Food and more food with a side of food

A week full of meetings and calls and more meetings. Which I generally don't mind but it of course means time away from my desk and you return to a ton of emails while still trying to do all the things that need to get done especially with just two weeks to go until our event.

How lovely to end the week with a little bit of food: the tasting for our annual dinner - one of the highlights of my year (is that sad??). After three years at the same venue, it was time for something new, so we'll be at One Great George Street this year. All nicely decorated for Christmas already and a stunning venue at any time of year.

Rest assured I did not eat all of that! Instead I won't need to cook all weekend :-)

Starters:
Asparagus wrapped in parma ham with a perfectly poached egg and sauce Hollandaise
Sweet potato and goats cheese galette
Risotto with scallops and chorizo

Mains:
Duck breast, pommes anna and leeks
Vegetable mille feuilles
Lamb with potato dauphinoise and spinach

Desserts:
Pavolova with black cherries and creme chantilly
Chocolate fondant with ice cream
and I forgot to take a picture of the tarte tatin with creme anglaise


From the archive: last year's tasting: 2013