Last week before Europe

The last week before going to Europe seemed to just fly by.....it started with kim's birthday...he wanted a traditional SA braai at my parent's house...and that is what we did....from potato salad to pasta salad to lamb chops to boerewors.....and kebabs....and dessert....the good old favourite...Magnum ice-cream...and yes....not to forget SA wine and bubbly....what a fun night....it lasted long into the early morning....but truely special...and yes..i can share some pics...

Mom, John, Leanne, dad, Juerg and Kim
Liezl, Lisa, Katja, Craig and me
Theo and his wife, Kim and me
Me wearing Kim's Birthday present
Another thing that i have to tell you.....we are wanting to open an italian restaurant....well now we can say we will open....an italian restaurant....so of course we have to taste the pizza competition around us....and yes...andiccio is one of them cause we wanna do take aways also....so, the one night, we had three pizzas from andiccio....let me first share a pic before i give you a verdict....
Bacon, avo and mushrooms
Salami and pepperdews
Egg, lamb, anchovies and mushrooms

I must say they were nice...especially the bacon and avo....but also the one with salami....then again...i am asalami fan on pizza...and yes...the last one i did not try cause it has lamb on it...but kim and dad loved it....so i guess....pizza definitely approved...with some fresh chillies and chopped garlic...and plenty coarse salt....yummie...man...writing this my stomach is starting to growl....i want pizza now....and i mean not today....i mean now...damn....i should stop writing about food when im hungry...definitely makes the situation worse and definitely not easier....hmmm....and guess what...while im writing this i am night shift once again....so yes...no chance for pizza....and i still have two hrs before my shift ends....hmmmmm....ok...back to the last week of SA.....

The last highlight i wanna share with you is while looking for a potential chef for our italian restaurant....we asked one of the chef's to cook us a three course meal and we would not tell her what to cook....all her imagination...no interference....and.....she passed with flying colors and is now our chef....should i share what she made for us....starter....home made gnocci with tomato sauce. Im normally not a gnocci fan at all, i find them heavy and sticky....these...divine...and my dad loved them....and again, he is like me, not a gnocci fan at all.....so off to a good start.....let me share the pic....

Fried gnocci with tomato sauce

So she made the gnocci, then fried them and the sauce had pieces of onion and fresh mozzarella...heavenly....mains...seared tuna with a type of minestrone sauce...again...perfectly cooked...only criticism is that it was too big...portion should definitely have been smaller....but taste...fabulous....and i think presentation a little bit more delicate....what do you think?

Seared tuna

Dessert....vanilla panacotta served on pineapple carpaccio with a hint of chillie....i loved the presentation...and the panacotta was fab...and that, in my opinion, is not easy to get right....light, smooth...and the flavour combination...wow.....

Vanilla panacotta with pineapple carpaccio

Damn...didnt i just say that i should stop talking about food...damn....my hunger is really not going away...ok...enough now....i need to get a cookie from the diner here on the ship.....ohhhh...so good...maccademia cookie....yes...nuts...delicious...one of those really big American cookies...ok...im gonna enjoy my cookie now....and hope you got a little hungry and jealous looking at my food pics....and yes...soon you will be able to come to our Italian restaurant....i hope.....for now though....cheers from me....

 

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