I know the Darling Park Building very well. No, I don’t work there. How do I know it so well? Gina, Teena and I went on a walking tour of it this rainy Spring evening looking for Sepia in which we managed to cover every square inch of this place until we finally found the restaurant, on the outside corner Southern end of the building. A group of customers are leaving and a staff member is holding open the door. She sees us and gives a welcome smile and greeting and then so does the maitre’d. “Ahhh you’re Y’s friend?” he asks and I confirm indeed I am. Y is Lemonpi of course and she is the Pastry Chef here. I’d been dying to try my friend’s food and so fellow food loving friends and fab gal pals Gina anad Teena were joining me tonight.
The room is dark, yes bloggers the lighting is “romantic” and there are many couples here and groups of friends. We start with a complimentary glass of Stefano Lubiana bubbles which sets us girlies all in the mood.
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Ever since my new LG oven arrived, I’ve been barely able to leave it alone. It seems every time I walk past it, I am reminded of something over the past few months that I’ve wanted to bake but haven’t and before I know it, I’m riffling through my fridge and pantries for ingredients. When my new delivery of plants arrived, I recalled one item, a flowerpot bread. This involves baking a bread using new terracotta pots instead of a baking tray. I envisaged this would be great serving these with soups and stews over winter but also popular as a Springtime way of serving bread for a lunch or garden party.
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My friend Teena has been telling me about Ganache many times over. You see she is a friend of the owner’s wife and as a croissant fan or fiend, she adores the croissants here. So after a lunch together one day we make our way over to Ganache in Castlecrag. Having undergone a recent renovation earlier this year it looks oh so French in an understated way.
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Those of you that have been following for the last few months have no doubt read the occasional rant from me about the bathroom renovations (and since when have renovations not come accompanied by a rant?). Luckily the kitchen was a rather easy process and one that was relatively stress free. I was waiting for my oven for a while however. The kind people at LG had offered me the latest EM790SP (yes the one with a TV screen that I fell in love with at the Good Food & Wine Show) and I waited and waited for it to arrive. One month turned into two and then looked dangerously close to turning into three until it was confirmed that it might not arrive for a few months after that. They offered me the LG EM780SP instead which had all the features except for the screen and within 48 hours it was installed and I was standing in front of it like a proud owner. She was just like me in that she liked dramatic entrances and I’ve already decided it is a she, like our car is a she.
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