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Atelier…

07 Tuesday Jan 2020

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what a wonderful treat it was to go to Atelier for dinner…

my daughter took me to celebrate my retirement… her hubby acted as chauffeur for the evening;-)…

it is a twelve course tasting menu and every course is more impressive than the last…

we also shared a wine pairing… this worked well as I only wanted a sip of each offering…

our appetizer was on a plate which rotated while we were enjoying the three different bites… it was very cool…

one of my favourite courses was the sable fish… it was very tasty…

every course came on a different plate… apparently the chef collects dishes from all over… many of the ones we had this time were different from the last time I was there… because the restaurant is intimate they don’t need tons of each dish…

at the end of our meal, we had the opportunity to meet with Marc Lepine, chef/owner of Atelier…

next time I’m in Ottawa I will be sure to check out his new offering – Thru… it is only open on Tuesdays and has seating for six with a menu of 50 items… it uses QR code’s to order… sounds very fun…

what a special gift… it was a magical evening;-)…

eaten…

20 Thursday Jun 2019

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I can’t think of a week that I’ve eaten out more…

Monday was an amazing catered dinner at the office…

Tuesday was lunch out with a good friend…

Wednesday, it was breakfast out, followed by pizza brought in for lunch…

today, had delicious homemade muffins and scones, wth fruit and cheese for breakfast, and went for lunch at Smith…

don’t have any plans for tomorrow, lol… how sad is that…

menu…

18 Tuesday Jun 2019

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had the most delicious dinner last night…

started with a salad of compressed melon, whipped goat cheese and apple compote, mint, red wine vinaigrette, dill salt, local pea shoots… it was yummy…

and then we had a wonderful chicken breast that was so moist… lemon brined chicken, rhubarb and brown butter sauce, crispy quinoa, beets, Swiss chard…

ended the meal with strawberry shortcake, with a purple flower on it… sugar scone, macerated strawberries, coconut whipped cream, hibiscus and ginger syrup… oh my…

Lyndsay, from Modern Plate Catering, did a magnificent job… she arrived with a chef and a server… they looked after everything…

the menu descriptions above come directly from her;-)…

what a wonderful treat…

already dreaming about the next time…

pie…

03 Wednesday Apr 2019

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had a sweet snack tonight…

pistachios and a few pieces of a Lindt chocolate bar…

just this morning someone commented about how well I am watching my sugar intake…

and then I ate cake at lunch;-(… it was a small piece, but I ate the whole thing…

I don’t care much for cake… my mom always made cherry pie for my birthday, lol… but this cake was amazing…

mix…

15 Friday Mar 2019

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today’s meals seemed an interesting mix…

my breakfast smoothie was a bit different than usual… included banana and strawberries which was a treat as I don’t usually include fruit…

lunch was at Ivory and they had some of my favourites at the buffet… palak paneer, vegetable pakora, and lamb… lovely…

supper felt a bit like a snack… had gazpacho and some delicious meatballs that I dipped in a homemade sauce…

not sure if I stayed under my calorie count for the day, lol…

counter…

08 Friday Feb 2019

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found all these chocolate items on the counter this morning… they include some of my all time favourites… as well as a few I haven’t tried yet…

delicious black currant, coconut and chocolate… looks like I am going to be busy for the next while;-)…

cabbage…

16 Wednesday Jan 2019

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over the weekend I picked up the ingredients to make cabbage roll soup… I’ve never made it before but it sounded good and I’ve been craving cabbage rolls for a while…

last night I made it… the recipe I was using was made for an InstantPot so there was a lot of guessing around the cooking process… and I made a number of adjustments to the recipe… more of this, less of that… likely I couldn’t replicate it if I tried…

it made a ton of very thick soup…

I stopped on the way to work and picked up two different loaves of bread to go with it…

everyone loved it and it all got eaten up…

woohoo…

groove…

03 Thursday Jan 2019

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been back in the groove of walking on the treadmill every morning… kind of fell off the wagon over the holidays, lol… happy to get back on track…

before I left the house I sat and enjoyed the flowers that I picked up on Monday… a lovely treat to have the moment to focus on the beauty…

when I got into the garage it still smelled delicious… just like barbecued steak… yum… pretty nice after three days… didn’t smell when I got home… will check it out tomorrow, lol…

parcel…

24 Saturday Nov 2018

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a parcel arrived for me at the office on Wednesday…

my daughter had advised that she had ordered a Chocolate Lab Advent calendar for me but I wasn’t sure when it would arrive…

opened it up and discovered inside the lovely box filled with beautiful chocolate bonbons…

because I was planning to stop for a haircut on my way home that night, I decided not to take it home with me, as I didn’t want the chocolates to freeze…

one thing I’ve learned from my daughter is that you have to be careful of chocolate, not let it get too hot or too cold so that it’s at its best… left it on my desk all day Thursday but brought it home that night… put it on top of the fish tank where it looks quite lovely…

looking forward to opening it on December 1 and checking out the first drawer to taste the delicious bonbon inside… I sure am lucky…