2012 may not have been a vintage year for weight loss (ha! What else is new - Ed) (brief pause to stab Editor with a sharpened bread stick) but, as always, I ate some jolly good food.
It was a year where two of the most memorable dishes I consumed were sandwiches; the lobster roll at Burger and Lobster:
And the monster Reuben at Mishkins:
Which confirms to me a truth always half suspected - sandwiches are probably the best foodstuff in the world.
We didn't do an awful lot of "fayne dayning" this year but I was still fortunate to sample some amazing food in some amazing restaurants. Both of my favourite posh-nosh dishes contain one of my all time favourite ingredients, sea bass. Perhaps in 2013 some sort of sea bass sandwich is in order?? There was this little beauty of a plate at Le Gavroche: sea bass with red rice, braised fennel and North African spices:
And then, at my beloved Star Inn, a pan fried fillet with crispy spiced whitebait and a foaming bisque:
If we're talking seafood, then the unfailing amazingness of the produce in Ardnamurchan deserves a special mention:
And finally, I have to show you what may well be the prettiest pudding of the year - nay, ever:
Again from the Star Inn - a chocolate plate par excellence.
Let us hope that 2013 brings more sandwiches! More seafood! More chocolate! And more amazing memories.
Yeah....more GOOD food is in order!!
ReplyDeleteI hope 2013 brings you all you want in food and non-food terms.
Lesley xx