Home Made Tagliatelle

Crab

Crab, Hua Hin, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand

Rhubarb tart

Recipe (French)

Strawberry tart

Make the pastry and cook it. Then make the 'crème patissière' and finally add the strawberries (do not cook them).

Chocolate Fondant

Source

Bib Gourmand Defined and GB&I Complete Listing 2009

In the unique “language” of the Michelin Guide, the Bib symbols indicate the inspectors’ favourite establishments, offering high-quality products and services and good value for the money.

For even though the Michelin Guide is known and recognised for its “star” system, these
restaurants represent only 5% of the selection, the rest of which is comprised of good, small,
affordable priced establishments.

Among these establishments are the “Bibs,” with the Bib Gourmand symbol for restaurants and
the Bib Hotel symbol.

Bib is short for Bibendum, the character created in 1898 from the imagination of the Michelin
brothers, André and Edouard, and the pen of cartoonist O’Galop. Over the years, Bib—the one and only Michelin Man—has become the Group’s “mascot.” In the Michelin Guide, Bibendum’s head is a familiar, widely recognised red symbol.

The Bib Gourmand symbol was created in 1997. It indicates a restaurant offering good food at
moderate prices. For the 2009 Guide, the price of a full meal (excluding drinks) is under £28 (40
€ in the Republic of Ireland). Descriptions of Bib Gourmand restaurants include the
abbreviation Rest.

The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2009 includes 135 Bib Gourmand restaurants, which are listed below:

London

Camden Bradley's
Camden Giaconda Dining Room
Camden Great Queen Street
Camden Market
Camden Salt Yard
Croydon Le Cassoulet
Hammersmith and Fulham The Havelock Tavern
Islington Comptoir Gascon
Islington Medcalf
Islington Metrogusto
Islington The Modern Pantry
Kensington and Chelsea
Chelsea Foxtrot Oscar
Kensington Malabar
Lambeth Upstairs
Lewisham Chapters
Richmond-upon-Thames The Brown Dog
Richmond-upon-Thames Brula
Richmond-upon-Thames Ma Cuisine (Barnes)
Richmond-upon-Thames Ma Cuisine (Twickenham)
Richmond-upon-Thames Ma Cuisine (Kew)
Richmond-upon-Thames Mango and Silk
Richmond-upon-Thames Tangawizi
Southwark The Anchor and Hope
Tower Hamlets Cafe Spice Namaste
Tower Hamlets The Narrow
Wandsworth Kastoori
City of Westminster
Bayswater & Maida Vale L'Accento
Bayswater & Maida Vale Hereford Road
Regents Park & Marylebone Galvin Bistrot de Luxe
Mayfair Via Condotti
St James’s Al Duca
Soho Benja
Soho Dehesa

England

Aldeburgh The Lighthouse
Alderley Edge The Wizard
Beverley / South Dalton The Pipe and Glass Inn
Birmingham Pascal's
Blackpool / Thornton Twelve
Boroughbridge thediningroom
Bray-on-Thames The Hinds Head
Bray-on-Thames The Royal Oak
Brighton Terre à Terre
Brighton/Hove The Ginger Pig
Brighton/Hove The Meadow
Bristol Greens' Dining Room
Burnham Market The Hoste Arms
Bury The Waggon
Cambridge 22 Chesterton Road
Cambridge / Little Wilbraham The Hole in the Wall
Canterbury / Lower Hardres The Granville
Cheltenham Royal Well Tavern
Chipping Norton The Masons Arms
Danehill Coach & Horses
Droxford The Bakers Arms
Durham Bistro 21
Exeter / Rockbeare Jack in the Green Inn
Guernsey / St Saviour The Pavilion
Haddenham The Green Dragon
Hastings and St. Leonards St Clements
Hemel Hempstead Restaurant 65
Henfield The Ginger Fox
Hunstanton / Ringstead The Gin Trap Inn
Hurley Black Boys Inn
Hutton Magna The Oak Tree Inn
Itteringham The Walpole Arms
Jersey / Gorey Village Bistro
Kingham The Kingham Plough
Knaresborough / Ferrensby The General Tarleton Inn
Leeds Anthony's at Flannels
Masham Vennell's
Matlock / Birchover The Druid Inn
Melton Mowbray / Stathern Red Lion Inn
Millbrook / Freathy The View
Mistley The Mistley Thorn
Newcastle upon Tyne Amer's
Norwich / Stoke Holy Cross Wildebeest Arms
Norwich 1 Up at the Mad Moose Arms
Oldham The White Hart Inn
Orford The Trinity
Oxford / Stanton St John The Talkhouse
Oxford / Toot Baldon The Mole Inn
Padstow Rick Stein's Café
Preston Winckley Square Chop House
Reigate The Westerly
Ribchester The White Bull
Ross-on-Wye The Lough Pool at Sellack
Royal Leamington Spa Oscar's
Rushlake Green Stone House
St Albans Sukiyaki
Sheffield Artisan
Skipton / Hetton The Angel Inn
Southport Warehouse Brasserie
Stamford Jim's Yard
Stanton The Leaping Hare
Stockbridge / Longstock The Peat Spade Inn
Stokenchurch / Radnage The Three Horseshoes Inn
Stow-on-the-Wold The Cafe at Daylesford Organic
Stow-on-the-Wold The Old Butchers
Stratford-upon-Avon Malbec
Sudbury Hitchcock's
Summercourt Viners
Sutton-on-the-Forest Rose & Crown
Tetbury The Gumstool Inn
Tynemouth Sidney's
Ullingswick Three Crowns Inn
Wells The Old Spot
Westfield The Wild Mushroom
West Malling The Swan
West Tanfield The Bruce Arms
Yarpole The Bell Inn
York J. Baker's

Scotland

Crieff The Bank
Edinburgh Atrium
Edinburgh Duck's at Le Marche Noir
Edinburgh The Dogs
Killin / Ardeonaig The Restaurant (at Ardeonaig)
Kintyre (Peninsula) / Kilberry The Kilberry Inn
North Queensferry The Wee Restaurant
Sorn The Sorn Inn

Wales

Abergavenny The Hardwick
Newport The Chandlery

Northern Ireland

Belfast Cayenne
Holywood Fontana
Warrenpoint Restaurant 23

Republic of Ireland

Baltimore Customs House
Cashel (Tipperary) Cafe Hans
Clonegall Sha Roe Bistro
Dingle The Chart House
Dublin Bang Café
Dublin La Maison des Gourmets
Dublin The Winding Stair
Duncannon Aldridge Lodge
Durrus Good Things Café
Kenmare The Lime Tree
Kilbrittain Casino House
Kinsale Fishy Fishy Café

Organic Home Delivery: Riverford

I like tuesdays. It's the day I can find at my door a nice box with nice, fresh, tasty and organic vegetables and fruits.
Once I've been more adventurous and ordered some meat. A BBQ box. It was as tasty as the meat one of my friend used to bring me from Germany. Only the sausages were disapointed: too dry.
So if you love food, have an internet connection, live in the UK and can't face shopping, go online!

Riverford brings organic seasonal veg, fruit & meat from our farm to your door. Order and change boxes as and when it suits you or make up your own box from our list of veg, dairy, soup, juices and more. Overall our boxes are 20% better value than the supermarkets and that doesn´t include our free delivery!

Patisserie

Patisserie [pat-eess-er-ee]

Noun

1. a shop where fancy pastries are sold

2. such pastries [French]

And it's a real shame that I can't find any in the UK ...

1st BBQ of the year

The weather has been really nice for the last two weeks and I was looking forward to the bank holiday weekend.
On Friday, I picked up one of the greatest inventions of the century ; a disposable barbecue.
On Saturday, I went to my local butcher and picked up some nice meat: burger, sausages, ribs and kebab.
On Monday, the plan was to go to the beach and have a feast. Unfortunately, the wind and rain came out and the plan had to be changed.
So I ended up lighting my bbq in the garden ...

Monkfish

I never know how to choose fish, but sometimes Ihave a go (and so far I've never been poisoned!).
I had a go last time at Sainsbury's and I went for a Monkfish. It must be a good fish as it's quite expensive ...
I can't remember if I've ever cooked - or tasted this fish before - so I chose a random recipe from the Internet.
As it wasn't planned, I didn't have the all ingredients.
For the fish, I replaced the curry powder with garam masala powder, I didn't use bay leaves, thyme, tarragon or saffron strands.
The sauce was quick to make as I was running out of white wine, and I didn't have any mussels.
I had some fresh organic cabbage left from my Riverford order (please remind me to write a post on them) which went really well with the fish.
The result was absolutely yummy!

Tartiflette

If you're a quiz night fan, you might want to know that Tartiflette is a French dish from the Savoie region originated in the valley of Aravis, home of Reblochon cheese. Surprisingly, it's not a traditional dish, and was, in fact, invented and launched only in the 1980s by the Reblochon trade union in an attempt to increase sales of the cheese.

Now, as for the recipe, it's pretty simple:

• cut some potatoes in squares and cook them with some onions
• once cooked, put the potatoes in a dish, add some cream (optional), bacon (optional as well - and cooked) and cover with Reblochon (cut in two or three slices depending on its thickness).
• bake in the oven until the Reblochon is melted and crispy.

Bon appetit!

Brunch: Poached egg, Smoked Salmon, Brioche and Hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce:
I still don't get how to do this sauce. So if you never tried doing one, I would recommend you buy a 'ready made' one.

Brioche Bread:
I have a Kenwood bread machine which makes dead good bread (and brioche). All you need to do is put all the ingredients in the following order and wait few hours.

Milk: 130ml
Eggs: 1
Butter, melted: 80g
Unbleached white bread flour: 350g
Salt: 1tsp
Sugar: 30g
Easy blend dried yeast: 1 and 1/2tsp

Poached egg:
I was going to describe my own method but I found a really nice web page on how to make the perfect poached egg.