Hello lovely peeps,
The summer is just flying past! Already we are nearly at the end of August. It's still hot but at least at night it cools down.
Let me show you my postcard:
It comes to me from the Netherlands and features a dish created in Michelin star restaurant Ron Gastrobar in Amsterdam. The dish is pointed cabbage (spitskool in Dutch, 'kool' meaning cabbage).
At the top are the ingredients: Cabbage, tofu, sesame seeds, dark miso. On the other side of the plate are the words 'You're so kool', which is a wordplay of course. Very clever.
I found a photo of the restaurant on the Internet:
And inside:
The card was sent to me by Monique who tells me they went to this restaurant for their 36th wedding anniversary.
The stamp is this:
I can't find much info on this stamp other than it's from a series called Netherlands and Colonies.
So what have I been up to in sunny Spain?
Our village had 'coches locos' or 'crazy cars' this Saturday. People build their own vehicle and race it down a hill. The vehicle is not allowed to have an engine. The biggest one was called Dorada and it looked like a boat:
I've been told it used to be a TV series in Spain about this family and a boat called Dorada.
The other car I liked was driven by a small boy, about 7 years old I estimate. Daddy must have built the car, but he did very well:
The cars race down one by one and they get timed. There were lots of people.
I was with friends and we went out for a meal:
Jacket potatoes with aioli sauce.
In this part of Spain one orders a dish (ration they call it) and it gets put on the table and everyone tucks in. We ordered cipirones (little squids) and grilled sepia. We had nearly finished when I remembered to take a picture.
As it's T-Party time today, hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard, I should show a drink. Well, there is one although it's only half a glass of water (Not mine).
Elizabeth has not been well. I hope you are feeling better Elizabeth.
Sorry it's not more interesting but I haven't been anywhere.
Happy T-Day all!
Lisca
2 comments:
The crazy car races look like fun. When I was in college I once went to bed races, which were similar to these crazy cars except people put the bed on wheels. I bet you enjoyed yourself. Hope your nights say cooler. And happy T day. hugs-Erika
The race of coches locos sounds like a lot of fun! I'm pretty sure that we would have enjoyed it. Your food looks very delicious - I love aioli sauce. I've never had it with jacket potatoes, but I imagine it is very good. Happy T day!
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