hannahkc replied to your photo: When I make pie, I make pie properly. This was so,…
it’s burnt!! bet it was yummy though. you’ll make someone a good husband ;)
Only the very top layer of the puff pastry was a little crispy, honest! I forgot to put butter on the pastry before it went in the oven. Oops!
And yes, I’ll be a good husband one day, no doubt. Mastercheffing, DIYing, cleaning, shopping, I do the lot.
Today, I had lunch at one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants, and it was genuinely fantastic. I had a rabbit and chicken mosaic to start and then a seared beef fillet, which was incredible. The food was great, as was the wine, and I really enjoyed myself.
Having said that, I just made myself some cheese on toast, and it was bloody amazing. I’m so easy to please sometimes.
The girlfriend really needs to remember which wine she likes, rather than trying every single one each and every time. I can’t remember ever seeing the same bottle of wine on more than one occasion…
My view back into the living room as I stand at the kitchen sink washing dishes: cricket on the laptop and tennis on the TV!
I’ve watched a ridiculous amount of sport this weekend, actually. There’s just been stuff on TV pretty much all day every day, and it’s continuing into this, the Bank Holiday Monday.
Who has two thumbs and saved himself at least £70 by managing to fix his flat’s toilet by himself and avoiding calling out a plumber?
THIS GUY!
Yep, a bit of lateral thinking, some superglue and I managed to get our loo flushing again. Sometimes I amaze myself with my handyman skills.
(Not really, as when we first moved in here I got our non-functioning oven to start working by electrocuting myself as I took apart its wall socket. My methods may be unconventional, but they get results!)
Since getting home this evening, I have done the washing up and cleaned the kitchen, and I’m now flicking through a couple of cookery books.
When did this become my life?!
Places I have lived in London:
September 2004 - September 2005 - I was living in Heidelberg, Germany.
The current stint in my flat is the longest I’ve ever lived in one place since I moved to London nearly eight years ago. We’re half-thinking of trying to buy a place this time next year, so it’ll be time to up sticks once more.
OK, so most of Simon Jenkins’ column on how harshly south London is treated politically is a bit over the top and incendiary (“South London is to become Britain’s Gaza Strip”, for example), but it’s a good read for an exploration of exactly how south London is very much the lesser half of the city.
I’ve lived in south London since 2005, first in New Cross and Deptford, and then in/around Wimbledon for the last couple of years. When I first moved to London, I was up in West Hampstead, north of the river, and it really is a bit of a culture-shock to cross the Thames.
Things are just different here. The Tube is practically non-existent, and everyone uses proper trains to get around. That, and the ubiquitous buses, which are everywhere. As the article points out, there have been numerous mooted plans to extend various lines south, but nothing has ever really come to fruition.
But I love south London nowadays. It just feels more like a home, a community, and there’s less of the isolation which it’s easy to envelop yourself in in other parts of London. Where I live now, it’s very green, which is a bonus, but still has that London feel to it.
Now, if only they’d build a few more Tube stops…
Daft Punk is playing at my house.
Cottage Pie
Twice-Baked Potatoes
When I can be bothered, I’m a half-decent cook. It’s just not that often that I can be bothered…
Anyways, examples A and B are above: cottage pie on Saturday, and twice-baked potatoes tonight. Easy, yep, but tasty!
Also, I like potatoes.
