Satnam and Susan’s Website

We checked out Thetford Forest and found a plausible play area but my dreams of discovering a California state park were dashed. There was an astonishing amount of incompetent mountain bike riding (the total lack of mountains did not help).

Nick and Alice came for dinner:

• Seared scallops with sweet-and-sour umeboshi sauce
• Tofu and pea vichyssosie with mizuna pesto.
• Beef tartare with truffle, celery and parmigiano-reggiano.
• Tuna rice bowls.
• Orange thyme figs with muscat sabayon

Nick and I had the tartare and Alice and Susan had beef carpaccio instead (raw beef on warm plates with truffle oil and shaved Parmesan cheese).

Susan and Alice with the beef carpaccio.

Nick with the beef tartare.

Mark and Slyvie Shand visited us with their children (including Sophie, my god-daughter) for four days. We made dinner for them:

• Char-grilled sea bream with pomegranate extract.
• Coriander chicken.
• Roasted bananas with lychees and passionfruit.

The following day we went for an excellent meal at Midsummer House.

Mark and Sylvie.

• Tandoori scallops.
• Nobu black cod (made with hake).
• Haggis Samosas.
• Chicken tikka masala.
• Roasted bananas with lychees and passionfruit.

• Onion bhajis.
• Chicken tikka masala.
• Roasted bananas with lychees and passionfruit.

• Char-grilled sea bream with pomegranate extract.
• Haggis samosas.
• Chicken tikka masala.
• Roasted peaches (nectarines)  filled with almond and tarragon