The Beautiful Wife is on a residential course and I have been left to fend for myself! This usually means that I purchase an heroic quantity of mussels and a piece of long aged, rump steak the size of Wales. I should probably point out at this stage that my favourite solitary meal is not a feast of celebration, its simply that the Beautiful Wife doesn't particularly like steak and dislikes mussels so its the one chance I get to enjoy these two treats.
On Saturday I travelled in from the Chiltens to spend a foodie day in London. Borough Market was every bit as good as I remember it though getting there early was very sensible as by noon it was humming with humanity.
I moved up to the West End, found an interesting Japaneese supermarket and then wandered up to Marylebone for a few treats from La Fromagerie, then onto a train home to eat.
The treats in my bag on my return included some mishapes from Artisan du Chocolate (The liquid salted caramels were emotional), three lovely dried sausages from the guys at Cannon and Cannon (purveyors of really good dried and cured meats from the UK) and a small tin of the most fiery Wasabi I have ever encountered.
I made bread yeasterday ('see what I did there). My usual white loaf and a batch of burger buns for tonight's burgers.
My new Sourdough ferment is not yet up to speed though for the first time I'm using Spelt flour to add some interesting character - My first loaf (which, by legend, should be a disaster) will be out of the oven on Thursday.
Tonight the experimentation with burgers begins - more later..
