Ian came over for dinner last night and he had recently been given some great King size bedding (duvet, duvet cover, sheets, pillows, pillowcases, etc) that someone had left. He had very kindly laundered everything and it's great quality stuff like new. We had just bought a King size bed for the Vancouver apartment and had just bought one sheet since King size bedding costs a bomb. It's a great bed even though we did just get to sleep on it once before we left.
Thanks, Ian, great timing!
Don's birthday was yesterday and they went to Matisse for dinner to celebrate...a wonderful dinner for them as usual. Amazingly, we have not been to Matisse. Something we'll have to remedy soon.
From Don today:
Last night at Matisse was fantastic. We started out with a glass of champagne ,then the amuse bouche was
smoked tuna topped with Dijon mustard and a micro-beet leaf { yummmmmm ], then a chilled blueberry
and champagne soup with ginger foam [ ohhhhh ],then seared foie gras on thick bacon and grilled pineapple
[ to die for ], then we split a lobster salad [ buttery ] , then Elaine had warm water prawns wrapped in prosciutto
[ these were the size of the gambas we had in France and had a sweet, gorgeous texture ], I had rabbit loin stuffed
with Toulouse sausage, for desert Elaine had a lemon panacotta and I had blueberry and fig sorbets
[ both were extremely tasty ]. All these courses were paired with wines picked by John. Actually the whole menu
except for the foie gras was picked by John, we love it when he does that. It’s going to be a bitch getting back to
reality today.
Restaurant Matisse Menu
