The Kronikles of Tony and Ruth
Day 3 - Sunday 2 July 2006
Weather: Bright, overcast day with long leaden clouds. Beautiful views all round from our bedroom window. Up at 7 AM for a continental breakfast then off to a Sunday market at nearby Candelo with Brigitte. Reiner the sailor stays to check out his newly acquired yacht.
Usual fare at the market. I buy “God of Small Things” – a book I’ve heard about. The countryside is hilly, green with a background of the coastal range. Fat cows dot the landscape. Very easy on the eyes.
Minestrone with lots of Parmesan cheese is served for lunch. Lovely! I take a nap and wake up to Brigitte’s announcement that she has crashed into our car. I think it’s a joke until I inspect a small hole in the rear passenger skirt. She has backed her tow bar into our bumper. She feels bad about it and we kid around about it for the rest of the day.
At 2 PM the four of us explore the coast around Pambula by car and by foot. Ruth and I spy a butcherbird for the first time.
Brigitte presents Chicken Cacciatore for dinner. Great fare! Great day. Great hosts. We are blessed to know such warm, generous people.
In bed by 9 PM.
Ruth, Brigitte Dohm and the Lemon Butter Lady
Reiner with yacht
APPENDIX
Menu du Chef: a meal not on the menu but created by the chef for the occasion.
The lunch:
PROSCIUTTO OF DUCK BREAST WITH CORELLA PEAR, ROQUETTE, VIRGIN OIL AND PARMESAN SHAVINGS
CARPACCIO OF KINGFISH, DAIKON AND CARROT NOODLES, SALADE OF FARMED SNAILS AND SOY VINAIGRETTE
BAKED SCALLOPS IN THEIR SHELL, KUMERE PUREE, BLACK BEAN BEURRE BLANC, PORK CRACKLING
WHITE AND GREEN ASPARAGUS WITH GLOBE ARTICHOKE, BLACK TRUFFLE, HOLLANDAISE TRUFFLE OIL, PARMESAN POWDER
HOME SMOKED QUAIL, PARSNIP MASH, CHORRISO SAUSAGE, ARMAGNAC JUS
SELELCTION OF IMPORTED CHEESES WITH MUSCATELLE GRAPES
COFFEE, ALMOND BISCUIT
