So you don’t like my fish soup!

This is the first thing out of his mouth. Chef is a wee bit sensitive! I totally bailed on the rest and said I ate it. I’m shamless!

New extra cooking couple Jeannie and Jay from Philadelphia! More fun in the kitchen, laughter and figuring stuff out!   This was our last day of cooking and I had begged for puff pastry so he set up and I had started early and focused on that it was too hot to do it properly but we got it going. And I got to do it completely. I can make puff pastry from scratch! I can add a bit of yeast to the dough and then end up with croissants!! I am super chef! Anyway we made Zuccinni flowers stuffed with salmon mousse for starters. Pork fillet en croute for main, and the most amazing lemon cream with strawberries in macaroons.

We used no butter in the mashed potatoes just oil, we didn’t fry with butter, we didn’t fry at all! We used butter in the puff pastry, the chocolate fondant (a bit) and in the lemon crème. We didn’t use cream in the lemon cream. We used fresh veg etc and good oils it was rich tasting with out being rich. What a life!

We had that afternoon off and both of us had to have a nap. I then walked all around the hills behind the hotel and Joyce emailed. We had a light bistro dinner, out on the patio -- light menu.