tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341161401561072652024-03-16T00:08:50.627-07:00Scrambling EggsNot everyone wants to start the day with a hearty serve of runny eggs, bacon, chips and beans.Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-71453366454053724632014-12-21T05:32:00.000-08:002014-12-21T05:32:48.130-08:00A blog is for life, not just for xmas<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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There is something quite depressing and unsatisfying
about abandoned blogs. Unfinished narratives left permanently hanging in
cyberspace. </div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Bloggers always start out so committed to
their project, full of ambition as to where it could lead and a desire to tap
into an audience of like minded enthusiasts; home brewers, dog breeders, photographers,
bakers, first time mothers. Their readers emotionally invest in their story and get
hooked, eager for the next instalment in the blogger’s adventure. But after
those first committed weeks, months, even years of regular blog posts, signs of
neglect start to appear. Posts become more and more infrequent, the blogger
sounds a little bored, preoccupied or despondent if things aren’t going quite
to plan, often starting the post with an apology ‘sorry I haven’t written for
so long’. And then, inexplicably, nothing. Communication is cut off and readers
are left wondering what happened, returning to the blog every now and again in
the hope that there’s been more activity, only to be faced again, with that
final blog post and no explanation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Scramblingeggs looked in real danger of
becoming yet another cyber statistic. Apparently 95% of blogs are derelict - v</span>irtual landfill that clog up cyberspace for eternity. After
7 years of documenting my progress in setting up and running 1, 2 then 3 Australian
style cafés in London, it suddenly went quiet in July 2013.<br />
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I’m here to
reassure any committed Scramblingeggs followers that nothing drastic has
happened. I’m still alive, the cafes haven’t failed and I haven’t waivered from
my commitment to save the Brits from bad brunches. I’ve just been busy. Very,
very BUSY. While I may not have any blog posts to show for it, I do have a
little boy with a sibling due in less than a week, a house with a new kitchen
and ongoing renovations, 3 busy cafes and most importantly a <a href="http://vimeo.com/102232488">Lantana Cookbook; Café Kitchen</a>, which was my main writing project of the year. </div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">While I have felt bad about temporarily neglecting
my blog, it’s comforting to know that I’m in good company. Just looking down my
list of recommended blogs on Scrambling Eggs, I find 3 of the 13 haven’t been
updated in over a year. Some of my favourite bloggers have left me in a state
of limbo; <a href="http://russelldavies.typepad.com/eggbaconchipsandbeans/">eggsbaconchipsandbeans</a> – reviews of the best greasyspoons in the UK,
<a href="http://misterbarista.blogspot.co.uk/">Mister Barista</a> – a 'cafe sink' drama narrated by an astute barista and <a href="http://lilyandchew.blogspot.co.uk/">lilyandchew</a> - recipes
and stories from a North London vegetarian gourmand. </span>I suspect their reason for abandoning their
blogs is similar to mine; too busy to blog.</div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Hopefully 2015 will see me and other bloggers at the keyboard
a little more frequently. If only to take down any abandoned blogs. Til then, <o:p></o:p></span>x.</div>
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And if you're looking for the perfect Christmas gift - look no further. Everyone should have a little bit of <a href="http://www.rylandpeters.com/US/cafe-kitchen">Lantana</a> in their very own kitchen.<br />
<br />Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-13092291109901869252013-08-20T14:30:00.000-07:002013-08-20T14:30:07.434-07:00Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby Dock. The new weed in town.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Like her parents,
she's named after a beautiful flowering plant which was introduced into Australia where it thrived to such an extent that it out competed the native flora and is now regarded as an invasive weed. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Ruby Dock, which is native to the
desert areas of North Africa and India, was thought to have been introduced into
Australia with camels </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">in the 19th century as part of colonisation</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">It’s seeds are wind and water dispersed and it is commonly found along watercourses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now Ruby Dock has blown into Camden and put down roots by the canal where it has already</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> won </span><a href="http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/food-and-wine/coffee-cult/coffee-cult-visits-ruby-dock-in-camden.htm" style="font-family: Helvetica;">fans</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> who are delighted to find shady respite from the noise
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">But blink and you'll
miss her as she's a pop up: in this location for 12 months only. During the day
she’s serving up delicious breakfasts and lunches and of course, coffee and
cakes, and when night falls and the tourists disappear, its wine, beer,
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<span lang="EN-AU">The Wandering Chef, the Thinkers Balcony, the
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<span lang="EN-AU">It wasn’t a sailing expedition that brought these four whimsically named</span>* men together last Saturday night, but a culinary one, “Supper Club Saloon”, to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The </span><a href="http://ian-ballantyne.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Candle Stick Maker's</a><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> "Salamagundi in the 21st Century - A Many Component Salad"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thethinkersbalcony.com/about" style="font-size: small;">The Thinker's Balcony</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> dessert "Kunderian Lightness and Weight Bee's Galangal Ice Cream"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you also to <a href="http://www.antoniapenia.co.uk/">Antonia Pena</a> for many of these photographs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I don't want to holiday in countries where the people aren’t passionate about their food. It's not a statement that I'm particularly proud of. </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I feel it makes me sound a little shallow, dare I say greedy, but a large part of the enjoyment of any holiday for me is eating. I know you could argue that every country has its culinary gems and sometimes as a tourist you just have to work a little harder to seek out, say, the best pork knuckles in a country like the Czech Republic, slowly sinking under the weight of its national cuisine.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">When holidays are as few, short and precious as mine, I want a sure
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Ciao Sicily. </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">The Italians’ obsession with food and seasonal produce hits you at every turn.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The thing that strikes me most about Italy, particularly after living in
London for a few years, is how proudly untrendy Italian food is. The London food scene is an ephemeral creature,
constantly changing as it embraces the latest food trend. </span></div>
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of the rash of burger joints and southern BBQ diners opening
across London. Last year London dining was all about small plates, sliders and Argentinian
steak. In complete contrast, the Italians have a national cuisine and
restaurant culture which is determinedly oblivious to fads and food trends.
Their cuisine is deeply entrenched, regional, seasonal and seemingly
unchanging. Even in Sicily, a part of Italy that has been repeatedly invaded,
the culinary influences of the Greeks, Spanish and Arabs, while present, never
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Just because Italian cuisine is unchanging, it is by no means unexciting.
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breathe fresh life into the dishes and combination of ingredients that have
been cooked and eaten for generations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Nowhere was this more poetically demonstrated than at La Madia; an unassuming restaurant, hidden in a small industrial town in Southern Sicily, that's deservedly attained Michelin status. Every
dish was unique, inventive and indescribably delicious, yet firmly
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #343434; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">The
chef, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Pino Cuttaia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #343434; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> in explaining his
approach to cooking in the introduction to his menu, sums up the Italian food
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without or an ingredient that best represents my way of cooking. Actually there
is one ingredient that more than any other defines my idea of cooking. My
secret ingredient is my memory. Each one of my dishes has a sprinkle of memory
in it."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Every second Thursday we hold an event at
Lantana called ‘Supper Club’. A bit of a misnomer perhaps. It’s not held in
someone’s living room or a disused warehouse, it’s not secret or exclusive, and
the food isn’t prepared by enthusiastic home cooks finding a creative release
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<span lang="EN-AU">I don’t really know what ‘supper’ is anyway. It was never a term used in our Australian household. I’ve since learned that,
as with most things in England, the terms ‘Supper’ and 'Club' are riddled with
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/rebekah-brooks-david-cameron-text-decoded">class undertones</a>,
far too complex for me to ever appreciate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Name aside, the idea for our Supper Club came after having a chat to one of our chefs about a delicious sounding meal
he’d cooked for his friends at home. It got me thinking. What would our chefs
cook for our Lantana customers if they could cook whatever they liked? The only
constraints being, it has to be a 4 course set menu for £30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">So far we’ve held 4 and each one has been confirmation of the personalities and talents of our chefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> H</span>ead chef George is stoically British in his
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Adam, our Australian chef in Lantana Out, is typically Aussie in his approach using big bold flavours with a multicultural fusion bent and a more laid back style of presentation. </div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><br /></span>
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call it what you will, Chef’s Gone Rogue, Chef’s at Play or a City Supper, it’s
on every second Thursday night, £30 for four courses including a welcome cocktail on
arrival. The n</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">ext one is August 30th and this time sous chef Janine, raised in Scotland with a French mother, has defied my cultural stereotypes and come up with a Middle Eastern menu.</span><br />
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12 pig’s cheeks <br />
A bottle of good red wine <br />
Mirepoix (1 carrot, 1 stick celery, 1 small onion, 1 leek, 2 cloves garlic roughly chopped) <br />
500ml chicken stock <br />
Olive oil <br />
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Marinate the pig’s cheeks in the red wine overnight. Make sure the red wine covers the meat and ideally turn the meat a few times. The following day, remove the pig’s cheeks from the red wine and pat dry. Reserve the red wine. <br />
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Heat the olive oil in a large pan and sear the pig’s cheeks to colour them. Set aside. <br />
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Heat a little extra olive oil and add the vegetables to the pan on full heat. Cook until they are caramelised and completely soft. You want to get good colour on the vegetables as this will form the basis of your sauce. Once they are caramelised, deglaze the pan with a splash of the reserved wine. <br />
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Transfer the vegetables to a stockpot, add the pig’s cheeks and the rest of the wine. Leave uncovered on a fairly brisk heat and let it bubble away until the volume of the wine is halved. Make a mark on the side of your saucepan so you know when it has reduced by half. <br />
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Add the stock so the meat is just about covered. Braise very slowly and gently for three hours with the lid on until the pig’s cheeks are tender. When cooked, remove the pig’s cheeks and set them aside. <br />
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Pass the sauce through a fine sieve to remove all the vegetables (discard) then put the liquid back in the pot. Leave the lid off and reduce the sauce again until it’s thickened to a good consistency. When ready to serve, warm the pig’s cheeks in a little sauce then serve with more of the sauce and the following accompaniments. <br />
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<b><i>Potato Gratin </i></b><br />
Knob of butter for greasing <br />
750g waxy <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/potato/">potatoes </a>, such as Desirée <br />
150ml full-fat milk <br />
142ml carton double cream <br />
1 <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/garlic/">garlic clove </a>, peeled and halved <br />
2 sprigs <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/thyme/">thyme</a> <br />
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Heat oven to 160C. Grease gratin dish generously with butter. <br />
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Peel and slice the potatoes thinly (on a mandolin if possible) to about 2mm thickness. Put in a pot of cold water so they don’t discolour. <br />
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Pour the milk and cream into a pan and add the garlic and thyme. Heat to boiling point then reduce heat and thicken slightly. Cool a little before straining into a jug. <br />
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Pat the potatoes dry and layer half in the dish, overlapping the slices, sprinkling each layer with a little salt and pepper. Pour over half the liquid and finish layering, then add the rest of the liquid. <br />
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Bake for 1-1¼ hrs until the potatoes are tender and the top is golden. <br />
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<b><i>Shaved fennel, apple and watercress salad </i></b><br />
1 bulb fennel <br />
1 lemon juiced <br />
1 apple <br />
Handful of watercress <br />
1 tablespoon olive oil <br />
Salt and pepper<br />
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Peel and slice the apple to about 2mm thickness and put into a bowl of water that’s had half a lemon squeezed into it. <br />
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Finely shave the fennel on a mandolin and toss in the juice of the other half lemon to prevent discolouration. <br />
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Drain the apple, pat dry and cut into match sticks. Mix with fennel, olive oil, watercress, salt and pepper.<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit;">Fashionably late, Salvation Jane was
officially launched 6 weeks after opening. Less fashionable or forgivable is
the lateness of my thankyous. Well after
midnight I stood on a chair and said something heartfelt along the lines of a speech I’d prepared and had intended to give much earlier in the evening when
there were more people in the room and less cocktails in me. In case I actually did just slur “Iloveyousall”
to the handful of family, friends and members of the band committed to drinking
the bar dry, here is what I meant to say….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit;">Tonight is my way of saying thank you
because in the 3 and a half years I’ve been running a cafe, I’ve rarely taken
the time to stop and enjoy a drink with the people who make the business what
it is - staff, suppliers, customers and industry people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn’t feel that long ago that I was
living a very different life as a policy advisor in Melbourne. A couple of
months before I was due to fly to London on my one way ticket, I took a day off
work to attend an industry seminar at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. It
was called something like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tips for
Success in Running a Restaurant</i> and had a panel of industry stalwarts
including two of my heroes: Sam Clarke from <a href="http://www.moro.co.uk/moro/restaurant/default.asp">Morro</a> in London and Alla Wolf
Tasker from the <a href="http://www.lakehouse.com.au/">Lakehouse</a> in Daylesford, just outside Melbourne. I went along
expecting to feel inspired and reassured about the huge career change I was
about to make from public servant to restaurateur. Instead, the talk turned
into a therapy session for the room full of chefs and restaurant owners, all
talking over the top of each other about the hardships they’d faced in running
their businesses – difficulties of location, finding and retaining good staff,
the power of reviewers to make or break your restaurant, trying to maintain
passion when you are so physically exhausted from the long hours...and on and on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU">I sat there feeling the panic rise. At the
end of the session I went up to the table of speakers and asked them: "</span>Knowing all that you now know would you
still choose the career you have?" Alla Wolf Tasker didn’t hesitate. She looked
me in the eye and said “Absolutely. There’s nothing like the excitement and
theatre of hospitality. Each day is a new performance; the table is set, the
audience arrives and you put on a show.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU">It’s true. Despite all the challenges that
are continuously thrown at the team at Salvation Jane and Lantana, they are greatly
outweighed by the rewards (I hope). When we’ve had a successful service where everything
runs smoothly and customers tell you how much they enjoyed themselves, you
understand the unquantifiable pay off for working in this industry.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #67615f;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU">One of the biggest and
unexpected rewards I’ve received is meeting so many wonderful and talented
people from all walks of life who share the same passions as me - from the
staff at Lantana and Salvation Jane, people working at other London restaurants and
cafés, to our suppliers and customers. It is an incredibly creative,
enthusiastic and supportive community which I feel so privileged to now be a
part of. </span></span></div>
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only two people I want to single out for special thanks are our two head chefs who don't often hear the gushing about their food directly from our customers. </span>George Notely at Lantana and <a href="http://scramblingeggs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/lantana-q.html">Tim Dorman</a> at Salvation Jane.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit;">They are an absolute
joy and pleasure to work with. I know I can be a pain in the arse sometimes but
the reason we do work well together is because we are all obsessive perfectionists who will wake up in the middle of the night because we’ve
realised there’s a typo in the new menu and can be put into a bad mood for an
entire day by a careless mistake like over blanching the green beans. They are
both serious and talented chefs who continue to make me incredibly proud, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like it's sister cafe, Lantana, Salvation Jane's namesake is an Australian weed. </span><br />
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Introduced into Australia in the 1880s as an ornamental plant by an English settler named Jane Patterson, this adventurous little plant had other ideas. It spread uncontrollably, smothering all other flora, for which it earned its other name, Patterson's Curse.<br />
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Salvation Jane is what farmers called it because in drought times the hardy plant was a saviour to grazing livestock. Farmers weren't the only ones to sing the praises of Salvation Jane. Aussie rock legends INXS penned this tribute to our new cafe:<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wild wild flower of love<br />
Salvation Jane<br />
You've got the power to change<br />
You're such an easy prey<br />
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Nine times the protector<br />
Ten years and a day<br />
Eleventh hour we're facing<br />
Twelve o'clock in the sun<br />
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Oh mother nature<br />
We're trying to kill you<br />
Such greedy fools<br />
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Salvation Jane<br />
Wild wild flower of love<br />
Salvation Jane<br />
Wild wild flower of love<br />
You've got the power to change</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome back to England, Miss Jane. May you beco</span>me a Shoreditch treasure.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292526;">Thank you to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292526;"><a href="http://tomgildon.com/">Tom Gildon</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292526;"> for the beautiful photos- more to follow. </span><br />
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</div></div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com117tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-48656141615060033612012-03-26T13:48:00.000-07:002012-03-26T13:48:12.414-07:00Lantana 2<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">There has been something worrying me about Lantana 2. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Grease 2, Caddyshack 2, Revenge of the Nerds 2. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Since we put the word out that we are opening a second café, our Lantana regulars have been incredibly encouraging and excited, wanting to know where it is, when it’s opening, how big it is, whether it will be in the same style, have the same menu, will any of the Lantana staff work there? There is a level of expectation and anticipation for our second cafe that I didn’t have with Lantana. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Something dawned on me when I was at the site of the new cafe last week watching the throngs of people pouring out of the Old Street underground. London is a city of 7 million people. Lantana is a café with 35 seats. Not exactly a box office blockbuster. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Lantana has its own unique character and identity because of its location, the regulars, its menu, the people who work there and the changes we’ve made to it over the three and a half years since it opened. Part 1 hasn't finished - its still running. Part 2 will have a whole new audience who might not have even seen the Original. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Maybe sequels are a bad metaphor. Its more like a series - Downtown Abbey, Masterchef, Mad Men. You can start watching at any point but there’s a little something extra for the returning audience who know that the Earl of Grantham should not be left alone with the female servants and that a chocolate fondant on Masterchef usually ends in tears. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span lang="EN-AU">I miss not paying attention to details in restaurants like coat hooks, napkins, and light fittings because right now I find it hard to actually focus on the food on my plate when I’m eating out. It’s like when you’ve been shopping for shoes, all you notice is what people are wearing on their feet. </span><br />
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With the construction of café number two well underway I’m consumed once more by the myriad of choices I need to make, from the positioning of power sockets to bowls for serving muesli. It’s a sobering thought to think that every single item in a restaurant has involved a person making such decisions.<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">So next time you eat out, pay the restauranteur the courtesy of at least noticing the toilet roll holder </span><br />
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</tbody></table>They spent considerable time flicking through supplier catalogues, wasted hours on ebay and traipsed through antique markets at ungodly hours of the morning. I’m guessing.</div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-67822772208128542892011-11-28T08:58:00.000-08:002011-11-28T08:58:01.343-08:00Let them eat cakeUnemployment rising. TICK<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I remember the day before we opened flicking through a newspaper filled with stories of the long deep recession we were facing. As the knot in my stomach grew tighter and tighter I said to my business partner “I think we might be the most stupid people on earth”. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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“£2.20 for a coffee. That’s cheap” the other replied, and in they came.<br />
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Hi there! My name’s Mike and I work at Lantana. If you pop down to Lantana this month you will recognise me as the one grooming my very own charity Mo for Movember, in support of Prostate cancer and Testicular cancer. So far it is going well and a bushy tash is forming beautifully, if not very gingerly! <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Lantana has kindly offered to match whatever I raise, just because they are that nice, so donations are very welcome. If you would like to donate to this amazing cause visit my <a href="http://mobro.co/MoMikeSH">site</a>. Better yet, come down to Lantana and check out my Mo for yourself and donate in person. Any amount is a generous one.</div><br />
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<em>PS- Let's hope Mike has better success than the LanMowers who </em><a href="http://scramblingeggs.blogspot.com/2010/12/movember-from-boys-to-pubescence.html"><em>last year</em></a><em> only managed to raise £70.41 and brought great shame and embarasment to us all, but mostly to themselves. S x </em><br />
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</div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-83148281663541907002011-09-15T13:48:00.000-07:002011-10-03T02:38:14.839-07:00The Lantana Q&A<i>Any resemblance to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/qa">Guardian’s Q&A</a> is entirely intentional and done without their knowledge or permission. </i><br />
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</tbody></table>After a brief stint as a rousie* in a shearing gang, Tim suspected that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDaVXLpgSbo">crutching sheep</a> had limited career prospects and decided to follow his brother into the kitchen. His first job was as a dishy in the restaurant where his brother was head chef. From those humble beginnings he worked his way up the kitchen larder via numerous fine establishments including <a href="http://www.thegunshopcafe.com/home">the gunshop cafe</a>, an award winning restaurant in my home town, Brisbane. But the bright lights of bigger cities beckoned. Tim came to London to seek out fame and fortune and found...Lantana. <br />
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<b>What is your earliest food memory?</b><br />
My mum counting down from 10 to make me eat swede and carrot mash.<br />
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<b>Which person has had the greatest influence on the way you cook?</b><br />
Good friend and former head chef at the Merthyr Bowls Club, Andrew Dale. He was my first proper teacher...the first person who really inspired me in the kitchen. <br />
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<b>Aside from knives, what is the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment that you’ve bought for yourself?</b><br />
My bright red Kitchen Aid with an array of mincing, juicing and mixing attachments. The first thing I made with it was pancakes the morning after my birthday - not really utilising its full potential. It’s now sitting in a box underneath my house in Brisbane.<br />
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<b>What’s the worst thing a chef has ever said to you?</b><br />
Too numerous and inappropriate to mention. A four year apprenticeship means you learn to deal with a lot.<br />
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<b>What trait do you most deplore in other chefs?</b><br />
Gordon Ramsay style tantrums. I’ve seen chefs make apprentices cry and then expect to have a beer and be mates after service. Wankers.<br />
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<b>Who would play you in the movie of your life?</b><br />
Will Ferrell. <br />
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<b>What would your superpower be?</b><br />
Invisibility.<br />
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<b>Is it better to cook or be cooked for?</b><br />
To cook. I like showing off.<br />
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<b>What is your guiltiest food pleasure?</b><br />
Does wine count? <b><i>(No)</i></b> Then cold baked beans from the tin. But they have to be Watties, not those crappy English ones.<br />
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<b>What is the greatest crime committed against cuisine?</b><br />
The 3am kebab. <br />
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<b>Strangest food request you’ve had from a customer?</b><br />
Raw steak. We had a regular at the Merthyr Bowls Club in Brisbane who used to come in and say he’d been out in the bush hunting and needed to eat raw meat. One of the many colourful New Farm nutters. <br />
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<b>Cheese or chocolate?</b><br />
Cheese please.<br />
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<b>Closest you've come to death?</b><br />
Crashing my car into a semi trailer when I looked down to change the radio station and crossed onto the wrong side of the freeway. I left black tyre marks down the side of the truck and ended up in hospital. The first of many car crashes. That's what you happens when you learn to drive in small town New Zealand. <br />
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<b>What would your last meal on earth be?</b><br />
BBQ rib with a cold beer on a hot sunny arvo’<br />
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<b>If you could ask anyone, alive or dead, to dinner, who would you invite?</b><br />
Goose and Maverick <br />
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<b>Tell us a joke </b><br />
A Scotsman walks into a bakery and points to a cake, “Is that a doughnut or a meringue?”<br />
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The baker says, “No you’re right. It’s a doughnut.”<br />
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<i>*rouseabout (often abbreviated to 'rousie'), is commonly used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to shedhands who pick up wool after it has been taken from the sheep's back during shearing operations.</i><br />
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Something unexpected has happened to me since I’ve been living in England. I’ve become a beer snob. Really, no one could be more surprised than me. <br />
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I grew up believing that the measure of a good beer is how cold it is. The colder, the better because we were indoctrinated with the slogan ‘<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIZbMYqS8w">a hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer’</a>. Pub selections were always based on which one served the coldest beer (chilled glasses scored highly) rather than the type they actually kept. <br />
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When I arrived in the UK and was served tepid, flat beer, helpfully labelled ‘bitter', initially I was perplexed. How could the beer stay cold when poured by the pint rather than the pot? Clearly the poms weren't working up much of a thirst.<br />
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I'm not sure exactly when or how it happened but at some point over the last 4 years I had a beer epiphany. Its like discovering <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam%C3%B3n_ib%C3%A9rico">iberico</a> after being raised on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28food%29">spam</a> or drinking a proper espresso after making do with instant coffee. Suddenly the penny drops.<br />
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Just as I learned that the taste of coffee differs enormously depending on the origin of the bean and how its roasted and brewed, I came to appreciate that beer is a similarly complex beast. The hops, the malt, the alcohol content and the brewing recipe all add up to a smorgasbord of styles from porter and stout to lager, pale ale and yep, good old bitter, a far cry from Victoria Bitter, which I now recognise as a pretty piss poor lager.<br />
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</div>As my exposure to different beers has widened, so too has my beer vocabulary from 'mmm its cold' to it's 'biscuity' 'floral', 'citrusy', 'grassy' or 'treacly'. To drink generic bottled lager now seems completely uninspiring, even if its a frosty cold one. Its hard to go back to instant coffee once you’ve had a flat white.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">You'll find me arriving with beer instead of wine when invited for dinner;</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.meantimebrewing.com/">Meantime</a>'s Porter goes down a treat at a barbeque</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I spend my days off visiting micro brewerys like <a href="http://www.thekernelbrewery.com/">The Kernel</a>,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey</td></tr>
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a labour of love that few could appreciate.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/venue/2:14979/jerusalem-tavern">Jerusalem Tavern</a> in Clerkenwell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.thecharleslambpub.com/">Charles Lamb</a> in Islington<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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750g stewing beef such as skirt, chuck or shin<br />
4 tbsp plain flour seasoned with salt and pepper<br />
4 tbsp olive oil<br />
1 tbsp tomato purée<br />
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2 bay leaves<br />
2 garlic cloves, peeled </div><div class="MsoNormal">200g chestnut mushrooms, thickly sliced<br />
500g puff pastry<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Nothing says Australian summer to me quite like a pavlova; crisp meringue with a soft marshmallowy centre, smothered with whipped cream, masses of luscious berries, and juicy passionfruit.<br />
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It’s bright and bold, generous, unrefined, and utterly satisfying. Always a crowd pleaser. Always a show stopper. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Last weekend I went away with some English friends to a small village on the banks of the river Severn in Gloucestershire. With the weather forecast promising clear blue skies and temperatures in the mid 20s there was talk of barbecues, sunbathing and walks along the beach. Feeling firmly in my comfort zone, I volunteered to make desert for the Saturday night barbie. Bring on the Aussie pav. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But as we meandered along picturesque country lanes through fields of daffodils and spotted pigs,<br />
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and along the banks of the Severn where people unhurriedly fished in the soft afternoon sunlight<br />
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I started to waver on my decision for desert. I suddenly saw the pavlova in a new light. It seemed too brash, too showy, too…Aussie? What this tranquil setting called for was a desert with subtlety and restraint. Something quintessentially British. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I remembered Oliver Peyton’s article in the Times' weekend magazine a few weeks ago where he wrote that “baking is the heart and soul of British cooking… Sifting, kneading, folding or whisking- these things are comforting and communal, old fashioned and timeless”. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">A quick google search saved me from making a cultural faux pav. Instead I made a Bakewell Tart; </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">A delicious sweet tart in which the berries hide their brightness under a bushel of buttery frangipane and flaked almonds.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Served with a modest dollop of creme fraiche. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">It was a triumph for the barbecue and for Britain. </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Bakewell Tart</span></b></i><br />
<i>(10-12 modest serves)</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">For the shortcrust pastry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">115g cold unsalted butter cut into dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">25g castor sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">200g plain flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">zest of half a lemon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">1 egg yolk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tablespoon iced water</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Mix flour, sugar and zest together. Incorporate the butter into the flour mix using your finger tips until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add the egg yolk and the water and bring the dough together with a metal knife as quickly as possible. (Important not to overwork pastry as it will become tough). Shape the pastry into a disc, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to 2mm thickness and line a 28cm tart tin with a depth of 2cm. Prick the base with a fork and put case in freezer for an hour. Heat the oven to 180C. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Line the pastry case with baking parchment and fill with weights (scrunched up tin foil will work if you are in a country cottage with no pastry weights). Cook for about 15 minutes until the pastry is a pale golden colour. Take out the parchment paper and brush the inside of the pastry case with a little egg white. Cool. Reduce oven to 170C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">For the filling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">200g unsalted butter (melted)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">200g castor sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">200g ground almonds </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">3 eggs (lightly beaten)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">50g self raising flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">100g good quality raspberry jam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">100g fresh raspberries lightly crushed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">50g flaked almonds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Mix flour and ground almonds in a large bowl. Add the melted butter and eggs and gently fold into the dry mix until just incorporated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Spread base of the cooked pastry case with jam. Scatter crushed berries over the jam and pour in the almond mixture. Smooth the surface and scatter the flaked almonds on top. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Bake for 30 minutes then cover with tin foil to stop it browning further. Bake another 10 minutes until filling is just set. Serve with creme fraiche. </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Pavlova </span></b></i><br />
<i>(6-8 immodest serves)</i><br />
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6 free-range egg whites at room temperature<br />
375g caster sugar<br />
3 tsp cornflour<br />
1.5 tsp white wine vinegar<br />
½ tsp vanilla extract<br />
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300ml cream whipped until soft peaks form<br />
5 passion fruit<br />
3 punnets mixed berries<br />
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Preheat the oven to 180C.<br />
Line a baking sheet with baking paper and draw a rough 25cm circle onto it. In a dry bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form when the whisk is removed, then whisk in the sugar, one third at a time, until stiff and shiny. Sprinkle the cornflour, vinegar and vanilla extract over the egg white, and fold in lightly with a metal spoon. Spoon the meringue onto the baking parchment within the marked circle and, using a spatula, flatten the top and smooth the sides. Place into the oven and immediately reduce the heat to 150C. Cook for an hour and 1/4, then turn off the oven and leave to cool completely. (I usally cook it the day before and leave it in the oven overnight).<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">When you are ready to assemble the pavlova, invert it onto a plate and peel off the baking parchment. Spoon the cream onto the meringue base, then pile on the berries and passionfruit.</div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-89282881063658825102011-03-14T12:30:00.000-07:002011-04-12T10:30:58.479-07:00Freestyle surfing<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">What do you get when you cross a grown man in a bib with a coffee bong and a micro roastery? The third wave of coffee. Or is it the fourth wave now? I don't know, I’m still on my boogie board surfing the second espresso wave...dude.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
I hadn’t been home to Australia in the 4 years I’ve been living in London so thought it was time for a trip back to check out what has been happening in my absence.<br />
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If you thought London was starting to get seriously geeky about coffee, you ain’t seen nothing yet if Australia is any indication of where it’s all heading.<br />
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There seems to have been an explosion of micro- roasters, single origin coffees, lighter roasting, drip brewing, hi-tech gadgetry and perhaps most inexplicably, baristas wearing bib aprons. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Never one to leave cafe exploration to chance, I went armed with a long list of ‘the best’ cafes to try in Melbourne. First stop, Proud Mary: the Fat Duck of the Melbourne café scene.<br />
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Located down a side street in Collingwood, (what used to be a pretty dingy part of Melbourne but now home to all the hot new cafes, bars and restaurants in town) Proud Mary is a modern and airy warehouse conversion that epitomises the pointy end of the coffee revolution in Melbourne.<br />
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There’s an impressive array of coffee paraphenalia on display to provide customers with a choice of extraction methods: syphon, filter, clover, cold drip, or if you’re old school, an espresso based coffee made with the world’s first custom built 6 group Hydra Synesso machine which allows the baristas to adjust the temperature of each group head to suit particular single origin or blended coffees. Each day they offer 3 different single origins as well as 2 blends for their espresso based coffee drinks. And that's just the espresso. <br />
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It was here that I had one of the most amazing coffees I’ve ever tasted.<br />
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60mls of cold drip single origin Sumatran coffee extracted over 12 hours, served on ice. The taste was indescribable – so sweet, clean and smooth, it was like a fine liqueur. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
From there I visited the cafes set up by the <a href="http://www.sevenseeds.com.au/">Seven Seeds</a> coffee roasters:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://brotherbababudan.com.au/">Brother Baba Budan</a> in Little Bourke Street <i>(Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.breakfastout.com.au/brotherbababudan.html">Breakfast Out</a>)</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original, Seven Seeds in Carlton. Note men in bibs.</td></tr>
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The <a href="http://www.padrecoffee.com.au/about.php">East Brunswick Project</a> in Nicholson St who roast their own coffee called Padre.<br />
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<a href="http://stali.com.au/">St Ali</a> in South Melbourne<br />
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And the <a href="http://www.auctionroomscafe.com.au/">Auction Rooms</a>, who roast Small Batch coffee, in Errol St, North Melbourne<br />
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As I went down my ‘best of’ list I was starting to feel a little bemused and alienated, and not dissimilar to how I felt during the <a href="http://www.summernats.com.au/%20">Summernats</a> car festival when I was living in Canberra. There seemed to be lots of boys revving their engines and admiring their reflections in big shiny machines, speaking a language I didn't understand.<br />
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This new wave of coffee does provide some good entertainment (as does Summernats) but what I really wanted was a welcoming space to catch up with friends. What had happened to the little unpretentious and quirky cafes that I loved about Melbourne and where were all the chicks? Fear not, as they are also there in abundance, going about their business, serving fantastic food and coffee but without quite so much noise or petrol fumes. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
At Bell Jar in Smith Street Collingwood,<br />
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Mitte in Michael Street, North Fitzroy<br />
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Amsterdam in Richmond<br />
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and North in Rathdowne St North Carlton<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">When someone asked me on my return what was the one thing I wanted to steal from Melbourne cafes for Lantana, I had to think long and hard. The cafes where I had the most enjoyable experience were not necessarily the cafes where I’d drunk the best coffee, seen the most impressive barista theatre, eaten the best food or seen the most stylish fitout. My favourite cafes were the ones where I felt the warmth, individuality and personality of the staff and the owner. They were the cafes that felt like they weren’t copying someone else’s style or following the latest trends just for the sake of it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I read a comment on twitter recently by a visitor to London who wrote “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">I am left with a feeling I've visited the same coffee shop on different sides of town. Are the London third wave independents a new chain?”</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">It has been something that has been nagging me recently too as I see some of the new cafes opening in London that seem to be copying other cafes or following fads and lacking in individuality. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">When I read that twitter comment I knew what I wanted to hold onto from my trip back home. A commitment to individuality. 'Independent' is an ethos, not a brand. </span> I'm going to surf my own wave. </div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-12031833123011885042011-01-24T09:24:00.000-08:002011-01-24T13:32:03.783-08:00‘Let’s Twitter’. Without a doubt, the lightest, cheapest and most up to date travel guide to take away with you on holiday.<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "></p><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>As someone who struggles to get organised but hates feeling that they’re missing out on the best places to eat and drink in a new city, I used to feel torn when I went away for a short weekend break. Should I leave my restaurant choices to chance and to the hotel staff who disinterestedly direct you to the touristy, expensive options (or their uncle’s restaurant)? Or should I instead, invest in a travel guide that will already be out of date by the time it is printed and on my return home will sit on a book shelf until the next time I travel to that country, by which time it will be so out of date the currency and national borders may have changed, let alone the best places to eat?</div><div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">But now that I’ve embraced my technology alter ego, I’ve discovered that there’s another option. The <a href="http://twitter.com/">twitter</a> guide; an easily accessible repository of recommendations from on-the-ground food and coffee enthusiasts who share their opinions freely and fearlessly.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">The first time I relied on twitter recommendations I was a little coy about naming my source to travel companions. As we trekked through a city, passing countless restaurants or cafes, I would reassure them that the place we were going to had been recommended and the effort would be worth it. It was only afterwards when we were, more often than not, eating a fantastic meal or sipping a good coffee that I would come clean. Incredulously they'd ask; <i>“So we just walked for an hour because someone you’ve never met and know nothing about recommended this place to you on twitter?”</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><i></i><i>“Correct. Problema?”</i></p><blockquote><i></i></blockquote><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">I know I could travel with an up to date online guide written by reputable reviewers but there is something about following a twitter recommendation that seems more exciting when it pays off because of the leap of faith involved.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">Last weekend in Barcelona I relied on my twitter guide once again and was rewarded with these gastronomic delights from faceless, random tweeters.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">Saturday lunch at one of the tapas bars inside <a href="http://www.boqueria.info/Eng/index.php">Mercat de la Boqueria</a> as recommended by @thefoodplace</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc41UjzODAMI3_4BRL_O0GVDlgFnRx-LvMqLko2DbQgEKQYKFMVn3cBYpqNsEG_wnAWahyphenhyphenT3_SuYjNIqd-iPDwDbOPuW6M-K-1f2TCT4p00HjnVSJVH0k2zwNMYqRxg6T9kjjYKr5g7zE/s1600/IMG_3608.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc41UjzODAMI3_4BRL_O0GVDlgFnRx-LvMqLko2DbQgEKQYKFMVn3cBYpqNsEG_wnAWahyphenhyphenT3_SuYjNIqd-iPDwDbOPuW6M-K-1f2TCT4p00HjnVSJVH0k2zwNMYqRxg6T9kjjYKr5g7zE/s400/IMG_3608.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565812404022376002" /></a>who also suggested the insanely busy Jai-Ca in Barceloneta where we were jostled by locals having Sunday lunch and tried in vain to work out what the system was to get a table. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Giving up, we ate standing at the bar and watched in wonder as the staff calmly managed to serve plates of beautifully fresh and simple seafood tapas amidst the chaos. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLSlJZPtdsBn7MKQvXfOfY9mQaD3KtxW4mP2qNEQtGtaPxxfuobjYeiZNAIVTUlUXKyIX7YuJZ3w4qrim8sGaJSsqR13_A2yS0r_7Pjbaww-PQWTarR7TyFwJYiaWARObrnq_sbZ0aFU/s400/IMG_3616.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565805879834998898" /></a><br /></div><div>Thanks also @Camdencoffee for recommending Cerveceria Catalana, 236 Mallorca where we had our final meal (by which time my camera's battery had died).<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div></div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com137tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-41496459123583011272010-12-05T04:52:00.000-08:002010-12-09T04:59:51.403-08:00Movember: From boys to pubescence<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)" class="Apple-style-span"></span> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547181788132250146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7QeCYWlvo4vUzLZMNeOOf4mMVXwUnLyJDGchnJ4s1vQqi9UzZu72adM1Bim9UZZM4UyGKxNT2WmdEOGycPp681jqLfsxqCsTKfTm4AiqGf2wXA63fmnP5c9J0AxcAfl_8IJ0nRjFEKo/s400/moustacheimages.jpg" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>Tom Selleck, patron saint of the tash.</i></span><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></blockquote></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;">As men put razor blades to their upper lips once more and the organisers of </span></span><a href="http://tiny.cc/5xat8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;">Movember</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">*</span><span class="entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">expect a record breaking fundraising year, I’m proud to announce that Lantana customers have contributed £70.41 </span><span class="Apple-style-span">to that figure.</span><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;">Perhaps I was unrealistically ambitious with the target I set, not only for the customers with the size of our donation jar,</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlafSAml1c2wXrbGhyphenhyphensSpdEO0e3X7DWWo8X0-WT-yM0MsJZ6veq9FqFgESdtLayTMNXhJEMMfOkxRyu02ENJ4gBsmHURiKn_L5vQusxgdb9dI3phnrLiebivbE5waiWbQ8u6tcOC9Huzo/s1600/IMG_3537.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547181798272621154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlafSAml1c2wXrbGhyphenhyphensSpdEO0e3X7DWWo8X0-WT-yM0MsJZ6veq9FqFgESdtLayTMNXhJEMMfOkxRyu02ENJ4gBsmHURiKn_L5vQusxgdb9dI3phnrLiebivbE5waiWbQ8u6tcOC9Huzo/s400/IMG_3537.JPG" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">but more importantly, for the “LanMowers” themselves. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">One month for Zak, Sean, Jonno, Chris, George and Lloyd to grow moustaches on their smooth boyish faces. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Georgia, serif;" class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547181793268773218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJilVu2xtZxQl2uNXE5X3DIpgy9-xkj-5eBYheXSqMxqvMg69O5tahBu-i8jEi049KEDzYrMmNCNsmpRPn3iSfCM9imR7mupANc_4YyFjkMw-V0CtmCbc5v0LTOiiimQJEVS1K5CLR5Ag/s400/IMG_3523.JPG" /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwFSiZ488CeMw1lTIw1CNQCeV-VAiGTuBBItkOCC3HnJJ4K1QGhqnbdtZa9Yhpy3nhknuFXEkReH15NKhOVsgMare4ajwd-n28SeCg7y75g1E4OQD82Orq-pP-cLVg4h5A-HiavQqp0A/s1600/IMG_3535.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547181806510698386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwFSiZ488CeMw1lTIw1CNQCeV-VAiGTuBBItkOCC3HnJJ4K1QGhqnbdtZa9Yhpy3nhknuFXEkReH15NKhOVsgMare4ajwd-n28SeCg7y75g1E4OQD82Orq-pP-cLVg4h5A-HiavQqp0A/s400/IMG_3535.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Even at the end of November most customers didn’t realise that the shadows under their noses, were actually mature mo’s. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Next year I'm going for a more achievaeable goal: boyband entry on x factor. One Direction, you got nothing on the LanMowers.</span><br /></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifE6LWQBhyphenhyphenZK_Zkf5kgtv7lwJVu7FfmY8cPslrY62ds7-IdZBfz03xCVvhi8iC23DMe2_wwVdWQOr5yk_ER9B7PbBs62yHXcjV0f3rF_bpDWl3RVNmar5GR3TZnGyd-rkBzdyxDhPHBok/s1600/one-direction1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547991279732749202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifE6LWQBhyphenhyphenZK_Zkf5kgtv7lwJVu7FfmY8cPslrY62ds7-IdZBfz03xCVvhi8iC23DMe2_wwVdWQOr5yk_ER9B7PbBs62yHXcjV0f3rF_bpDWl3RVNmar5GR3TZnGyd-rkBzdyxDhPHBok/s400/one-direction1.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i></p></i></span></span><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><i>*Movember is a fundraising event where participants sculpt their facial hair into moustaches to raise awareness about men’s health issues such as prostate cancer. </i></span></p></blockquote>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-20802680958022858412010-10-18T06:25:00.000-07:002010-10-18T09:53:02.199-07:00Corngate: The Corn Salsa FileMaybe Australians can’t take credit for inventing <a href="http://www.mahalo.com/national-corn-fritters-day">corn fritters</a>, but they feel as quintessentially Australian as avocado and vegemite on toast.<br /><br />My love affair with corn fritters started in Melbourne where some of my favourite cafes did excellent versions of this Australian café classic;<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVqcq13g5fbiUwa0Xe4U4nQgBJi3XEaEi23XVgqYpRSaG08j3Cwc6D8ESgYRdZNcSJ8w1iWk6fq9YYE3e30EKljt4TPcUOSfth2U0mjk9Hpzt539HTKXLOpiNWN3Niy_pnpmx812JbAw/s1600/small-block-fritters.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529378778765318258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVqcq13g5fbiUwa0Xe4U4nQgBJi3XEaEi23XVgqYpRSaG08j3Cwc6D8ESgYRdZNcSJ8w1iWk6fq9YYE3e30EKljt4TPcUOSfth2U0mjk9Hpzt539HTKXLOpiNWN3Niy_pnpmx812JbAw/s400/small-block-fritters.jpg" /></a> <blockquote>Small Block Cafe in East Brunswick<br /></blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHozKjsA-_5FBJ0oLuU3pXcuIJE-hrKFY_naCLS-2byKHpqyTXhTyMT6G8hS4MQKzmDHAeHF5vmckC4cFz5dtCHFUb5qYHpEN-DPBuM9rjl6HC1quISBpN8FvcNG1cmpdYGYE9FwUUJf8/s1600/Mart+cornfritters.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529378775032407010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHozKjsA-_5FBJ0oLuU3pXcuIJE-hrKFY_naCLS-2byKHpqyTXhTyMT6G8hS4MQKzmDHAeHF5vmckC4cFz5dtCHFUb5qYHpEN-DPBuM9rjl6HC1quISBpN8FvcNG1cmpdYGYE9FwUUJf8/s400/Mart+cornfritters.jpg" /></a> <blockquote>Mart 130 Cafe on the tram line in Middle Park<br /></blockquote><p>When I opened Lantana it went without saying that corn fritters were going on the menu and we did a lot of experimenting to find the perfect fritter recipe- spicy, crispy edges, not too fluffy, and of course, lots of fresh corn.<br /><br />In the early days some of our English customers needed a little gentle encouragement (along the lines of ‘for God’s sake try something instead of the bacon sandwich’) but once they tried corn fritters, they were hooked. So much so that I seem to have created an international scandal when I did the unthinkable recently and CHANGED THE MENU without proper public consultation.<br /><br />I didn’t do anything as drastic as remove corn fritters from the menu. All I did was change the topping from corn salsa and lime aioli to sweet chilli jam and crème fraiche. Little did I know that Matt, one of our most loyal (English) regulars, sees little point in living if he can’t have corn salsa on his corn fritters. He has almost boycotted Lantana since the controversial ‘menu change’ but comes in every now and again to see whether I’ve changed the menu back. When I tell him no, he leaves crestfallen with a takeaway slice of banana bread. This is a man who took a year to be weened off bacon sandwiches in the first place but hard as I try, I can’t convince him to try the new corn fritter dish.....yet.<br /></p><p>As a concession to Matt I promised to release the corn salsa file so that he doesn’t have to break into Lantana overnight, as threatened, to steal it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEoecfkLvBELrhvSSuNbF2hLLoUeUQJFLaYnVt69HFlzpF5j4iJi8on6Dm6g1hdlb5F2mWyQqVx20uTaZFdVApVlkKb9gZhbi3gduLoAffuJIXdMXqhiVTgvw02VIYC2nyijpUXuUNik/s1600/lantana+corn+fritters.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529381368987302674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEoecfkLvBELrhvSSuNbF2hLLoUeUQJFLaYnVt69HFlzpF5j4iJi8on6Dm6g1hdlb5F2mWyQqVx20uTaZFdVApVlkKb9gZhbi3gduLoAffuJIXdMXqhiVTgvw02VIYC2nyijpUXuUNik/s400/lantana+corn+fritters.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Fresh corn salsa (No longer on Lantana's menu)</span><br /><br />6 Corn cobs with outer husks removed<br />1 medium red onion, finely diced<br />2 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped<br />zest and juice of 2 limes<br />1 bunch of corriander (washed and chopped)<br /><br />Cook the corn on a lightly oiled chargrill or frypan to get some colour and then transfer to a 200C oven for 15 minutes.<br /><br />Once cool enough to handle cut the corn off the cobs. Mix the corn with all the other ingredients.</p>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-30820590874769642352010-08-30T10:34:00.000-07:002010-08-31T13:35:31.441-07:00A bus ride to nowhere in particular<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>454</o:Words> <o:characters>2593</o:Characters> <o:lines>21</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>3184</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>11.1287</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotshowrevisions/> <w:donotprintrevisions/> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><span style="font-weight: bold;">The London Particular
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<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvC1TvbzCECwgab-tjavnCFHt5UENKtR6sUbDkFUtS_7mPU0yVrMUrz-A-FrsbeD8Pk9eoqtNRE3ef-ktZeHNJTZ1nCPJFV-7yNiFvuhs-tx7PSEWFeSr6wwm9Jv-n5kMnX17YWWtffM/s1600/IMG_3435.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvC1TvbzCECwgab-tjavnCFHt5UENKtR6sUbDkFUtS_7mPU0yVrMUrz-A-FrsbeD8Pk9eoqtNRE3ef-ktZeHNJTZ1nCPJFV-7yNiFvuhs-tx7PSEWFeSr6wwm9Jv-n5kMnX17YWWtffM/s400/IMG_3435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511264394614317730" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve often thought it would be nice to hop on any old commuter bus and sit on it for the entire route to see where it takes me around London. Sort of like going on a <a href="http://www.bigbustours.com/eng/london/custompage.aspx?id=london_sightseeing_tour&gclid=">London Big Bus tour</a> but without the tourists and the bad jokes.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A few weeks ago my friend Becky (former <a href="http://scramblingeggs.blogspot.com/search/label/Chefs">part time chef at Lantana</a>) opened a café in deepest darkest south east London. The only thing that stopped me visiting as soon as it opened was the location. How the hell do you get to New Cross from west London?<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p>And then a serendipitous thing happened. I noticed that the bus that literally passes the end of my street has the words New Cross Gate on the front.<span style=""> </span>I didn’t even have to bother with the route planner on TFL.<span style=""> </span>Two birds. One bus.
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<br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixv_dFAk5hELB_mUUaNGTjPR_zGoc0F9qM8AtL7-0MJ1OGSWIj7CqN2W6GnSLTBh0kVLNEkn2WizPAVmc01Poixt7u_rSb6FKKGk8kJk9_Z-XFxncxhiNSGg9iJcum0rhzzaqG2dHUOFI/s1600/IMG_3455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixv_dFAk5hELB_mUUaNGTjPR_zGoc0F9qM8AtL7-0MJ1OGSWIj7CqN2W6GnSLTBh0kVLNEkn2WizPAVmc01Poixt7u_rSb6FKKGk8kJk9_Z-XFxncxhiNSGg9iJcum0rhzzaqG2dHUOFI/s400/IMG_3455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511669305414369954" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">So on a rainy Monday morning I sat myself on the No. 36 tour bus and took in the sights of Paddington, Victoria, Vauxhall, Camberwell and Peckham before arriving at the end of the route, New Cross Gate.<span style=""> </span>After walking along a grim stretch of New Cross Rd from the bus stop I found a small cosy space filled with the aromas of baking and coffee, people chatting around a communal table, and at the centre of it all, Becky pulling a tray of blueberry brioche out of the oven.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPbhkU_0qGmXn9YgrB7KNkQ3zS1NJ37P4vDhSZmEOtZ_CsjKFg6snZIbqeGfCa38kPGP0lRtbTLX4cQzo-5G8bqbI0Sq6HerDnwTNyFw0R7jWKd5rFbPh_s3lecIRseR4KQhjFUz-6Cw/s1600/IMG_3432.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPbhkU_0qGmXn9YgrB7KNkQ3zS1NJ37P4vDhSZmEOtZ_CsjKFg6snZIbqeGfCa38kPGP0lRtbTLX4cQzo-5G8bqbI0Sq6HerDnwTNyFw0R7jWKd5rFbPh_s3lecIRseR4KQhjFUz-6Cw/s400/IMG_3432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511264402056485106" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘London Particular’ was the name given to thick pea and ham soup in Dickensian times when London was famous for its heavy fogs, or <a href="http://www.information-britain.co.uk/food/foodlegends/London%20Particular/">'peasoupers'</a>. If you could create a hearty bowl of pea and ham soup in the form of a cafe, that cafe is <a href="http://web.me.com/m4rsh1/The_London_Particular/Holding_Page.html">The London Particular</a>: warm, comforting, unpretentious and nourishing.<span style="color: rgb(70, 68, 62);" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Becky graduated from the Royal College of Music and worked in that field for a couple of years before listening to her culinary calling and pursuing a career as a chef. Largely self taught, Becky’s love of food and her creativity shines through in the flavours, colours and textures of the food she cooks.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">She decided to go with a bowl food concept for the café in order to keep the menu simple, informal and reliant on the quality of the ingredients. Its also simple by necessity as Becky is cooking everything served in the café herself in a space not much bigger than a shower cubicle.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was a difficult choice but I went for the special of the day which was a courgette, rocket and feta salad served with a beetroot and white bean dip, toasted rye bread and chorizo (optional extra).
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuxIQVX5_1j1p044xckLOJji5zxsuHSlqf_wjz-DSONJ1XXG00pGN1lJuFxgPbkaYzORL9eUKLlh9a30lkKy4fIffJECA6oncGbayW_zlZfMbHaAlO-yTigcfCsfRgEO1x0BGhAOimeE/s1600/IMG_3437.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuxIQVX5_1j1p044xckLOJji5zxsuHSlqf_wjz-DSONJ1XXG00pGN1lJuFxgPbkaYzORL9eUKLlh9a30lkKy4fIffJECA6oncGbayW_zlZfMbHaAlO-yTigcfCsfRgEO1x0BGhAOimeE/s400/IMG_3437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511264413676883938" border="0" /></a>My friend had home baked beans with mushrooms</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxUUNO_4iejW8hcoC3hLvYuZlqulub1JRbZRb5-F3-bZiywJTaxFcXJStOFVilIJZnojn4_y1lshkA0pdRNr3j5pSl0kd8HIX9Np_-zX_cJkS6hhSNnAce6DVNQB3_m0GbXF08oL3Nls/s1600/IMG_3436.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxUUNO_4iejW8hcoC3hLvYuZlqulub1JRbZRb5-F3-bZiywJTaxFcXJStOFVilIJZnojn4_y1lshkA0pdRNr3j5pSl0kd8HIX9Np_-zX_cJkS6hhSNnAce6DVNQB3_m0GbXF08oL3Nls/s400/IMG_3436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511267080004711394" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">and the couple across from us had a pretty amazing looking sandwich with grilled haloumi, bacon, tomato and garlic mayo. I finished off with a lovely creamy flatwhite made by Jen (who Lantana customers might also recognise) and one of Becky’s buttery light freshly made brioche. All delicious.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">There’s been no gentle easing in period for Becky and Jen who thought they’d have a quiet August to test the menu and put the finishing touches on the café. From the moment they opened the door, punters and reviewers have been steadily pouring in and Bex and Jen have barely had time to eat lunch. More proof that London is crying out for more cafes, good ones in particular.<span style=""> </span>Well done Bex and Jen.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><blockquote>The London Particular: 399 New Cross Rd, SE14 6LA</blockquote>
<br /><p></p>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-24136466219449364172010-08-08T06:43:00.000-07:002010-08-30T10:46:38.457-07:00Holidays on a forkWhy do the calming, positive effects of holidays wear off so quickly? When our regulars saunter in for a takeaway coffee after returning from holiday all relaxed, suntanned and smiling it only seems to take a couple of days before their eyes are glued to their blackberries again and they are rushing in and out, stressing about work.<br /><br />It also didn’t take long for my holiday freckles and ‘perche no’ attitude to fade after a trip to Italy a few weeks ago.<br /><br />Photographs are a poor substitute for the actual experience of sitting in my gin and tonic chair<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7P-VVFSWtpq7NOYmaCpiYd8XjUsBDliSJBjJVm05-euWRiUPUfxU22WOfVExb3J5QceLCK_0lDmrR_mB12qm2WrtiHLC0KpGRlfTrbikUzM_L0vfRCJFEZX1utvsug5SvW_jXv5DAPc/s1600/IMG_3340.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7P-VVFSWtpq7NOYmaCpiYd8XjUsBDliSJBjJVm05-euWRiUPUfxU22WOfVExb3J5QceLCK_0lDmrR_mB12qm2WrtiHLC0KpGRlfTrbikUzM_L0vfRCJFEZX1utvsug5SvW_jXv5DAPc/s400/IMG_3340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503036987030524242" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">pulling vegetables for dinner from my friend’s garden<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqDho2A_d945Wdv8oMRIq1c8p91cPGBcwk9VtRjHKvezdvUt7nc71GBtFJSlAYKR7ehezqbnwmeOWX0-lknc3L-3eeGTxcoylVFYRAyUgcBaoS_m35LeQXLOak89YmzyyCR5kaHLVNh8/s1600/IMG_3356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqDho2A_d945Wdv8oMRIq1c8p91cPGBcwk9VtRjHKvezdvUt7nc71GBtFJSlAYKR7ehezqbnwmeOWX0-lknc3L-3eeGTxcoylVFYRAyUgcBaoS_m35LeQXLOak89YmzyyCR5kaHLVNh8/s400/IMG_3356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503036997065242578" border="0" /></a>and walking through Italian villages post siesta<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtobFJ1JaiKpW6ssU68myKT7BGLrNjqqhA92tpaPRmekZWvAsytMSudpSfN1E6Xnf2KhZURVj5CshvaHr5d2ArI0_tk3enid9a5rH4fnnuCXX47lA32GaMHhSdeQ_ke8aahiSdVSa1-0/s1600/IMG_3333.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtobFJ1JaiKpW6ssU68myKT7BGLrNjqqhA92tpaPRmekZWvAsytMSudpSfN1E6Xnf2KhZURVj5CshvaHr5d2ArI0_tk3enid9a5rH4fnnuCXX47lA32GaMHhSdeQ_ke8aahiSdVSa1-0/s400/IMG_3333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503036103401975426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2b3PlYI4dIADh889seQjgpFfM0yEL07SzckbbFRnq25HQz8sjFb0b_vhHQZM4MxeHEc4TBBcs7f7cq5TCER_iyWYUfk00Nh9UcI4z2HyTRq13l3v9CcCqY6D20GMU_bC9Xox7vFQdlA0/s1600/IMG_3332.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2b3PlYI4dIADh889seQjgpFfM0yEL07SzckbbFRnq25HQz8sjFb0b_vhHQZM4MxeHEc4TBBcs7f7cq5TCER_iyWYUfk00Nh9UcI4z2HyTRq13l3v9CcCqY6D20GMU_bC9Xox7vFQdlA0/s400/IMG_3332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503037778515010306" border="0" /></a><br /><o:p></o:p>But one of the wonderful things about cooking, is that I can hold on to the smells and taste of Italy in a more satisfying way.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p> With the daylight hours starting to get shorter in London and my next holiday a small dot on a distant horizon, I’m feeling in need of a forkful of Italy.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Of<span style=""> </span>all the meals I ate in Italy these stood out for their classic Italian-ness; good quality ingredients, simple flavour combinations, served without fuss.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">A rocket and pecorino salad with toasted walnuts and honey</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCa8mY5BcsWIZ5zE93cSPbe415Z7N7237yPux3y4hCIURUH4gkDk-zd8uzu-0xSbHqtHbBXyTyxgqMbJcBYOhn83eLseEaxGGg4x-qPOaF5CGtZx-L1oJfa6O6RNnJaUIMNLKUAOTNLwY/s1600/IMG_3383.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCa8mY5BcsWIZ5zE93cSPbe415Z7N7237yPux3y4hCIURUH4gkDk-zd8uzu-0xSbHqtHbBXyTyxgqMbJcBYOhn83eLseEaxGGg4x-qPOaF5CGtZx-L1oJfa6O6RNnJaUIMNLKUAOTNLwY/s400/IMG_3383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503042533047815730" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKY_5Tu9X-jBIwCvI9XlhI4PgXwKxVDvrnHzHSsf2NarWqZr0YWa9tvOUTyZl68QZ-UHife3EmV9-zAoL8gqzzyk6DACcmJ1msguZXDKa6W6v1wjsloMRTDt5v9I55lDqfRWoZeg4ZHs/s1600/IMG_3376.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKY_5Tu9X-jBIwCvI9XlhI4PgXwKxVDvrnHzHSsf2NarWqZr0YWa9tvOUTyZl68QZ-UHife3EmV9-zAoL8gqzzyk6DACcmJ1msguZXDKa6W6v1wjsloMRTDt5v9I55lDqfRWoZeg4ZHs/s400/IMG_3376.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503037788312217538" border="0" /></a>And polenta served in a way I’ve never seen before – almost like a pasta dish.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Baked polenta with tomato sauce</span><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM8nztpoZ8lbtvfy34Msk_p-Toe_2L_PCPCuHGOIIMPt6Upk41F4a66Sn0NLVr8seH8-PjtaynQk0N4nXFdTF2KT3LCdwylgNiawtTV7w1aalkj_nm9y9VqpUhLNiOE4nGduwOJ-QIPg/s1600/IMG_3387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM8nztpoZ8lbtvfy34Msk_p-Toe_2L_PCPCuHGOIIMPt6Upk41F4a66Sn0NLVr8seH8-PjtaynQk0N4nXFdTF2KT3LCdwylgNiawtTV7w1aalkj_nm9y9VqpUhLNiOE4nGduwOJ-QIPg/s400/IMG_3387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503039374286566786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Baked polenta (6 serves)</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">200g instant polenta <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">1 tsp salt<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">1 litre water<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">1 tbls oil<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 16pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">75g grated parmesan cheese<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Preheat the oven to 200C. Oil and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. <o:p></o:p> In a small pan bring the water and salt to the boil. Pour in the polenta gradually, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon to prevent large lumps forming. Reduce the heat and keep stirring for about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the oil and two thirds of the parmesan. Taste and adjust the seasoning.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Spread the polenta mix evenly across the prepared baking tray so you get a layer 1.5cm to 2cm deep. Leave to cool.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Once it has cooled, tip the set polenta onto a board and cut into triangles then cut a third of the triangles into smaller bite sized pieces. Use the other half two thirds for other recipes- like the mushroom one below.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG83aDUSjh_nAKrSQ22v1xUbb518BLByQb1wJCoTVOixESr3xLGA8sRJM9Sfc7JIH_HfLw8RltEy4scSo1piW6UetgBLOLmFnOsqX-viEdI-IWRNorMM1a6-NCsAWZZNaTAg8T_pZCaaI/s1600/IMG_3365.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG83aDUSjh_nAKrSQ22v1xUbb518BLByQb1wJCoTVOixESr3xLGA8sRJM9Sfc7JIH_HfLw8RltEy4scSo1piW6UetgBLOLmFnOsqX-viEdI-IWRNorMM1a6-NCsAWZZNaTAg8T_pZCaaI/s400/IMG_3365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503040556196937426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Tomato sauce (enough for 2 serves)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">400g can plum tomatoes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">1 fat clove of garlic sliced thinly<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">little dried chilli<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">basil leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">pecorino cheese<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Fry garlic in olive oil over a gentle heat until it just starts to colour (don’t let it brown or it will become bitter). Add tomatoes, chilli and salt and pepper. Break up tomatoes with a wooden spoon. Turn heat right down, put a lid on the pan and leave sauce to cook for 30minutes to an hour until it is nice and thick. Add a good handful of torn basil leaves.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA12d2mfICQaW4n8XCFBEYOthWMeGJ2z6T6ah271hnd8wyqa8pUQzIal1MF2IC4bPQsQSAW1K-EpOukPAKRsysk_6YwS9mZsJ927Fe3__SpOerF5dGROZsStpI7VXhkFr-rZEr6yjP00/s1600/IMG_3382.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA12d2mfICQaW4n8XCFBEYOthWMeGJ2z6T6ah271hnd8wyqa8pUQzIal1MF2IC4bPQsQSAW1K-EpOukPAKRsysk_6YwS9mZsJ927Fe3__SpOerF5dGROZsStpI7VXhkFr-rZEr6yjP00/s400/IMG_3382.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503044814232627346" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-US">Put the polenta pieces on a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Place in a preheated oven for about 10 minutes to heat through.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">To serve, spoon the sauce over the polenta in bowls and top with grated pecorino.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C5P4jv8Mu_iHbyD1GavaiIBwkKmA38YEtKtjK9Js3f0QvOQ_FMY88-bwxGlQKs6xZ3A2ltwto6eOXP8xUsXuGz_soStjgckxDxmgKHCiIA4oSGZS_x_1M7W88lNPg9sngacrGsZ7_NE/s1600/IMG_3386.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C5P4jv8Mu_iHbyD1GavaiIBwkKmA38YEtKtjK9Js3f0QvOQ_FMY88-bwxGlQKs6xZ3A2ltwto6eOXP8xUsXuGz_soStjgckxDxmgKHCiIA4oSGZS_x_1M7W88lNPg9sngacrGsZ7_NE/s400/IMG_3386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503047129582470242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Polenta with sauteed mushrooms and goat’s cheese (2 serves)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtqot2eMvKgiegpSClolylhqB_4oSLiMrjX8k9s2g5YQbPQJ9oqOpapzorORye64haUOAW5960wTcjW8xPMW3MOtvdvnicNRd6J1f5NdYldaw26vqaW1th_fICPUVlr4GinTa4tTyewc/s1600/IMG_3372.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtqot2eMvKgiegpSClolylhqB_4oSLiMrjX8k9s2g5YQbPQJ9oqOpapzorORye64haUOAW5960wTcjW8xPMW3MOtvdvnicNRd6J1f5NdYldaw26vqaW1th_fICPUVlr4GinTa4tTyewc/s400/IMG_3372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503051153268488914" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-US">500g mushrooms<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">1 tbls butter<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">1 tbls olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">good splash of verjuice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">parsley<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">goats cheese<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Slice mushrooms. Heat oil and butter in pan. Add<span style=""> </span>mushrooms and toss over high heat until they brown lightly. Add verjuice and remove from the heat. Stir through parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Heat fry pan with a tablespoon of olive oil until it gets quite hot. Fry polenta triangles in batches for a couple of minutes each side until golden brown. Place polenta on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Spoon some of the mushroom mixture over each triangle then crumble some goat's cheese over the top. Bake in the oven for a couple of minutes until cheese melts. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Bon appetito.<br /></p><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-US" ></span><!--EndFragment--> <!--EndFragment-->Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-81761525879633956022010-06-20T09:53:00.000-07:002010-06-23T13:03:41.309-07:00Onwards and Outwards<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote></blockquote><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ab3i6Lv2JVlS6XFRSSBd4KuaGGHgUSG_bN5V_UVoF1SWW_eQy_uKDe854ZXzEgXVjtzvzodYqC2tujJTZ0cVPL6Txqc9AZS9Ckvz9CB8VkZardJ1PyphEM26iDftALX2WmKUWZZV_l8/s1600/CUSTOMERS.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVhyphenhypheniCFWbfUY14FxzRvVHiGDwLiEAQcehBLTMBgL2WrhlY1oh7kPWn_j40i2j7DyEeZFvtE4jjGfBa8PXgSGqYtzygzwgl3CgLWVXoYIXQIxJ0jIPSx0gj3Fi7vGOmh8GtTAUeceaJMQ/s1600/LANTANATAKEAWAY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVhyphenhypheniCFWbfUY14FxzRvVHiGDwLiEAQcehBLTMBgL2WrhlY1oh7kPWn_j40i2j7DyEeZFvtE4jjGfBa8PXgSGqYtzygzwgl3CgLWVXoYIXQIxJ0jIPSx0gj3Fi7vGOmh8GtTAUeceaJMQ/s400/LANTANATAKEAWAY.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486049805959067554" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A couple of months ago one of our customers came to me with a worried look and asked “Do you know who is taking the shop next door?”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />“We are.” I replied</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">“Oh that’s a relief”, he said. “When I saw the wood battening going on the front I thought someone was ripping you off”.</div> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We’ve had our eye on 14 Charlotte Place, the shop beside Lantana, since the beginning as it was also for lease when we were looking for a site. At the time it seemed a bit ambitious to take on two sites so we moved into 13 Charlotte Place and watched next door with interest as others went in….</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gIvhw_AgUS8M_ZQXb4INWmRz_m7KJ6pjn6DH6gQIn8J_FygWy9abVR3avZDjG0_b-7E0hikJrO2TbHXwnZnfj7BCRRZXWf6XL3OOBc9sWxnos2VHUAUq7T3gzzjLCuaL1N2bzSmLaWA/s1600/Blackfoot3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gIvhw_AgUS8M_ZQXb4INWmRz_m7KJ6pjn6DH6gQIn8J_FygWy9abVR3avZDjG0_b-7E0hikJrO2TbHXwnZnfj7BCRRZXWf6XL3OOBc9sWxnos2VHUAUq7T3gzzjLCuaL1N2bzSmLaWA/s400/Blackfoot3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485303844979707346" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">and out again.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpMGaIxcV3LvFloZaNN-lo5DWiV4K0J08TjA6fFDauwTz-CkG_GOSbWhL98ak8nW0LlJTNqQkSEVfZDUJVaHwrsciNF60kGvm7uX7sCQ5pQPWhCFp5VKJqm3jsy3Yoz6F4XF4vmJGv0M/s1600/IMG_3185.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpMGaIxcV3LvFloZaNN-lo5DWiV4K0J08TjA6fFDauwTz-CkG_GOSbWhL98ak8nW0LlJTNqQkSEVfZDUJVaHwrsciNF60kGvm7uX7sCQ5pQPWhCFp5VKJqm3jsy3Yoz6F4XF4vmJGv0M/s400/IMG_3185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485123185216361938" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When we heard it was back on the market late last year it seemed fated that we should take it as Lantana had become slightly chaotic at busy times with staff, eat in and takeaway customers bumping into each other as they tried to navigate a small narrow cafe. Here was an opportunity to create two separate spaces for eat in and takeaway customers and let everyone breathe more easily.</p><div>Taking our cue from the <a href="http://www.navalandmilitaryclub.co.uk/">Naval and Military Club</a> (known as The In and Out Club) which had lettering on the gate posts of its old home on Piccadilly to guide London cabbies in and out of the club driveway, </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMZGacfm9vOL4gMbmu1Z_oAh7RWbCIYKmUmgSSCeGtA20fykAIFzKULaWCaKY2XB4WyCuI9WSMSvq-qRxfMP9Lcml_CRKU5zDORkhWxR6-CNkY5qxDmvbgxFB3IWHIHHN-NQpMhXNbas/s400/Military_club.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485320410373618562" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div>we’ve sign posted Lantana to guide customers in and out of the two parts of the cafe.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12LEWc6dqY1XpT-VgNU0S4bEr_6iWGTSYR0ouJh83q30H4OHG3VIV2cl1vGiY92AjxcUsORWXU2R6nyLKxuUvHBoYwBPBxG_Z-OoM-uylNIu1UdOL1Ru35p9nCPx_IOuGtTcHpqB_7yQ/s400/Insign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484903500301634082" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></p><div>The entry for customers who want to dine in (or outside)</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1FJNHngayPsP6PFQodmFDxHAjPeiu2atYTzVOGHuXWF4Ll2e_MexyrD0f2tWpI8XE6pgIGrF8R6Q883GQh8CdAbUi0O6o2OHoEHo502o3PRJV0FgIet6gH13jfNtSplsjOJouCJiBtc/s400/Dinein.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484903492990525922" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMszVoLPxHRxWNNunbfX_6gwR14Ho70yw_S7pKpMWN_wv78XrKPfcyS-_3RWsLvZZUeyX3-uVeVU5LpxfjlwYzr26_9ur6ONw1V4JuYIJKxwbI015Asb8CZaspN-ItScIdqtLCroWW34/s400/OutSign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484906106272508546" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span><div></div><p class="MsoNormal">The entry for customers taking out their coffee, cakes, salads, tarts, sandwiches</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ab3i6Lv2JVlS6XFRSSBd4KuaGGHgUSG_bN5V_UVoF1SWW_eQy_uKDe854ZXzEgXVjtzvzodYqC2tujJTZ0cVPL6Txqc9AZS9Ckvz9CB8VkZardJ1PyphEM26iDftALX2WmKUWZZV_l8/s400/CUSTOMERS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486049808867068114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px; " /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Yg5rVzwKGvvmiLjIYb_1SsERN8oTCTO4_zu5nqjhMU1XTcy4SV8cMftPr3ub0qHB40Mqw_yuRG3ggQoIySw1cRYQuB5-RlI1iR3TLRfVhQDgkhHGzSaNO6Jyaa_rLck1hBMLj4EeAZA/s400/CRACKCAKE2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486053082276643362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmNXatA62U4RE1dQ_4tlfmvfuNPj2aeJ4CpVMQUGLCw9GRyXdhJ_OtI2axjgQ8klOCAIww3X8ZfVG8IhsIzGly-57rLL7AKs6S_XqF9xkBHNnayopK9ArvXQkIFrNxha1DZpUAXexHaU/s400/Out.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484903517047275842" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ3dOf_ve0AJOjSpqgpseDioRL5W2_CC6XdjfZ5VaozEBvPJCNq62sBPYFkhXaUZUjTGVsa-flp6VhLdR5LlA-o18FwZeefiL9gg2PVfi4RqCR8_Gp9j0e4wfc0IFMmZgLL7mYYeqJJQ/s400/salads.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484903503999180210" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span><span style=""></span><!--EndFragment--><span style=""> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <span style=""> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>And for those who can't decide whether they're an innie or an outtie, there's even a spot where you can stop and have a think about it. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4IZjLZbFnv2gDZgP2-bCLHAHWTssS4Dxh-uxjD4YCrvyg3mHXpaiE-LMFE1Jw4DHugrosnxBgO_QozqE2JIt_RhOcHSIQt1oTlq9-gNj7YxOl5KyS0rIg0TwX_tHQ3r5wA5RAvdEq_c/s400/IMG_3324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486052026853044114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><blockquote></blockquote>Thanks to Etienne (Lantana customer) and <a href="http://suziemblakephotographer.blogspot.com/">Suzi</a> (Lantana waitress) for many of the photos (the good ones) on this blog post.</span></blockquote> </span></span></div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-54368274647724448472010-06-06T12:33:00.000-07:002010-06-06T13:57:44.544-07:00Madrid<div style="text-align: left;">The city that opens its arms</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIzGNqCl0Q6GcT6ORKWhZBWHpCOUegcOrBeIBYm5yj6uvuqGGeTHqmSvtjzd-0S2jYooRg7TqPGOBsyWG6Ckx3HfG6ed7Cp4Antqfdzq4at2qQsdiJmp9xh6ClVurbo781sxBwZvZElc/s1600/IMG_3241.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQZ7lRImmw01JmnhMu0AaOvKSwZCTy0uzJrF0HFPs9t7G4oIb5cExCPWgJt1de9RhZKRs72TcA4dzrSI6yeW04rl1ncuy_W-YkBtku46neXOmyTqRqcCrn9yOc5wpMqfxGVilycBY340/s400/Madrid+Sunset" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479746670508522498" border="0" /></a><br />and never closes them.<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-52635698915370429742010-05-16T11:05:00.000-07:002010-05-20T04:20:32.334-07:00The Lantana Cup of Excellence<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioM2R6kadi_HMMOLG6x7kfyF7QU8a_xSzcGZQVlm5EX2X6DadD1EddBsaJbbkdb4I8OriC9Lno_2YYSeW2bWg5-B3PuneeGzaoeVBqnDNhiFrG2x4tSU1uJElTkLLx8YAfRPB666MzCIw/s1600/IMG_3218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Before I opened Lantana I spent many months researching coffee suppliers; meeting with different roasters, sampling their various single origin coffees and blends, and testing how they tasted in different types of drinks. The challenge was to find a coffee that tasted as good as an espresso as it did in a milky drink like a latte so that I could satisfy as many customers as possible. The challenge, with that much caffeine coursing through my blood stream, was to stop my brain exploding and stay focused enough to make rational decisions.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I went on field trips to warehouses and cafes across London and met the entire spectrum of coffee suppliers from artisan micro roasters to large scale distributors.<span style=""> </span>But the company I found myself benchmarking all others against was the one I eventually chose as our supplier - <a href="http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/">Monmouth</a>.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitme5RV25A8Z5Lrdf9N9zAvFq3YoGgel_xoR4GHwXYRjZzkkvpYeCOjSDgsvKsmFZ-qfIXHl4NEM-VpoSoGlgnBYNnt-5JcF9oOprB6FcY76udknXNs0K2VeQUPji5jGR8mzIsNJow-Yw/s1600/Monmouth+covent+garden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitme5RV25A8Z5Lrdf9N9zAvFq3YoGgel_xoR4GHwXYRjZzkkvpYeCOjSDgsvKsmFZ-qfIXHl4NEM-VpoSoGlgnBYNnt-5JcF9oOprB6FcY76udknXNs0K2VeQUPji5jGR8mzIsNJow-Yw/s400/Monmouth+covent+garden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471933431017050946" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">It wasn’t just the taste of the coffee that I loved, it was the whole ethos of the company and particularly, the company’s founder, Anita le Roy, that impressed me. Anita is one of the pioneers of the UK coffee industry who started roasting coffee in the basement of a small shop in Covent Garden in the seventies. She had a vision to provide ethically produced high quality coffee to the UK market and the stamina and determination to keep doing it for 30 years. After all this time she is still very hands on in the day to day running of the business and as committed as ever to the principles on which Monmouth was founded. She seems to have achieved the impossible by successfully growing and building a company while <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/12/foodanddrink">keeping it ‘small’</a>. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Time will tell whether I have her stamina but I know I share her determination to continually improve the coffee we offer our customers. So after 18 months of using Monmouth’s Espresso blend, I wanted to see if we couldn’t tweak it slightly to create the perfect Lantana Espresso blend; one that tastes sweet and smooth when drunk as an espresso but with enough richness and body to retain a strong character when its made into a milk based coffee.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfbMwIK3e4EziXHNOGe2COltpSHh01_tGH9DRRbJtDDoxyTfq7h3Q-qXx0QDELoV6p3asxQEUJbjT7_icKLq3-p_3edTjYmoZasZ1c_-4-D5ZfMZwqliUeVP5YjcZVkOml4eVqwWA6cg/s1600/IMG_3205.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfbMwIK3e4EziXHNOGe2COltpSHh01_tGH9DRRbJtDDoxyTfq7h3Q-qXx0QDELoV6p3asxQEUJbjT7_icKLq3-p_3edTjYmoZasZ1c_-4-D5ZfMZwqliUeVP5YjcZVkOml4eVqwWA6cg/s400/IMG_3205.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471932677252189362" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Under the guidance of Monmouth's coffee buyer, AJ Kinnell, we experimented with ratios of various single origin coffees and came up with a few different blends to compete in the Lantana <a href="http://www.cupofexcellence.org/">Cup of Excellence</a>*. As I couldn’t get the CoE's official international jurors (of which Anita is one) to judge the results, I called on Lantana's esteemed and opinionated baristas to form the judging panel. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AYDUwm2CwBCWLZp6DbXa7eCAnDlNt8hron1ZYxoH6KhyrQhcXpwzvmnavkzuga7fm8Bboso1fEFi5goSw2jorNmqMebYf3plQ5mVKnF0MkpXM4a7G7hDK5gBfyjrghrw19UuRkagZYU/s1600/IMG_3225.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AYDUwm2CwBCWLZp6DbXa7eCAnDlNt8hron1ZYxoH6KhyrQhcXpwzvmnavkzuga7fm8Bboso1fEFi5goSw2jorNmqMebYf3plQ5mVKnF0MkpXM4a7G7hDK5gBfyjrghrw19UuRkagZYU/s400/IMG_3225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473309237653303074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sean, Colleen and Brooke sample the blends</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">After much deliberation, the recipe for our Lantana Espresso blend (and label colour) was chosen; a blend of Ethiopian Cabey Yirgacheffe, Guatemalan Finca La Perla and Brazilian Fazenda Rainha.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5fnuXFh4d3FsKcnz15jdkc2l67K7MS9YEkhYP8xI4ic2BUipxvNJb79P9o2Z5yIivagkkuqbMNS4stGFGT3nO8udpx0PmqlGoRfsoTMrs901UeUOfN1lbk6wXBkakLFBEZXCvgDLohE/s1600/IMG_3213.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5fnuXFh4d3FsKcnz15jdkc2l67K7MS9YEkhYP8xI4ic2BUipxvNJb79P9o2Z5yIivagkkuqbMNS4stGFGT3nO8udpx0PmqlGoRfsoTMrs901UeUOfN1lbk6wXBkakLFBEZXCvgDLohE/s400/IMG_3213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471932675917531442" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">We’ve been using our bespoke blend for about a month in the café and the feedback we’re getting from espresso and latte drinkers alike is positive so hopefully we’re on the path to creating the Lantana Cup of Excellence.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;">*Cup of Excellence are national competitions to find single-estate coffees that can be set aside from the commodity coffee market, where prices have been dropping due to over-production in some regions. The competition is run every year in nine coffee-producing countries from Colombia to El Salvador and Rwanda, and the winning coffee is chosen by a select group of national and international cuppers. The Cup of Excellence beans are considered the peak of coffee production and are sold to the highest bidder during an internet auction.</span><p></p><!--EndFragment-->Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com108tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-12151856861177312932010-03-21T07:38:00.000-07:002010-03-21T08:35:34.275-07:00Frequently asked questions #3: When is Lantana expanding?<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Gardening Australia Fact Sheet</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1885784.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Weed Alert: Lantana</span></a><br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Given the right conditions, it spreads quickly. Lantana is a lalopathic, releasing chemicals into the surrounding soil to prevent seed germination, notably of the native flora, so that it eventually takes over native bushland<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">.<br /></span></blockquote><br />Like its floral namesake, an Australian weed of national significance, Lantana Café is showing signs of an invasive spread in Charlotte Place, London.<br /><br />Watch this soil…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0ArALQqioqqtLBLuuHPpwVY3wINszQ88-PA7ekfdHAl1ziZO3Jks-GtuapPY_EVU6S3aOK982Ag3kPTRE5FTgGoH3enr34o6fNH_QMaqCaoYDDGZryKKW0NJ0e1DZHUgwM4XNo7Aj8A/s1600-h/IMG_3187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0ArALQqioqqtLBLuuHPpwVY3wINszQ88-PA7ekfdHAl1ziZO3Jks-GtuapPY_EVU6S3aOK982Ag3kPTRE5FTgGoH3enr34o6fNH_QMaqCaoYDDGZryKKW0NJ0e1DZHUgwM4XNo7Aj8A/s400/IMG_3187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451104298781520114" border="0" /></a>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334116140156107265.post-13951640031494583252010-02-15T14:31:00.000-08:002010-02-15T15:10:50.291-08:00Amuse yeuxThere is little that can amuse me at 6.45am on these cold dark wintry mornings as I crawl from my warm bed, wrap myself in multiple layers of clothing, grit my teeth and pedal furiously along the icy roads to get to work and back indoors as quickly as possible. 25 minutes later with numb fingers, my nose and eyes streaming, I lock my bike to the rail in Goodge Place and peak out from a gap in my woollies to check the window of one of the buildings on the laneway.<br /><br />Every few weeks the office of <a href="http://www.freestate.co.uk/web/">Freestate</a> changes the photographic collage displayed in their front window. There has been a gold plated Bob the Builder<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k-B8V232PfOs3QFxaoagWEBr6osguODJRufDDouG0QjEN4EgAoU7WE6JmDI4T1mIn9awvsmaeFLjspL_3vpgDF7Xm7ZtlOqgy55n_9lchaFs09PR_L8nZlBuR-DeblOaVw12xBCbVKU/s1600-h/Bob+the+builder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k-B8V232PfOs3QFxaoagWEBr6osguODJRufDDouG0QjEN4EgAoU7WE6JmDI4T1mIn9awvsmaeFLjspL_3vpgDF7Xm7ZtlOqgy55n_9lchaFs09PR_L8nZlBuR-DeblOaVw12xBCbVKU/s400/Bob+the+builder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438602207520678562" border="0" /></a>swimmers on diving blocks </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LV36HpxMlyT8UTWnu0KZAo6Lp94L7dYir0aGs7Xem2hlnZqLmmIQkZa9ELvY0ukIRWya_oBtjYfpyYFgYKm-pf8xcfGqFmSISNVkPyJSMGuOgCjwN69aZVIK7nykqxAyT1ghy8-ZnUw/s1600-h/IMG_3146.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LV36HpxMlyT8UTWnu0KZAo6Lp94L7dYir0aGs7Xem2hlnZqLmmIQkZa9ELvY0ukIRWya_oBtjYfpyYFgYKm-pf8xcfGqFmSISNVkPyJSMGuOgCjwN69aZVIK7nykqxAyT1ghy8-ZnUw/s400/IMG_3146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438602217331947362" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">flags with dates showing when Father's Day is celebrated around the world<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2qKgf1TF3unsTWeDlelYC39pZUXHGyl2ovLQibDlNebFBBOFk6YhOGJTcNPf4OLsx_dCT7bLZuXPoj85dcTZYcljcVCKoz7k5q_-LUmrK1FfhZbHhDG4MItDXLO6ifeKx2oVPJVvSkk/s1600-h/freestate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2qKgf1TF3unsTWeDlelYC39pZUXHGyl2ovLQibDlNebFBBOFk6YhOGJTcNPf4OLsx_dCT7bLZuXPoj85dcTZYcljcVCKoz7k5q_-LUmrK1FfhZbHhDG4MItDXLO6ifeKx2oVPJVvSkk/s400/freestate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438602201019953314" border="0" /></a>and countless others that I have only recorded in my mind’s eye. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In those early hours of the morning when the streets are gloomy and deserted, the window welcomes me like an amuse bouche*. It is a bite sized visual titillation that teases my brain and often puts a smile on my face before I cross the road and step inside the café. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></p><p class="MsoNormal">Imagine my surprise the other morning when I glanced up to see a larger than life Lantana latte in the Freestate window to amuse my eyes.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMeLvB7yLEYixA7ASfeGwHkWGGxgl07RO6Z309S5InHRB9UQiHVqRlCzFepTEyUS_Fj_Qig4drtmvJz8cmRLNEzBgpO_LhH1xO1fNP4p9YUNd8zZJMcmDgv3X9fsYaGDq1PqI14RqCRM/s1600-h/IMG_3155.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMeLvB7yLEYixA7ASfeGwHkWGGxgl07RO6Z309S5InHRB9UQiHVqRlCzFepTEyUS_Fj_Qig4drtmvJz8cmRLNEzBgpO_LhH1xO1fNP4p9YUNd8zZJMcmDgv3X9fsYaGDq1PqI14RqCRM/s400/IMG_3155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438602221981229618" border="0" /></a><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That did make me smile.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">amuse bouche</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> def: \a-'myuz bush\ [Fr. amuse the mouth] 1: a small bite before the meal begins . 2: greeting of the Chef de cuisine.</span></span></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMeLvB7yLEYixA7ASfeGwHkWGGxgl07RO6Z309S5InHRB9UQiHVqRlCzFepTEyUS_Fj_Qig4drtmvJz8cmRLNEzBgpO_LhH1xO1fNP4p9YUNd8zZJMcmDgv3X9fsYaGDq1PqI14RqCRM/s1600-h/IMG_3155.JPG"><!--EndFragment--> </a></span>Shelagh Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134091641421984774noreply@blogger.com1