Has Arsenalfan TV captured a glorious rant yet? :hehe:

[Sir C]

Yes, I realised half way through typing it that it was a ridiculously stupid thing to say, but carried on anyway.

It was very thoughtful of you to mention it.

[Burney]

It was very thoughtful of you to mention it.

So what was your culinary highlight of the hols? Did it involve foie gras?

[Sir C]

So what was your culinary highlight of the hols? Did it involve foie gras?

We stuck very much to simple brasserie fare on this trip, and mainly in restaurants with which we are familiar and have favourite dishes, so discovered little new but enjoyed all.

There was a memorable confit de canard whose accompanying frites had been fried in (possibly aged) duck fat to an almost soggy consistency. A parmentier de brandade which must have been almost 50% garlic. Oysters tempura with wasabi... an oeuf dur mayonnaise... the standard memorable stuff.

V told me last night that the best thing she ate on holiday with an omelette with goat's cheese, browned but perfectly baveuse. But I cooked that.

[Burney]

We stuck very much to simple brasserie fare on this trip, and mainly in restaurants with which we are familiar and have favourite dishes, so discovered little new but enjoyed all.

There was a memorable confit de canard whose accompanying frites had been fried in (possibly aged) duck fat to an almost soggy consistency. A parmentier de brandade which must have been almost 50% garlic. Oysters tempura with wasabi... an oeuf dur mayonnaise... the standard memorable stuff.

V told me last night that the best thing she ate on holiday with an omelette with goat's cheese, browned but perfectly baveuse. But I cooked that.

Aww, that was sweet of her. The best thing I had in Sicily was a caponata with tuna. The problem being that I went on to try caponata everywhere, but none was as good and the worst of them just tasted like slightly sweet, cold ratatouille.

[Tony C]

To be to that guy....he did his uni graduation in his Arsenal top