Monday, February 27, 2006

Chocolate soup, anyone?

chocolate soup - a shop in royal mile, edinburgh as photographed by joey briones
© Joselito Briones


This signage just struck me as most indulgent when I saw it last night that I had to return this morning. And indulgent it was. Rich and heavy hot chocolate drink topped with chocolate scrapings, in a soup bowl, and banana muffins with creamy caramel smeared all over. If that wasn't a perfect breakfast, I don't know what is.


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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Service fit for Queens

The Balmoral Hotel - One Princes Street - photography by Joey Briones
© Joselito Briones


Turns out this hotel that we booked is really nice. It's called "The Balmoral Hotel", a 5-star hotel, pictured here. It's right on Princes Street, which is the main city center street of Edinburgh. It is very conveniently located in between the old city (castle and all) and the new (Georgian) part of the city where all the nice shops are (Harvey Nichols, etc.). Too bad sale season ended yesterday.

The Balmoral Hotel - One Princes Street - photography by Joey Briones
© Joselito Briones



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Thursday, February 23, 2006

These are currently my favorite coffee companions...

paul almond crisps and cantucci al cioccolato from carluccio's - photography by joey briones
© Joselito Briones


I bought this almond crunch (I don't know how exactly they call it, it doesn't say so in the label) from "Paul", and it's just sooooo good. I bought a pack and almost finished it in one sitting. It's crunchy sweet buttery almond heaven. A bit pricey but definitely worth it.

Another favorite for sometime now is the cantucci al cioccolato from "Carluccio's". Not much when eaten on its own, but when dipped in coffee.... HMMMMM MMMN. Wil once brought a pack when he joined us for dinner sometime ago, and now we've been getting some regularly.

Wil dropped by last night to collect the keys to his apartment. He left them to me last weekend when he went to Berlin to see the Liza Minelli concert, because I had to show the flat to a prospective builder to do the rennovation. I was supposed to make rack of lamb for dinner, but realized i didn't have enough lamb for three, so decided on oxtail soup instead. I followed the recipe from Pam's restaurant in Hell's Kitchen. I think I put twice as much star anise as I was supposed to, but otherwise it was fine.


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