Unintended tapas party

As any food blogger will know, getting carried away in the moment and forgetting to take photos is disastrous. Worse still is waking up bleary eyed the next morning and looking at the photos you did take, the image quality almost as blurry as your head. There were many pretty and delicious courses in this meal, but only a few have equally pretty images to match. The 'unintended' comment is because what was supposed to be a BBQ became an indoor event due to rain, each course simply handed over as it was completed with everyone standing at the breakfast bar. The whole meal, actually, was different than planned, the 3 hour line up to buy live spot prawns simply too daunting. 

Menu

Kale buds pan fried with saffron and butter

Green beans with soy, chili, garlic and sesame

Potatoes cooked in coconut milk with Thai spices

Potatoes with lemon, garlic and oregano

Dover sole with cilantro, coconut and chili

Halibut cheeks with saffron and chives

Prawn sugar cane skewers

Beer braised short ribs without the fear

When we lived in the UK, Neil would donate blood so regularly, he became a 'special' donor. Imagine our humiliation when we learned that Canada refuses to take UK blood for fear of mad cow disease. It's true. For the rest of our lives, Neil and I cannot give blood in Canada. What makes this such a shame for Canada is that I have blood type O, able to be successfully given to anyone, regardless of their type.