Apologies for the lack food posts, I have been off on my travels to Riga, Latvia. A brilliant city, with lots going on all the time. Anyway whilst I was there I did absolutely no cooking whatsoever, but a lot of eating.
We went to some gorgeous restaurants, Restorans Pinot. Delicious Italian food and excellent wine topped off with even better service.We all had a little 'gift from the chef' an amuse bouche if you will, a little triangle of brie with orange marmalade and strawberry, I was of course slightly sceptical about this combination. No fear, it was of course a lovely playful taste sensation. I had carpaccio of beef, utterly melt in the mouth delicious. This was followed by tagliatelle with veal. I'm sure some of you have strong opinions on veal, but I do find it just scrummy. We couldn't manage a dessert, having spent most of the day getting stressed about travelling ( I have no idea why this is, it just seems to make me irritable) we called it a night.
The following evening saw us adventure out to International SV a brilliant restaurant with a fantastic concept. The dishes are all served in mini portions, a bit like tapas. This allows you to travel around the world, from Japan to Russia tasting fabulous food without being stuffed to the gills. Just because this is a concept restaurant, don't write it off, the food is fantastically executed and presented beautifully. We shared a wild mushroom risotto, a salmon nicoise and a vegetable terrine with goat's cheese to start. The terrine was quite honestly the best terrine I have ever eaten. We followed with a beef wellington stuffed with foie gras with a Mount Riley sauce, lamb rump with potato croquettes, goat's cheese and a rosemary and garlic sauce and a beef fillet stroganoff with mashed potatoes. All fantastically delicious. This time we definitely had room for a dessert, a cheesecake with a cherry and thyme sauce and a creme caramel with toasted almonds again yummy. Definitely worth a visit, and you can have a three course meal without having to wear an elasticated waist!
Friday night, another restaurant, this time Amerone. It is a lovely italian restaurant, again mouthwatering food, I will quickly reel off what I had to eat, anti-pasti shared with my Mum and it was divine. Followed by a veal chop served with a salad dressed in a yoghurt dressing, the sharp creaminess of the dressing really complimented the savoury/sweetness of the veal. YUM! We had room for a pudding, if only one shared between three, a homemade ice cream with sea buckthorn sauce. Sea buckthorn is a sharp and sweet berry, which is really popular in Latvia, we do have it here, I think, although I have yet to see it on a menu with the frequency of that in Riga.
Right after all the eating out I have to get back to the cooking!
I'm definitely making a cake today!
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