For a change of scenery AF took us to the
Villagio mall. City Centre mall was our go to place. By the time we got there
we were so famished and ready to consume a whole horse! Our hungry step led us
to a French restaurant called le Notre which felt more like a posh cafe
complete with pastries and dessert at the entrance inviting you in..
As the waiter was leading us to our table I begged
for some bread and tomato juice with all the spices (I wanted a come but they
had only Pepsi, yuck!). When we got to our table the waiter stood there asking
jamb questions! I am like dude please go and get me some bread and drink before
I die. He laughed and handed us some thick menu before heading to fetch some
bread.
I hate long menus. They confuse me especially
when I am hungry. Luckily this one had pictures to make things easier. I
ordered pasta - linguine with clams and prawns to be exact. AF ordered mushroom
soup and quail. We had to beg the waiter like a million times before our meal
arrived.
AF suddenly screamed after taking a spoon of his
soup. I was so shocked and worried. In between mouthfuls he was oh-ing and
ah-ing, trying to describe how lovely the soup was. He actually used the word
"orgasmic" to describe it. How corny! I was like "is that why
you want them to throw us out?" He then shoved a spoonful into my
mouth and it was indeed delicious. I abandoned my starter and helped him finish
his. He wasn't too pleased about that. Lol!
Not to be outdone by some professional chef
(right!) I decided to make my version for AF. As soon as he saw it he laughed.
He figured that the way reacted to le Notre's soup got me a bit jealous. He
wolfed the soup down and said it was even better! I beamed from ear to ear and
proceeded to eat mine and almost spat it out! He lied! It was so salty my taste
buds were rioting! Ah my rep!
As I didn't want the only memory of my mushroom soup AF to be a salty one, I prepared another batch the very next day but this time
paying attention to the amount of salted added. AF gave it 2 thumbs up.
Mushroom Soup
Ingredients:
Mushrooms (chopped)
1 medium onion (chopped)
50g of butter
50g of butter
3 tablespoon of cream
Black pepper
Thyme
1.5 cups of chicken stock (or 1.5 cups of water
and 1 stock cube)
Salt to taste
Method:
heat the butter on medium heat in a sauce pan and fry the onions and mushrooms until the onions are translucent. add the thyme and stock. simmer for another 10 minutes. Blend the mixture in a blender to combine all the ingredients thoroughly. return the mixture to the sauce pan, add the cream and black pepper. simmer for 5 minutes. Check for salt.
heat the butter on medium heat in a sauce pan and fry the onions and mushrooms until the onions are translucent. add the thyme and stock. simmer for another 10 minutes. Blend the mixture in a blender to combine all the ingredients thoroughly. return the mixture to the sauce pan, add the cream and black pepper. simmer for 5 minutes. Check for salt.
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