Swellness Sundays

(Anything I find swell. Posted on Sundays. Real scientific, I know…)

(This includes deliciousness I’ve eaten recently.)

When I got the invite to try the new holiday menu at Brassaii, I immediately started counting down the days until the dinner. At the summer tasting, I’d had a ravioli that when sliced into revealed the perfect runny egg yolk that was soo good I still dream of it. And at the seven-course tasting this week,  it was this dish I fell in love with (pardon the bad photo):

It’s a bay scallop, with beluga lentils, iberico chorizo and roasted pistachio vinaigrette. Yes, you’d expect me to like it (chorizo, after all) but scallops are actually not my favourite — it’s a texture thing for me (too squooshy sometimes for me). But the melding of flavours in this little number has me singing its’ praises.

Yes, I know, you want to go to there to try this. Trust me.

(and while you’re at it, try the Drunken French Sailor cocktail; it’s my favourite there — although the smokiness of the scotch may not be for everyone).

Leave a Comment December 4, 2011

What’s “sensible drinking”?

As many of us are hitting up patios and perhaps enjoying more cocktails and beers than we normally would, I thought this research was worth noting: in a study conducted in Sweden 94 to 97 percent of people don’t know what defines sensible drinking from heavy, damaging drinking.

Here’s a refresher: for women, one drink per day is considered moderate consumption. Heavy drinking? Having more than three drinks in one day or seven in one week.

Leave a Comment June 20, 2011