Hot Date

Last night we had a hot date in London. We even left the neighborhood!

We started at the Tate Modern, which is always free and which is open late on Fridays and Saturdays. It was fun to be in a Museum for a date and we really enjoyed wandering around without the usual crowds.


We had a glass of wine after the museum (at the museum) and watched the sun start to set over the Thames. Jim was really excited for me to take this picture of him.

Escalators:

Sunset:


Being told to be serious about the picture and looking like a sap as a result. I was trying to concentrate on looking at the BT tower, so that I wouldn't make a face.



This is how I really felt (much better, I'm sure you'll agree):


A delicious dinner at a Turkish restaurant, where we ate way too much (a frequent problem)and had deep conversations:


Unfortunately, at the end of the night there was a long tube ride home. Jim is always the most enthusiastic of all about long tube rides. He should be a tube cheerleader! Goooo TUBE!

Kosheri Recipe

I got this recipe from Ottolenghi, which is an awesome restaurant in London, which we enjoy as frequently as we can. They are all about really fresh ingredients and it's YUMMY!

So, as requested, I'm sharing the recipe (which I hope is legal. If not, I'll take it down!).

Make the sauce first:
-Fry 2 crushed garlic cloves and 2 hot red chillies in 4 Tbs of olive oil (and use gloves or you will end up with welts on your face, lips and pain in your eyeballs when you try to remove your contacts) for 2 minutes
-Add 8 chopped tomatoes, 370 ml of water, 4 TBSP of cider vinegar, 3 tsp salt, 2 tsp ground cumin and bring to a boil. Then simmer for 20 minutes until the sauce thickens a little.
-add salt, pepper and coriander to taste

Cook 10 oz of green lentils

-Wash 7 oz of basmati rice and then drain
-heat a couple of tablespoons of butter in a heavy saucepan and fry a handful of broken vermicelli noodles (uncooked) until they are golden brown.
-Add the rice and stir until it's coated in butter
-add 400ml of water, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1.5 teaspoons of salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
-Boil and then reduce heat and simmer for 12 minutes

Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil and fry, until dark brown, 2 thinly sliced white onions.

Combine lentils with the rice mixture and add most of the onions, leaving some for garnish. Serve hot with the spicy tomato sauce. YUMMY DELICIOUSNESS!