Our New Area

I seem to be focusing on breakfasts recently. I think it’s because dinners have been a little rushed (or at the local restaurants) recently whereas weekend breakfasts have been enjoyed at our leisure. That said, this breakfast took only minutes to put together. Granted I did cheat by buying pikelets instead of making my own but in my defence they were recommended to me so I was actually just trying them out. Pikelets with layers of smoked salmon, some mustard and dill mayonnaise topped with poor mans caviar. Saturday was a late rise after a big night out on Friday so the smoked salmon pikelets were a great little brunch that took very little effort.

The area we've moved to has numerous cheap and cheerful restaurants. I've always enjoyed nights out here and now it’s all on our very own door-step. We even timed the walk down to the main street – 5 minutes. I used to live in this area years ago and it has changed considerably over time. In particular there seems to be a better class of restaurant now. Competition has done well to encourage a higher standard in the area.

On my wander around the area at the weekend I noticed a new bistro style restaurant called Roxanne which I’m keen to try out. We have a few friends coming over soon so I might try to persuade them to have dinner there. I don’t think it will take much persuading as the menu outside had a few tasty sounding dishes.

There are also a number of different take away restaurants that will come in handy when it’s J’s turn to cook. His idea of making dinner is being the ones that pops down to the take away to pick up the order. I’d love to say J shares my passion for cooking but unfortunately his passion wanes a little when it’s comes to shopping or cooking. Luckily though he’s a very enthusiastic dinner partner and is a dab hand when it comes to cleaning up. So really I can’t complain.