Saturday, February 18, 2012

Jamie's Cooking School!

On Thursday night, Frank and I ventured to Clapham Junction (home of Impact Teachers, the recruiting agency that placed us at Wilmington. It was so strange to be back on that street: that first English street I ever saw across the pond) to Jamie Oliver's Recipease! Seriously? I love this country. Jamie Oliver is a ga-gillion-aire who just so happens to care about the health of his countrymen. Love. In addition to this, he's a crafty businessman: this place is a goldmine!

Because I was so excited, Frank had an interesting question, "What if this place is just some guy's basement kitchen?" Our thought from then on (despite the fact that I'd seen pictures) was to expect little, then hopefully marvel much.

Oh, marvel we did. The place was divine! SO Jamie Oliver.



It was laid out in such a way that we could see the chefs in the centre of the kitchen as well as other patrons, so nothing really could go wrong. They provided all the ingredients, set out so neatly in our little work stations, and so little food turned into a FEAST for dinner. They threw in a glass of wine (Frank threw in a few more) and we were off cookin'!

Frank, thrilled (but not nearly as thrilled as I) at the hand-washing station ;)
















The site where we later mowed down on some Mexican deliciousness...



Ceviche! This was a first for me and though I was trepidations about eating it, it certainly dispelled my fears after the first bite.















Cool right? We made everything on that platter (including "the best gorditas in the class").






We topped it all off with some coffee, brownies, train conversations, and a visit to Kathleen, Aleisha, and Seth.



Good times all around :)

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