Get your O face on: January 2012

Pannekoeken

Tonight we feasted on a dutch treat

Pannekoeken aka dutch pancakes

created by the lovely Sophie!

Ingredients

2 cups (500 ml) flour

2 cups (500 ml) water (if you have soda water, use it to make it lighter)

2 tablespoons (30 ml) oil

1 tablespoon (15 ml) brandy

4 eggs

1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt

Method

Mix ingredients in blender.

Let it rest for a few minutes while you heat a heavy 16 to 20 cm pan.

Scoop a laddle-full of mixture into the lightly greased pan.

The pan is warm enough if the mixture sizzles when it comes into contact with the pan.

Flip the pancake so it can cook on the other side as well.

Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over it, roll up and serve warm.

Pannekoek is at its best when the sugar starts to melt. You can try it with a wee bit of lemon juice as well.

The creation table

Sweet options

Nutella

cream cheese

ice cream

maple syrup

caramel sauce

banana

apple

peanut butter

Savoury options

spinach

ham

tomato

cheese

balsamic dressing

First I enjoyed the savoury treat

then it was time for dessert

ice cream, nutella, peanut butter, banana, caramel sauce & maple syrup

WINNING!

Thank you Sophie!

~JBomb

Wandering through Toronto

Double shot espresso +

A piece of Caramel dipped in Venezualan Dark Chocolate rolled in Fueilletine +

soft chewy caramel coated in chocolate with crunchy texture

a piece of Aged 8 years Balsamic Vinegar dark chocolate truffle

sounds like a crazy combo but the balsamic vinegar is a lightly whipped mousse encased by the dark chocolate.

= delicious!

~JBomb

I know what your thinking where's the food! well here it is. As quoted by our tour guide Paul, a bad meal is hard to come by in Montreal, he was correct. After booking our rental car for the ski trip (stay tuned) we headed to the closest place for food Dunns.

Salmon with rice & roasted peppers (capsicum)
so LARGE and so DELICIOUS

We were all so full but in my eyes dessert is a seperate stomach so as Scottish Louise came back from the toilet we announced there was homemade Strawberry Cheesecake "Well that's a fucking game changer innit" (Scottish accents are awesome!) We also thought apple crumble was a must. After the first bite of this cheesecake we unanimously voted that in our 20ish years of life we have never tasted such an amazing cheesecake perfect consistency, fresh strawberries just amazing!

On our last night in Montreal we were jonesing for hearty Italian feast. We stumbled across Giorgio in old town Montreal.

You can order half a pizza and half a plate of pasta for $16 this is the perfect option for me as I always like to buy a meal and then switch halfway with my corresponding dining partner or if they arent interested in doing that I will just start eating off their plate.

Dessert the classic chocolate roll cake. This was obviously not from a packet making it awesome and it was also covered in hot fudge words cannot describe the awesomeness there was so much chocolate goodness I requested a bowl of vanilla ice cream to eat with it. A 2 for 1 dessert rare but beautiful.