Party in my Mouth

I went for dinner at my Dad's and his boyfriend's tonight. Gaelle, an old friend, is in town from France visiting so she joined us and it was a nice treat to see her.
I met Gaelle in Vancouver when I was fifteen and we kind of had a crush on each other. She was the niece of friends of the family's. We had flirty 15 year old fun for a couple weeks then parted ways. IT was sad but that was that. We tried keeping in touch (at least she did) but, I am horrible for writing letters and 13 years ago the internet was as booming as it is now. We lost ouch and she ended up moving to Montreal a few years after I did but we never really connected like we did when we were youngsters.

Tonight we had lots of "boucheés" to start, including 3 very nice cheeses, olives and feta marinated in oil and herbs, sausage and foie gras from France (mmmmmm, the foie gras was SO amazing), a salmon tartar that I made with chives, olive oil, pepper, capres, Tabasco and lemon juice. This orgy of great food is where the party started in my mouth. All these fine foods were washed down with red wine except the foie gras which goes quite well with a chilled white wine.

Our main course was duck pie with a mango, cherry tomato, cucumber, onion salad with a simple balsamic dressing. Accompanied by stormy weather and thundershowers.

Dessert consisted of 2 courses. First service being a joint and second service, raspberries and blueberries sauteed in butter and sugar, doused in Grand Marnier, served on chocolate ice cream and berry sorbet. Topped with fresh mint and cream.
Just sayin'.

Was a great night, was nice to see David, Gaelle,Shani and the 'rents. The bike ride home was nice with Gaelle. She was going to Laurier and St.Denis so we parted at Rachel and here I am, ready for bed and back to the grind tomorrow.
I love my job and I love food. I am getting really excited for Osheaga and Interpol in August.