I forgot to mention a very important and memorable occurrence yesterday. In a day of not much happening, Jason finally managed to pull a cork out of a bottle of wine without breaking the cork in half. This called for a celebration, obviously, so tomorrow, we’re going to take him to Ankaret for dinner.
Today, though, the celebrations were somewhat muted given it was the final Emils Backe day for this year. Mind you, the weather was a perfect backdrop for our last brunch.
Mirinda had a good old chinwag with the woman in the Chez Charlotte hut. She is off to Italy for a couple of weeks and the guy that does the cooking is off to Scotland to play golf. Over the season, Mirinda has had the opportunity to practice her Swedish with the Charlotte Woman so she’s going to miss that. As for me, I’m going to miss the Croque Dijonnaise.
After a splendid visit which we spent mostly in the sun, we headed over to the Button People who have started selling their produce.
And what a plentiful harvest it has been. They have been worried that they wouldn’t have anything to sell given how long it’s taken them to set up their garden but, if today was anything to go by, I reckon they’ve done exceedingly well. We told Victor as much as he picked more fresh, organic food.
We bought some veg then headed back home. Mirinda then took the girls for a walk while I prepared dinner.
Two things I bought in Istanbul were Iranian saffron threads and Turkish delight. Tonight I made saffron lamb shanks and afterwards, we had some Turkish delight. Both were excellent and worth the price of the airfare.
And it wasn’t just us. Emma thoroughly enjoyed a lamb shank as well.
Freya had the other one, but she chose to eat it out of the public gaze.
