{"id":14,"date":"2004-08-20T00:18:05","date_gmt":"2004-08-19T14:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=14"},"modified":"2004-08-20T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2004-08-19T14:20:11","slug":"14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2004\/08\/14\/","title":{"rendered":"Elcaro Catch Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight Ben, Michelle and Karen came around for dinner since I hadn&#8217;t had to chance to catch up with them for ages. Although I ran into Ben and Michelle last week at Jorge farewelling another friend of mine, Katherine, we didn&#8217;t really get a chance to chat that much. Catching up with Karen was also long overdue (especially since I was looking forward to seeing her at our last visit to Koh-ya). Though we talked about old times at Elcaro, it was good to hear everything was going well in their current state of events.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAfter <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/index.php?p=5\">M&#038;M<\/a> requested the appropriate blog entry and picture be posted, it becomes a whole later hard to lower your standards for dinner when friends come around (especially when those coming to dinner have seen it). So in the attempt to continue the tradition, another three-course meal was had by all:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entree: <\/strong>Pesto and Onion Bread<\/li>\n<li><strong>Main: <\/strong>My variation of meat and three veg (Moroccan Lamb, Honey Roasted Pumpkin, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Balsamic Green Beans) served with a Red Wine Gravy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dessert: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/fruitcustardtart_01.jpg\">Custard fruit tarts served with vanilla ice-cream and a hazelnut chocolate sauce.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/fruitcustardtart_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-fruitcustardtart_01.jpg\" alt=\"Dessert\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDespite my passion in food, believe me when I say I don&#8217;t eat like this every night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight Ben, Michelle and Karen came around for dinner since I hadn&#8217;t had to chance to catch up with them for ages. 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