The final home-cooked meal

It is amazing how fast two weeks goes (and how much you can eat!), but it was already the second-last night of Mum and Dad's visit and time for the last home-cooked meal.


We had a (another!) bottle of champagne to start, so decided to go a bit special with Scallops with a minted pea puree. The scallops were unfortunately a little over-cooked, but the pea puree was delicious.

We had been struggling all week to make it home in time to cook dinner, so decided on a quick simple recipe that is also incredibly tasty - Sausage, red wine and olive penne. It also 'showcased' the excellent English sausages that we are becoming addicted to and Mum and Dad confirmed as much better than Aussie ones.


Mum had wanted to try dessert from a patisserie on the street, so we popped by The Fromagerie and bought an individual chocolate tart, lemon tart and apricot tart then the Italian deli for a caramel cheesecake. Unfortunately, across the board, these were disappointing and I definitely wouldn't get them again. Luckily, by the time dessert came around, we had had so much wine and so much food, it didn't really matter!