Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Sri Lankan food and the kitchen
I needed some rest today. Maybe I have consumed too high a level of potassium over the last few days; certainly there were symptoms. I wasn't too worried because I felt sure I will get it down again by being careful.
Bill has been out in the garden, starting to "put the things to bed" for the winter. Well, at least it looks a little tidier.
Ashley went out this morning and spent his time at 2 different churches. He has gone back to one of them this evening too. For those of us that do not attend church it seems a bit of a surprise to find that about 100 people were at the lunch time Mass today in the town centre, This is not a special feast day, just an ordinary Wednesday.
Hey - the news wouldn't have it has an ordinary day - the day John Sergeant quit Strictly Come Dancing!
Bill and I met up with Ashley at lunch time to have a meal at the Sri Lankan restaurant.
We filled our plates with with delicate spicy chicken and salad (the starter) - and I kept well clear of the tomato!
Then there was a meat curry and a vegetable curry - both reasonably mild. The vegetable curry had a fragrant sweet and spicy flavour. There were 2 sorts of rice and poppadoms of course.
Ashley only managed one plate full - is he getting older or something!
His plate had been well filled and he opted not to have more and to feel thoroughly bloated.
Bill and I will be back - we feel very comfortable there and very well fed.
This afternoon I sorted out photos of the kitchen. I regret that we didn't take more whilst it was all being done. It all happened quite fast really and during that week the room just didn't feel like our domain.
And I played Cradle of Persia. Ashley has got to the end; Mo has got to the end. I got to level 99 (just one more to go) and I lost every life and have been shunted back to Level 62!
Now for a first glimpse for you of our kitchen.......
These pictures show the room as you enter from the door from the front hall
This just shows new cupboards and looking towards where I have the computer and the circular dining room table beyond.
Opposite the cooker was meant to be devoted to office needs. But when we sorted everything out we found we needed the cupboards for other things and most of the "office" type things are in the tall cupboard
I think these two pictures make the room seem very narrow - well, the room is a lot smaller than some of the wonderful kitchens we see on some of the TV house programmes.
The kitchen sink. It is a large sink with a smaller draining board - at least it wouldn't take a normal dish drainer. For a week we got used to having no drainer but I think we will be glad that we found this one on the Lakeland web site. We also bought from them a glass work top protector which can take pans of any heat to go beside the cooker (which is also an original).
Bill has been out in the garden, starting to "put the things to bed" for the winter. Well, at least it looks a little tidier.
Ashley went out this morning and spent his time at 2 different churches. He has gone back to one of them this evening too. For those of us that do not attend church it seems a bit of a surprise to find that about 100 people were at the lunch time Mass today in the town centre, This is not a special feast day, just an ordinary Wednesday.
Hey - the news wouldn't have it has an ordinary day - the day John Sergeant quit Strictly Come Dancing!
Bill and I met up with Ashley at lunch time to have a meal at the Sri Lankan restaurant.
We filled our plates with with delicate spicy chicken and salad (the starter) - and I kept well clear of the tomato!
Then there was a meat curry and a vegetable curry - both reasonably mild. The vegetable curry had a fragrant sweet and spicy flavour. There were 2 sorts of rice and poppadoms of course.
Ashley only managed one plate full - is he getting older or something!
His plate had been well filled and he opted not to have more and to feel thoroughly bloated.
Bill and I will be back - we feel very comfortable there and very well fed.
This afternoon I sorted out photos of the kitchen. I regret that we didn't take more whilst it was all being done. It all happened quite fast really and during that week the room just didn't feel like our domain.
And I played Cradle of Persia. Ashley has got to the end; Mo has got to the end. I got to level 99 (just one more to go) and I lost every life and have been shunted back to Level 62!
Now for a first glimpse for you of our kitchen.......
These first two show the old kitchen has already been removed. Barry did that in about 2 hours. New cupboards and doors in boxes are strewn everywhere and some bases are already in.
Now I have some pictures which show the original plans that we made which had been transformed into computerised pictures and how the same shot (nearly the same shot) looks now.
Now I have some pictures which show the original plans that we made which had been transformed into computerised pictures and how the same shot (nearly the same shot) looks now.
This shows the view as you enter the kitchen from the back hallway - or as we see it from the lounge if the door is open. It usually is open because Harry the cat gets upset if the room door is shut!
I am very pleased that we opted to keep the original tiles, for they match everything very well.
These pictures show the room as you enter from the door from the front hall
This just shows new cupboards and looking towards where I have the computer and the circular dining room table beyond.
Opposite the cooker was meant to be devoted to office needs. But when we sorted everything out we found we needed the cupboards for other things and most of the "office" type things are in the tall cupboard
There is a small circular occasional table, beyond the tall cupboard, which you can't see. There are silk poppies in a vase. Today Bill cut the remaining magic lanterns (Physalis) from the garden and they are in a vase on that table too.
I think these two pictures make the room seem very narrow - well, the room is a lot smaller than some of the wonderful kitchens we see on some of the TV house programmes.
This shows the view from the front window.
You can see that we still have to lay the new flooring. But what is down now really doesn't look too bad. Since the picture was taken we have put down the rug that that we bought.
The kitchen sink. It is a large sink with a smaller draining board - at least it wouldn't take a normal dish drainer. For a week we got used to having no drainer but I think we will be glad that we found this one on the Lakeland web site. We also bought from them a glass work top protector which can take pans of any heat to go beside the cooker (which is also an original).
