HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRISTINA!

On Saturday night we were invited to have dinner at Cristina's home. Little did we realize that this was not just a simple dinner. Upon entering the dinning room we noticed the menus at each place setting.
I have taken pictures as I would not have been able to describe how well presented each dish was.


Here we have prawns served on a zucchini puree.

Before and after pictures of the lobster and linguine,
only thing left was the shell.

I was not the only one that thought the lobster was good!

Monk fish and mushrooms.
Fabulous combinations of textures and flavours on this dish.

Dessert came on several plates and I enjoyed each and every one of them....some of them more than once.

Here we have figs with mascarpone cheese and biscuits.

Of course with a glass of Prosecco.









Above I said that some of the desserts were sampled more than once, well here is the proof. A lemon pie topped with pine nuts. Almost made room for a third piece it was so good.

I forgot to mention the flavours for each of these dishes. If I had been by myself I would have picked up the plates and licked them clean.

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Who put this dinner together? Even though it looks as if it was catered by a Five Star restaurant Cristina's Mother Rosa and her Aunt Ivona did it all.
Thank you for your hospitality!

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The main reason for getting together today was to celebrate Cristina's birthday. Here is the birthday girl with Daniella.

One of the gifts Cristina received was a book. Of course written in Italian. Lots of laughter when she unwrapped it, translated the title is "Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bitch". I was surprised as I always thought she was a sweet woman.







All the ladies I had the pleasure of having dinner with tonight.

Cristina and her Mom (Rosa)

Cristina, Rosa (Mom) and Ivona (Aunt)

If the "Two Sisters" ever thought about opening a restaurant we would gladly be their dishwashers. Of course we would insist on dinners instead of wages.