Birthday!

Tuesday, August 25.

It is Fritzi's Birthday. Alex makes breakfast (eggs, bacon, fruit).
We do laundry, and the dishes, and tidy up.
Fritzi talks to Gesine on the phone.
Alex works on the homepage an Fritzi on her paper.
We have a reservation for Sidebern's at 7.
Ingrid is sponsoring this wonderful dinner - It is delicious.
We have the full Tasting Menu with Ice-Tea and Bread on the side:

• amuse bouche: watermelon and cantaloupe gazpacho with crab meat.
• 1# course: big eye tuna with spiny lobster, avocado puree, pink peppercorn, and saffron yuzu vinaigrette.
• 2# course: alaskan halibut, crab stuffed squash blossom, mustard yogurt, and nasturtium pesto.
• 3# course: king trumpet mushroom wrapped in shaved lardo, an almond puree, and crispy potato strips.
• 4# course: braised short rib, with beef tongue wrapped in "exploded rice", charred pole beans, and madeira jus.
• The cheese plate is called a "mille-feuille": there is a honey-peppercorn sauce on the plate and we have a black plum, a vanilla pudding dice, and two blue cheeses and a blue cheese wrapped in pistachios.
• The dessert is a black- and blueberry cobbler with brown butter crumble, caramel ice cream and baby-basil.
• Coffee and Espresso for the finish.
  

We forget about the launch of the Discovery shuttle... but it is postponed until Friday anyway...