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posted by ragingyoghurt on 30 December 2011 at 6:55 am
filed under cake, dinner

so guess who doesn’t have diabetes anymore.

there was cause for a celebration a couple of nights ago (not the return of normal blood sugars at that stage, although i’d had my fingers crossed for the last week and a bit following my post natal glucose tolerance test), and we found ourselves around a table at hellenic republic, bathed in the golden light of the early evening, with lamb and potatoes and cypriot grain salad (and cabbage salad, yes, and eggplant dip and calamari and octopus, and hell why not, a spanakopita and three lamb chops), and these amazing chargrilled green chilli peppers all smoky and succulent. the platters are small at hellenic republic, but when one of the birthday girls orders double of everything for the table, you suddenly find yourself approaching a dangerous level of satiety.

dangerous only because you must leave room for dessert. the kid and i are never two to go past a mess, so we got the hellenic mess to share. unexpectedly, it was plated in a bowl — a jumble of rosewater meringue, orange blossom jelly, vanilla-infused cream and a dribble of strawberry ouzo sauce poured at the table. (the waiter dispensed it from a small bottle, and i thought he might leave it after the ceremonial pour, but no, he whisked it away.)

mmm… it was a lovely mishmash of flavours and textures. the pistachios were crunchy to offset the crisp meringue; the jelly was wobbly and ethereal. in fact, the delicate orange blossom flavour was probably a bit overwhelmed by the strawberry sauce. but then i was a little too: the ouzo made my belly clench. perhaps if there had been more cream…

no matter. it was gone in minutes (the kid had three helpings), helped along by a pot of mountain tea. see how pretty, the basket of pale green herbery. the internet tells me it is ironwort.

it was still daylight when we left the restaurant. it was a jolly walk home.

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3 Comments

  1. chocolatesuze
    Posted 30 December 2011 at 8:30 pm | Permalink

    woot grats on the non-diabetes! now, here’s to more cake!

  2. Helen (Grab Your For
    Posted 30 December 2011 at 10:41 pm | Permalink

    There’s nothing like teamwork to make a mess disappear, right? 🙂 And I’m with Suze, diabetes begone! Hurrah!

  3. Beci
    Posted 3 January 2012 at 2:22 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the dessert tip, heading to Hellenic tonight with my kids and this mess might be just the bribery I need to get them through entree and main. Can’t wait to try!

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