Weekend Activities - 9 September 2011

On Friday the weather turned cold and windy... We went out for dinner to a restaurant close to our apartment (in the wind!). We had a lovely meal. Some restaurants have degustation meals. Below is a few definitions and meaning of degustation:

Definition of DEGUSTATION

: the action or an instance of tasting especially in a series of small portions

de·gust·ed, de·gust·ing, de·gusts

To taste with relish; savor.

Degustation (French for 'tasting')

Degustation is the art of tasting food. Modern degustation probably comes from the French kitchens of the early 20th century and is different from earlier meals with many courses because these meals were served as full-sized meals at each course.


We had the degustation menu which consisted of 5 courses. It was delicious!

Belle Zain Restaurant

The weather was even worse on Saturday - cold, windy and rainy! So we decided to spend the weekend indoors.


We made pizza dough from scratch and went to buy a pizza stone to use for cooking it in the oven. It was quite an event making the pizzas some they were very yummy!


On Sunday we went off to the shops to buy a home brewing beer kit... And then started the process of brewing our own beer at home... The process takes quite a while - it has to ferment for a few days and then you bottle it and leave it for almost 2 weeks. So we will be bottling our own beer this weekend and then waiting for the end product... 

Our beer brewing...

All in all it was a fun weekend doing new things indoors!