Recent content by Wahad

Spring has sprung, so it's asparagus season - in this case, white asparagus and leek soup with smoked salmon and dill.

You're welcome! Not having seen the response for a while, I was worried perhaps I'd sent the confirmation picture too late in the thread and you might have gotten porch-pirated. Glad to see everything arrived in order nonetheless!

Oooh, presents! Books! Of the critical role variety! Thanks @Celt Z ! I did indeed not have any of these yet.

I hope the elves err on the side of sooner rather than later, coz I'll be out of town on the 30th, but we'll see how it goes!

I've actually been to multiple 3-star restaurants with my dad (because that's the sort of thing he likes to spend his money on), but going to the Fat Duck is definitely one of my bucket list items. Heston is the kind of chef that really inspires me with the weird shit he does.

A while back, my dad said I should keep the first weekend of december free. Today, he announced that he's taking me to the Fat Duck for their Christmas menu on that weekend. This is absolutely one of my bucket list restaurants so I'm hella hyped.

Let's do it.

So, hi. Haven't posted here in a while. Life happens, and stuff. But, as part of life, I have now almost a year of HEMA under my belt, and I'm having a blast. So I thought I'd write about it and make a thread, see if we have any other likeminded folks and maybe answer questions people might have...

Some shortrib lasagna as a treat for New Year's Eve.

Just binged through Blue Eye Samurai. Holy crap. What a good show.

A box! It took some tries on Fedex' end, but they finally managed to figure out they need to actually ring my house number at the gate in order to get onto my parking lot. Merry christmas, Secret Santa @Tress! "But Wahad", you might say, "how do you know it's Tress? There's no name on the...

I had to do a lot of forums archive digging, lol. Glad you like it!

I would take a number of my foodie friends to a high-end (3-michelin star) restaurant, possibly in a foreign country, including plane tickets and hotel rooms. After that I can do the responsible thing of hiring a financial advisor, pay off my debts, buy a house, etc. etc. Also possibly give...

Just watched Into the Spiderverse: Live In Concert last night. It's like the fourth time I've seen that movie, but the addition of the orchestra playing the score was a great experience. There was the occasional moment where you couldn't hear the people talking because the music swelled, but...

Two months ago, I went on my first vacation abroad in +- 5 years, and also the first vacation abroad where I was all by myself. I went to San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain) for about a week, with a day of Bilbao tacked on coz it was easier to fly back. The weather was great, the sights were...