Last time I had knedliki was years ago at home, when mum and dad went to Czech, shopping for various stuff and got them among other treats, that were difficult to get in Poland. Barbora got me a couple from her Czech deli, so this evening I made a nice, rich beef goulash, slightly spiced up with paprika and enriched with Guinness. I wanted the beef to fall apart, which it did after nearly 1,5 half of stewing, 2 onions,  a carrot and a handful of dried mushrooms did a nice job too. Knedliki themselves are quite bland, like a part- cooked bread roll, so they need a strong sauce to lift the dish. I served it with broccoli and tomato salad. Nice, warming and very filling.

As much as I love scallops, I hardly ever cook them, somehow I prefer when somebody does it for me, like The Chief last Wednesday, when we ate at Dinings. My scallops tonight came from Dinings though; Cathal said that buying them in Waitrose is lame and that I should get some from work, at a decent price, the quality however will be out of this world in comparison to the supermarket ones. So I did. Goemon gave me some shells as well to present the dish in a posh way.

I’m busy redecorating the bedroom today, so dinner had to be relatively quick;  I marinated the scallops in a mixture of chilli garlic paste, sesame  oil and soy sauce, nothing measured, as usual. 🙂  I pan fried them and served on the bed of green salad with some fried rice on the side. Very pleased with the result. Chocolate fondants are in the oven as I write, green tea ice cream ready. Then it’s back to painting for me and washing up for Florek. 🙂