{"id":2778,"date":"2020-01-01T14:29:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T14:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2020-01-01T14:29:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T14:29:41","slug":"the-best-lunch-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/2020\/01\/01\/the-best-lunch-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The best lunch in years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And the person responsible for it is Moka, who cooked us moules mariniere, but without cream, her way, just wine and seafood juice. Before she cooked we visited a very well supplied fish shop, which made me want to eat nearly everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111422-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111422-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111422-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111422.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111443-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111443-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111443-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111424-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111424-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111424-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_111424.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve bought a massive bag of moules and some prawns for Orson, then visited a cheese shop. Exceptionally good service and a cheese selection we can only dream of in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moka cooked the moules in 2 pans, lots of shallots, lots of parsley, we had a bottle of champagne with them and the baguette and it took us quite a while to finish the lot, but we battled on and succeeded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_135702.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_135702.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_135702-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then Moka brought the cheeses out, including this super light and creamy number with truffles (she a trufflefile too, which is very promising for the times I get to cook for her!), a bottle of red was had alongside. We sat by the table for over 2 hours, eating, drinking, talking, laughing and having the best time, while the kids played on the floor with a train set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_144845.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_144845.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2020\/01\/20191229_144845-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved every minute of it and returned the next day to the cheese shop to take some home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 out of 10. And a standing ovation. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the person responsible for it is Moka, who cooked us moules mariniere, but without cream, her way, just wine and seafood juice. Before she cooked we visited a very well supplied fish shop, which made me want to eat nearly everything. We&#8217;ve bought a massive bag of moules and some prawns for Orson, then &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/2020\/01\/01\/the-best-lunch-in-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The best lunch in years!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-good-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}