Thursday, January 20, 2011
Goodbye to friends.
We had dinner last night with our friends, Tony & Jackie, from England who are moving back there on Friday. We met them 3 years ago when Joan was in the International Ladies Club of Pozna艅 and every few months since then we have met for dinner at some restaurant in Pozna艅.
Last night it was at La Scala, an Italian restaurant near the rynek. We've been there before and Joan liked their minestrone soup so we wanted to go back. Unfortunately it seems that they have a new chef since our last visit and the soup was not the same, kind of disappointing. She also had pasta with gorgonzola sauce and spinach. I wanted to try something different so I had wild duck with chocolate cake and cherry sauce. The duck was very tough to cut but it was tasty. It just seemed like a strange combination to serve as a main dish. I also had a side plate of spaghetti and bruschetta.
We sat and talked for three hours during dinner and we told them how nice it has been to have them as friends. They invited us to come to Surrey at anytime and spend a week or two at their house while they show us the sights of London. I am sure we will do that in the not too distant future.
Mieli艣my wczoraj wieczorem kolacja z przyjaci贸艂mi, Tony i Jackie, z Anglii, kt贸rzy id膮 z powrotem tam w pi膮tek. Poznali艣my je 3 lata temu, gdy Joan by艂a w Mi臋dzynarodowym Ladies Club z Poznania i co kilka miesi臋cy od tamtej pory spotkali艣my si臋 na kolacj臋 do jakiej艣 restauracji w Poznaniu.
Ostatniej nocy by艂o w La Scali, w艂osk膮 restauracj臋 w pobli偶u Rynku. Byli艣my tam przed i Joan lubi艂 ich zupa minestrone wi臋c chcieli艣my wr贸ci膰. Niestety wydaje si臋, 偶e maj膮 nowego szefa od naszej ostatniej wizyty, a zupa nie by艂a taka sama, rodzaju rozczarowanie. Ona r贸wnie偶 mia艂a makaron z sosem gorgonzola i szpinakiem. Chcia艂em spr贸bowa膰 czego艣 innego, wi臋c musia艂em dzikie kaczki z sosem ciasto czekoladowe i wi艣ni. Kaczka by艂 bardzo trudny do ci臋cia, ale to by艂o smaczne. To po prostu wydawa艂o si臋 dziwne zestawienie s艂u偶y膰 jako danie g艂贸wne. Mia艂em te偶 p艂yt臋 boczn膮 spaghetti i bruschetta.
Siedzieli艣my i rozmawiali艣my przez trzy godziny podczas obiadu i powiedzia艂 im, jak mi艂o jest mie膰 ich jako przyjaci贸艂. Zaprosili nas do Surrey w ka偶dej chwili i sp臋dzi膰 tydzie艅 lub dwa w domu, podczas gdy nam pokaza膰 uroki Londynu. Jestem pewien, 偶e zrobimy to w niezbyt odleg艂ej przysz艂o艣ci.