Christmas Cookies

My friend got me the royal icing cookies! I bake cookies and do icing, so I know it takes a lots of time for the icing if it's a complex pattern. They're too lovely to eat. I'll keep them for a while.  

Ladies Champagne Social

"The Champagne Bar" at ANA Intercontinental Tokyo, Akasaka
They have the plan "Ladies Champagne Social" only for woman . Their home page introduced the plan as "The Champagne Bar is pleased to introduce an added food menu to its popular Ladies’ Champagne Social plan. To accompany the free-flowing champagne, guests can now choose one of three food menus: class, trendy or elegance."

After work, seven of my co-workers joined this ladies night and enjoyed champagne and the foods for two hours with chatting.

As they explained in their website, they have three choices of food menues. 

When I see the menu, the dessert "Pistachio Cream Brulee with Almond Croquant"got my attention.

I had "The champagne elegance" because of the dessert :)

Top of the plate was "Vegi sandwich" (Roasted tomate, mashroom, rocket salad with pesto genovese)

Second plate was "Sauted foie gras on toasted apricot bread with balsamic vinegar and blueberry"

It was very samll...but it was REALLY SO GOOD! I don't remember how many times I said "so good" while I was eating... I wish I could have it more...

The dessart was "Pistachio Cream Brulee with Almond Croquant"

Two other foods' plates "The champagne class" and "The champagne trendy" are like above.

My last two drinks were champagne cacktails, "Mango Passion" and "???"(I don't remember the name...it could be somthing Blue Hawaii.) I usually don't drink, but the night I probably drunk 6 glasses of bubbles. :)

I can't stop thinking about the sauted foie gras...I already decided to go back there next month again! 

Fresh Cheese in Tallinn, Estonia

In September, I traveled to Tallinn, Estonia while I was staying Helsinki during my summer vacation. The restaurant "Olde Hansa" is the only place I had the meal in Tallinn, and it seems it is the popular place for the tourist because of the Medieval-themed restaurant. I ordred the "Thick Meat Soup" and it came with the bread and fresh cheese. The cheese was really good, and I just remembered the taste couple weeks ago. Since then, I felt like I wanted to eat that cheese again.
Of course, I can't go to Tallinn just for the cheese. I decided to make it at home, and I found the recipe which looks simillar I had it at the restaurant. 

Here is the homemade cheese I made. It was really soft and creamy right after it was made. It smells more milk than the cheese I buy at a store. It was really good, but the taste and texture were different from the one I had in the restaurant. Next time I will try to make it again with a heavy cream.  

I couldn't wait to eat it until next morning, and I had it after the dinner... one bite:P  

This is the last weekend branch and I had it with the scrambled egg. It was nice!