We headed off to the Borough Market today for some exploration and Linda's birthday lunch - She requested grilled cheese sandwiches at Kappacasein, featured in a Samantha Brown piece on London. On the way we stopped in to see Southwark Cathedral where a young female vicar gave us one of the most gracious brush-offs I've ever experienced. She gave us a very brief orientation, offered a few interesting observations and the invited us to come back at 5:00. The reason was that they were having a special service for clergy to, in her words, "fortify them to go back to their home congregations for Good Friday and Easter".
Once we'd recovered from the elegant bum's rush, we headed over to the Borough Market where I picked up the makings for a delicious dinner. At Noon we met for Linda's birthday grilled cheese which was thoroughly enjoyed by all - three cheeses on Poilane sourdough, cooked in a sandwich press till it's crisp on the outside and thoroughly gooey in the middle.
Dinner later was pumpkin tortelloni with sage butter sauce and grated organic parmigiano, heirloom tomatoes with artisanal Sicilian olive oil, leeks and chanterelles sauteed in butter, and roasted local asparagus. Delicious if I do say so myself.
I seem to be having trouble uploading pictures so they'll have to come in the next post.