Theatre and cooking

Every year, GetIntoLondonTheatre offers promotions on many West End shows in January/early February.

This years we booked to go to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
I met Adrian at Fire and Stone on Maiden Lane for an early dinner: starter, a pizza and a glass of Prosecco for £15.


(Mushrooms in a very spicy batter)

The pizza were 'world-inspired'. I had a London (Cumberland sausage, smoky bacon, mushrooms - inspired by a full English breakfast) while Adrian had a Peking (shredded duck, hoisin sauce, cucumber strips). They were both very tasty.



We really enjoyed the show!




The staging, the costumes and the 'effects' were phenomenal. Perhaps we were a tad too old for it? No, extra cushion for us to sit on! LOL

The Theatre Royal is a lovely building.



I recall going to see My Fair Lady there many years ago.




(Wonka bars anyone?)

Yesterday I spend a sizeable part of the day cooking.
Michael and Christopher were coming for dinner. Chris is on a very strict diet: no alcohol, no gluten, no cow's milk products, no sugar... so cooking was a tad more challenging.



In the end I prepared:

Polenta bruschetta with porcini mushroom topping


Prawn, prosciutto and rosemary skewers on an avocado, ginger and lime salsa:


Turkey saltimbocca (with an experimental sauce made of grape suice, balsamic vinegar and honey to replace the Marsala):


and Nigella's Venetian carrot cake (but made with rum flavouring and orange juice instead of rum, and xylitol to replace the caster sugar):


They all seem to enjoy the food, and the cake especially. There wasn't much of left of it!