October 16, 2015 Lunch – Le Toquet, Dinner – neighborhood Cocktail Party

October 16, 2015 Lunch – Le Toquet,  Dinner – neighborhood Cocktail Party 

I went to lunch with Bill Turner and Matt.  They were kind enough to go to Le Toquet.  Bill ordered Escargot Bourgogne and a cup of onion soup.  Matt ordered a Croque Monsieur sandwich.  Bill’s plump snails were floating in a lovely fresh garlic and parsley butter sauce. Yummy.  Matt’s sandwich was oozing Béchamel Sauce, the way one would want it to.

    Onion soup

    Ratatouille 

     Creme Caramel

    Bill and the tab 

   See the Béchamel oozing from the Croque Monsieur 

I ordered the three course lunch with onion soup, ratatouille with couscous, and crème caramel.  The ratatouille with couscous was delicious but I could not finish it, so boxed it for lunch on Saturday.  The Crème caramel was well done.  The food continues to be surprisingly well prepared and tasty.  

At 5:00 I made a platter of smoked salmon canapés and then at 6:00 we went to the topographical photo show with Charlie and Susan at UNM Art Museum.

Then we returned home at 7:00 and grabbed the platter of smoked salmon canapés and a bottle of Chablis and drove to the Neighborhood Cocktail Party at Terry’s house.  

Everyone brought good mostly home made food, like two plates of pigs in the blanket, a plate of fried shrimp and a sweet dipping sauce, a plate of store bought pastries, hummus, antipasto,  and a wonderful fried kale.

There were many good wines also. This party had the best food and wine of any party in a long time.

Bon Appetit