From San Domenico To The Savoy: Ten Years Ago

[Pink Pig Time Machine by Wilfrid:  June 13, 2012]

Another very quick business trip to London loomed this week ten years ago.

I prepared for it by eating supper at San Domenico, no longer a local restaurant for me, but still a leading favorite.

The appetizer was a salad of marinated rabbit (in what, my diary doesn't say), with fresh thyme, frisée lettuce and almonds.  Next up, classic, simple SD cooking: roast suckling pig with fennel, apples, and sautéed potatoes.  Some cannoli stuffed with ricotta to finish, and a few mignardises. 

I took an overnight flight to Heathrow, checked into the Savoy, where I think my client had a good rate, and went directly to meetings.  I took the opportunity of long-distance travel to dive into a neat, vintage, three-volume set of Kristin Lanvransdatter - Sigrid Undset's passionate tale of Viking folk.

Dinner - I suspect with business contacts - at the Savoy Grill Room: a salad of young asparagus followed by a dish from my childhood, smoked haddock with a poached egg.

I hope my bed at the Savoy was comfortable, because I flew home the next day.

Next week: relishing Union Pacific.