When: 18th of July, 2014
What: lamsneck w sweetbread croquette
Wine: a beautiful full bodied red from the Provence Guy Da Nine
Where: Blauw aan de Wal, Amsterdam
With whom: Ed (2), Bruce, Marco, Levy, Jeroen, Angela, Peter, Greg
Whatelse: great dinner, somewhat dominated by the Mal Air plane crash, but also great conversations on conservatories.

When: 16th of July, 2014
What: Thai sweet potato and rice
Wine: white
Where: Accenture box at O2 Arena, London
With whom: Duncan, Hugo and a bunch of VM colleagues
Whatelse: Monty Python live performance - memorable

When: 12th of July, 2014
What: pasta vongele (not spicey enough) preceded by chicken livers
Wine: Jermann, Pinot Bianco, 2012 - delicious
Where: at Sale e Pepe in London
With whom: Dennis
Whatelse: cheese at a different place later.

When: 12th of July, 2014
What: spareribs and chicken from the BBQ, Nina's albongidas and carrot/orange salad and much, much more
Wine: plenty, including a golden delicious Albarino
Where: at Michiels' in Rotterdam
With whom: Michiel, Nina, Sam, Rudolf, Leen, Lynda, Olivier, Steef, Patries, Joost, David, Mette, Seb, Zanah, Jan, Cootje, Faisal, Barbara, John, Toine, Han, Otto, and many more
Whatelse: Michiels' 50th birthday, outdoors in the garden, inauguration of the new BBQ, Lynda and I slept on the SS Rotterdam, which was a bit of a disappointment, but a beautiful ship nonetheless.

When: 11th of July, 2014
What: steak frites with a little bit of spinach and salad
Wine: a Rioja - even more full bodied than yesterdays Sauvignon
Where: Kastrup, København
With whom: Olivier
Whatelse: against my advice Oliver did combine licorice ice cream w chocolate cake - not great. On our way back home.

When: 10th of July, 2014
What: a baked fish called Haki ( quite cod like) with dill and vegetables from the garden and potato puree
Wine: a NZ Sauvignon Blanc - full bodied
Where: Haga
With whom: Hilda, Daniel, Olivier
Whatelse: a lovely sunny, warm day. Again. Played football, mowed the lawn and cleared the sandpit from small trees.

When: 9th of July, 2014
What: wild handpicked by Olivier chantarel and boletus with whole grain rice and various beans and vegetables, accompanied by a salad and rhubarb compote from Hilda's garden
Wine: an Italian chardonnay - full bodied
Where: Haga
With whom: Hilda, Daniel, Olivier
Whatelse: just finished some ice-cream and we are waiting for The Netherlands to beat Argentina.

When: 8th of July
What: mackerel with krusbär - and they got the fish/fruit combo right
Wine: Beaujolais Villages, la Bonne Pioche (2012) - somewhat abrasive but lovely for the fish and meat journey
Where: Bastard in Malmö
With whom: myself
Whatelse: great staff, beautiful courtyard with persian carpets on the bricks. And amazing weather in the south of Sweden today. The raw bison was lovely, tasty - sad waste of underlying dough.

When: 6th of July, 2014
What: chantarel omlet with potatoes and sugar snaps
Wine: a NZ Sauvignon Blanc
Where: Haga
With whom: Hilda, Daniel, Olivier
Whatelse: very early in the season, but the omelet was composed w handpicked chantarells found close to the house on our own and our recently deceased neighbours' land. Delicious!