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Perhaps I was thinking of carob... Carob, no matter what anyone says, doesn't taste like chocolate.
Just to give you all an update on the dinner, the final menu was:
Appetizer: A salad of boston lettuce, baby spinach, sliced baby tomatoes and peppers with a balsamic vinegar dressing
Main: Pan seared cod on a bed of black linguine with a sauce of whiskey, orange juice and butter.
Dessert: Chocolate mousse with a selection of fresh berries (blueberries, raspberries and strawberries).
Non alcoholic drink: lime cordial and soda water spritzers with calamansi limes for garnish
Alcoholic drink: Wolf Blass cabernet shiraz blend
The preparation of dinner came of without a hitch. Having never made Chocolate Mousse before I was worried and so had a stand by of chocolate gelato. The mousse could have been a little more airy but on the whole wasn't bad for a hand whipped, home made mousse.
The other dishes turned out well.
I also managed to get out and pick up some fresh flowers, some candle holders and using a little of this and that from around the house managed to put together a table that looked quite nice.
I am fairly certain that if I was in seduction mode, I would have got some for my efforts. Sadly, all this dinner did was underscore for me that my wife is a long way away.
One final note, apparently my dinning companion's issues with dairy were quite real. The very little amount of butter in the pasta sauce (a tablespoon and a bit) made her sick. There is nothing quite like having someone barf up your meal to make you feel appreciated.
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