I was a bit worried about going as Fred was working that Saturday, finishing work at 6pm. When he works on a Saturday, its always alone and its a total madhouse there and I knew he would be really tired when he got home.
But the evening went smoothly. Fred got along really well with Liz's husband, Lucas played with Ixchel, their 3 year old daughter happily and the raclette was heavenly!!!!!
Raclette is a winter dish, where each guest is given a small pan to heat pieces of cheese in an electric table top grill. The Raclette cheese is heated, then scraped onto diners' plates. The term raclette derives from the French racler, meaning "to scrape". The cheese is brought to the table sliced, accompanied by platters of boiled or steamed potatoes, other vegetables, charcuterie, and perhaps seafood. Diners create their own small packages of food by cooking small amounts of meat, vegetables and seafood on the griddle. These are then mixed with potatoes and topped with cheese in the small, wedge-shaped coupelles that are placed under the grill to melt and brown the cheese.
By the end of the night, I found that Fred and Ayrald had already made plans to meet up the next day for cycling while Liz, Cathy & I browse the flea market. We stayed til past 6 pm that day, watching rugby while Cathy took Lucas out for a walk on his stroller.
I was really happy as this reminded me of my life in KL where we would hang out with friends every weekend, sometimes by the pool, sometimes in our home or at our neighbour's and sometimes in the malls.
I'd almost forgotten how good it felt to be around friends. For nearly a year now, we have been living like hermits, but I guess things are going to change! This Sunday we invited Liz, Ayrald, Ixchel, Cathy and her son Pierre over for a picnic :)
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| Lucas with Ixchel on their first dinner date :) |
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