Romantic 2-Course Dinner

When the restaurant closes on Friday night, Noodle goes behind the scene, experimenting with Jamie Oliver's beef carpaccio and ends up with a surprising result. In the mean time, an impressive entree of Cajun sausage chips with basil tomatoes and Cajun prawns gets served with smokey, caramelised (OK, burnt) jambalaya soup as a dip. As usual the meal receives loud exclamations of "WOW". Now for the main course, drum rolling, hold your breath ....

Yes, it's a success for Noodle! Here's the proof! A quick sear in a very hot pan followed by resting in a warm oven at 100 degree Celsius for 20 minutes, and the carpaccio is ready for plating.



Arrange neatly in a circular fashion with cauliflower mash in the middle, top with pan-tossed garlic hearts, leek and red chilli...



... garnish with fried garlic, onion and ginger



and serve with celery, capsicum, onion and pepper sauce.



There is just one problem with this meal: Noodle does not eat raw beef and spends the whole evening with a rumbling stomach craving for more food. Next morning Noodle rushes out of bed at the crack of dawn to dig in the fridge for anything remotely edible, such as the leftover beer-smoked Creole hot sausages from Paper Chef #10!