Cali BBQ dinner with a decent quantity of very good Hong Kong beer. The beer scene here has improved unbelievably since I moved to Paris.

Now off to Edinburgh.

Not quite exactly!

Made lamb gravy-soaked fries with broccoli.

No curds though.

Wow, that's a lot of space. Looks great.

love a good massage. Rather expensive in the UK though.

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No vacuum sealer necessary: put everything into a ziplock bag or similar, seal up all but a small gap, then slowly place into the water, and seal the rest. That alone takes enough air out.

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Not at all. Plenty of popping corks and pulling corkscrews though, and sometimes not one’s own.

This group does a lot of dinners and it’s so big that only a subset join each one. Not sure when my next one will be as they’re very expensive and extravagant affairs.

One of the better ones.

A 7-hour dinner. We made it through the entire flight of wines and then started again with our favourites.

Educational and fun.

Rare.