Clam About Town

If Cassandra can go have a girls' weekend out in some cottage somewhere, then I think I can go out clam-bar-hopping and live it up like a young urban man!  Which is what I am!  I ate so much tonight but it was all so good.  Cass makes us such great clams at home that I sometimes forget the quality we have within biking distance.  With Nocturne going on there were tons of people out and about, and at the fourth restaurant I even made a seafood friend!  Mishelle almost knew more about clams than me, and we had a few Caesars before her husband came and 'rescued' her.  He was making some very odd requests.

If Cass hadn't taken the camera with her I'd have documented my feast, but alas you're at the mercy of my description.  The highlight of the night was a dill clam risotto - though for the life of me, I cannot remember where I had it.  I had a LOT of clams tonight - so many I may even regret it tomorrow.  Let's hope not!

A Clammin' Good Mystery

Have I got the story for you!  Tonight, while Cass is up in Cow Bay visiting her ailing grandfather, I decided I would take a road trip of my own, down to that hotel she stayed at for the conference.  If the clams were as good as she said, I'd have my evening's work cut out for me!

But get this - I checked both restaurants, and there is not a clam on the menu!  Things got even weirder when I mentioned the confectioners' conference.  Apparently they hosted no such thing!

It's got to be a different hotel.  I'll ask Cass when I get home; I tried calling but she's got her phone off.  I'd hate to waste a trip down here, though.  I'm definitely going to have to buy some clams on the way home.

EDIT: Cass here.  Yes, it was a different hotel.

Room Service

Cassandra checking in from the hotel.  Really good conference so far; learning lots about different candying techniques.  Eating tons of samples too!

On F's request I gave Room Service a call and ordered the clams. The concierge told me they were the spé·cia·li·té de la mai·son, and rightfully so - some of the best clam I've ever had.  Just what I needed.

I think I'm going to get an early night.  There's a marzipan workshop starting at nine.

Quahogs for once

Cassandra is away for the night at a confectioners' conference (on Thanksgiving Monday - weird, right?) so I steamed up some quahogs for the occasion.  She won't eat quahogs because of they remind her of Family Guy, which she hates, but she is missing out on some incredible taste!  I know people throw this word around all the time these days, but these things truly are succulent.


What our garden's going to look like tomorrow

Sauce review: Francis' bourbon butter

A night in the fridge didn't do this sauce any favours - what Francis described as "smoky" is more like "stale", and there is far too much worcestershire.  Sorry, spouse.  This tastes rusty.    ** 2/5 clams

A few on the BBQ

Hi Clam Fans - Francis here again.  Cassandra is out tonight seeing a friend so I got out the barbecue and I'm living it up.  I don't need her around to eat gourmet! (although it drastically increases the chances that I will)

I got a bottle of bourbon out for the butter sauce.  I'd forgotten how good it is!  Cass doesn't like me drinking it when she's around (apparently I get too loud) but this smoky flavour is really going to slide off of these Longnecks - though I may have gone a little overboard with the worcestershire.  I'm going to have to save some of this sauce for Cass.  Maybe she'll weigh in on it later.

I'm also going to need to lay in a few more bottles of this bourbon.  It's disappearing faster than these clams will!


Barbecued clams - popping hot