In Ciel Bleu yesterday Margot Janse was cooking. She is Executive Chef of restaurant The Tasting Room of hotel Le Quartier Français in
the South-African town of Franschhoek. Under her leadership restaurant
The Tasting Room was listed for the third time as one of the 50 best
restaurants in the world.
We had an all South African menu which took us about 3 hours to finish ;-)

Amuse Bouche 
Bobotie bitterbal with puffed kurkuma rice Pineapple with ginger beer Mousse of gooseliver, physalis and relish of rooibos 
 
Biltong 
Bilbong tea, pumpkin and buchu froth

Tuna 
Crispy zebra cannelloni stuffed with  tartar of yellow tail tuna  and granité of smoked beef tomato
 
Assiette of South-African lobster
Koeksister of lobster with mango atjar  Lobster with granadilla tartar, oyster and vanilla ice cream Cannelloni of lobster with garlic crumbs 

Lard
Slowly cooked lard, laquered in white beer, ginger and peppadew Kataifi langouste and BBQ sauce

Springbok
‘Sugar Cured’ Springbok filet, mieliemeal and chakalaka fondant,
samp with bacon ragout and pinotage sauce

Puffed cakes with ginger
Puffed cakes filled with ginger cream, stewed pumpkin,  ice cream of coconut and vanilla

I got this throphy award from Nike Plus after running more then 250 km on my new shoes. Sweet!

An attack on the ATM across the street kept me awake last night. Somebody tried to burn the machine - probably out of pure frustration.

Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the
presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability
to fight and win, according to a new study released by a
California-based research center.
I know that all along... ;-)

1. MV Agusta 1078RR
2. Moto Guzi Griso 8V
3. Honda CB1000R :-)
4. Benelli Cafe Racer
5. Bimota Bilerio
6. Triumph SpeedTriple
7. Kawasaki Z1000
8. BMW R1200R
9. Triumph Street Triple
10. Yamaha FZ1

At a benefit auction for young in prison (a actiongroup which supports childeren in prison) I bought this great photograph by Vincent Zedelius - a young Dutch Photographer.