Nice bit of codswallop?

Hmmm, well I have to tell you, fiends, that our dinner in Osteria Ai Assassini last night was a bit 'meh'.

Thursday night chez Assassini is 'Baccala night' and G and I both went for the chef's special platter. This is the second time I've had a go on the Venetian speciality of salt cod with polenta. And I'm afraid it is probably also my last.

Last night's platter involved four dollops of salt cod done in different ways, arranged around an equal dollop of wet polenta. If I were to be very unkind, I might say that it was not entirely distinguishable from 5 dollops of beige baby food... or even (wince) some jars of Heinz sandwich filling from the 1980s. Sorry Venezia! (Um, the starters were lovely though...)

Mama Hazan, I should never have doubted you. Tonight is going to involve a dedicated return to fresh vegetables and oven-cooked goodness, mama-style.

Other than that we're going to mooch away our last day and then sort out the apartment ready for handing the keys back tomorrow morning. We might also try again at visiting Peggy G's art collection.

Sara Lou has done such a lovely job of supplying kitten-love in my absence that scaredy little Truffle has become her dedicated lap cat. I suspect my babies will be most underwhelmed to witness my return.

Anyway, 'tis the end of the week for all of us. I hope you all have fabulous Fridays.

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