Yet again, we discovered what a small world this is, when we found out that one of Ray's colleagues at Toyota Motor Europe, whom he met at a dinner party, lives "just around the corner" from our home. As such, we were delighted when we were invited over to their home this past Saturday for a lovely home-cooked dinner.
Zbig and Iza, originally from Poland, introduced us to Ambrosia's, which Iza calls "the drink of the Gods". It's a simple mixture of 1/4 cup beer mixed with tonic and topped off with a slice of lemon. A lot of the beer here in Belgium have a high alcohol content, so it made for a nice cocktail. We enjoyed the wonderful company while the girls played with Zbig and Iza's two children.
Dinner was lovely. Iza prepared a Polish/Russian soup called "Borscht", which consisted of beet roots, herbs, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and potatoes. She also prepared her version of a pork meat loaf, served along with cucumbers, cabbage and mashed potatoes.
We finished with a home-made strawberry cake accompanied by cappucinos. Needless to say, we were stuffed by the end of our meal. We enjoyed the wonderful company, the talks about travel and listening to Zbig play heavy metal on his guitar!
As the hour was getting late (and with PS obviously getting tired), we thanked our hosts for a wonderful evening and made the 50 meter trek back home, just around the corner...
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