it's been a while...

we used to have 'dinners' once a week... but then our schedules changed and our weekly gatherings stopped... this past Sunday we rearranged some things, so that we could finally have dinner for Kinga's birthday (which was over 2 months ago)... hey better late than never...
Kiwi martinis to start... wow Jay can sure shake it up... but I still prefer my tini clear :)shrimp cocktail... excellent sauce...
for Kinga and I... roasted sea bass with gnocchi, confit tomatoes, and green apple and sorrel sauce...
for the rest of the crowd... The beef rib, with gnocchi, green beans, and Jay's amazing chipotle bbq sauce...
some of us had white...
and some of us had red...
and all of us had some garlic bread...
for dessert I attempted an upside down pear cake... it was a second recipe we attempted from a certain fancy magazine... it looked good, but it didn't turn out... we won't be cooking from this magazine anymore...
but the dinner finale was saved by Kinga who made dessert as well :)... a delicious blueberry crumble cake, that I complimented with whipped cream and some pear caramel sauce....