Playing Petanque in the most glorious setting imaginable.....

And then the rain came....

 It was a gorgeous evening, we thought BBQ!!! OK my app did say it had a chance of thunderstorms but it looked OK and Andy the met man said it would be OK.  However....

We did bring it inside.  We did have the most incredible dinner (spiced burger patties, sourdough bread with grilled courgette, onion and guacamole) and we did watch that rain absolutely bucket. From inside.  It was fun.  Andy did try for a bit, but it became apparent that rain was not gonna quit!

The best tandoori chicken so far....

 Cooked in the pan in the oven, grilled at the end.  The pan was heavy, lending to a deep caramelisation of the tandoori marinade.
Andy also made a cabbage dish which was a knock out.  He made a cucumber tomato salad (kachumber salad) also a knock out.  The most incredible crispy flat bread raita and chutney.  But the difference this time was the chicken.  It took heaven to new heights.  No kidding.  F....ing deliriously indescribably divine.  YUM!!!

Flat bread

Cabbage Indian style and Andy's own recipe.  Seriously??  YUM!!!!!

Our wee garden and my first Iris!

I have always had a fondness for Iris flowers.  I never ever thought I'd actually GROW one FROM SCRACH (in this case from a bulb, but anyhoooo...) very proud am I.  A few more photos from our garden below too.  This damn blog hasn't been working but it's up and running again and I do want to do some before and afters of our wee house.  It's looking amazing in honesty.  We just love it.  

Our vege garden

 It's teeny weeny, for sure.  But it'll grow.  Promise!
Corn, tomatoes and courgettes that were seriously hit by a big storm before we planted them.  Whoops.

Andy's Tandoori chicken, super crispy flatbread, raita, chutney, salad. YUM

I would travel for this.  I am not kidding.  

The paste is with a toasted down mix only he can tell you about.    But then it's so closely guarded if he did say your time might be up.  Damn.  The bread is a very very thin with spice. Cooked super super crispy.  The raita is simple, high fat yoghurt, dried onion, lemon zest, coriander.  This I know because I make the raita.  The salad is finely chopped whatever.  The chutney is based on apricot and tamarind with toasted and ground spice.   

But that chicken.  He uses the whole leg, skin on.  He slashes it and coats in in his spice mix.  Then either on the coals of the bbq if the weather is ok but if not in the oven and finished under the grill until it's dark and caramelised.  It is absolutely unreal.

The combination of the chicken, the very crispy cooked bread with so much texture, the gorgeous salad, the creamy raita, the spiced chutney.  We've been enjoying Tandoori chicken for yonks.  This is the best and yeap I would seriously seriously travel to come to this restaurant.  Lucky me.  "ANDY! Lets have Tandoori chicken tonight".  Yeah OK Nat.  Off he goes.  No worries.  And cleans up like a pool  Thanks babe.