Comments on: The Blue Dinner

By: Zita

Zita — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:49:05 +0000

If I ever get the chance to come home I’ll make sure I can get hold of you. I’ve read heaps of your blogs. I want to meet the author and hopefully get invited to your lovely home, where everything comes together. Keep up the good work.

By: gonzo

gonzo — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:55:22 +0000

You sure know how to eat, Marketman. There are foodies and then there are FOODIES…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:32:35 +0000

Sha, the large narra salad bowl I have I got in Baguio and requested that it be left unfinished with no varnish or anything. I also have a mango wood bowl that was given to me over 10 years ago that is spectacular but not usually found in stores. The Mother of Pearl Spoons are very cheap here $5-8 depending on size and your friend can find them at any Balikbayan Handicrafts outlets… I often give sets of MOP plates and caviar spoons to Western friends’ as wedding presents, etc.

By: sha

sha — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:27:36 +0000

those mother of pearl spoons are too expensive in UK and in France every time I see them all I could think these must be a lot cheaper in Phils.

anyhow I also want to know about yr nara salad bowl… opps out of topic here but my friend is coming back and I asked her to look for one.

By: sha

sha — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:25:27 +0000

I know Haviland…there is a boutique in Monaco selling haviland pieces and in Cannes too

thats the one I have been lookinf for CAVIAR SPOON.. where can i get them?
whats the price range?

By: Hchie

Hchie — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:16:42 +0000

What a lovely blue setting!

By: kong wi

kong wi — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:55:24 +0000

your guests are very lucky indeed MM…eating good food, prepared and perfectly served in such settings, with good company like yours…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:54:51 +0000

sha, the plates are Haviland and should be accessible in most of Mainland Europe, particularly in France I would imagine. The mother of pearl bread plates are from the Philippines and I have them in several sizes…perfect for caviar for example…

By: sha

sha — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:05:09 +0000

riedel….. bacarrat hmm I go to second hand shops too looking for some great pieces
but I just took out my kosta boda snow globes candle holder for my table.

Where can I get that mother of pearl plates?
Its an amazing blue…I dont go for red & green on xmas…

By: wysgal

wysgal — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:09:23 +0000

Everything looks great!

On Riedel glasses … I remember attending a hoity toity “glass tasting” session once where the hosts were telling us how great Riedel glasses were because they had a special wine glass for almost every wine imaginable.

Supposedly, different wine glass shapes affect the bouquet of the wine, etc. All lost on the girl that doesn’t mind drinking wine out of milkshake glasses, coffee mugs, shot glasses …