Raclette

Saturday brought Vero and I over to Eric and Annie’s place for a raclette which is essentially a grill on the center of the table and throw meat on it to grill. Then you have these little pans that you can fill up with cheese, veggies, garlic butter..whatever you want, and put it in a spot underneath the grill so it grabs the heat from the grill.

This was amazing! Consider it the Quebec version of the fondue. Meat and veggies, you can’t go wrong. We were treated to the best of the best – moose, fish, pork, sausages, shrimp…mmm boy! I think there was a little too much prepared for us to cook, but I’m sure they won’t mind eating the rest of it during the week!

Got to see Philippe also. I don’t know much about kids, so I’m unsure a child who has only been around for a few months now reacts to much. He doesn’t really react when I’m making zany faces at him. Perhaps his vision isn’t all there yet? Either way, he has broken down the shield of Palmer and I can admit the kid is cute. Plus, he has cool hair.

Thanks to Annie and Eric for the amazing times!

After introducing Eric to Borat and listening to some tunes, Vero and I headed downtown to Chantal’s place for her birthday party which for the most part – consisted of me in a room full of ladies watching the Carmen Electra Strip Tease Instructional Dance Videos. Do I complain? Heck no! Some guys did end up showing up which brought somewhat of a balance. Good times were had and we then headed out downtown but everywhere we went had lineups. Poor Palmer had to go to the washroom so ducked into the Chateau Lafayette to use the facilities. I was in for a treat! I haven’t been in the Laff since my first year moving here….9 years ago now. This place has changed! I remember it being a grimy old bike bar which served Kraft Dinner on the menu as an appetizer! I definitely have to go check out this place in the future.

We ended up at Helsinki Lounge which was a good time and the tunes were good. I enjoyed Helsinki as it had this ‘out-of-a-movie’ vibe to it.