June 9th 2019
And as if nothing had happened, this morning we woke up with bright sunlight peeping through the curtains.
Jeroen had planned to make us a special dinner yesterday, but since the boat was rocking severely due to the storm, he decided to do it today. It was quite an elaborated recipe by Gordon Ramsay, the famous chef. We were watching some of his TV appearances on YouTube lately. He comes across as a very talented chef, so we were exited to try one of his recipes. Jeroen spent the better part of the day preparing and cooking the dish. There were a few hiccups during the process. In the last step you were supposed to plate the polenta, but that was the only mention of polenta in the whole recipe. No ingredients, no instructions, nothing. Fortunately we had polenta aboard, so Jeroen had to wing it and improvise a way to prepare the polenta. And the steps describing how to prepare the chicken were very confusing.
Despite all his efforts, the dish turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. Not for want of better cooking skills, but the flavour combinations were a bit boring. Hardly worth all the effort Jeroen had put into it. Not something you would expect from a chef decorated with Michelin stars.
Next time we’d better try a Jamie Oliver recipe.