people who eat in glass houses

On Saturday night five of us ate in a glass house. It was an experience to do so surrounded by so much light and open space, an island in the dark winter night. The service was prompt and unfussy, and the styling good but not picture perfect (making it better..?). The food was good enough that even The Chef approved, although now and again there was just far too much going on on each plate at the same time. Sadly the good feeling was not to last, as three of us (not with the most sensitive bellies either) came down with food poisoning! Not really the way you want to remember a special meal. I have emailed them about this, I wonder what they will say…

On a related theme, The Chef has been taking photos of greenhouses at night. The light they produce is spooky, and infects the surrounding objects with their very own nighttime (and sometimes it seems X-ray) spirit. I hope to share one of his shots with you soon!

Update: The management at De Kas have written back. I was going to add to the post above that one of the main selling points of De Kas is that they grow a lot of their own vegetables. I was not entirely convinced by the gimmick: the rather exciting sounding oregano champagne house aperitif was just that: a glass of Moet… and a baby sprig of oregano. Anyway, here is his letter, slightly generic and uncommitting. Tell me what you think (also of the fact that clearly only men know how to write letters)?