In honor of Guy Fawkes Day, for Tubby Tuesday we are going to go a little off the
conventional path. Today I'd like to introduce you to Melanie's Gourmet Culinary Kitchen. As
someone who loves the British people, I have certain cravings that are hard to
meet in the USA. Some items, like English chocolate and custard are
relatively easy to find. Other items, like baked goods are much harder to
find.
For years, Melanie owned a little shop on Main Street in Pleasant Grove.
It was not a large shop, but there were many delightful treats to be
found. Having a British import store half a mile from my home was heaven.
Alas, one day I drove by to see the shop was closed.
Happily, through a Facebook post from a friend, I learned that Melanie had
opened up another shop that is cleverly disguised as an awning store at 587 W State St, Pleasant Grove. When I went in,
I found many of the items from her previous store that I had missed, but
happily I found that she had expanded her fare to include baked goods like Cornish
pasties, scones, and SAUSAGE ROLLS! I love a good sausage roll, so I was
pretty excited to find they are every bit as good as any sausage roll I have
tried.
Melanie also has a cooking demonstration area upstairs in her store.
For my birthday Janelle took me to one of her cooking classes. A
chef named Scott Weber who was a lot of fun to learn from teaches the class.
For our date night we learned how to make a curry couscous salad, a pork
curry, and curry funnel cakes. It was one of the most fun date nights we
have done in a long time!
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| Melanie's Kitchen |
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| Station Set Up |
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| Nellie and I Getting Ready To Cook! |
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| Curried Couscous Salad with Lemon Yoghurt Dressing |
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| A Cutie Dishing Up Her Curry |
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| The Finished Product |
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