Sari Shopping and French Canadian girls bopping!

My friend Happy is going to an Indian wedding July 1st. Three outfits are needed for guests attending each portion of the ceremony so we hit Little India sari shopping. Traditional Sari's and Salwar Kameez (tunic and pants) along with jewellry to match are needed and who knew there is such a protocol for shopping. Of course jungle-footed me....walked across the platform where one is not meant to walk!!....while two servers  up on the platform revealed the patterns and beading on saris being considered. Safely seated on little stools we watched as great swathes of colorful fabric where swished around. Some fabrics had the shape of a blouse woven into it, so the top can be tailored to fit the buyer.

We had time to stop for dinner at Sweet India where we ate the best Indian I’ve yet. Chaat Papri was too die for, chickpeas, potatoes and onions covered with little circular crisps then layered with yogurt and a tamarind sauce that would make any meal heavenly. We tried a variety of samosa’s, Shahi Paneer and finished off by choosing a 1lb box of sweets to take home. OMG. Forget the waistline, these syrupy cakes dripped with silver leaf and delicate flavours are irresistible.

The following night I hosted a girls party on the balcony for Happy and Susie’s friends from Quebec. I made them pitchers of pink Cosmo’s, then we ate bacon wrapped tenderloins of pork stuffed with pesto served with a balsamic sauce and poached apricots.

Pud was lovely golden caramelised Grand Marnier Oranges and whipped cream with a Jackson Triggs Ice wine...delish! (It took me four attempts to get the caramel and toffee garnish right. Our place smelt of burnt sugar all day!) The results were worth the effort though! We had lots of laughs and tested our apalling french as we tried to keep up with the chatter.