Curry Night at Jupiter and Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
At least we have pie. And we’re in Tofino.
It alternated between rain and hail all day today – driving rain and hail and wind, like slurpee splattering from the sky. So windy we couldn’t walk out from the path in the trees onto the beach for fear W might actually blow away.
Also, the zipper on my jacket broke. The only one I brought, having conscientiously packed light. That’s what I get for being all organized – packing light and taking out plenty of cash before our trip.
Then I found out that I had missed an integral part of the Good Bite episode I had been taping and uploading like mad on Monday and Tuesday, which is what set us so far behind leaving town to begin with, and since I am now here and not there and unable to tape the part I missed, I have to do the entire thing over again. From here. Which not only means a day or so of Tofino time taken up by work (which I don’t mind so much as the cleaning myself up and putting on makeup and finding something presentable to wear when I’ve just settled into a nice grubby routine), but that everything I scrambled to get done in Calgary was for nothing and I could have just taken my time getting packed and organized, had a nice normal sleep and left at a leisurely pace and maybe everything would have gone according to plan in the first place. Humph. (Of course this sort of thing is always more difficult to swallow when it’s due to your own disorganization.)
But there’s pie. I’ve been admiring this pie all day; pushing dinner back almost to 3pm just to get my hands on it. I mean, look at it! Some pies are so beautiful I wish I could hang them on my wall.
By dinnertime we were cold and wet, having a large dog in tow who is not allowed in the main house and is lonely in the wee one-room building he has to himself, with his own kitchen, even. We spent as much time as we could hovering out in the wet, came in, tossed everything we wore into the dryer and it seemed to me a good idea that someone else cook dinner. I had heard that Jupiter, my favourite Tofino muffin destination, had started take-out curry nights Tuesdays to Saturdays. My Dad is here for one more night – our trips overlapped – and he loves curry. So I trotted down in the downpour and was excited to find that the daily special (they have three curries on offer: green, red and a daily – biryani, vindaloo, or the like) was butter chicken. But when I got it home and unpacked it was not. Red-yes. Butter chicken-no. The green one was better, but spicy.
But we have pie. As I type this a warm slice is teetering on the arm of my chair, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (is there any other way to eat a strawberry-rhubarb pie?).
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It would seem I misjudged the pie; it aint pretty, it just looks that way.
The crust is delicious, but the filling tastes like cornstarch-thickened red. Little flavour; no hint of rhubarb; not even very sweet. Boo. That’s what I get for raising my hopes so high over a fruit pie at the end of March. Ah well. Silver lining: just think of all the calories I just saved!
April 01 2010 10:31 pm | eating out
Jaclyn on 01 Apr 2010 at 11:54 pm #
Sorry to hear that your pie looked better than it tasted – I HATE that. Enjoy your time in BC!
Cheryl on 02 Apr 2010 at 12:06 am #
Crushing. About as sad as Mila is that you are in Tofino. I am now forced to conduct an Easter Egg hunt myself. Thanks, Julie. Thanks a lot. I hope you enjoy your vacation.
; )
Cheryl on 02 Apr 2010 at 12:09 am #
Okay, just read the previous post. I totally take back my teasing. You deserve your own Easter Egg Benny, in bed.
Erica B. on 02 Apr 2010 at 12:17 am #
May the rest of your vacation days be sunny, may you find good pie and may some do-gooder find your wallet and mail it home.
Laurie in Burnaby BC on 02 Apr 2010 at 12:18 am #
Oh, wow, nothing is co-operating with you, is it? Here’s hoping the weather and the pies and the curries improve, and that your wallet is found.
Laurie
Kathy on 02 Apr 2010 at 8:37 am #
your latest twitter update made me smile because here is a blog I read you’ll likely enjoy:
http://www.whiskeyinmysippycup.com/
the entry about the Diva Cup is particularly enjoyable.
Hope it brings a smile to your face.
danzy on 02 Apr 2010 at 8:48 am #
a trip to the wildside grill or tacofino (the lemon/ginger freshie is amazing) will be a nice little treat for yourself! i would have to say that wine in a sippy cup (from your twitter post) is brilliant…they only thing to improve that would be a big bowl of popcorn!
JulieVR on 02 Apr 2010 at 8:59 am #
OH yes – can’t wait to go to the Wildside Grill and Tacofino! I was wondering if Tacofino was even open at this time of year – I hope so! There’s a new little taco place in town now too – Fiesta Taco?
danzy on 02 Apr 2010 at 9:12 am #
yup! we were there last week. the tuna taco was divine! haven’t tried fiesta taco… went to SOBO of course-OMG.
stay cozy!
Jan (Family Bites) on 02 Apr 2010 at 10:16 am #
What a week you’re having – and you’re still so cheerful! I hope the weather improves, you find a better pie and a kind soul returns your wallet.
molly on 03 Apr 2010 at 11:07 am #
Ack! Two disasters, running. It is just possible a gummy bad pie is even worse than a missing pocketbook. Very possibly.