今日は、チチェスターの「Purchases」でランチをしました。元々は夫の弟夫婦がチチェスターのギャラリーに展示会を見に来るとのことで、展示会の後で４人で一緒にランチの予定だったのですが、義弟が結構酷い風邪で（コロナのテストはネガティブ）何日か前に高熱が出て咳が出たりで、今日もまだ咳があり食欲がないとのことで予約を変更して夫と２人だけでのランチになりました。
We had a big lunch at “Purchases” in Chichester today. We were going to have the lunch with my husband’s younger brother and his wife because they were going to a gallery in Chichester for an art exhibition, but my brother-in-law came down with quite a bad cold some days ago with high fever and coughs (the covid test results have been negative) and had no appetite so we changed the reservation to just 2 of us and my husband and I had the lunch.
夫の前菜は、ポークの三枚肉のコロッケ。美味しかったそうです。
My husband’s starter was Pork Belly Croquette, he said it was very good.
わたしの前菜は、「今日のスープ」のトマトとフェンネルのスープ。
My starter was “Today’s Soup”, which was Tomato & Fennel.
夫のメインは、チキンの胸肉。
My husband’s main was chicken breast.
わたしは、前回もオーダーしたリブアイ・ステーキ。塩胡椒もちょうど良く、前回同様、美味しかったです。ただ、スープで結構お腹が膨れていて食べ切れず、４分の１くらい夫に助けてもらいました。
My main was Rib-eye steak – I had this last time we ate here and it was very good again today, seasoned well and tasty. The soup was quite filling so my husband did help me with about 1/4 or so of the steak.
夫のデザートは、イートン・メス。
My husband had Eton Mess for dessert.
わたしのデザートは、
I had “Warm Honey Cake”.
夫はプリフィックスのランチコースでしたが、わたしはコースの中に食べたいメインがなかったのでアラカルト。夫は白ワイン、わたしは赤ワインをグラスでオーダーし、ガス入りのお水１本をシェアーして、サービス込みで１０７ポンド（１９７００円）。
My husband had a set lunch course but I had a la carte because I couldn’t find a main dish I wanted from the course menu. My husband had a glass of white wine, I had a glass of red wine and we shared a bottle of sparkling water and the bill (including tax & service) was £107.
義弟夫婦はチチェスターでの展示会は見にきたので、その後、我が家でお茶だけしました。ランチを一緒にできず残念でしたが、キャッチアップが出来て良かったです。咳が出る風邪は結構長引きますし、咳が出ると夜も眠れないですし、話をすると出ることが多くて結構辛いんですよね。早く良くなりますように。
My brother-in-law and his wife did visit the gallery for an exhibition in Chichester and then came over to our house after that for tea. It was a shame we couldn’t have lunch together but I’m glad we were able to catch up with each other. A cold/flu that gives you coughs tends to hang around, coughing disturbs your sleep and makes you tired, it’s quite a pain to have coughs for many days. I hope he’ll get well soon.
風邪といえば、イギリスではインフルエンザの予防接種が始まっていて、わたしたちも来月予約を入れています。１０月中旬に日本に行くので、しておくと少しは安心・コロナのワクチンと一緒にすると言う話しもあったと思うのですが、どうなったのか、最近コロナのワクチン接種の話は聞きません、もうしてないのかな、という感じです。
Talking about a cold/flu, they already started giving the flu jabs in England and my husband and I are booked for a jab next month. I’m glad we can get it before we leave for our holiday in Japan in the middle of October as the flu season will have started by then. I remember hearing about combined jabs of the flu and covid and wonder what happened to that plan, we don’t seem to hear about covid vaccine these days, I wonder if they’ve stopped giving covid jabs completely.