most guilt-ridden meal of 2010?

wow, i have no idea how i forgot to do this post. maybe subconsciously i was trying to hide the fact that we ate one of the world's cutest birds...




it was smoked puffin and if you don't know what puffin is then don't worry about it. i don't want you to think less of us.

i really wanted something authentically icelandic and no way was i eating horse, whale, seared sheep's head, boiled lamb testicles or putrefied shark meat.

see? it really was our only option.

the taste was similar to duck and i thought it was plated perfectly with red onions and a light mustard sauce. jules didn't really care for it and even laid this out on the bed the next morning for me to find after my shower...




oh. the. guilt.

the rest of our meal was really great and far less guilt-ridden since it consisted of some not-so-cute halibut and the actually quite ugly monkfish...