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I am on the Outer Cape now and thought I would add my dining experiences to this thread. It's insanely crowded out here right now so we won't be traveling other than on foot until after the weekend, but I'll be out in Provincetown a couple of times and will stop in to Pop and Dutch. I remember seeing it last year but we did not go in. We came out Thursday night to beat the bridge traffic and stayed two nights at a hotel in Eastham before checking into our usual rental house in Wellfleet. On Friday we had breakfast at the Fairway https://www.fairwaycapecod.com My niece and nephew both had pancakes My husband got the Flying Pigwich. Ironically they forgot to put the bacon on it! That was fine because my meal came with too much bacon so I gave him some of mine I had the Nanny's potato pancakes with poached eggs We were expecting more members of our group to join us that evening so decided to just go back to the same place for dinner. I'm lazy like that sometimes. My husband and I shared an order of fish tacos. They were huge. I could have been done eating after this. My niece and nephew got mozzarella sticks I ordered linguini with clams for dinner. It was enough for five people! I prefer smaller portions. My husband got lobster mac and cheese. Again, too much food My niece and nephew opted for calzones

A couple of recent meals. Spanglish sandwich Mushroom pizza I am back out on the outer part of Cape Cod for the next week and am hoping to get some good local fish to cook for dinner. It's striped bass season so that's what I am hoping to grill for the 4th. I'll post about my restaurant meals in the New England dining thread.

Back from a two week vacation in which there was not enough home cooking (other than breakfast) and too much restaurant food. I am afraid to get on the scale. Last night's fish share was hake. I made a coconut curry fish recipe from the book Made in India and from the same book, green beans with mustard seeds, sesame seeds, and ginger.

Unfortunately it is a little overcast today but the view is still nice and the egg sandwich is still tasty

I am now at a vacation house on the other side of the island with arguably a better view. I will post a picture of it with my breakfast tomorrow

Last dinner at this vacation house. Black bean burger. I made regular burgers for the meatatarians

Curried chicken salad on organic locally grown greens. There is only one farm on this island mostly greens and herbs but occasionally tomatoes are available. And of course local fruits. Local mango is in this salad. and for my picky eaters who turn up their noses at curried chicken, cheese, crackers and fruit. Plus some leftover steak from the other night.

Tomato and sausage omelet, toast

Eggs, sausage, toast and ocean

Bacon egg and cheese bagel. Side order of Caribbean Sea.

Linguini with shrimp

Teriyaki glazed salmon with stir fried vegetables (red and yellow bell peppers, bok choy, oyster mushrooms, zucchini, summer squash and red onions), with rice

Hake banh mi

More Cape Cod lunching, this time at Winslow's Tavern, a lovely building in the center of Wellfleet with an outdoor patio. Roasted oysters with tabasco lime butter Panino with tomato chutney, arugula pesto, and aged cheddar Pulled pork sandwich Spinach salad with smoked chicken Chocolate cake Chocolate mousse Salted caramel tart

I spent the Memorial Day weekend out in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. The weather was gorgeous (except for today, it is pouring today!). I did not do much cooking, but we ate out a lot. The Beachcomber is probably the most famous restaurant out here. It is not at all fancy, always extremely crowded, and the crowd can be a little rough (aka drunk!). We go for lunch because the scene at night is not always teen appropriate. They do a nice job with their fryer. Fishwich Fried clams Steamer clams Oyster po boy And from the raw bar, sesame seared tuna

Croissant stuffed with scrambled eggs and bacon jam

One result of being in a weekly fish share is that I end up with lots of little packages of fish in my freezer: tail pieces, or maybe there was just too much fish to eat that week. Last night I took out most of the packets and ground them up with cilantro, toasted coriander, ginger, garlic, cayenne, scallions, egg, panko, salt and pepper and made crispy fish cakes. They were served on a salad with cucumbers, pickled grated carrots and a spicy chili mayo. The recipe was from a new cookbook I picked up called num pang. Apparently num pang is a sandwich shop in NYC. The fish cakes were quite good, and cleared out my fish bits section of my freezer.

lettuce wraps

Yesterday's family meal: fish and chips, fries, onion rings, and slaw. One of the few meals that everyone eats!

toasted pan de mie with strawberry jam

Hahaha! I made my husband hold the plate with his hand flat like a waiter so I could get the water view in there. It is an egg, cheese and apple sausage sandwich. This morning's breakfast: huevos rancheros. No flying saucer effect this morning as husband was still sleeping when I made this.

Breakfast with a Cape Cod view

Some things from Sunday's group dinner. An orzo salad with wax beans and cucumbers in a tzatsiki-like dressing a watermelon, pickled onion and feta salad a nectarine and black bean salsa there was also grilled mahi mahi, roasted potatoes (for the non-orzo eaters), grilled bread (for the non-orzo AND non-potato eaters) and grilled sausages (for the non-fish eaters), but I did not get pictures of any of that. It gets a little hectic when food for 10 starts coming off the grill.

Bacon egg and cheese sandwich

As the weather starts to warm up, I am experimenting with pre-dinner cocktails on Saturdays. Yesterday I made blueberry margaritas. Overall tasty but ultimately too sweet for my liking. I only drank a quarter of mine before getting bored. Dinner was just burgers. I made beef for most people, but also made the Serious Eats black bean burger recipe: This recipe calls for roasting the beans before making the burgers. I really liked the resulting texture. Sometimes bean burgers are too mushy, but not this one.