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Your pizzas are always swoon worthy. If I lived near you I would be stalking your kitchen 🙂 Last night my husband and I shared a plate of Malaysian style ginger-garlic chile crabs. I used more crab that I brought back from Portland. So tasty, and they ship, which is dangerous!

Sandwich night. Husband had the leftover lobster salad in a pressed sandwich with prosciutto, tomatoes, and saffron aioli added I had a crab cake banh mi. We brought the crab back from Portland and it was incredibly sweet.

Home now. I tried to stuff two pounds of lobster picked this morning into five lobster rolls. I failed. More lobster tomorrow. That's cucumber, not celery in the rolls, by the way.

Last night we had a very satisfying dinner at Miyake in Portland. Three of us ordered the four course menu and my niece had three courses. Tuna three ways: sashimi, Zuke, and tartare Marinated salmon with capers, mustard vinaigrette and oba Maine oysters in ochocoko isobe age: tempura flounder with shiso tartar miso marinated and grilled black cod Maine crab cake with panko and togarashi mayonaisse a miso scallop special Mussels sakamushi steamed in sake and dashi with kasu wasabi Super toro roll: tuna and avocado topped with toro, rayu and scallions lobster roll broiled with spicy spicy mayonaisse in a black sesame soy paper wrap with tobiko and truffle oil ceveche roll: diced Japanese snapper with cilantro and oba, topped with tobiko NY strip sumibiyaki binchotan grilled with red wine teriyaki sauce And that does it for Maine. My niece decided to only apply to one of the three schools she toured, so I don’t know if we will be back up this way again soon, but if we are I would definitely choose Portland as my dining destination.

I did not make it. The bread is from When Pigs Fly bakery in Freeport, Maine. I’m up here for college tours with my niece. We got this bread, a baby spinach, garlic and onion ciabatta, a blueberry raspberry lemonade bread, a mango pineapple raisin toasted sesame bread, and some huge Bavarian pretzels. You can see all of their breads here. They ship too. https://sendbread.com/our-breads/

Tomato sandwich on toasted sun dried tomato and basil bread

We rented a (lovely) house in Cumberland Foreside. My niece is touring Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin. I have put last evening’s meal in the rearview mirror and booked some new dining plans. We decided to get pizza from Otto tonight and then are going to Portland for dinner Friday and Saturday.

I am in Maine with my niece, husband and sister to tour some colleges. I used to come to Maine often when younger but have not been back for about 20 years. We went out to dinner last night, and it was not good. I hereby present our regrettable dinner. Cocktails (received 30 minutes after arrival) a variety of oysters, plunked on the table without description regrettably overfried calamari a watermelon burrata salad that my niece enjoyed, so high point of the meal my sister’s lobster gnocchi, which was mushy my niece’s salmon, which was filled with huge bones and had a harsh curry sauce that tasted of uncooked cardamom and vast amounts of cinnamon my haddock, served with ice cold mushroom risotto that reeked of raw garlic. The fish was both over cooked and cold, and lacked the caper buerre blanc it was supposed to be sauced with. When I inquired about the sauce the waitress reported that the chef said it was under the risotto (it was not) I ate the asparagus, which was fine Husband had had a lobster, no pictures because it came out 15 minutes after the other entrees because “they thought the steamer was on but it was not.” Served with mashed potatoes that were so cold that the butter on them remained hard! We are here for three more nights. I cancelled most of our other reservations and am going to cook all but one of our remaining meals. Is it wrong to hope that my niece dislikes the colleges she is touring up here? 😑

Sunday family dinner I baked a couple loaves of bread I turned one into grilled bruschetta topped with homemade ricotta. The other went in to the freezer because two expected attendees dropped out last minute. Antipasto platter and grilled eggplant involtini stuffed with pesto and fresh cheese Last night we had a creamy corn and bacon pasta made with the local corn which is finally in and so very sweet

It's just shellfish, but you are right. The broiler can be an issue for him too...they have to scrape it before cooking his food and not all places are able to accommodate him. I think though, that if you are a vegetarian you would know to expect that there would not be a dedicated broiler in a fast food burger joint. I definitely have sympathy as an ex long-time vegetarian. You have to choose wisely, but temper your expectations too.

Last night we drove to Providence RI to see Hamilton. We had dinner beforehand at Circe. The adults all got a cocktail called the panty snatcher. Niece stuck to water roasted oysters fried calamari parmesean fries strawberry salad wild mushroom bolognese lobster and crab stuffed pasta seared tuna and scallop salad niece got got a berry summer pudding for dessert, the adults were too full the meal and the show were both very good.

Pasta with scallops

Linguini with olives and arugula

Last night for dinner my husband and I tried the Beyond Meat sausages for the first time. I do not not eat beef at all and as for pork, only bacon once in a while. Husband eats everything. That's just for some context. I did not realize that there are multiple flavors of this sausage available. I ended up with the "original brat" flavor. Poking around online revealed that many found this flavor a bit bland and the spicy Italian flavor was more highly rated. I found a recommendation to treat it like a regular brat and simmer it in beer before grilling for more flavor. I did that, and added some red pepper flakes to the beer. The casing for these sausages is made from algae, so when I took the sausages out of the beer bath they were sort of coated in a drippy slimy melty algae mess. I tossed them on a hot grill, where they crisped up immediately. There is a lot of oil in these sausages--I actually had a small fire start on the grill. I had sliced them in half to get more crispy surface texture, so I think a lot of the oil just dripped down in to the grill grates. I served them on warmed pretzel buns with local sauerkraut and grainy mustard. Verdict: not bad. The texture was firm and not unpleasant. You could definitely sense a little graininess from the pea protein, but it was a nice graininess if that makes sense. I did not think the sausage itself had a lot of flavor, but that was helped by the sauerkraut and mustard. Meat eating husband reported that these sausages bear no resemblance whatsoever to the taste and texture of a pork sausage, but he found it enjoyable anyway as a different and of meal, and said he would definitely eat them again. I am going to try and find the spicy Italian flavor next. It's hard to make a brat of any kind look appealing--it is all rather brown, but here is a picture anyway.

Last post for this quick visit. One final lunch at Jasmine Cocktails! Haha just kidding we have to drive home from the airport in the insane Boston rush hour traffic so we just had iced tea We we shared a margarita flatbread. Suspiciously missing any basil but we were starving so it all got eaten Caesar salad with shrimp salad with grilled wahoo, avocado and mango And that’s it until the next time. The flight home is less than two hours and we gain an hour with the time zone change so see you later on the Dinner! thread.

Hahaha! No it is just that I did not pay attention to what my husband ordered and the cocktail menu is not online. 🙂. I just asked him and he said it was a grapefruit martini and quite bitter and not very good. Yesterday we had lunch at the beachside cabana at our resort. We attempted to walk to Horseshoe beach next door for lunch at their rum bar but the cruise shippers had invaded. We took one look and turned around and went back to our resort. Horseshoe Beach on Saturday, with no ships in port and yesterday, with ships in port To start, we ordered drinks. I had wine and my husband ordered a frose because he was hot wahoo sandwich with remoulade and slaw on raisin bread with fries husband opted for for salad instead of fries he used the salad to justify ordering this frozen margarita For dinner we we went back to Mickey’s. View Drinks. A lemon martini and a Flora Dora (gin, lime juice, strawberry syrup and ginger beer) Wahoo carpaccio with black sea salt shaved zucchini and capers. We agreed that this was the best thing we had eaten on this trip, with the scallop seveche at Marcus coming in as a close second. Snapper seveche local tuna Seafood mixed grill (shrimp, scallop, bonito, wahoo, octopus) No room for dessert again.

Some scenic photos We had lunch yesterday at Jasmine. Cocktails. Left is a Pool, which was gin, aloe Vera juice, lime and cucumber. Right is a Crashing Waves margarita. It was described as a standard margarita but in reality it was insanely spicy. My husband had to send it back. They kindly removed it from the bill. coconut shrimp and we we split a snapper sandwich with pineapple salsa and slaw. This was very tasty. We opted for a side salad instead of fries. we returned to the Dock for a pre dinner drink. Husband sampled a locally brewed IPA and I opted for a blueberry mule. dinner was at the Waterlot. We were seated in the very dark wine cave so taking photos was difficult. Amuse bouche of tuna tartar Caesar salad for two prepared table side. Very old school bread service Local tuna steak Shared sides of creamed spinach and mac and cheese My husband’s dinner—grilled shrimp, ribeye and Wagyu strip steak way too full for dessert.

We are currently waiting out a passing thunderstorm so I thought I would update. Yesterday was beautiful at my favorite beach, Warwick Long Bay. After swimming to work up an appetite we twizyed over and had lunch at Henry VIII pub. Restaurant view Cocktails. The one on the left is a Pink Sands (vodka, cranberry and grapefruit juices, seltzer). The one on the left...I have no idea. Snapper sandwich.. The bun was over cooked but the snapper was fresh. We just ate the insides of the sandwich and left the bun and fries. Fish tacos. These were tasty and had some heat. We taxied in to Hamilton last night for dinner at Marcus. Restaurant view was yacht-o-mania Cocktails. Left was...no idea and mine is one the right. I know it was called Yes Chef and had gin and elderflower but I do not remember the other ingredients and the cocktail menu is not online. It was a bit too sweet for my liking. Bermuda fish chowder bites. We got these last year and I did not like them then. Husband remembered differently and really wanted them so we ordered. Sure enough, we both disliked them. Most of this went uneaten Scallop seveche. Now this was terrific. Slices of scallops in a watermelon and cucumber broth with crunchy kaffir lime bread crumbs. We we both ordered the crab tagliatelle for our entree. It had XO sauce, squid ink pasta, crab, shrimp, citrus bread crumbs and tomato sauce. It was perfectly pleasant but not nearly as delicious as the crab pasta we had here last year. We were too full for dessert.

I am back in Bermuda. Here is the view from our suite we we went to the Dock for cocktails last night. Left, a Ginny McCarthy (gin, raspberries, grapefruit butters). The drink on the right was my husband’s and it is not on the online menu so not sure what it was little snacky things dinner was at the Ocean Club. View from our table amuse bouche of compressed watermelon with whipped feta bread service Wahoo seveche tempura prawns Round two of cocktails, why not it’s vacation. Watermelon jalapeño margarita and a garden thyme spritz (gin, cucumber, thyme, elderflower, lemon, seltzer) Seafood mixed grill with wahoo, scallops, shrimp and calamari. The wahoo was over cooked but everything else was good complimentary key lime pie. I was wondering why my husband told them it was our anniversary as we celebrated our 22nd back in June. He reminded me it was the 27th anniversary of our first date. Aww 🙂

clean out the fridge udon noodle stir fry

I used this recipe: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/272777/baked-parmesan-zucchini-curly-fries/ with one change. I already had the oil going in the deep fryer for the chicken, so after baking the fries for a while and not seeing the crunch I wanted, I dumped them in the fryer basket and stuck them in the oil for a few minutes. Definitely not as healthy as the original recipe, but they were terrifically crunchy.

Frose before dinner. I had a bottle of sweet rose that I did not want to drink as is (too sweet) but it made for tasty frose Caprese salad Curly zucchini fries Fried chicken Biscuits

Last night we had grilled tuna with Thai flavors, rice and smacked cucumber salad. Here's the tuna It is going to be 102 today so I got up early to cook and dinner is already mostly made. We are having cold fried chicken, corn on the cob, salad, spiraled zucchini "fries" and my super secret gourmet biscuits* (* Red Lobster biscuit mix from a box 😉 ) Pictures later on. Stay cool everyone!

Grilled chicken marinated in coconut milk, fish sauce, chiles, etc. with rice noodle salad

Apricots, barberries, pistachos, golden raisins, almonds, and spices. Here is a link to the recipe I used: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12377-david-taniss-persian-jeweled-rice Last night I turned the leftover shawarma from Sunday into a big salad.