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Did you like it? I am having it for dinner tonight! We must both subscribe to Food and Wine 🙂 I hope it was good--I made the sauce last night so there's no going back now.

Assorted sandwiches. Prosciutto, gruyere and fig jam Crab burger with lemon-dill aioli Mushroom, bacon, gruyere and arugula Steak, arugula, parmesan and truffle butter

Wednesday night, stir fried cod with mushrooms and peas over rice Last night, bucatini with eggplant and tomatoes

final installment for this visit. Dealing with the hotspot got tedious and we ended up just not going online for most of the week. It was nice. One day we went to Provincetown for a whale watch. We saw 19 different humpbacks and one fin whale. It's usually the other way around. Here are a couple of pictures Afterwards we went to Mac's Fish House. Sashimi: striped bass, toro, and yellowtail toro scallop crudo seveche jalepeno yellowtail with ponzu sushi smorgasbord and for the two non-sushi eaters, bouillabaise and striped bass malva pudding for dessert for my niece Another day we went to the Pearl. Steamers Banging shrimp The "mighty codwich". Half of this went home for another meal Shrimp caesar salad Warm lobster roll Shrimp tacos The rest of the time we cooked at the house, but I guess those photos are not appropriate here. This was our view/beach. The house was two miles into National Park land on a one-lane dirt road. Our car is badly scratched, but it was worth it. Until next time...

Still here, still eating oysters... lots more photos to share later Here’s a crazy sunset from the other night. I thought it looked like a jellybean

More foods. My husband and I had my niece for the evening and she chose Mac's Shack. Hamachi Aguachile Big mac (repeat) Lazy lobster Seared cod with strawberry basil nuoc cham and sweet potato puree And that was a lot of lobster, and since he could not eat it all, it came home and came a lobster BLT later We went to Provincetown yesterday to buy some board games, and my niece asked for Macs again so we proceeded to Mac's Fish House for sushi. Salmon sake crunch Cape Cod sushi (made with lobster) the other sushi Tonight we dined at Blackfish in Truro Oysters Scallops Striped bass Squid with squid ink pasta tuna bolognese short ribs panna cotta sunset

Yesterday was my nephew's last day with us before returning to college. He wanted to go to Winslow's Tavern again, so of course we agreed. We started with oysters and some tuna crudo with tobiko roe Pear apple salad lobster and prosciutto panino burger crab cake summer pasta with burrata key lime pie triple chocolate mousse sunset and a late night dinner of scallop rolls made with scallops I picked up at the local fish market, so sweet and fresh

Hello from Wellfleet. The house does not have wifi but I do have a cell signal on my network so can use my phone as a hotspot. I have not been taking photos everywhere we have eaten so far because we have been doing a lot of repeats, but here are a few breakfasts. My nephew is heading back to college today and so I have been letting him choose where to eat, and he loves breakfast. We were in Eastham for a few days before moving to the house last night. Fairway cheddar-scallion waffle with over easy eggs cranberry pancakes The other day we tried a new place, Brine. Brine benedict Huevos rancheros Belgian waffle with fruit and a sunset

couple of sandwiches to clean out the fridge pre-vacation. BLTs (again) with tomatoes from my garden a banh mi using two recipes from Andrea Nguyen's Banh Mi Handbook, the Thai omelet and the portobello mushroom recipes, cooked together. Interior

I'll do my best to share, but I'm not sure that there is wifi at the house we are renting. It's in a holding within the National Park and most of the Park has no coverage. I'll post some stuff from my phone when we are in town. If I am wrong about the connectivity, I'll post daily. I actually hope I am wrong because my niece and nephew will be mad if they are cut off from the "real world" for a week :-)

I have one and really like it. It gets very hot. Makes good stir fries, and cleaning it is easy too. Last night, bucatini with clam sauce

Is that a tomato tart satin? Whatever it is, I'd eat it! 🙂 Sometimes I just want a BLT for dinner. Tomato from my garden. I'm losing the lower tomatoes to chipmunks that tunnel underground and come up inside the fencing, but luckily my vines grew nice and tall so there's still some for me.

Giant picture alert! I spent last weekend in Wellfleet. I was too busy to post while there but wanted to add our latest dining exploits to this thread. Friday we ended up at the Bookstore as they had the shortest wait at 30 minutes (most Wellfleet places don't take reservations) Littlenecks Oysters Cheese plate clam roll (disappointing) fish sandwich (VERY disappointing) lobster roll salmon salad steak tips Saturday morning a few of us had breakfast at the Lighthouse Omelet Egg sandwich Blueberry pancakes Friday night we went to an early dinner at Winslows Tavern. Oysters Scallop seveche (yes it is in a clam shell not sure why!) tomato salad fig salad yellowfin tuna tuna confit pasta Mussel pasta Halibut Corn ravioli Triple chocolate mousse Salted caramel tart Key lime tart Saturday we went to Mac's Shack Tuna poke Spicy tuna mango martini various sushi sashimi Big Mac We will be back for 12 days starting next weekend, but are staying in a beachfront house so might be doing more home cooking than dining out.

tonkatsu style chicken, rice, and a new smashed cucumber salad recipe that came in a newsletter from my local paper. Pretty good but I like the recipe I usually use from the New York Times better

Safe travels home. I always enjoy reading your annual Mantoulin blog and hope that you get to return next year, somehow.

Penzeys is offering another deal: 1/4 cup jars of aleppo pepper and Mitchell Street seasoning for $2 each, plus free 1/2 cup jars of their cinnamon sugar and granulated air-dried shallots, and a "kind heart" pin if you spend $5. While adding items to my cart I got a pop up saying that since I spent $50 they were adding in a free 1/4 cup jar of the aleppo pepper and Mitchel Street seasoning. Shipping is free if you spend $30.

farfalle with tomato sauce made from tomatoes from my garden, basil, and burrata

Monday, tomato salad made with tomatoes from my garden (which consists only of tomato plants) and corn and bacon pasta from the current issue of Cook's Country Last night, "clean out the crisper drawer" veggie cakes made with summer squash, mushrooms, garlic, onion, herbs and goat cheese topped with marinated tomato salad

caesar salad with grilled shrimp

Now that I am home and organized I'll post our last meal. My niece and nephew begged us to go back to the Frog and Onion on our last full day because they offer all day waffles on Saturdays. Of course we caved. The waffles Blackened wahoo salad Fried calamari--very tender Fish and chips Chicken and mushroom pot pie Tortellini Apple crumble My husband and I are coming back for a long weekend at the end of next month and will be exploring some new to us places, I hope. We are staying at Elbow Beach for the first time so a repeat visit to Mickey's will definitely happen. Everything else is up for grabs. If you eat anywhere good on your trip MetsFan5, post it here! Until then... My favorite beach, Warwick Long Bay Last sunset of the trip

The finest grocery on the island is right by your hotel, Miles Market. They have everything you could possibly need, from fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and fish to prepared foods like soup, sushi, grilled meats etc. They have a large selection of beer and wine, plus a full liquor selection. There's a Godiva cafe in there, and a large (for an island) bakery. http://www.miles.bm As far as dining, there are a bunch of restaurants on Front Street (the main road through town and the road your hotel is on) that have outdoor dining looking over the street and harbor. The outdoor seating is up on the second floor so you can have a good view for people watching to entertain you while dining solo. Most of the tables up there are for two, so you should not have a problem getting seated at one. I remembered the name of the Indian restaurant I mentioned earlier: House of India. Last time we ate there we were seated next to the Premier of Bermuda, so you know it has to be good 🙂

Onion, pepper and sausage scramble with Netsuke's bacon and toast This morning, a tomato and bacon sandwich

More vacation cooking. The other day we grilled up some ribs and chicken that we picked up at one if the island grocery stores. I only got a photo of the ribs... Last night we grilled some Snake River Farms waygu steaks that we brought down frozen. There were four. Seasoned Cooked sliced I don't eat red meat so made a nicoise sandwich

I forgot that last night was our one dinner out with the group. We went to Mickey's Beach Bar and Bistro at the Elbow Beach Hotel. Wahoo seveche Wahoo carpaccio Fried calamari Tuna tartar Rigatoni bolognese Salmon Local grouper Mixed grill with shrimp omitted Grandma's Cake Chocolate dome

You'll have the opportunity for some good meals. There are lots of restaurants in Hamilton and some are very good. There's nice shopping too if you are in to that sort of thing (I'm not much of a shopper). Bermuda in general is very safe, especially during the day. You will be OK in town alone. Stay in the main areas and out of dark alleys 🙂 Most crimes are petty theft and the like. It's rare though. For example yesterday my husband went to the market and left his iPhone X with his license and credit cards in the wallet part of his phone case in the basket of his shopping cart. When he realized and went back, it was still sitting there. Someone had opened it and looked for cash, but nothing else was touched (no cash in there). Uber as such does not exist on Bermuda. There's a different app you can download, HITCH, which is kind of like Uber. There are not always drivers available though. You can always call a cab, the drivers are wonderfully nice.