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    Dinner! 2004

    in Cooking

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    Had a friend over last night who's wife is away. He eats meat, she doesn't so I told him I'd cook for him.

    Started with Ginger-ini's and goat cheese with a dollop of homemade pesto on toasted baguette.

    Pan roasted beef tenderloins with chantrelles, green beens, garlic and rosemary. This is my favorite way to do steak, sear for about 3 mins on the stove then flip and put the whole thing in the oven for about 15mins. Took everything out of the pan and deglazed it with some Pinot Noir, then added a bit of homemade beef stock, re seasoned and simmered till thickened. Put everything back in the pan to coat and then plate. Very tastey!

    Hubby made carmel which we drizzeled over vanilla ice cream for dessert!

    monday night eats (sea)

    in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining

    Posted

    I'll happily give it another try, because people I trust really love it, but the only time I was there I felt like I was 90 years old.  That's just the way the atmosphere makes you feel.

    So glad I'm not the only one who felt this way!! The space is weird! Like it use to be a Denny's in a strip mall. But the food was fantstic! Who wants to tell the owner to update so we can all be in love with the food and the atmosphere??

    :raz:

    Dinner! 2004

    in Cooking

    Posted

    Hubby made 6 hour slow cooked beans yesterday, we grilled some chicken breasts with a smokey bbq sauce and I made a little corn bread to go with.

    Tonight I'm using the leftover corn bread in a cornbread pudding to go with a roasted turkey breast with sage butter.

    Also trying to find nice bridges from summer to fall.......

    Seattles best deli?

    in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining

    Posted

    Just got back from a little nosh at Tat's. My girlfriend and I walked over for lunch. We got a Tats-rami that had cole slaw and russian dressing and a meat ball sub. The meatball wasn't to my liking but the Tatsrami was yummy!!! and these guys are really nice in there! we asked them to cut each of the 8" subs in half for us because we were going to share and they delivered them to our table already split and half of each on our plates.

    We'll definately head back to try other subs. It's not like eating sandwiches in Philly but it's good!

    Serafina

    in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining

    Posted

    Dayne and I had brunch on Sunday. The brunch goes from 10-2 and is still pretty quiet, you didn't need a reservation.

    We each had a little breakfast cocktail, mine was made with Lemencello, strawberry puree and Prosecco...now that is how I like to start my Sundays! :wink:

    We shared a little bruschetta to start, it's one of our favorites! Crostoni della Enoteca Trimani....Their menu reads.."Toasted Macrina bread brushed with batuto and topped with quivering, luscious fresh mozzarella then baked in the oven until bubbly; garnished with Tonasket Billy's organic rocket" Damn it is sooo good!

    Then Dayne had the Borsellino della Pasqua -Two crisp black forest ham “baskets” filled with soft polenta and sautéed mushrooms; topped with poached eggs 12.95 and I had the Frittata con Peperoni The Italian classic featuring piquillo pepper, spinach, goat cheese, and herbs; served with farmhouse potatoes 9.95. Both were excellent and way too much food after our generous serving of bruschetta. They were out of the grilled lamb loin which I really want to try.

    Excellent mochas and lattes. The service was a bit slow but seeing as it was a leisurly sunday morning for us it wasn't really a problem. They are still getting into the swing of the brunch thing.

    We'll be back to try a few more things for sure! And of course here is a place you can go totally casual or a bit nicer.

    Seattles best deli?

    in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining

    Posted

    Looks promising from the menu, reesek! Have you (or anyone) tried Tat's Deli? I should hop a 3rd Ave. bus to Pioneer Square and give it a try one of these noon hours. These guys are Right Coasters according to the website, so they should know good deli. I'm tempted.

    I walked past here a few weeks ago and kept forgetting to mention it. It's just across the way from Soup Daddy.

    Anyone want to meet and give it a try next week??

    Wendy

    Do You Set the Timer or Trust the Internal Clock?

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    Timer?  You get by on one single timer?  :shock:  Sheesh!  I have three of them often all set for different times and my biggest problem is remembering which is set for what. :wacko:

    Haha! My husband does this too! Also we have a few timers in the house, we each have a favorite.

    I'm really working on timing things for short amount of minutes like 5, 10, 15, etc. when I'm sauteing, browning, etc. I just need to really work on knowing what 5 mins really is. For this I usually glance at the clock and then mentally time it.

    Do You Set the Timer or Trust the Internal Clock?

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted · Edited by little ms foodie (log)

    The post about who uses recipes and who wings it had me thinking last night (as I was winging it with chantrelles!)..... I reached for the timer and set it for my pasta, not because I don't know when pasta is done but because I have a habit of getting involved with other things and forgetting about stuff on the stove or in the oven!! (especially when I'm toasting things in the oven! grrrrrr)

    So what about you? Do you always use a timer? Never use a timer?

    I also find that sometimes I undercook things if I don't time them. I usually think it's been x number of minutes but in reality it hasn't.

    And of course I always use a timer (and recipe!) when baking!

    Wormy Fish

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    Well first off we have a little saying here in Seattle "FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS EAT FARMED FISH".

    I have never seen/heard or found worms in my salmon and believe me we eat a lot of it!! As far as the "warm water" thing I know that salmon is caught in the bay area of CA, is that considered warm (vs. WA, Canada and Alaskan). Also, what kind of salmon is this???

    I think that this should be moved to Gen Food so that "fish experts" can chime in!

    lunch at Arzak - what to wear?

    in Spain & Portugal: Dining

    Posted · Edited by little ms foodie (log)

    For lunch you don't need to go all fancy. I always travel with at least one pair of 3" heels but that's just me. I wear heels with jeans, I like them!

    I hope you have the chance to order the lamb with a coffee veil! It is amazing!!

    By the way.....WELCOME to eGullet! or at least to posting! :smile:

    lunch at Arzak - what to wear?

    in Spain & Portugal: Dining

    Posted

    My husband and I had lunch at Arzak in July. We were really surprised at how casual 70% of the people were! We dressed 'business casual' while many others were in jeans (and not the expensive kind!!). Anyway, I wore a cotton skirt and print top, hubby wore khaki's and a short sleeve silk button shirt.

    We saw the staff giving some of the jean wearers some interesting looks! But it's definately not a suit place at lunch time.

    Also we had lunch reservations for 1:30 pm and were the first ones there! Have fun, you will LOVE it!!! We actually took pictures of our food :blush:

    Fahhhbulous bread at Dahlia Bakery

    in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining

    Posted

    Speaking of the bakery I just read this in their FreshSheet:

    Month of October

    Join us this October during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in the Dahlia Lounge & Dahlia Bakery for 'Athena's Dessert for the Cure'. Eating dessert never felt so good! 100% of the profits from our specially created pink desserts will go to fund women's breast cancer research in Seattle.

    Just another good reason to head to Dahlia Bakery! :wub:

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