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They may freeze well but, IMO, unless you use the brown bag trick to ripen, heating an avocado makes it grossly foul to my palate. I got a Haas delivered a week ago. It looked and felt like it would be fine for guac in a few days. I forgot about it then thawed meat for tacos last night to have tonight. It felt ok. NOPE! It was impossible to cut. I tried the “microwave trick and felt sick looking at the oil slick it produced, plus it tasted nasty. Really? A week old Haas avocado delivered to NJ isn’t ripe in a week? It was so bad I probably won’t have anything with avocado for a few weeks and I love them.

I think the meal names are hilarious but should in no way have anything to do with mental health. Let’s see how long this lasts.

@Shelby can you tell me more about the pea salad?

Maybe fish tacos? I’m not familiar with the mango sauce.

My brother died due to an accidental opioid OD. If a week later, I was grocery shopping and say “Percocet Pie” or Heroin Hash”, I would have LOST it. Now I’d be fine. But why even skirt the line here?

My Californian husband hasn’t been north of Boston. I’d love to do a food centric road trip up to Maine and back within 4 days. Is this realistic? Should we fly to Portland or Bangor and drive down instead or just driving? I’m looking to eat lots of lobsters, both types of lobster rolls, fried clam bellies, clam pizza and anything else recommended. I’m going to research a few non chain hotels to mix in with two or so chain hotels. We have a lot of points with Hilton. Mostly I’d like to show him Rhode Island (I went to PC), Newport, I haven’t been to Maine for 25 year, and CT that isn’t Foxwoods. That was rough.

That sounds SO good. I wish I could try it.

I love soy sauce so if anyone could link to higher quality brands they’ve enjoyed, I’d appreciate it. Oddly enough, I had a Kikkoman sauce sauce packet in my kitchen drawer I used recently for sushi and it tasted strongly of alcohol. To the point where I was really turned off and most things with alcohol don’t bother me. I’m assuming it was old and fermented.

I’d never recognize them. My husband would— we were there for him to go to a national CISO meeting. If I had that type of time or money when I worked I’d eat at Zuni daily too!

Dinner at the Hog Island Oyster Company in the Oxbow Market in Napa. I had a couple orders of grilled oysters. Probably one of the best things I’ve had during this trip. One order was Chipotle Bourbon and the other was Margarita. I used their phenomenal bread to soak up the juices. My husband had the oyster po’ boy.

After Zuni tonight, I’m on my own tomorrow (husband has a work dinner). I’m thinking I may try the Liholilo Yacht Club as a walk in. Loving the restaurants here and looking forward to Napa tastings.

The bites of the perfectly cooked chicken that was moist and tasty and well seasoned mixed with the spice of the mustard greens and the juice soaked bread with currents and pine nuts.... amazing. I’m glad we went.

Oh man what a meal. My husband and I literally didn’t look or talk to each other for 10 minutes after the chicken arrived. We started off with a bunch of local oysters I neglected to photograph. We split a bottle of their house Pinot Noir, the chicken and a half order of their fries:

Thanks! It was a huckleberry bordelaise sauce. My husband loved it and it’s one of their best sellers.

United first class from EWR to SFO. not a thing I’d eat. Pork and fish and ricotta ravioli with beets? I grabbed a burger at Wanderlust in the aiport and slept.

My main was the lobster from the seafood selection. My husband has the duck and loved it. My main was excellent. We drank a Pinot Nior from Williamete Valley with these dishes. I was FULL. But I loved this because I can’t eat a lot but I love being able to eat more than one dish. My husband finished with the chocolate soufflé and they gave me a birthday passion fruit cake/ sorbet. It was good. I’d go back.

We didn’t take a picture of the risotto because it was too good. I was angry at myself when the table next to me asked to take a picture because they’d forgotten. I had the Dungeness crab salad from the appetizer menu. It was good. Not great. My husband had the tuna from the seafood menu:

I wen there tonight for my birthday dinner amuse Bouche of duck soup with Thai flavors:

@blue_dolphin WOW! It all looks so good! This makes me even more excited to dine there in a few weeks.

Also what type of scene are you looking for? There are tons of places filled with people in their early to mid 20s with super cheap happy hours.

@Kim Shook can you share the recipe for the shrimp burgers? They look delicious! I loved Callie’s biscuits when I was in Charleston. I may order some from GoldBely.

I’m sorry, I’m probably reading this wrong. But are you saying you have a full sized oven that reaches 400 degrees F in five minutes?

We get pretty good sushi here. I usually order it from here: https://www.sushiloungenj.com/ and I usually order the optimistic roll, the fantasy roll and the whatever appeals to me. But my friend is doing a taco bar so... I’m unsure about the combo. I’ll check in with her tomorrow. I could always do a bunch of charcuterie instead.

I think it’s really versatile. I’m considering baking the puff pastry (I use Pepperidge Farms) then topping it with scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage, cheese and a drizzle (or spoon fulls) of hollandaise.

I think Danko will win out over Zuni, since Zuni is open for lunch. I’ll be solo most days (3) so if any local members are down to have a nice long boozy lunch let me know! 😗 I’m still eying Lilholo Yatch Club since it’s basically next to my hotel. Weee spending two nights in Napa, one we should probably eat then sleep before a day long tour and the one to have dinner after a tour. We will be right in downtown Napa. Is Morimoto worth it? Does anyone recommend an Italian place to soak up the wines on Friday night? I’m down to Uber.