The Ladies Who Lunch (Part 2)

[rotuts]

Im not familiar with tamagoyaki

 

wiki suggests it an egg item rolled up  such as this :

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=tamagoyaki&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

however, what's the sauce  ( red and white ) and the the other toppings ?

 

sorry they were out of calamari

 

Edited November 25, 2015 by rotuts (log)

[Anna N]

Im not familiar with tamagoyaki

wiki suggests it an egg item rolled up such as this :

https://www.google.com/search?q=tamagoyaki&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

however, what's the sauce ( red and white ) and the the other toppings ?

sorry they were out of calamari:sad:

Oops! takoyaki!

(They don't serve calamari but there was squid in my ramen!).

Edited to fix spelling and quote

Edited November 25, 2015 by Anna N (log)

[rotuts]

OK

 

so ,,,, little Balls ?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki

[Anna N]

OK

 

so ,,,, little Balls ?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki

Exactly. They are quite delicious but challenging to eat. I find them a little too big for a single mouthful but if you bite into them you find yourself in a bit of a mess! Ultimately they are best enjoyed as a single mouthful so that you get all of the various textures on your palate at the same time. Somewhere there is a discussion of how to make these using a very specific pan.

[rotuts]

yep

 

I remember the pan

 

here or there was an semi-automated one !

[huiray]

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/145079-omelette-how-do-you-make-yourfavorites/page-4?p=1920823#entry1920823

[Kerry Beal]

I think it might actually be this one.

[huiray]

I think it might actually be this one.

I was referring to what tamagoyaki is and how to make it.

[Anna N]

I almost forgot to post about our lunch on Tuesday. It was a cold and rainy day so warming Indian food seemed appropriate. We headed back to our favourite Bombay Grill.

I enjoyed a beer while Kerry opted for a cup of chai.

We stared at the appetizer menu and were very tempted but for once listened to our heads instead of our stomachs!

Lamb bhuna

Chefs special mixed biryani

And its accompanying cucumber raita

Of course an order of naan.

[Anna N]

 This Wednesday we returned to the Japanese restaurant in Oakville called Mye.  It has changed hands since the last time we visited I believe and whereas when it first opened it pretty much cornered the market on Japanese food in Oakville it now has any number of competitors. I will say no more.

 

 No photograph but I did enjoy some warm sake with my meal.

 

We both chose the soup over the salad as our starter.  Winter can do that to you. 

 

 

 Deep fried squid of course

 

 

Kerry  ordered the bento box lunch with grilled beef 

 

 

And I chose the Tendon don buri. 

[Kerry Beal]

Scooted down to Buffalo today - hadn't planned to but the schedule opened up to allow it at the last minute. 

 

Met up with patris for a leisurely lunch at Betty's - a quirky Buffalo institution. They seem to do everything well - so deciding what to have was a challenge.

 

 

I went for the grilled pork tenderloin salad - southwestern flavours.

 

 

Patty opted for the breakfast burrito.

 

 

Keeping in mind this is December 16th in Buffalo NY - this is NOT normal!

[Shelby]

Wow, it's WARM up there.  Very unusual.   Food looks good.  Mango in the salsa with the pork?

[Kerry Beal]

Squash.

[MelissaH]

My friend and I ate dinner at Betty's the night we drove to Niagara for the last chocolate conference there! We enjoyed it tremendously, and the location worked well for us.

[Kerry Beal]

Feel bad I didn't get in touch with you - but only decided to come down the day before and hadn't heard back from Patty yet. Figured it would cause too much stress!

 

K

 

 

[MelissaH]

I wouldn't have had the car available yesterday anyway, thanks to husband's mid-morning dentist appointment. Oh well. The way this winter's going, you'll have other opportunities!

[Anna N]

For many reasons but mostly because yesterday was the last  Saturday before Christmas and the only day Kerry and I could get together we decided to pick up a Chinese meal and enjoy it at my house.  We thus avoided  hordes of last-minute shoppers.

 

 

Eggrolls. Both of these ended up in my freezer and will be breakfast one day soon!

 

 

 

Shrimp dumplings

 

 

Dry garlic ribs

 

 

House lo mein

 

 

Dry-fried green beans with pork. 

Edited December 20, 2015 by Anna N (log)

[Anna N]

 So the ladies who lunch were joined by one gentleman, my second son. Once again for many reasons we opted to avoid going out this close to Christmas  and enjoyed a lunch around my coffee table.  

 

o

 

It was an amazing selection of cheese and sliced meats with condiments all artfully arranged as you see!  

 

[Okanagancook]

Wow, love that kinda spread.  So did my Dad.  I would take the same kind of pickles/meats/cheese/bread and he would eat and eat beyond my expectations....

[Darienne]

In our home that would be called a Ploughman's Lunch and we often serve it to friends who have allergies or intolerances or dislikes of certain things.  We would add vegetables and fruits to the mix, more breads,...whatever we can call up.  (Or, I guess, a Plowman's Lunch if you are American.)

[Anna N]

 Seems like a very long time since the ladies who lunch lunched!   We did manage to get out yesterday and it seemed appropriate to seek up our favourite comfort food, pho. 

 

Chicken and beef for Kerry, rare and well done beef for me.  A generous plate of herbs, bean sprouts and lime wedges and tiny hot peppers as optional additions.

 

[Anna N]

So yesterday Kerry Beal and I ventured into Toronto to do some errands prior to her trip to San Francisco today. I thought it might be interesting to try a new ramen joint.  There is a chain of them called Kinton Ramen  so we headed to the closest one. 

 

 

 Perhaps this should have served as an omen.   Japanese tea in a teabag served in a mason jar.  (Or perhaps as soon as we opened the door and heard pop music being played at ear-drum busting volume.)

 

 

Water for me served in a stainless steel tumbler.

 

 

 Interesting utensils. 

 

 

A shared appetizer of pork  and rice that tasted very much like canned tuna.

 

 

 We both ordered the same pork Ramen.  It was not burning hot, the thick noodles we had asked for were replaced with thin noodles which were a little too toothsome.  All in all a very disappointing experience.  

[Thanks for the Crepes]

Sorry it didn't delight you, @Anna N,

 

If you don't grab hold of your intrepid spirit, and branch out to new experiences, you can never discover that hidden gem.

 

At least that is my personal pep talk to myself after disappointing dining experiences that involve wasted time and money.

Edited January 14, 2016 by Thanks for the Crepes (log)

[Kerry Beal]

3 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

Sorry it didn't delight you, @Anna N,

 

If you don't grab hold of your intrepid spirit, and branch out to new experiences, you can never discover that hidden gem.

 

At least that is my personal pep talk to myself after disappointing dining experiences that involve wasted time and money.

I don't think that Anna lacks anything in the way of intrepid spirit - after all we were two old broads in a hipster ramen joint - sometimes the food you get is just crap!

Edited January 14, 2016 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Tri2Cook]

13 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

 

A shared appetizer of pork  and rice that tasted very much like canned tuna. 

It does kinda have that just-plopped-out-of-the-can Fancy Feast thing going on...