19 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:How was the fried avacado? I've only had "cooked" avacado once and it was totally unexpected but I really enoyed it, very buttery.
I enjoyed it. Like you said, it was very buttery inside the crispy coating. I think overall I would prefer to just eat it as is, but it was interesting to try.
Yesterday morning we had to be out of the house for a couple of hours so the cleaning crew could come in for a mid stay refresh. We decided to go to breakfast. There's a high end restaurant in town known for its seven course tasting menus (my husband and I have a reservation there later this week, once everyone else in our group has returned home). The owner started running a coffee house in the mornings a couple of years ago, and we had never tried it, so it seemed like the day to head over.
Everything is baked there, so what's available depends on what is coming out of the oven when you arrive. My nephew chose a huge piece of coffee cake
Husband's brother and I got a slice of grandma pizza with runny egg baked into it
and my husband chose a mezzaluna filled with speck
Everything was really tasty. We went for a long walk on the beach afterwards.
Later in the afternoon we went for another long walk at the house. The scary steps to the beach
But at least there are steps. We walked down to one of the National Park beaches, White Crest, and observed these folks struggling to get everything they brought down the dune back up again. I've gone up and down this dune many times, but I only bring myself, not the entire kitchen sink like these folks
My sister joined us again that evening, after driving up from dropping my niece at college in NYC. She was hungry and wanted a drink, so we headed to Winslow's Tavern. Drinks: nephew's old fashioned, my club soda, sister's G+T, husband's division bell, and HB's vodka basil lemonade
for appetizers, my sister, HB< and husband shared the lobster croquetas, which they reported as being very good
and the clams and calamari that we had enjoyed so much earlier in the summer. This evening, it needed salt
My nephew ordered the lamb meatballs, which he devoured
and I chose the tomato tart, which sounded delicious and looked lovely. Unfortunately, the puff pastry was almost raw. I was able to nibble the edges, which were cooked, and ate the topping off it.
My husband had a nicoise salad for dinner. He said it was only OK.
Nephew got a corn and prosciutto pasta. He thought it was terrific.
HB and I both got a monkfish special, which came with braised fennel (it came out basically raw--you could not even cut into it), roasted cherry tomatoes, tomato puree and warm tartare sauce. The fish itself was fine, but the portion was really skimpy--probably 3 ounces at most. It might have been even smaller. It was completely smothered in a huge pool of sauce, maybe to make it look bigger? I have a small appetite but HB was not happy.
My sister had the roasted cod with eggplant, which she said was delicious
