Dinner 2017 (Part 1)

[weinoo]

Wanting to relive a little bit of our Spanish vacation, I purchased these at one of the fish mongers up on Arthur Ave. These 4 weighed a pound...

 

 

They were good, but certainly not as good as the ones we ate there.

 

This was dinner the night before:

 

 

Strozzapreti fagioli. Served with a side of sautéed Tuscan kale. 

[rarerollingobject]

My normal dry wonton noodle setup made 1000% better by the acquisition (finally!!) of dried prawn roe to sprinkle on the cooked noodles.

 

I've been searching for prawn roe in Sydney for YEARS (it's a very Hong Kong thing and soooo umami/savoury/flavour bomb) and had pretty much given up until I ate at a new new trendoid hipster doofus Chinese place last week and was shocked and thrilled to note that one dish had prawn roe sprinkled on top!

 

So I did what you do in this day and age; friended the chef on Instagram and bugged him till he spilled. 

 

[liuzhou]

34 minutes ago, rarerollingobject said:

it's a very Hong Kong thing and soooo umami/savoury/flavour bomb

 

It is a wonderful ingredient. Well, done for your chef harassment. I've been harassing a local chef for weeks to get him to spill where he gets fresh Sichuan peppercorns here in town, but he remains schtum. I may be have to resort to torture.

[chromedome]

20 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

It is a wonderful ingredient. Well, done for your chef harassment. I've been harassing a local chef for weeks to get him to spill where he gets fresh Sichuan peppercorns here in town, but he remains schtum. I may be have to resort to torture.

 

Police in nearby Prince Edward Island deterred drinking and driving this past holiday season with the announcement that anyone incarcerated for a DUI would be treated to a nonstop Nickleback playlist in the lockup. That should work, if you're up for the necessary abduction beforehand (it would logically be part of any torture scenario, anyway...). 

 

[Mysstwalker]

@quiet1 yes, that's the only catch but a pretty easy one to deal with. A member can purchase a card for someone both in store and online.

[kayb]

And it at least appears you can order online without a membership. I don't know that the full range of goods are available via the website, though.

[gfweb]

1 minute ago, kayb said:

And it at least appears you can order online without a membership. I don't know that the full range of goods are available via the website, though.

 

The selection at the store is different than the warehouse. Not much food online.

[liuzhou]

Tonight.

 

 

Chicken breast marinated with garlic, ginger, chillies, Shaoxing wine and light soy sauce. Celtuce with dried shrimp and garlic. Rice.

 

Unusually, I plated it western style, but it was only me and no one was watching. I have to say, I did enjoy it.

Edited January 9, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[mgaretz]

Char siu made in the air fryer, mixed into fried rice with mixed vegetables.

 

 

[sartoric]

Scotch fillet steaks, potato slabs, mushrooms, asparaguys and salad.

 

 

[mm84321]

Egg, celery and truffle 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

33 minutes ago, sartoric said:

Scotch fillet steaks, potato slabs, mushrooms, asparaguys and salad.

 

Thanks to you and google I learned something:  a Scotch fillet steak is what we would call a ribeye.

 

[shain]

Cauliflower, cabbage, carrot, stir fried until well charred yet firm and crisp. Ginger, chili, garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, smokey sesame oil. Scallions, toasted sunflower seeds.

Served with rice flavored with coriander seeds and a poached egg.

 

I like a lot the grilled flavor of high-heat stir frying, and the sesame oil smokiness backs it well.

 

[Captain]

Chicken Enchilada Salsa Verde and some Churros

[rotuts]

well  Kudos on the Churros

 

I was fortunate to live in (E)Spain for two years while growing up

 

in Madrid

 

as the weather got so much cooler , and in the Christmas Season

 

there were Churros sellers on the streets   some fairly large

 

did I love them ?

 

you bettcha !

 

not so much the Roasted Chesnuts on the stall over

 

go figure

[scubadoo97]

Leftover beef stew.  Photos don't do it justice.  Looks like crap but taste so good 

[Anna N]

 

Chicken sandwich on home made bread and curried parsnip and apple soup (discussed in the Instant Pot topic). 

[chefmd]

Started with grated beets/pickles/garlic/mayo appetizer.

 

[Okanagancook]

18 minutes ago, chefmd said:

Started with grated beets/pickles/garlic/mayo appetizer.

 

I love this dish.  I have made it a few times and even though I'm not a big beet fan, I like this a lot so thanks for posting.  

[scubadoo97]

The stew was good but the bread was the star.  Confessions of a carboholic. 

 

[kayb]

An "old school" night tonight, because I was in the mood: Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, steamed peas with butter. I like to do my meat loaf in a pie plate, thin, so there's a bigger ratio of crust to inside. And I was thinking about how good that would taste with some melted Brie in meat loaf sandwiches later on this week.

 

 

Last night, it was carbonnades a la flamande. Usually a fail-safe for me, this one lacked something, and I'm not sure what. Could be because the liquor store has stopped carrying my go-to Green Flash Double Stout, and I went with a Belgian stout instead. I serve mine with grits instead of noodles, because I like it that way.

 

 

Saturday night, it was choucroute garnie. Good, but I forgot to take pictures.

[chromedome]

12 hours ago, kayb said:

. I serve mine with grits instead of noodles, because I like it that way.

 

 

...and that's all the reason anyone needs.

[Shelby]

Ronnie cold smoked some ribs yesterday so I could re-stock the freezer.  Finished in the IP and then under the broiler in the CSO.  He also threw in some country ham...OH it's good.  It's good anyway, but now I have some with a smokey flavor

 

 

[liuzhou]

 

Tonight.

Prawn (not shrimp!) fried rice.

Wild prawns which I bought this morning (there is something satisfyingly odd about walking home from the market with your shopping still wriggling in the bag), black garlic, tiny dried shrimp, chilli, scallion and egg.

 

Edited January 10, 2017 by liuzhou
premature ejaculation of post. try writing it first next time! (log)

[Okanagancook]

Sous vide grass fed rib eye (122F x 45 min); baked frites (yes...duck fat) and summer squash.  Delicious meat.