The Ladies Who Lunch (Part 3)

[patris]

12 hours ago, gfweb said:

Unusual menu there.  Very limited "large plates".

 

I'd eat those mushrooms happily.

 

The mushrooms were tasty, though a squeeze of lemon would have done them some good. For me the real star of the show was that cauliflower - I want to marry that sauce. Bright, herby, absolutely delicious.

 

[Kerry Beal]

The Hamilton Fringe Festival was happening and one of the docs who is a researcher in aging and infectious disease and was heavily involved with our research lab during COVID was doing a presentation called 'The Peril's of Being Born in the Fall'

 

A bunch of us associated with the lab decided we needed to attend. Of course lunch first - a place called undefined was chosen by one of our number. 

 

 

Started with biscuits and marmalade (out of practice remembering to take pictures)

 

 

I think this was a croque madam

 

 

Burger

 

 

Burger with 'gluten free' bun!

 

 

Short rib and yorkshire benny. 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Today I met up with my high school friend who is visiting her family island in Georgian Bay for a few weeks. She came down and met me at Gouter. It was closed today but we let ourselves in and visited for a while until @Alleguede had completed some repairs on a big mixer and his sister and Bianca showed up. 

 

Bianca made us some iced lattes - 

 

 

We took the opportunity to grab a late lunch at Pho Ngoc Yen - I think this is the other location for the place that @curls visited when she was here for the workshop. 

 

 

Spring rolls

 

 

Bun for a couple of us.

 

 

Chicken with coconut sticky rice. 

 

 

Fresh rolls

 

 

The foliage for Cya's pho - which apparently I neglected to get a picture of. 

 

There was a lot of food!  We took home as much as we ate. 

 

 

Passion fruit juice. 

 

 

[curls]

1 hour ago, Kerry Beal said:

 We took the opportunity to grab a late lunch at Pho Ngoc Yen - I think this is the other location for the place that @curls visited when she was here for the workshop. 

Yes, I went there for dinner and had a delicious meal! I think it was on the final day of the workshop. Would love to go back with a group and explore more of the menu.

[Kerry Beal]

Like deja vu all over again Ngoc Yen

 

Spent the day showing airbrushes to a new chocolatier and she took me to lunch

 

 

 

Chicken with coconut sticky rice. 

 

 

 

Bun with BBQ pork, chicken and spring rolls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Down for the weekend visiting @patris.  We visited a place we haven't been for a lot of years. 

 

 

 

 

Veggie pita for @patris 

 

 

Added a mushroom, artichoke heart and caramelized onion 7incher for me - way to much food!

 

 

 

Tomato basil soup - asiago cheese, crunchy croutons - just as good as ever.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Missing @Anna N today.  Out to lunch by myself while waiting to take my sister to an appointment. Her retirement home is right next to ‘Saving Thyme’ - a little bistro that Anna and I enjoyed. It was packed with lunching ladies! One empty table upon my arrival.

 

 

opted for the confit chicken leg - so many options but hard to choose wrong. 

[rotuts]

@Kerry Beal

 

they have a very appealing menu , including

 

 

Vol-au-Vent , one of my very favorite dishes , and difficult to come by .

Edited yesterday at 06:09 PM by rotuts (log)

[Kerry Beal]

36 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Kerry Beal

 

they have a very appealing menu , including

 

 

Vol-au-Vent , on of my very favorite dishes , and difficult to come by .

That was my other choice!

[rotuts]

@Kerry Beal

 

nothing like , puff pastry , that some one else bakes , perfectly 

 

for tasty filling , so , why not them do that too ?

 

while you enjoy , a young , but amusing . Chablis ?  Ice cold ?  it warms up , belive me 

 

for me , the filling would  be Scallops , a la 

 

https://theculinarytravelguide.com/the-jc100-coquilles-st-jacques-a-la-provencale/

 

https://www.seriouseats.com/coquilles-saint-jacques-recipe-8723608

 

and the like .  Mine had mushrooms , in the creamy mix

[Kerry Beal]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Kerry Beal

 

nothing like , puff pastry , that some one else bakes , perfectly 

 

for tasty filling , so , why not them do that too ?

 

while you enjoy , a young , but amusing . Chablis ?  Ice cold ?  it warms up , belive me 

 

for me , the filling would  be Scallops , a la 

 

https://theculinarytravelguide.com/the-jc100-coquilles-st-jacques-a-la-provencale/

 

https://www.seriouseats.com/coquilles-saint-jacques-recipe-8723608

 

and the like .  Mine had mushrooms , in the creamy mix

My mother used to make a chicken a la king mixture - peas and mushrooms as I recall - in purchased ‘patty shells’ from Weil’s bakery in Hamilton - a favourite meal!

Edited yesterday at 09:25 PM by Kerry Beal (log)

[Ddanno]

Used to be able to get vol au vents by the box load when I was a kid. They were de riguer for entertaining guests. I can't remember the last time I saw them for sale

[liuzhou]

8 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Missing @Anna N today.

 

I often miss Anna. 

 

I looked at the Saving Thyme menu and saw the first item

 

Breakfast Sandwich

• 9.5 soft poached, bacon, aged white cheddar, cayenne aioli

• add avocado 3.5

 

My old eyes missed the comma after 'poached' and I thought for a moment they were offering 'soft poached bacon'! I was just about to ask what the hell that is when the fog cleared and it clicked.

 

The joys of decrepitude!

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by liuzhou (log)

[MaryIsobel]

1 hour ago, liuzhou said:

 

I often miss Anna. 

 

I looked at the Saving Thyme menu and saw the first item

 

Breakfast Sandwich

• 9.5 soft poached, bacon, aged white cheddar, cayenne aioli

• add avocado 3.5

 

My old eyes missed the comma after 'poached' and I thought for a moment they were offering 'soft poached bacon'! I was just about to ask what the hell that is when the fog cleared and it clicked.

 

The joys of decrepitude!

 

 

I miss Anna too. My heart skipped a beat momentarily when I saw the "Ladies Who Lunch" post come up. 

[ElsieD]

I too, often think of Anna.  I was fortunate enough to have met her in person and she was a wonderful, warm human being.  

[blue_dolphin]

I feel Anna's absence here very often. Not just in this topic though it very much belongs to her and Kerry.

I also miss her when I submit a post about a new cookbook and realize it won’t initiate an entertaining discussion with Anna. When I was lucky, I might enable her into getting the book, too, and the discussion could continue even longer! 
I miss her reactions to my sometimes offbeat breakfast choices and admit to baiting her a little by including beans in something she would otherwise love and waiting for her witty response. 
Curious how much I miss someone I never met!

[Shelby]

I miss Anna, too.  I think of her so often.

[gfweb]

1 hour ago, Shelby said:

I miss Anna, too.  I think of her so often.

 

yup

[TdeV]

3 hours ago, Shelby said:

I miss Anna, too.  I think of her so often.

 

Me thirteen.

[KennethT]

I'm sure I could say the same for many of us here. So me also...  but I'm going to stop counting!