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The Ladies Who Lunch (Part 3)

Kim Shook

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1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

This marks the second time I have eaten in a restaurant since the start of COVID.  Food was good but I admit to disappointment at missing the chance of Peruvian cuisine


Order a jar of aji amarillo paste from Amazon. Mix a couple of tablespoons with two smashed garlic cloves, a dab of Mexican oregano, some lime juice and some olive oil. Use to marinate chicken wings, or thighs, or whatever, then roast.

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23 minutes ago, Anna N said:

I have to tell you that before we settled on Thai cuisine we did consider Peruvian. However, on both occasions when we have had Peruvian cuisine we have been greatly disappointed. This is not to say that there's anything wrong with Peruvian food just that we had not had a good experience with it. It would have been interesting to get your take. 

 

The same restaurant also has a Mexican menu.  Both countries' flags fly out front.  I am not positive but I believe I was once told one owner was Peruvian and the other owner was Mexican.  Now, if they would only be open when I had a chance to eat there!

 

In contrast there is a good Thai restaurant about a mile and a quarter from where I live.

 

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Order a jar of aji amarillo paste from Amazon. Mix a couple of tablespoons with two smashed garlic cloves, a dab of Mexican oregano, some lime juice and some olive oil. Use to marinate chicken wings, or thighs, or whatever, then roast.

 

Oh, I stock a few varieties of dried Peruvian peppers.  I often use ground aji amarillo as a table condiment.

 

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Well Monday is a traditional restaurant closed day. I had one around the corner where we mostly went for sushi https://kotosh-restaurant.com/menu-lomita and a rotisserie chicken one on the way home. By time you foumd a parking spot the wood smoke smell had you craving.   https://www.restaurantji.com/ca/gardena/pollo-a-la-brasa-vermont-/

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49 minutes ago, shain said:

Cacio e pepe fritters.

Pizzas - margarita & potato,  labneh.

Kanafeh, layali Beirut, coffee

Love it when we have company on this thread. 

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It is not as cold as it has been but still cold enough for Indian food in our opinion. So @Kerry Beal stopped by on her way home from Hamilton at our favourite Indian restaurant, The Bombay Grill. 
 

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Naan, lamb korma, basmati rice, butter chicken, onion bhaji and tamarind dipping sauce. 

 

This was my plate that looked very much like Kerry's plate. 

 

 

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Yesterday's lunch came from MacQueens in Hamilton. 
 

 

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@Kerry Beal's plate: lemongrass chicken banh mi, banh bao and Xoi Lap Xuong--sticky rice with Chinese sausage. 


 

 

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My plate with Saigon deluxe bánh mì. 

 

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Desserts. 

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Almost the first real food I have had in a week. From one of our favourite restaurants, Rose in the Kitchen. 
 


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For @Kerry BealHunkar Begendi --cubes of lamb cooked in tomato sauce and served over puréed eggplant.

 

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For me wonderfully tender lamb chops with rice, roasted tomato and jalapeño and a garden salad. A tiny little bit of Kerry's eggplant dish is also on my plate and I did swallow it. It wasn't really quite so bad. 
 

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Dessert. Revani. 

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9 minutes ago, Anna N said:

eggplant dish is also on my plate and I did swallow it. It wasn't really quite so bad. 
 

This is how we know you were starving.

 

Your meal looks sooooo good.  Ronnie is drooling over the lamb chops.

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24 minutes ago, Shelby said:

This is how we know you were starving.

 

Your meal looks sooooo good.  Ronnie is drooling over the lamb chops.

It was so, so good. Those lamb chops practically melted in my mouth. And I was so desperate for some salad not dressed with white vinegar. Yeah the eggplant might've been a bridge too far. But really it wasn't so awful.

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. @Kerry Bealand I tried a new place today. Saving Thyme bills itself as a French bistro.

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Kerry had the chicken soup with sourdough toast. 
 

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I had the roast beef sandwich. 
 

Wow. This was great food. That is just half of the sandwich!  

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Lunch today had to be a bit of a compromise due to my ongoing dental issues. 
 

 

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Kerry had the Sucuklu Yumurta -  Turkish sausage and egg. 
 

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I had the Menemen -- somewhat similar to Shackshuka.

 

I hope the denturist is making progress!  

 

 

 

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Yesterday's lunch was from Bahn Thai. 

 

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@Kerry Bealhad did the chicken coconut soup and the chicken satay along with the squid. 
 

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I had the Thai beef salad, the squid, the spring roll shrimp and one of Kerry's chicken skewers. 

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1 hour ago, Anna N said:

Yesterday's lunch was from Bahn Thai. 

 

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@Kerry Bealhad did the chicken coconut soup and the chicken satay along with the squid. 
 

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I had the Thai beef salad, the squid, the spring roll shrimp and one of Kerry's chicken skewers. 

That looks fabulous! I hope it helped you recover from you premade meals.

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This lady's daughter took her out for lunch today. She is a teacher, so is on spring break this week. We went for Thai food, as I love it but it is not something that my husband cares for. It was a great meal, mine was "Cashew Chicken with Spicy Sauce." Came with soup, salad, a spring roll with dipping sauce and a choice of 11 entrees for 14.00, very reasonable. My daughter had pad thai and a Corona and I had a Lonetree Ginger Apple Cider, which I had never tried but will definitely seek out.

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I think I may have mentioned it before but my husband says that Thai food has a "solvent taste." I have no idea what he means and tried for years to figure it out but then just gave up. I'll eat Thai on my own any chance I get.

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23 minutes ago, MaryIsobel said:

I think I may have mentioned it before but my husband says that Thai food has a "solvent taste." I have no idea what he means and tried for years to figure it out but then just gave up. I'll eat Thai on my own any chance I get.

 

Does he like cilantro?

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Does he like cilantro?

No, at least he says he doesn't but if I put cilantro in something, he doesn't seem to notice. If it is sprinkled on top, he doesn't like it. I think it is something about ginger or lime leaves or the combination that he doesn't care for.

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Oops! Forgot to post last week's lunch. 
From our favourite Rose in the Kitchen. 
 

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For @Kerry Bealchicken kebabs with rice, roasted tomato and jalapeno and pita. 
 

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For me lamb chops instead of chicken and gavurdagi salad. 
 

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Baklava just for me!

 As usual it was all most satisfactory. 
 

Not so much today's lunch. I really fancied some pork ribs and remembered that we had enjoyed them from St. Louis Ribs many years ago. 
 

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Ribs and coleslaw for me. 
 

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Ribs and salad for Kerry. 
 

Both the ribs and the coleslaw tasted as though they had been around for too many days. 
 

 

 

 

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...I just let people know about something I made for supper that they might enjoy, too. That's all it is. (Nigel Slater)

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39 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

Those pita breads in last week's lunch look great....well, everything else does, too 😋

Sorry about this week's food, though I'm sure the company was excellent!

 

Funny you should say that but of all the things from that restaurant we enjoy the pita is not one of them! They are thick, doughy and frankly boring. Kerry jokingly asked me this last time if she should tell them that their pita stink. I suspect it may be just a different pita than we are accustomed to so I said perhaps silence was the best policy. The pita the bin right after the photographs (should have saved it for some fatoot samneh!).

 

Edited to add that the company as usual was fantastic.

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