Dinner 2020

[heidih]

24 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Shrimp with homemade pasta with peas and onion, sautéed in EVOO and a little cream sherry.

 

Could be the lighting but is the lovely looking pasta made from a flour other than white wheat?

[mgaretz]

58 minutes ago, heidih said:

Could be the lighting but is the lovely looking pasta made from a flour other than white wheat?

 

Yes it's 50% white and 50% durum. The durum is yellow and it also has an egg in it.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Sprouts with garlic and pancetta

 

Roast pork tenderloin

 

Plated with a splash of Momofuko ranch

[Franci]

Comparing fishes here. Yellow tail vs yellow jack...the first more delicate and whiter meat. The unanimous winner is yellow jack. Tomorrow for lunch the barrel fish filet. 

[liuzhou]

First restaurant meal since January 2nd. A light repast in a Dong ethnic minority restaurant. Everything, we were told, was organic.

 

Pork with waterchestnuts

 

Duck with orange

 

Pumpkin

 

Smoked fish

 

Bamboo, jelly fungus and chilli

 

White cut chicken

 

Water Spinach

 

Pork Ribs

I forget what this was.

 

Pork and bitter melon (half eaten)
 

There was also rice and jiaozi in case we hadn't had enough.

 

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by liuzhou (log)

[BonVivant]

Ginger-garlic poached chicken

 

Lentils and soya beans

 

Scrambled eggs & chanterelles

[shain]

Fire roasted eggplant in a sauce of roasted tomatoes and Sirene cheese. Fresh oregano, chili, thyme, garlic, olive oil. Toasted walnuts.

Warm salad of stir fried zucchini, caramelized onion, tender chickpeas. Sauce of yogurt, tahini, lemon, sumac, zaatar, garlic, chili.

Store bough baguette.

 

 

 

[TicTac]

 

little neck clams from BC - 

smoked Canadian bacon, orange cherry tomatoes, leeks garlic and white wine - served on fried smashed potatoes

[liuzhou]

Part of the dinner tonight, was the oil tea ceremony the Dong and other ethnic minorities insist upon as described in this topic. Here are some pics of the restaurant and oil-tea ingredients etc.

 

Welcome

 

 

 

Oil-Tea Ingredients

 

Oil-Tea Makers

Glutinous Rice Wine Ritual with Singing Waitresses

 

 

[heidih]

@liuzhou How was that orange rind prepared in the duck dish?- if I am seeing correctly - big pieces - meant to be eaten or flavoring only?

[liamsaunt]

Fig salad

 

 

Grilled swordfish with pimenton aioli, roasted broccolini and crash hot potatoes

 

[Duvel]

This weekend’s project: Gyros (as correctly predicted by @Kim Shook 😉). This is the Greek variety, made from pork, not the US version, made from ground beef/lamb. That‘s next weeks project ...

 

Pork neck, sliced thinly, and marinated with plenty of garlic, onion, spices, oil and vinegar. 

 

 

Nicely skewered and ready to slowly rotate to perfection ...

 

Unfortunatey, 10 min in, the gas bottle ran out if propane 😪. Sunday - no shops open for gas bottles ...

 

 

Disaster. But(t) ... the skewer just fit into my oven. Of course no rotation, and only limited option with hot air circulation to crisp up the meat after internal temperature reached 69 oC - well, beggars can’t be choosers !
 

 

Gyros actually turned out fine - not perfect, but taste was pretty great, some extra crisp parts, some tender ones, and all plenty juicy.

 

 

 

Served Greek style with Meze, cabbage salad & homemade pita, brushed with olive oil and grilled ...

 

 

Very, very good !

 

 

 

στην υγειά μας

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by Duvel (log)

[heidih]

@Duvel I am beyond hungry now - nice save. I am a pork neck fan on the charcoal grill off to side so slow. . Twice I have had an oven with the rotisserie built in and ... never used it. But i did have the stand alone kind. Looking forward to next week's experiment. 

[Shelby]

2 hours ago, Duvel said:

This weekend’s project: Gyros (as correctly predicted by @Kim Shook 😉). This is the Greek variety, made from pork, not the US version, made from ground beef/lamb. That‘s next weeks project ...

 

Pork neck, sliced thinly, and marinated with plenty of garlic, onion, spices, oil and vinegar. 

 

 

Nicely skewered and ready to slowly rotate to perfection ...

 

Unfortunatey, 10 min in, the gas bottle ran out if propane 😪. Sunday - no shops open for gas bottles ...

 

 

Disaster. But(t) ... the skewer just fit into my oven. Of course no rotation, and only limited option with hot air circulation to crisp up the meat after internal temperature reached 69 oC - well, beggars can’t be choosers !
 

 

Gyros actually turned out fine - not perfect, but taste was pretty great, some extra crisp parts, some tender ones, and all plenty juicy.

 

 

 

Served Greek style with Meze, cabbage salad & homemade pita, brushed with olive oil and grilled ...

 

 

Very, very good !

 

 

 

στην υγειά μας

 

You're killing me.

[liamsaunt]

Seared scallops with roasted sweet potatoes, joi choy, and ginger lime butter. Wonky lighting since we waited to eat until after the sunset. 

 

[Franci]

@Duvel that looks great! Btw, I am not sure tonight potatoes get to the levels of your potatoes of a couple days ago but the kids said they were pretty good 😃

Edited September 28, 2020 by Franci (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

39 minutes ago, Franci said:

@Duvel that looks great! Btw, I am not sure tonight potatoes get to the levels of your potatoes of a couple days ago but the kids said they were pretty good 😃

Your chicken looks perfect, but just give me a plate of those potatoes!    Scrumptious!  

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Last night's pork tenderloin repurposed into lunch sandwiches, then ragu Bolognese.    Which called for homemade pappardelle.   Plus a quart of ragu for the fridge/freezer.

 

[patti]

Last night we had our dinner delivered. It included Pom Bom chicken livers. The pomegranate sauce is so good. 

 

 

 

 

Lahm bi ajin pizza, which I’ve never tried, was included. I don’t think I’d have known there was any meat, if not for the menu description. Regardless, I liked it. 
 

 

 

Tonight I made hamburger steaks with mushroom gravy, more my husband’s style than mine. 
 

[weinoo]

 

I roasted a Poulet Rouge from Joyce Farms in the steam girl. Roasting a whole chicken doesn't get you quite the crispy skin that, say, roasting thighs does. But the bird remains nice and juicy throughout, so that's good. 

 

Significant Eater is not a fan, as she says, of the "sinew" or what appear to her to be undercooked bits; she likes the breast. So being the great husband that I am, I remove half a breast off the bone, sorta slice it and pull it apart, and plate it.

 

 

I also poured all the roasting juices (I'd roasted the bird atop thickly sliced onions with those potatoes strewn around) into a small saucepan, added mustard, lemon juice and a little white wine to make a nice jus. I ate a leg and a wing and shhhhh - the oysters. 

 

 

Tomato, avocado and cucumber salad alongside.

[liuzhou]

After last night's huge dinner, I wanted something simple tonight. Doesn't get much simpler than this.

 

 

 

Pork cutlets with potato and carrot mash with olive oil. Whole grain Dijon mustard. There was a side of greenery which I not only forgot to photograph, but also forgot to eat.

Edited September 28, 2020 by liuzhou (log)

[scamhi]

romano beans from the greenmarket. braised with tomato and garlic.

and Chicken Reshmi Kebabs, marinated with ground cashews, yogurt, olive oil, ginger, garlic, chili flakes S&P cooked over charcoal.

Gamay to drink

[TicTac]

2 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

 

 

When I first saw the picture I thought to myself....roasting pickles with a chicken....now that's interesting!

 

Then I looked closer and saw they were taters incognito.

 

 

[shain]

A recent midweek supper. Colombian arroz con coco meshed with Thai style mango with coconut rice. Short grain rice cooked with toasted coconut and a bit of spice (chili, cinnamon, salt, pepper) finished with fresh coconut milk. Room temp mango. Mint. Coconut flakes for serving.

 

 

[heidih]

1 hour ago, TicTac said:

When I first saw the picture I thought to myself....roasting pickles with a chicken....now that's interesting!

 

Then I looked closer and saw they were taters incognito.

 

 

Yes I too thought the Pandemic was getting to him!