Lunch 2024

[johnnyd]

Leftover black beans, plantain fritters, heart of palm salad with grapes

 

[gulfporter]

Shrimp sandwich at Ajijic Plaza Restaurant.  Inside is sauteed (no coating) shrimp and mayo, the assembled sandwich is then dipped in corn flakes and deep fried.  

 

 

[Neely]

Lunch was Lentil soup and toast at a cafe on a beach. 
 

[OlyveOyl]

Gazpacho + avocado and gazpacho sorbet.  The sorbet is a work in progress, I froze some of the soup, second spin, I added a little vodka and evoo.  Not sure if this will achieve my desired result, but will know tomorrow.

Half sandwich shown as I forgot to take a pic.  Black olive roll, pickled red onion, avocado, tomatoes and thinly sliced porchetta.

More lemon sour cream gelato , added a little blueberry sauce, nice combo.

[rotuts]

 

TJ's grilled sardines  ( Blue Can ) , Aldi ' Hellman's '  , window green onons

 

remarkable tasty just as you see above.

 

If I had a lemon . 2 - 3 drops of lemon juice would be the only addition.

 

those w Eagle Eyes might noted  the ' dent ' in the slab , lower right 

 

that was MC's portion , which he goes crazy for.   

Edited July 26 by rotuts (log)

[OlyveOyl]

Mushroom risotto, mushroom broth from stems,splash of  Madeira, Parmesan.

Chocolate cake  with a dollop of sour cream and raspberries.

[rotuts]

late lunch

 

watching some Olympic Horses 

 

 

Usual AF Pizza-ish.  Soooo good.

 

never looks so good cut and plated .

 

 

but outstanding w an Ice cold Hoponius Union.

 

better than any local take out.

[liuzhou]

Squid and shrimp fried rice. Local noodle and fried rice 5 table restaurant. I added some chilli sauce after taking the photograph. It didn't really need it, but my preference.

 

 

 

[OlyveOyl]

Tuna salad on whole wheat, some lovely jarred Italian tuna, celery, pickled red onions, purée of preserved lemon and a squirt of Kewpie wasabi + Hellmans mayo.

Hazelnut frangipane with Mirabelle plums and hazelnut brittle, one with  red currants and a sweet cherry one…all good.

[MaryIsobel]

i would love to come to yours for lunch!

[OlyveOyl]

@MaryIsobel You are officially invited! Looking forward to having you as our lovely guest!

[johnnyd]

Blue Fin Tuna still running off-shore, so the stores are awash with it.  Here's some seared belly served with avo, pickled ginger and kkakgudi - cubed daikon in gochugaru, fish sauce, ginger and scallion. Our local Korean store makes it fresh. Sublime. Quite possibly my new favorite dish.

 

 

Edited July 30 by johnnyd (log)

[OlyveOyl]

Cauliflower tart with Cabot’s Black Label Cheddar.  The crust was evoo with Asiago cheese. This reheated well on the stovetop, we had it with an endive salad.

I made a few tarts this morning, peach, apricot, cherry with some flaked almonds on top for a little crunch, so that was dessert.

[Kerala]

This is from last Sunday, part of a great weekend. Lunch was at my sister's place with about a dozen family.

The famous mutton biryani!

With its accompanying boiled egg, mango kaddumanga pickle, an unusual apple kaddumanga pickle prepared the same way, and a nice crisp Chardonnay. Scorching English summer's day at about 28 degrees C. Perfect.

( NB Healthy mutton to rice ratio)

Edited August 2 by Kerala
M:C ratio (log)

[Kerala]

Oh just a little addition. Very unconventional. At the 9 o'clock position on the plate is a hot dry garlicky fish pickle. My nephew and I with whom I share a lot of traits are the only ones who go for this.

Edited August 2 by Kerala (log)

[liuzhou]

More of a brunch really. Going out for dinner tonight and know it'll it be a big one, so didn't want too much.

 

Clam soup with garlic, chilli, coriander leaf, Chinese chives in chicken broth with some miso. Baguette for dunkin'.

 

 

Edited August 3 by liuzhou (log)

[Neely]

I guess you would call these quesadillas as they are fried wheat tortillas with cheese and green onions inside. I am not a Mexican food cook hardly at all and am not terribly fond of eating it, that said, these were very tasty

 

[OlyveOyl]

Kale, mushroom, ricotta tart….  Sautéed onion , garlic, walnuts; yellow raisins and black olives joined the party. This was bound with ricotta and a couple of eggs. Escarole or Swiss chard would also be a nice choice for this tart. Pierre Hermé tart dough browned beautifully and was very complementary to the filling.

[liuzhou]

Cold lunch on 36℃ / 97℉ day.

 

冷粉 (lěng fěn), cold steamed rice noodle rolls with vegetable filling

 

 

and cold 猪脚 (zhū jiǎo), pig’s foot sliced with pickled ginger, coriander leaf and peanuts.

 

 

[johnnyd]

Olympic Lobster rolls

 

 

[KennethT]

Finally got around to making more spice paste for Indonesian soto ayam (chicken soup). With lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and sawtooth coriander from the garden.

 

[AlaMoi]

there is "imitation crab" - it there also "imitation lobster?"

 

we had a semi-local ueber super resto - the (locally famous) owner was close to retirement when covid shut down the whole world.

he did not reopen. 

he produced the absolute superiorest "po boys" in lobster&shrimp - better than anything I got in NOLA....

 

bought out, reopened by another well know but not especially skilled resto "group"

[[ altho a jewel in their collection is the Fells Point, Baltimore "Charleston" - absolute toppie-top place ]]

...so this buy-out and 'continuing failure' is a curious anomaly . . .

everything sold off, entire premises redone in stark raving white . . . not an inviting decor.

no 'po boys' - good steak, lousy duck, , , , and we're working on it....

[liuzhou]

13 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

it there also "imitation lobster?

 

 

Yes

[liuzhou]

Another lunch with friends in a different Hunan venture. More of a noodle shop. We each had a bowl of soupy noodles and shared some accompaniments.

 

Beef with wheat noodles - friend 1's choice.

 

Beef, egg, and pickled vegetable rice noodles - friend 2's choice

 

Fish and tomato rice noodles - my choice.

 

To Share

 

长沙臭豆腐 (cháng shā chòu dòu fu) Changsha Stinky Tofu

 

Deep Fried Potato with Chilli

 

Iced Fruit Jelly

 

 

Edited August 23 by liuzhou (log)

[haresfur]

Experimenting with @Duvel emergency pizza dough. Pulled the remaining dough out of the fridge, stretched thin, and baked in a 250 degree (that's proper degrees C) fan-forced oven. I used a tray from a previous oven that doesn't quite fit, but I didn't mind if it got trashed. Sprayed the tray with rice bran oil. Bake time was 12 minutes. A perfectly serviceable thin-crust with a light golden brown on the base. I probably should have let it rise for a few minutes after shaping but wanted to see how this would turn out. I call it a successful lunch.