Lunch 2025

[MaryIsobel]

My lunch - a yam (which we call sweet potatoes - the oange ones) with probably too much butter and maldon sea salt and aleppo pepper. I have this several times a week.

Edited April 16 by MaryIsobel (log)

[C. sapidus]

Mrs. C made a lovely fish chowder for dinner the other day, with Alaskan rockfish, clams, clam juice, potatoes, corn, etc. Quite delicious, but not enough for lunch so I supplemented with sauteed kielbasa, onion, jalapeno, fish sauce, and a scrambled egg.

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

23 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

...with probably too much butter....

T'ain't no such thing.

[Shel_B]

Potato Vegetable Soup for lunch. I cooked up a couple of Yukon Gold potatoes (skin on) in a homemade veggie stock enhanced with a Reggiano rind, a small minced garlic clove, and and a seeded and crumbled Chile de Arbol. Broke up the spuds to make a nice thick soup and added diced zucchini, yellow squash, some leek, and some frozen, assorted veggies, including broccoli florets, carrot, green beans, and corn.

 

 

 

Edited April 19 by Shel_B
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[MaryIsobel]

2 hours ago, Shel_B said:

Potato Vegetable Soup for lunch. I cooked up a couple of Yukon Gold potatoes (skin on) in a homemade veggie stock enhanced with a Reggiano rind, a small minced garlic glove, and and a seeded and crumbled Chile de Arbol. Broke up the spuds to make a nice thick soup and added diced zucchini, yellow squash, some leek, and some frozen, assorted veggies, including broccoli florets, carrot, green beans, and corn.

 

 

 

I would love a bowl of that - looks fantastic!

[KennethT]

We went to Elmhurst to visit an Indonesian grocery and had lunch at an Indo restaurant across the street.... Most of the menu is padang type food.

 

Fried chicken "kremes". The kremes are the small crunchy pieces on top - it's kind of like a serundeng but only a little bit of it.

 

came with a spicy sambal merah (red sambal)

 

We also got some shrimp chips

 

This is a beef "balado". I've always seen balado dishes using a combination of red chilies, but theirs is just sambal ijo (green sambal).

 

This is the beef buried. It's small pieces that were simmered then fried (typical for balado dishes). It reminded me of the paru dish we had in Jakarta (beef lung that was deep fried until crunchy like a cracker).

 

Kangkong (water spinach) belacan - with chilies, shallot and shrimp paste, served on a sizzle plate.

[Shel_B]

I made Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce ...

 

Yesterday, while reviewing some sauce recipes, I realized that I'd never made Hazan's well-known, simple tomato sauce. Since all the ingredients were handy (hard to imagine them not) I gave it a try.

 

Of the various tomatoes on hand, I chose Bianco DiNapoli whole peeled tomatoes. I wanted to use tomatoes packed in a thicker sauce, and the Biancos are packed in a pureé-like sauce which is much thicker than the Argo Sarnese-Nocerino San Marzanos that were also in the cupboard.

 

I slightly modified the recipe by adding a nice-sized pinch of of a mixture of Turkish Aleppo pepper and Calabrian pepper sauteéd in the butter before adding the tomatoes and onion.

 

While the recipe calls for a cooking time of about 45 minutes, increasing the time to cook the sauce down further was the choice I made. Apart from evaporation reducing the sauce, it left a bit of fond on the sides of the pot which I scrapped back down into the sauce while it cooked. The resultant sauce was somewhat darker colored and rustic-textured.

 

I had the sauce for lunch today with fusilli pasta.  I saved the onions from last nights cooking, cut them unto strips approximating the length of the pasta, and added them back into the sauce when it was reheated with the fusilli.  I also added a very small amount of roasted garlic.

 

This was very good ... Yummy!

 

 

Edited April 19 by Shel_B (log)

[johnnyd]

My wife makes these every Easter - Eggzellent - and we just help ourselves all day.

 

 

[rotuts]

Take-out carnita burrito , w added guac :

 

 

 

Melted some cheese  ,torched it ,  and added pico de gallo (TJ's ).  The guacamole was non-existant .

 

Cartels ? Tariffs ?   next time Ill plan on an actual avocado on the side.  w some lime.

 

and of course a Hoponius Union , ice cold in a frozen glass.

 

 

needed some heat , so Tabasco Chipoltle sauce.

 

quite decent . a bit under flavored .

 

1/2 for breakfast tomorrow.  

 

H.U.  excellent as always.

 

time for a short nap.

 

Happy Easter !

Edited April 20 by rotuts (log)

[Shel_B]

"Kaledo" Verde: got a jump on lunch and made a version of Caldo Verde this morning, which I'll enjoy later in the day. Leek, onion, Yukon Golds with skin, and a big bunch of kale, including diced stems, simmered in my poblano-infused vegetable broth and enhanced with a bit of Aleppo and Gochugaru pepper. 

 

I've gotta stop using my phone for pics, but it's so convenient ...

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 01:59 AM by Shel_B
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[OlyveOyl]

Spanish tortilla, homemade mayo, caviar.

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Ice cream three ways, sour cream/ lemon, peach and banana.

[Tropicalsenior]

20 hours ago, Shel_B said:

I've gotta stop using my phone for pics

Your pictures look fine to me. Maybe it's because your subject is always good. I use my phone exclusively Because by the time I would get the camera set up everything would be cold and not worth eating. Then later I would have to drag out the computer to download the photos, Etc, etc, etc, life is too short for that. Appreciate the shortcuts.

[weinoo]

Okiboru is a mini chain of Japanese noodle places, located both here in New York City, as well as having any number of locations in Georgia.

 

Their specialty, obviously, is various types of noodles (udon, ramen) served in various ways (in soup, brothless for dipping).  Yesterday, I tried the Okiboru Udon location, a nice little walk up into what is quaintly known as the east village (and on my walk I ran into the great Lenny Kaye, long-time guitar player for Patti Smith (and others), and a long-time favorite of mine).  He was walking his dog, carrying a guitar and a duffel bag, so we only chatted for about 10 minutes - mostly about the Mets.

 

The menu is short and concise. As a matter of fact, it's on a QR code, so you take a seat (one of the total of 18 - 20 seats), order from your phone, pay on your phone, and the food is delivered once prepared. You leave as soon as you're done, no waiting for a check at this point.

 

 

This is the Himokawa dipping set...

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Himokawa Dipping Udon

Extra wide flat house made udon noodles served warm with a side of warm yuzu dipping broth + Bacon, Shrimp, Purple Sweet Potato, Asparagus, and Onion Tempura

 

 

I subbed in chicken tempura for the bacon, cause I'm so healthy.

 

Re: Himokawa udon:

 

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Himokawa udon originates from Kiryu city, Gunma prefecture — they “look like long pieces of silk, so thin they’re almost translucent. (Coincidentally, Kiryu was also a major silk-producing area,” one Japanese tourist site wrote. It is also a place known for wheat production. Himokawa udon was further popularized by restaurants like Godaime Hanayama Udon, in Tokyo’s Ginza neighborhood.

The wide noodles resemble “pappardelle pasta,” says co-owner Justin Lim, who runs the business with Naoki Kyobashi.

 

 

It was all delicious.

[KennethT]

9 minutes ago, weinoo said:

Okiboru is a mini chain of Japanese noodle places, located both here in New York City, as well as having any number of locations in Georgia.

 

Their specialty, obviously, is various types of noodles (udon, ramen) served in various ways (in soup, brothless for dipping).  Yesterday, I tried the Okiboru Udon location, a nice little walk up into what is quaintly known as the east village (and on my walk I ran into the great Lenny Kaye, long-time guitar player for Patti Smith (and others), and a long-time favorite of mine).  He was walking his dog, carrying a guitar and a duffel bag, so we only chatted for about 10 minutes - mostly about the Mets.

 

The menu is short and concise. As a matter of fact, it's on a QR code, so you take a seat (one of the total of 18 - 20 seats), order from your phone, pay on your phone, and the food is delivered once prepared. You leave as soon as you're done, no waiting for a check at this point.

 

 

This is the Himokawa dipping set...

 

I subbed in chicken tempura for the bacon, cause I'm so healthy.

 

Re: Himokawa udon:

 

 

It was all delicious.

Deep fried bacon??!??  Who knew that was a thing?  Maybe they have a cardiologist on standby....

[weinoo]

2 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Deep fried bacon??!??  Who knew that was a thing?  Maybe they have a cardiologist on standby....

 

Yeah, my cardiologist has enough problems with me; that's why I chose the chicken!

[Duvel]

10 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Duvel

 

nice breakfast

 

what was for lunch ?

 

those sausages and soup are talking to me .

 

esp the fresh Weiss .  my favorite .

 

Walking back from the Augustinerbräu breakfast I stopped at the Viktualienmarkt for a Schmalznudel. It’s a yeast dough, deep fried in lard and topped with sugar …

 

 

 

To balance it out I opted for some lean meat and got a grilled horse sirloin sandwich. Super juicy and meaty …

 

 

And a dessert at a local beer hall …

 

 

Strawberries complement the seasonal Maibock beer perfectly …

 

 

Of course, the surroundings (and the music) enhance the experience …

 

 

 

And as a @rotuts special 😉

 

 

 

[KennethT]

@Duvel Are there any typical condiments for the horse sandwich?  We had horse in Iceland and loved it.  Also, I'm surprised that the menu is in English - is that common in Munich?

[Duvel]

4 minutes ago, KennethT said:

@Duvel Are there any typical condiments for the horse sandwich?  We had horse in Iceland and loved it.  Also, I'm surprised that the menu is in English - is that common in Munich?

Typical condiments for grilled meat (not restricted to horse, but also applied to it) is mustard and horseradish (pure or with cream). Ketchup is available if you insist. I took just a bit of horseradish. And of course they butter the roll. 
 

English menus are available in many restaurants and the big beer halls. And this being the Hofbräuhaus - THE prime destination for Munich visitors - the share of English menus on the tables is 50% …

 

 

[rotuts]

@Duvel

 

Thank you for the menu's

 

I love those beer mugs !

 

Im having the Weisswurst  and the Pork Belly , w a small side of Spaetzel.

 

If i have room , then the strudel.

 

Im  might have to come back for the Pig Knuckle , as Ive never had it,

 

[C. sapidus]

Brown-fried diced onion with long red chiles, cayenne, cumin, and black pepper. Separately seared diced zucchini with S&P. Mixed everything together with a Poblano chile (roasted, peeled and diced). Finished with Thai basil, cilantro, and feta in brine.

 

Not nearly as festive as @Duvel's lunch, but it hit the spot.

 

[KennethT]

Central Java style soto ayam (chicken soup)

[Shel_B]

Pasta Saragolla Rigatoncini for lunch today (link).

 

This was the first time I made this pasta, and "I'll be back." While not as heavily wheat-flavored as the whole wheat pastas I've had, it has a deeper, more earthy flavor than a standard pasta, such as a typical Rustichella d'Abruzzo.

 

I made a variation on a broccoli sauce that I've made before. I cooked up some small-diced smoked pancetta in a small amount of Calabrian chili oil, including some ground peppers, and a bit of a friend's Rancho Milagro EVOO, locally grown in a nearby town. A very fresh and flavorful bottling. The pasta was cooked in the water used to cook the broccoli.  The dish was topped with a one year old Pecorino Romano.

 

A little bonus was that the pancetta pieces would work themselves into the pasta tubes, adding a little surprise with the bite. And since the broccoli was not completely smooth, sometimes a piece of broccoli would find its way inside as well.

 

This is a great pasta, but not for everyone or for even most dishes. But when everything comes together, this pasta and the simple, quick meal it made, is a delight.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Shel_B
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