Dinner 2025

[KennethT]

Headless fish head curry with mahi mahi.

[C. sapidus]

Stopped at a brewery with a disc golf course AND Caribbean-influenced taco truck near Richmond VA. Talk about full service! 😃

 

Had to try the oxtail tacos with mango habanero salsa. Unctuously delicious.
 

Edited yesterday at 01:27 AM by C. sapidus (log)

[Ddanno]

1 hour ago, C. sapidus said:

Stopped at a brewery with a disc golf course AND Caribbean-influenced taco truck near Richmond VA. Talk about full service! 😃

 

Had to try the oxtail tacos with mango habanero salsa. Unctuously delicious.
 

They look delicious but how on earth do you pick one up?

[C. sapidus]

1 minute ago, Ddanno said:

They look delicious but how on earth do you pick one up?

 

Yes it would have worked better with 3 tacos and the same amount of filling.

[Duvel]

After visiting the black Madonna of Rocamadour …

 

 

 

… we were on our way back to the hotel when we passed what looked like a makeshift parking lot with a huge sign saying „woodfire-grilled meats“. Of course we stopped, got a table and ordered.

 

They recommended two menus for the three of us, and they were righ about the portion sizest. Wine, wster & bread arrived …

 

 

DWs choice: salad with country paté, semidried duck and cured duck ham …

 

 

And for me salad with roasted bread and house-made foie gras mi-cuit  - it was fantastic.

 

 

Mains were grilled trout with bacon stuffing for DW …

 

 

… while little one and me demolished the grilled lamb. So juicy 🤗

 

 

Dessers were a lavender infused pannacotta …

 

 

And the local specialty: warm nut cake (very moist) with vanilla sauce.

 

 

Very full we drove home and enjoyed the sunset from the hotels porch while sipping some whiskey I just happen to have in the car 🤭

 

[Shel_B]

TJ's Steamed Pork Shu Mai

With a nod to Sunset Magazine

 

 

I grab these dumplings a few times a year, and tonight, as I was prepping to steam them, I remembered a recipe from Sunset Magazine that was published in the 1970s: Pepper‑Steamed Chicken With Roasted Onion Sauce. This evening, I riffed on that recipe and steamed the dumplings with an infusion of green onions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. When cooked, I drizzled just a little of the "sauce" over the dumplings. Ended up with a kitchen filled with pleasant aromas and a very tasty, nicely flavored and nuanced, bowl of dumplings.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Shel_B
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[C. sapidus]

Another stop for tacos on the road, this time chorizo tacos with a zingy green salsa from a taco truck. Much more manageably filled this time . . .

 

What looks like a Foley bag (medical folks will know) is actually a plastic bag full of passion fruit juice, with a straw tied in for drinking. Disappeared quickly on a warm day.

 

[Honkman]

Chickpea Salad with Chicken and Tomatoes - chickpeas are mixed with diced, seared chicken breast and cherry tomatoes. Vinaigrette is made by mixing olive oil, lemon juice, jalapeno, parsley, onions, and cream cheese.