Dinner 2025

[Ddanno]

39 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yeah. I get that. I have friends here who will refuse to walk down certain streets because they contain fruit shops selling durian. I have no problem with coriander or asparagus pee, either. But other smells drive me mad.  

 

 

 

I found it weirdly frustrating. I felt like I should have 'grown into it' sort of like how my Ma would serve vile leather and onions when I was young, but once I tried a flash fried piece of liver with onions on toast I was converted forever.

 

There are very few foods I won't or don't eat*, so it feels like a personal failure on some level.

 

*Coriander isn't food!

Edited 22 hours ago by Ddanno (log)

[Maison Rustique]

No recent pix from me either. Like @liuzhou, I simply don't feel like eating much when it is this hot. I eat a lot of fresh tomato with cottage cheese or just a small cheese sandwich. Weather is supposed to cool down a little next week so in anticipation, I bought some baking potatoes to eat with various toppings. I did pick up my first fresh peaches of the summer yesterday (only 2) which I will likely eat with some brie, either a cold plate or a grilled cheese. And one of our oldest Italian restaurants in the area are having a take-out special on Tuesday with around 20 entrees available for $15 each. I am planning to pre-order an eggplant Parm and go early to pick it up so I can sit in their friendly dark bar with a glass of wine to wait for it.

[KennethT]

Padang style grilled chicken.  It's first simmered in gulai which is basically the same ingredients as rendang but still soupy. 

 

Once the chicken was done, it was removed and I kept the gulai going until it thickened to what is called kalio - which was served on the side as like a dipping sauce. I put the chicken in the air fryer rather than actually grilling.

 

 

Served with sambal ijo...

 

Edited 3 hours ago by KennethT (log)