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takinitalloff

This one's not technically a meal I guess? Waldorf Astoria Cake which is similar to Red Velvet Cake, but with boiled icing instead of cream cheese icing. This was a new discovery for me and I had to try it out. It was light and delicate, not overly sweet, a very nice cake. I do like regular Red Velvet Cake too. This slice was my first dessert in five months, and I really enjoyed it. Now back to regular meals for a while

takinitalloff

The NYT published an alluring article a few months ago about how to flambé foods... so I decided to try the Steak Diane (side of arugula & carrots, with a bit of the steak sauce for dressing) and the Cherries Jubilee (omitting the sugar, ice cream, and pound cake). A very festive and fun dinner. I had a little bit of red wine with the steak & salad, and enjoyed playing around with the camera too.

takinitalloff

Easy Keto Salmon Patties... I had bought a couple cans of salmon a while back, which I realized was a mistake as soon as I made a meal with the first can. I like salmon and I like other kinds of fish in cans, but canned salmon is not for me

Anyway, as I still had a can left, I decided it was time to get it over with... so I made a mediocre salad with half of it, and then I turned the second half into these salmon patties. Sadly there was no room left in my macros for the aioli, so I ate the patties by themselves. Not bad, but not something I would choose to eat again. I'm not a fan of crab cakes either, so this is no great surprise, but I thought the recipe was worth a shot.

acpgee

@takinitalloff
Food was okay but not worth £115 for five small sharing plates with wine. The best dish was the deep fried cod cheeks with alioli. I don't deep fry at home, so that was kind of a treat. The split peas under the butternut squash were good too. Mussels were a perfect texture but lacking in flavour especially as the menu mentioned nduja and gremolata in their preparation.

cmsienk

Friday dinner (more like a heavy snack):
Open face leftover turkey with melted Swiss on a slice of gf multigrain bread with a side of roasted sweet potatoes

mtaratoot

acpgee wrote: »

@takinitalloff
Food was okay but not worth £115 for five small sharing plates with wine. The best dish was the deep fried cod cheeks with alioli. I don't deep fry at home, so that was kind of a treat. The split peas under the butternut squash were good too. Mussels were a perfect texture but lacking in flavour especially as the menu mentioned nduja and gremolata in their preparation.

I live in a very different world from you apparently. I can't imagine paying almost $75 per person for a meal, plus tip I presume. Even if I went out to eat once a week (I don't), I could go nearly a month for that much, and I'd enjoy every bite. A few weeks ago, I drove 20 miles to a taco shop because it was Tuesday, and they always have four different tacos for $1.50 each - they rotate which ones are on special. Our local tavern offered up a full Thanksgiving meal for twelve bucks, plus three more if you wanted pie. For sure I wouldn't pay that much if the food wasn't good.

I'm saving up to go back up to that hot springs resort I visited last month. For about $120, they feed me three meals, give me a place to sleep, and let me soak all I want for 24 hours. It's an amazing place, and the food is always very good. No wine though. And it's all vegetarian, so no mussels or cod cheeks.

There is a restaurant on the coast that I really love. Only once did I order the Fishwife Stew. It's now up to $40, but it's almost worth it. It's a huge bowl of seafood (dugneness crab, pink shrimp, prawns, scallops, clams, rockfishwith, and scallops) in a tasty broth of wine, tomato, saffron, and herbs. Maybe every few years I'll treat myself to a bowl for a special occasion, but it would have to be a very special occasion.

I hope your next meal is more delicious and less dear!

SafariGalNYC

acpgee wrote: »

@takinitalloff
Food was okay but not worth £115 for five small sharing plates with wine. The best dish was the deep fried cod cheeks with alioli. I don't deep fry at home, so that was kind of a treat. The split peas under the butternut squash were good too. Mussels were a perfect texture but lacking in flavour especially as the menu mentioned nduja and gremolata in their preparation.

mtaratoot wrote: »

acpgee wrote: »

@takinitalloff
Food was okay but not worth £115 for five small sharing plates with wine. The best dish was the deep fried cod cheeks with alioli. I don't deep fry at home, so that was kind of a treat. The split peas under the butternut squash were good too. Mussels were a perfect texture but lacking in flavour especially as the menu mentioned nduja and gremolata in their preparation.

I live in a very different world from you apparently. I can't imagine paying almost $75 per person for a meal, plus tip I presume. Even if I went out to eat once a week (I don't), I could go nearly a month for that much, and I'd enjoy every bite. A few weeks ago, I drove 20 miles to a taco shop because it was Tuesday, and they always have four different tacos for $1.50 each - they rotate which ones are on special. Our local tavern offered up a full Thanksgiving meal for twelve bucks, plus three more if you wanted pie. For sure I wouldn't pay that much if the food wasn't good.

I'm saving up to go back up to that hot springs resort I visited last month. For about $120, they feed me three meals, give me a place to sleep, and let me soak all I want for 24 hours. It's an amazing place, and the food is always very good. No wine though. And it's all vegetarian, so no mussels or cod cheeks.

There is a restaurant on the coast that I really love. Only once did I order the Fishwife Stew. It's now up to $40, but it's almost worth it. It's a huge bowl of seafood (dugneness crab, pink shrimp, prawns, scallops, clams, rockfishwith, and scallops) in a tasty broth of wine, tomato, saffron, and herbs. Maybe every few years I'll treat myself to a bowl for a special occasion, but it would have to be a very special occasion.

I hope your next meal is more delicious and less dear!

@acpgee - bummer when a restaurant meal is
Disappointing. I go out a lot too and every now and then a lemon of a dinner gets in there!
You could be a chef by the way! Your creations are lovely!

@mtaratoot - that fishwife stew sounds amazing. You’ve inspired me to make some stew.

Re dining out. Oh man — I’m not going to say how much I spend on NY dinners. 🫣 😬😒💸
🤷🏼‍♀️ 😋

acpgee

Salad of cherry tomato, roast paprika, mozarella and olives to start. Pici pasta with cheese, mushroom, and artichoke/truffle pesto with a side of sauteed green beans. Pici (a very thick noodle shape similar to udon) and the artichoke/truffle pesto was stuff we dragged home from our vacation in Siena last month.

takinitalloff

Cassoulet Style Lamb Shanks and Beans -- I used Rancho Gordo's Cassoulet (Tarbais) Bean and added a side of red cabbage with apple & onion (own recipe). Everything was delicious and harmonizes well (I wasn't sure this combo would work, but omg so good). The beans are underneath the meat, so you have to kinda look for them They came out rich and creamy, I'm a fan.

takinitalloff

Three-Cup Chicken with a side of bok choy cooked in sesame oil, tamari, garlic, and ginger. I omitted the sugar from the chicken recipe. This is my second time with the Three-Cup Chicken, and I quite like it.

acpgee

Egyptian goulash (=phyllo and ground beef pie) and a green salad.

takinitalloff

Spiced Pumpkin and Goat Cheese with Citrus Dressing and Sunflower Seeds -- another recipe from The Real Meal Revolution cookbook. I'm super hungry today so I don't know if this really was as amazing as I think it was? But yes, I think so! I found two online references to this recipe and both bloggers also loved it, even though both of them made some changes. I followed the recipe exactly, except I used olive oil instead of coconut oil to roast the pumpkin. YUM.

acpgee

We had some leftover mince filling from last night's Egyptian goulash and some homemade corn tortilla's in the freezer. Both got used up in taco's tonight. I did generate some new leftovers with salsa, and elote made from tinned corn. I guess I can turn all the leftovers including chopped lettuce and avocado into a salad tomorrow.

acpgee

I made three Egyptian goulash's on the weekend. At one straight away, frozen another and saved one to eat tonight. So same meal as Sunday night, tonight. Added some stir fried green bean and broccoli mix because we have a lot of that in the vegetable drawer.

takinitalloff

A little snack: smoked salmon, raw carrot ribbons, and roasted & salted pumpkin seeds.

acpgee

Dip of tomato, feta, olive oil cooked in the air fryer and served with toast. Blanched veg with ranch. I got a new air fryer yesterday so tested that out with drumsticks. Two were plain and two were coated in Korean fried chicken sauce which scorched a little.

takinitalloff

@acpgee OOOOH that looks delicious. I actually said that out loud when I opened the post haha

acpgee

Hubby cooked. Meatballs, sauerkraut, green salad, mash.

takinitalloff

Pad Kra Pao (thanks @acpgee for the inspiration!). I used pork belly for the meat, and used half the amounts of oyster/fish/soy sauces because the full amounts would have made this way too salty for me. I also only used about a third of the chilis... it was plenty spicy for me 🥵 and the kitchen smelled very sneezy during cooking

Tasty dish. I was planning to eat this by itself because of my low-carb ways, but ended up adding just a little bit of rice at the end to take the edge off. The egg perfectly tempered down some of the heat. This dish reminds me a little of Loco Moco. I can totally see why this is a popular street food.

cmsienk

Convention Center food all week here in Barcelona. None of it has been picture worthy (or palate worthy, for that matter) until yesterday's lunch. Among the lunch offerings, this broccoli cauliflower gratin over rice was pretty good.