We had a vegetarian chilli using soy mince. It’s surprisingly good so I’ll be buying up bags of it when it’s on sale. It takes a bit more spice than meat for us but with the right tweaks it’s just as enjoyable. It’s also a lot more filling for me so I get plenty of leftovers.
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Spill the secret, bruv.
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That’s a gorgeous plate of pasta.
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Can I just say that I LOVE an entire restaurant devoted to meatballs! 
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We have one of those, too!
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But that’s in NYC…and I’m not! 
I also like the idea of having other meats, such as moose, deer, veal, bear, but I know moose and bear aren’t readily available in NYC. 
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Stopped by a good fish market yesterday and picked up a couple types of grouper. One was a snowy grouper. Pure white soft flesh. Not cheap but delicious. Still cheaper than eating out.
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That’s what I always say when I feel I have to justify a splurge (like lobster, or crab, or scallops, or fancy fish): it’s always much, much cheaper than ordering the same in a restaurant 
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Met up with my gal pals (finally!) after a 3-week hiatus. The menu at the gay bar was the same as last week, and I didn’t feel like having either the shroom pasta or the (fab) autumn salad again, so I had the ‘smoked salmon gyro with tahini dressing, tomatoes & cukes,’ which was served on a boring pita & was overall pretty mediocre - thus no photographic evidence. Shoulda had the salad again instead, or the ginormous crab cake BLT one of the ladies ordered 
We’re invited to a friend’s house for some special pizza he imported from a place in DC, where he spends half his time. So, no cooking at casa lingua esta noche. Me gusta.
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Lesson learned? That’s what I try and convince myself when straying from a favourite menu item.
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Well, their menu changes weekly (obvy not this week hahaha), so you can’t get too attached to any particular item
That sounds so frustrating! There is a pizza place up the street from my place that has a Mediterranean pizza on the menu which is my absolute favourite (artchokes, mushrooms, black olives, feta) but I strayed one time and ordered a veal parmigiana. The veal was nicely cooked but was covered in a really thick coating of bread and served with enough pasta to feed a family. The tomato sauce that coated the pasta had absolutely no flavour to it either. Next time I will just stick to pizza 
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I don’t mind it at all, actually, as I like variety. The plates come from the same kitchen as my favorite restaurant in town, and sometimes repeat. Since our ladies night is a weekly thing, I get to try different things each time… well, save for this week
Here are the current menus:
The chef is a trained patissier from Philly, and her desserts are supposed to be amazing. Sadly, I’ve never had room for any of her creations.
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That menu looks amazing! It’s too bad the smoked salmon dish was a flop. The ice cream sundae looks good.
I saw the sundae last week - the guys next to us were sharing it. It looked incredible 
that is a gorgeous pasta dish!
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You’d laugh if I did
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Pot roast over egg noodles tonight. I started it last night but it needed some more time to cook and get tender so it is back on the stove. This recipe is the best one I’ve found. I use a lot more red wine than is called for though. haha
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/momma-neelys-pot-roast-recipe-1917521
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Is there eggplant in it? 
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Yeah, we made a $95 cioppino for 3 on Thanksgiving with ample leftovers. No markup on alcohol and no tip. Always a better deal.
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