So the server took it back and it was thrown out, or do Berlin restaurants have good composting infrastructure (which is my dream)? Or maybe there was a hungry kitchen dog? I’m not trying to be snarky, but wondering how restaurants in other countries deal with food waste. Overall, ‘mericans don’t do a great job of that at home or in restaurants.
Another thing I’ve done when we lived in the big city was give our leftovers to a hungry looking person in the street. That was always appreciated.
I would have grabbed a take out box and had it with a couple of eggs the next day 
Maybe it’s tacky to eat something you’ve sent back to the kitchen.
They’re the ones who offered it for consumption, I think it’s better than throwing it out.
Or in tacos?
I’ll take being tacky over wasting food every time.
And I’ve done way tackier things than that
Made a bread in the machine today - Black pepper, rosemary, and Parmesan, with a base of 3 c. bread flour, 1 c. water, 3/4 t. Morton’s kosher salt, 1 t. instant yeast. This turned out great, with a crispy crust because of the cheese. It paired well with assorted salami and Fromager d’Affinois (for me; BF went with pepper jack). Rosé and IPA to go with.
I made a Morrocan-spiced green lentil stew with carrots, celery, sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, chickpeas, homemade chicken broth, cilantro, and warm spices. Stirred in a little preserved-lemon yogurt after photographing and topped with crispy shallots. Side was avocado toast on homemade bread.
I’m getting blood work done on Monday and really hope results are improved!
Take out pork tamales (I ordered them cold and steamed tonight myself) and guacamole/chips from our favorite Mexican restaurant. Came with Pico. Shown on my plate for color and then passed to him. A dab of butter to go with my tortilla chips.
Evidently hopeful enough to forego homemade ice cream 
My doctor tells me numbers are better if you’re well hydrated for blood draw.
We enjoyed another outstanding dinner at Fiorentini, in Rutherford, NJ, including Octopus carpaccio; excellent sous vide sesame crusted pork tenderloin; fried moscardini (baby octopus); steak tartare; raviolone ‘crabonara’. It all went great with a couple of excellent cabernets.
ETA it’s worth letting it sit the full ten minutes. It’s great.
Met two friends tonight at CK Pearl in Essex, MA.
We started with libations: Hibiscus Raspberry sangria for me (white wine, Triple Eight raspberry vodka, citrus, pineapple, and hibiscus), prosecco, and a Koloa Fizz (Koloa coconut rum, cranberry, lime and cava) for my two friends.
For apps, I had my cuppa clam chowda with a couple of fried clam strips on top, and they enjoyed coconut shrimp with a honey mustard sauce. But we determined these were more like shrimp fritters with a bit of coconut…but they still liked them!
I had fish and chips…the fish was so very fresh, although the shoestring fries could have stayed in the fryolator another 30-60 seconds.
There was seared tuna tacos (with the icky cilantro picked off because no one likes that stuff! 
) for one and steak tips with fries and asparagus for my other friend.
We were sort of full…but they had key lime pie and strawberry shortcake! Sooo…I got the pie and another got the shortcake. Woof! We were even fuller!
Good meal, good chat.
Today in unexpected food behavior.
I had some pizza dough in the freezer (made with sourdough discard), and I thought I’d make some flatbread out of it. I’d parbaked the stuff before, so I figured things would go according to plan. But no! It pita’d.
No problem, squished it down, slapped some fava bean / lemon / mint / feta on there. Served with a side of balcony lettuce and homemade ranch.
Tuna salad. Tuna and cannellini beans over little gem, accoutrements were radishes, baby pickled beets, Castelvetrano and kalamata olives, sliced cucumber, red onion. Caesar dressing thinned with tuna oil. I also had Fromager d’Affinois, but with herbs, on toasted baguette. Earthy, buttery goodness.
Good to know. Thanks!
