I used the meatballs I had made from the pork and cabbage dumplings from last week to do a rice bowl thing with a side of a lone eggplant, broccoli and brown basmati. Clearing out the fridge before we go away for a few days!
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Our friend invited us over for a sensational International feast 
He made an outstanding mushroom curry that had a nice little kick to it (India); crispy Chicken Katsu (Korea); lemon cacio e pepe (Italy); smoked pulled rabbit taco (Mexico); excellent roast loin of pork roulade stuffed with broccoli rabe and prosciutto with a sauce made with the pork bones, and crispy smashed potatoes on the side; crab cakes; an amuse bouche of seared scallops, cucumbers, peppers, fish sauce, fried onions, and roasted peanuts (China); light as a feather popovers; chocolate tahini mousse (France) with a cumin cookie (Netherlands). He served some fantastic wines with some grapes that I never had before, including a 2009 Robert Foley Charbono, a 1974 Sassella, Sailor’s Superstition red blend aged in rum barrels, and The Federalist Dueling Pistols with a red zinfandel and Syrah blend, among other amazing wines and aperitifs.
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@paryzer Fabulous meal…and I loathe to quibble, but katsu is Japanese, not Korean.
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Thanks @digga. Sorry, he mentioned that the katsu was Korean. Maybe because of the pickled sauce he put on top? Either way it was delicious.
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holy crap, what a feast! what is the sauce on the chicken katsu?
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I’d imagine Koreans have their own take on it…?
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Feast indeed!! Interesting that he did things from all over.
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The recipe he used said Korean.
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Yes, he likes to do dinner themes to keep things interesting 
This was an International theme.
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I’m not sure what the sauce was. It was some sort of pickled sauce that went great with the crispy and juicy chicken. Even the eggs were made a certain way. I forgot what term he called it, but he cooked them for something like 6 minutes and 40 seconds to keep the yolks runny.
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oh yes, i wasn’t questioning, just responding to digga! i love katsu.
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But sucn an enormous amount of food. Were there more than the four of you?
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Drinks and apps last night in the quaint PA rivertown of New Hope.
Stop 1:
Chocolate peanut butter Old Fashioned for me.
Coconut rum, lime juice, sparkling wine for him.
Shared the slightly underwhelming “Naanachos” with chicken tikka masala under all that.
Stop 2:
Another Old Fashioned for me, a Bailey’s spiked latte for him.
Baked brie to share.
It was such a beautiful day (sunny and 60). Had to take advantage of the weather.
There was no need for an actual dinner. Glad we went the route we did.
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@mariacarmen I asked him what the katsu sauce was made of. He said it consisted of mayo, hot sauce of choice, hint of cayenne and chopped bread & butter pickles.
Also, those are runny eggs. Bring pot of water to a boil, place room temperature eggs in water - light boil for 6 minutes and 30 seconds. Immediately plunge into cold water.
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There were 4 of us eating. The chef was tasting everything throughout the day. It was a 4 hour dinner and we took home plenty of leftovers to have for dinner tonight. I’m sure they will also have leftovers for a few days.
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Wow!
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Anybody we might know or do you have a stable of crazy hosts?
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