It’s a cold rainy day. I need soup. Seafood soup. Sauteed bacon, mirepoix, added garlic, small red potatoes, sweet red pepper, thyme and crab broth. Just before serving I added frozen corn and shrimp and scallops that I sauteed in butter.
It hit the spot. Sides were a green salad with o&v dressing and garlic bread.
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I think i replied to this in the wrong spot - yes, Hop Kiln! They were purchased by Landmark and the tasting room was remodeled (it seemed bigger) but still as lovely. The wines are also, i have to admit, a better quality. But it’s still a lovely place to visit.
Chile rellenos stuffed with chorizo (mixed with cotija), the chorizo made in-house by my local mexi-mart, but in casserole form. I really missed the melty jack cheese in these, and i think i didn’t put enough salt in the batter, or in my salsa (which was the base, and at least was good & spicy). Not bad, just not as good as I’d envisioned. Again, mostly missing that ooey-gooey cheesiness. I couldn’t even finish a whole relleno in any case, too filling.
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Rosti potatoes. Potato sausage. These are superb without having to travel to another continent. Locally made and sourced. Taught by his father’s, father from Germany. Eggs sunny side up. Cheers.
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The rosti looks super!
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We enjoyed another outstanding dinner at Il Nido in Marlboro, NJ. We enjoyed poached lobster with avocado and grapefruit; crab encrusted halibut with excellent seafood filled arancini; short ribs; excellent homemade mafaldine cacio e pepe; The always excellent baked oysters topped with creamed spinach, and the fabulous charcuterie board. It all went great with an excellent red blend and Zinfandel.
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Can you share the name of this shop? Sounds like a destination, at least for me.
And your use of Cotija is interesting. Must try. I usually use Oaxacan. Many thanks.
Saturday night was supposed to be date night, but we both were feeling lazy and didn’t want to bother going out etc. so I decided to cook us a date night. My typical go to-surf and turf. Beautiful tomahawk and a couple pound and a half lobsters. Wanted to get 1 - 3lbs lobster to share, but couldn’t find one, so two smaller ones it was. Brocolini on the side.
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amazing! tips on making your rosti?
it’s Evergreen, our little market on Mission near 21st St. Not sure about destination, although they do have a lot of Latin American/South American products…
Cotija is just what we had on hand.
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Lunch with neighbouring friends. I only had the tuna salad as I had eaten breakfast with my colleagues.
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Wow … What an exceptionally extraordinary lobster dish.
Just had a tuna, melon salad today … Had a big breakfast - brunch with colleagues and then a lunch with friends in building – I just could not eat more …
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Thank you! It was delicious.
Your lunch looks fabulous as well.
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Ya know, when I’M feeling lazy, I go out to eat!
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I had a huge brunch prior to going out for lunch. 2 Meetings close to each other unfortunately.
So this evening a caldo de Jerez (consommé from a Iberian ham bone and Jerez Brandy ! ) That is it. A warmer up !!! Chilly. A true medicinal tradition !!!
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After making that post I realized just how much of a catch I am;
I shopped for, paid for, prepared and served the meal!!!
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Exactly what do you do when you’re NOT feeling lazy? Throw a multi-course sit-down dinner for twelve? Probably you do.
I don’t entertain that much, but it’s always buffet-style. Partly because there’s no room for a dining table in my apartment, and partly because I’m not so hot at timing things out.
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Alfie & his ear floofs!!!
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