I hate when that happens 
but my taste buds don’t.
We managed to overcome the “disadvantage”!
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Family friend’s delicious 80th bday party lunch. A real treat. Crab quiche.
One filo triangle is spanakopita and the other is tiropita.
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That looks wonderful!
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It was all delicious!!
Korean lettuce salad with tofu.
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Mixed veggie pakoras. These were much denser and heavier than ones I’ve had in the past from other places, and I didn’t find much vegetable content. From Vik’s Chaat in Berkeley.
Here’s more or less what I was expecting:
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Maindish salad - Romaine, snowsweet apples, bacon and grilled cheese croutons (sandwiches, cut into crouton size). Based on one in this list of 25 Main Dish Salads by Janet Keeler in 2010
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Grilled cheese salad. Mind BLOWN! Genius!!! I can’t wait to try this.
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Today’s lunch was a cracked wheat panzanella using a recipe I clipped from the newspaper when I first started working. The recipe author said she used bulgur rather than bread but, as far as I can tell, she re-created the entire recipe. The bulgur is mixed with cumin, cayenne and cinnamon then left to soak in water until the water is absorbed. Then I added roasted red and yellow peppers, tomatoes, olives, basil, and mint. I think next time I will skip the basil and use dried mint instead of fresh. I’m not sure yet if I will make any adjustments to the veggies. I might also use a coarser bulgur.
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The pakoda problem in north america is that what most people have encountered as a pakoda is what i would call a bhajiya – vegetables battered and fried, whether individually (think tempura) or chopped and mixed up for ease of execution / laziness. I think this is a result of north indian / punjabi nomenclature. In other places this may also be called a bhajji or a bajji (from bhajiya).
What I grew up with as a pakoda is what you have pictured – a thick batter of flour, ground lentils, or a combination, with scant additions (aromatics, maybe some finely chopped vegetables), fried into small dumplings. Think hush puppy.
So I get similarly upset when I order a bhajiya and am served a pakoda
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What I assume is a poke bowl from a local small grocery/caterer. The stuff that looks like slaw is imitation crab. The rest is tuna, salmon, avocado, cucumber and seaweed. There is rice underneath. It was a huge meal. I couldn’t finish it all. Could have used more sauce/dressing/whatever underneath. They have some unexpected selections at this store, but everything is made in house. Props for the avocado being perfectly ripe.
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The same for me.
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Quick and easy lunch after a long walk.
Cold, leftover rotisserie chicken on a pretzel bun with lettuce, mayo and Dijon, BBQ chips on the side.
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Love an ice cold Dino Sour!
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I slept like a baby last night so I’m ready to take on the world! Note to self do not over exert myself today since it’s going to be a hot one this afternoon. I might go to a night market later and when I say night market it actually runs from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. When I first heard about this night market I thought it would be at actual nighttime but in Ottawa we like to do things differently 
The weather is a little iffy today I will bail and go to a museum instead. As for lunch I had another cracked wheat panzanella and a pear.
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Braised pinto beans and serranos over the last of yesterday’s basmati rice. A dollop of yogurt got added after I’d already taken a pic. Very satisfying!
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MOAR plane food from SAS. Didn’t eat the crazy salty chicken, equally salty mash (wtf?), or mushy spinach,
but the tuna tartare with some sort of herb cream cheese & pickled radishes was nice.
Made myself a sammich with a slice of cardboard-I-mean-knäckebrot & the camembert.
Also, a nice dessert — some sort of small raspberry cream cake.
Followed by a second lunch (? afternoon snack? dinner? There are no rules on the plane 
) of lovely orzo salad & a warm, crusty roll with prosciutto and more herb cream cheese.
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