What did you cook/eat today (May 2017)?

[Ken Natton]

Dinner this evening was a chicken and mushroom risotto.

Funny thing, with risotto. Whenever I have it in a restaurant, I always find it thoroughly delightful. Whenever I try to cook it, I'm always disappointed.

 

[Lullabelle]

Turkish de-light?

We ordered a wrap each, we were given some Turkish bread and 4 portions of cold meze 'on the house' very tasty as were the wraps

 

[Lullabelle]

Dinner this evening was a chicken and mushroom risotto.

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Funny thing, with risotto. Whenever I have it in a restaurant, I always find it thoroughly delightful. Whenever I try to cook it, I'm always disappointed.

I find home made is far better than restaurant. Do you use a recipe? Maybe change an ingredient..

 

[creative]

We ordered a wrap each, we were given some Turkish bread and 4 portions of cold meze 'on the house' very tasty as were the wraps

I have lost my sense of smell which affects my tastebuds a bit. Wraps to me are tasteless - like pliable, thin cardboard. Do they have much taste/flavour to you?

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Gorgeous as ever @morning glory. I confess I'm a little uncertain about how much I would like this dish, but that photograph makes me want to try.

You will be surprised!

 

[Lullabelle]

I have lost my sense of smell which affects my tastebuds a bit. Wraps to me are tasteless - like pliable, thin cardboard. Do they have much taste/flavour to you?

They warm them through on the bbq just before serving which does release some flavour but doesn't overpower the taste of the filling.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Back on topic: I made @MypinchofItaly 's Mediterranean aubergine rolls. Delicious!

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Wow! You did them, happy you liked them! And great pic as always

 

[MypinchofItaly]

That is understandable. We booked a table at a Loch Fyne restaurant in Nottingham, most tables were empty but they offered us a tiny table next to the door to the toilets, I refused and asked to be seated elsewhere, don't want to eat a meal close to that smell

That's incredibile cause it happens sometimes also to me..the restaurant/trattoria is empty, not booked table and the waiter offered a table next to the toilet or next to the entrance of restaurant. "maybe is there a better table out of the restaurant?In the parking maybe? No?? Oh what hell of restaurant is!"

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

I'm not sure I see a health problem, but it is certainly decadent. Come the day of the revolution...

I didn't mention the beer and chocolate

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

Dinner this evening was a chicken and mushroom risotto.

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Funny thing, with risotto. Whenever I have it in a restaurant, I always find it thoroughly delightful. Whenever I try to cook it, I'm always disappointed.

I always use half oil, half butter and finish it with parmesan to give it extra creaminess.

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

That's incredibile cause it happens sometimes also to me..the restaurant/trattoria is empty, not booked table and the waiter offered a table next to the toilet or next to the entrance of restaurant. "maybe is there a better table out of the restaurant?In the parking maybe? No?? Oh what hell of restaurant is!"

I understand being offered a table near the window when the restaurant is not very busy, but not being at the back.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

I always use half oil, half butter and finish it with parmesan to give it extra creaminess.

I would suggest a little secret about creaminess of risotto..at the end of cooking,I add a little piece of very cold butter (from the freezer). This is a method to make risotto more creamy

 

[Morning Glory]

Gorgeous as ever @morning glory. I confess I'm a little uncertain about how much I would like this dish, but that photograph makes me want to try.

What is about the dish that worries you?

 

[Morning Glory]

I have lost my sense of smell which affects my tastebuds a bit. Wraps to me are tasteless - like pliable, thin cardboard. Do they have much taste/flavour to you?

I think 'wraps' are tasteless. Even the name suggests that! I'm not saying that the wraps had by @Lullabelle were tasteless - but certainly the one's I have had are.

 

[Morning Glory]

You will be surprised!

I added some anchovies to your recipe (just because I had some left over). A good addition I think. It really is a lovely recipe.