What did you cook or eat today (January 2023)?

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Fregola pasta with shrimp, zucchini, our oven dried tomatoes and onions.
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Windigo said:
I have posted my recipe on here before, Recipe - My recipe for Indonesian peanut satay sauce . It's a family heirloom . I also add ginger and trassi ( fermented shrimp) , which I apparently forgot to mention in this recipe. Use a tablespoon of grated ginger and a teaspoon of trassi if you can get it.
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Oh, yes. I remember that recipe! Now, I’m going to have to start foraging through Asian grocery stores to find the ingredients. :)
 
Hello Fresh dish tonight - bison chili, topped with bacon bits, cheddar cheese, and sour cream.

I was really excited about this one, since I don’t often get to eat bison. It really hit the spot - we’re expecting snow tonight so it’s good weather for it.
 
Can food be so beautiful that it’s too good to eat? Well, of course not. But, we just had dinner at Lazotea, a restaurant opened by Colombian chef Jorge Rausch, and it’s hard not to sit and stare at the food.

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Buñuelitos de Atún - basically, savory donuts stuffed with tuna tartar and an avocado crema.

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Ceviche de Corvina - sea bass in tamarind leche de tigre, purple yam puree and fresh jicama. The purée is a terrific accompaniment to a ceviche.

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Grilled salmon - no surprise that the salmon is flawless, too.

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Goat Cheese Salad - with smoked beets, oranges, and toasted macadamias.

And, no, these were not too pretty to eat. :laugh:

The setting was pretty stunning, too:

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The Late Night Gourmet said:
Can food be so beautiful that it’s too good to eat? Well, of course not. But, we just had dinner at Lazotea, a restaurant opened by Colombian chef Jorge Rausch, and it’s hard not to sit and stare at the food.

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We used to go to a restaurant that did something similar with tofu and it was great. Sadly they didn't survive the lockdowns.


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TastyReuben said:
Well, the burgers yesterday were a bit of a disappointment, overcooked and a little dry, but that happens.

The real irritant for me is this habit restaurants around here are falling into: in an attempt to appear “trendy,” they’re all moving away from ceramic/porcelain plates and serving everything on these godawful 1/8-sized aluminum sheet pans.

I really hate that. For one, being aluminum, they’re light as a feather and they’re always warped or bent in some way, and they don’t sit level on the table. Every stab at something with a fork, the stupid thing spins around or slides across the table.

Also, it makes me feel Ike I’m eating out of a trough, or that I’m an animal, because they’ve put my food on a thing that isn’t meant to be eaten off of, like, “Oh, it’s just him, don’t bother plating it, just slap it on that tray!”
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Not to mention aluminum trays work like a heat sync to draw heat away from food, making your food get cold faster.

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The Late Night Gourmet said:
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Buñuelitos de Atún - basically, savory donuts stuffed with tuna tartar and an avocado crema.
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We had something similar at 1 of our favorite places a while back.

"The other appy we got was tuna on crispy rice cakes. Didn't get the Pic until we both had already grabbed one. It was little round soft and creamy but crispy on outside rice cakes, with a tower of tuna tartare, sitting on a glaze of the thick sweet soy sauce and sesame oil, the soy sauce has a name but I can't remember it, with what tasted like a garnish of Kewpie mayo and Wasabi, with a bit of golden tamari drizzled on top of that. They were yummy."

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I raided the veg plot this morning before the sun had burnt off the fog/low cloud.

The strawberries have been eaten, a treat this morning and then split with hubby this evening.

This evening was the remains of a picnic out with hubby's work. It was their Christmas do, so hubby being head of their office arranged something typically different to include those with families, kids, partners and so on.

The picnic was at a place where you can feed the alpacas, llamas and donkeys. You get to eat your meal after you've fed them. All but 1 then left. The one that didn't leave was effectively sitting against me on the floor (I was also on the floor). It spent about an hour sitting with me sleeping on me and saying hello. Oddly when I had food or drink handed to me, it showed little interest other than taking a quick smell. They've never seen it behave like this with anyone before. Apparently it is the grumpiest of all of them! It might as well have been an Irish wolf hound we used to know, walk and dog sit for. It only left my side after an hour of it being the only one left with the humans! Even then it lingered before finally returning to the herd. If i find any photos on hubby's phone I'll post some.

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Went to see my tiny little granddaughter (born 8 weeks early) and popped into a Thai restaurant for lunch. Wow and double wow! We ordered chicken satay, two types of spring roll, som tum (spicy salad) and drunken noodles. Then idiot here said "have you got some hot chile oil?" which was dutifully wheeled out, with a health warning. Prawn crackers were put on the table. The rice paper spring rolls were so fragrant, so delicious, I couldn´t believe it. The prawn crackers (home-made) were spectacular.
The flavours - absolutely unbelievable. The heat - likewise; I think even my hair was perspiring, but I ate everything in sight. The "heat" indicator said 1 chile was spicy; 2 chiles, definitely spicy, 3 chiles, Thai spicy. I thought Indian food was hot, but this took the biscuit. Loved every minute of it.
Yorky: you must have a stainless steel stomach, mate!!
Lousy photo, because I only remembered when we were almost finished:
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karadekoolaid said:
Went to see my tiny little granddaughter (born 8 weeks early) and popped into a Thai restaurant for lunch. Wow and double wow! We ordered chicken satay, two types of spring roll, som tum (spicy salad) and drunken noodles. Then idiot here said "have you got some hot chile oil?" which was dutifully wheeled out, with a health warning. Prawn crackers were put on the table. The rice paper spring rolls were so fragrant, so delicious, I couldn´t believe it. The prawn crackers (home-made) were spectacular.
The flavours - absolutely unbelievable. The heat - likewise; I think even my hair was perspiring, but I ate everything in sight. The "heat" indicator said 1 chile was spicy; 2 chiles, definitely spicy, 3 chiles, Thai spicy. I thought Indian food was hot, but this took the biscuit. Loved every minute of it.
Yorky: you must have a stainless steel stomach, mate!!
Lousy photo, because I only remembered when we were almost finished:
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Sounds great. Please give the restaurant a name!
 
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