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Post by Don Cuevas on Jun 18, 2018 19:56:11 GMT
Kasha varniskes, shiitake gravy, and a side of gravlaks.
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Post by rikita on Jun 20, 2018 0:15:54 GMT
a stuffed pepper (with mushrooms, bacon, feta cheese inside) and some rice.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 18, 2018 17:30:58 GMT
I had the most divine lunch today. It was after 3 pm & I'd been walking in a heavily forested public garden out in the sticks. Attached to that garden is what I thought was the usual little tea shop one finds in gardens. But no! This was a lovely brasserie and I decided to indulge myself. I had an incredible soup with a carrot base, generously garnished with mung bean sprouts and samphire and with shrimp "toasties" on the side. It came with two kinds of bread & a herb butter. I enjoyed this with a nice glass of Jopen beer. Afterward I had coffee, genever Zuidam, which was served chilled, and creme brulee. I have to say, the soup was easily one of the best I ever had and the creme brulee was hands down the best. There were only two slight missteps in the whole meal. One was that the coffee was served in a glass, not a cup (no no no no no no no), and the creme brulee was accompanied by a small dish of caramel ice cream -- too sweet & unnecessary. I was glad I had a hike to get back to the bus stop for Amsterdam, as I needed to waddle some of that meal off!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 21:44:48 GMT
WOW!!!!!!!! That does sound divine and rich!!!!
I had an almost equally divine lunch downtown today.
I had a seafood gazpacho which was a take off on a traditional gazpacho but it had boiled shrimp and crabmeat incorporated into it.
Then, a raw seafood platter with cherry stone clams, steamed mussels, jumbo shrimp, oysters, and a tuna tartare.
An avocado shrimp remoulade salad.
No dessert.
A delightful Italian Rosato, Tiamo, Terre Di Chieti, 2016. (from the coastal Italian region of Abruzzo).
I will seek this wine out at the wine merchant my next visit!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 18, 2018 22:15:36 GMT
Mega-wow on your seafood extravaganza! What was the occasion? Even if there were room for dessert after that feast, I can't imagine what would be appropriate. Brocato's lemon ice, maybe?
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Post by lagatta on Jul 19, 2018 0:24:15 GMT
This thing is producing very strong cravings in my inner cat...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 2:04:10 GMT
There really was no "occasion" to speak of.
Twice a month I have a long standing appointment in the CBD late in the a.m. and afterward, going back now to 2013, I took up going to the same restaurant, LUKE, which I have posted about on here before and where I met up with former Anyporter Cristine back in 2011 or 2 while she was here in NOLA overnite on a business trip, whom I miss dearly along with many other former posters who came and went and was to me a valued poster and "family" APIAS"trooper". Anyway..
I have become good friends with the oyster shuckers and bartender who work that particular day shift and they give me a really good deal on their offerings. I eat and drink what they magically put in front of me, (I almost bordered on having to "train" them in an ever so diplomatic and delicate way) as they have come to know my preferences and portion sizes . (I compensate them generously). What can I say, NOLA is very much of a who and what you know and service workers in both the food and entertainment industry treat their "regulars" as they would family.
I missed a couple of Wednesdays and my arrival today was duly rewarded. (I won't be back there until 8/15 because I will be in NY from 8/1-8/14.)
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Post by fumobici on Jul 19, 2018 18:09:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 19:00:14 GMT
WOW!!!!
(I confess to being a "purist" or, some may say snob but as with coffee there's a line I can't quite cross)
But, thank you for the information/link Fumobici.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 19, 2018 19:26:52 GMT
I wouldn't snob that at all - not for at home, of course, or a byow restaurant, but for outings. In Perugia nowadays people are forbidden from taking glass bottles of wine or beer (or anything else) to the most central district. People can still drink anything, but it has to be in cans or tetrapaks.
I've never bought wine in cans here, just because what is available is rather shitty, but I have bought excellent craft cider thus, and it tasted fine.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 19:48:50 GMT
I suppose I could get passed it for the reasons you stated LaGatta.
Here, you can drink any alcoholic beverage out in public but not if it's glass.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 19, 2018 20:13:36 GMT
People who don't respect glass a noble material dating several millenium are uncivilised people. People who prefer cans to glass have no taste either. They can make windows out of wood too if they find glass dangerous.
More Intelligently in some places bottles are made of tempered glass. When they break they shatter in harmless small pieces.
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Post by fumobici on Jul 20, 2018 6:00:06 GMT
I wouldn't snob that at all - not for at home, of course, or a byow restaurant, but for outings. In Perugia nowadays people are forbidden from taking glass bottles of wine or beer (or anything else) to the most central district. People can still drink anything, but it has to be in cans or tetrapaks. I've never bought wine in cans here, just because what is available is rather shitty, but I have bought excellent craft cider thus, and it tasted fine. Having more than once navigated past the broken bottles near the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia early in the morning before the street cleaners have cleared away the broken glass, I salute that rule. Place Garibaldi in Nice more recently offered a similar experience although either will be well-scrubbed by eight or so. I used to be an anti-can snob, but now prefer cans over bottles. They recycle much more compact.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 20, 2018 12:09:45 GMT
Now that plastic is being slowly but surely banned in many places, I am quite sure that we are going to see more and more cans for beverages that we never expected to drink that way.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 24, 2018 11:55:51 GMT
I am presently starving and it’s another hour to lunch!
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 26, 2018 10:28:50 GMT
Leftover pizza today.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2018 10:42:38 GMT
I had rookworst, folded into a piece of multi-grain & nut bread that I spread with hot mustard & chopped onion and pickle. For those wondering, I had the kind that needs to be cooked.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 27, 2018 11:03:44 GMT
Was it in a tin or jar?
I actually like that. Traditionally pork, but it now also comes in halal, kosher and vegetarian versions. Hearty breakfast! Also great with sauerkraut. I had to check Oaxaca time. Normal that your should be up very early. I'm just having a stovetop espresso now; I'm heading to the market because I like going there early. I'm out of ONIONS! Making a peperonata.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2018 11:18:12 GMT
Neither, LaGatta -- it was sold loose in a loop. The loop cut in half translated into two very big "dogs". It's not really normal for me to be up so early, but I got almost no sleep last night & was up well before dawn. I've already had one little accidental nap today. Out of onions?! I'm always horrified when that happens to me. It does kind of feel like a crucial breakdown in the system.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 27, 2018 13:18:12 GMT
I guess it is legal for you to take that back to Oaxaca - unless you are somewhere else? Would be confiscated by Canada Customs. Yes, when there I buy it at a butcher's or other kind of shop, loose.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2018 13:20:26 GMT
It's totally illegal to bring any kind of meat product into Mexico, even canned meat.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 27, 2018 13:51:08 GMT
I finished my potato salad.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 27, 2018 14:36:17 GMT
So you bought your rookworst in Mexico?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 27, 2018 14:39:42 GMT
Yesterday and today have been the hottest days of the summer so far and each day I have had a substantial hot lunch and feel so much better for it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2018 14:48:23 GMT
LaGatta, I am in Amsterdam.
Kerouac, I love potato salad. Guilty admission: I like the bought kind, too, as it is often goopier than I'd ever allow myself to make it at home.
I don't know if hot food or cold is better for whatever the climate is, Mick. I don't usually adjust my meal to the temperature. Did you sprinkle lots of cilantro on your nice hot food? It's a diuretic, you know, so good to get rid of any excess water you might be gulping in the heat.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 27, 2018 14:54:25 GMT
I didn't. I cooked a huge pasta meal last night and this was the leftover.
Chinese stir fry tonight.
Anybody got some good courgette (zucchini) recipes? I have lots of them....
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Post by lagatta on Jul 27, 2018 15:59:40 GMT
Oh, I thought you had returned home! Indeed I didn't expect Mexican customs to let that kind of meat products in; glad you confirmed that. I didn't know that about cilantro, good to know as I've been drinking litres of water and it can cause health problems.
It is not quite as hot today, overcast, so while I have bureaucratic stuff to do, I've been down on my knees tidying up.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 27, 2018 16:20:26 GMT
Off topic: I am wondering what happens when Mexico catches you with something innocuous albeit forbidden. Of course, having used the system there (which Guatemala also uses), I know that you press a button at customs and have a one-in-ten (one-in-twenty?) chance of getting the red light instead of the green light. I got the red light once in Cancun and had my baggage inspected. For example, the Guatemala rules said that it was illegal to bring in any kind of nut and yet I had several packages of pistachios in my baggage for my friend.
Considering all of the trips I made to the United States, I would say that I was intercepted maybe only 3 times out of at least 50 trips. The US accepts canned meats although it did ban beef products during the mad cow phase (maybe it still does). But I brought in all sorts of sausages and country bacon in total infraction of all rules. My parents needed them! The few times that customs caught me, they just confiscated the items with a regretful smile and gave me a form to fill out in case I felt that I had been mistreated. Reading various travel forums, I know that the general feeling of Americans is that they are going to be thrown in prison or have to pay gigantic fines if they get caught with anything. Naturally, I can well imagine that this is a fear that the authorities prefer to nurture, even if it is baseless.
My (adoptive) father always wanted to respect the rules, but not enough to stop my mother an me from doing what we wanted. He probably would have visited us in prison. But what was pretty amazing was when my parents moved back to the US in 1981 after living in France for 9 years. One of the things that my mother did not want to abandon no matter what the cost were the last bottles of Mirabelle brandy from my grandmother's cellar. I think they had something like ten litres (more than 100 proof). So my father declared them and had to pay.... about $4 duty for the ten bottles.
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Post by rikita on Aug 8, 2018 11:30:07 GMT
just had lunch - a tortilla with some yoghurt, avocado, capsicum, rocket salad and cucumber. half a nectarine for dessert.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 8, 2018 13:25:27 GMT
I had two different kinds of leftover potatoes for lunch, so I won't be having potatoes again for awhile.
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