voyager Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 2 hours ago, joethefoodie said: You cook for a much easier crowd than I do, though "crowd" these days is pushing it. If I call a dish "alla Romana," then I want it to evoke a memory of a place, and maybe even a time, since the one person I cook for the most is the person with whom I've enjoyed that memory. Your thoughtful post warrants thought. Just last night we were talking about memorable travel meals. Very few included the food. Most were ambiance, some quirky or sweet service element, house specialties (like being a duck farm or pig roast or shellfish feast), general good feelings. Our food memories often differ because dining out is my one time to eats stuff for which I have no audience at home (offal, for instance). And in the last 25 years we have been choosing crazy young chef places that most often create food I haven't been able to duplicate as I used to classic Italian or French. What I call "how the bleep did he do this"? plates. So, yes, I do cook for a much easier crowd, and I'm much easier on myself than you are on you. Thanks for sharing all of your plates with us as well as your main critic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Portobello parmigiana, over shirataki. I'm not sure I've ever had shirataki before, and it makes sense that I wouldn't remember, because there's nothing to remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Tuna salad in an avocado half, an homage to my favorite appetizer at Pancho Villa in Asbury Park. Artichoke with horseradish dip, an homage to nothing save what I had in the fridge and felt like eating. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Alone with the minis so „breakfast for dinner“: brioche French toast and bacon. Also apples because I like to think I have some standards left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diancecht Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 peking duck (complete with lots of pancakes, cucumbers, scallions and plum sauce) from chili house and peking duck (726 clement (8th avenue)) in inner richmond for $64, you’re literally drowned in duck. one of the better renditions i’ve had in a few years too. the skin was luscious and crisp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I love peking duck, and have since childhood, and to me, that isn't peking duck, but roast duck served in the style of peking duck. Which is still very delicious, but the 1st course is definitely not as pleasurable. The first course of traditional peking duck has just the skin with no meat, and almost no fat at all, usually carved tableside. The duck itself is prepared differently than roast duck, too, and required at least 3 days notice if ordering it, so it was always a special occasion meal for us It's pretty much impossible to find traditional peking duck where I am. The restaurants that served it when I was a child have disappeared, and other "newer" ones which have it on the menu use ordinary roast duck. We still order it, but would probably order it more often if it were traditional (so I guess it's a good thing it's not lol). (Lots of places in Bangkok still serve traditional style though. Pic of 1st first attached - look at that skin! I have a video of the duck being carved, too. I'd never have the patience for that. I would just tear off the skin and eat as is!) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Dungeness crab supper: one enormous crab for each of us, garlic-butter-parsley sauce, freshly dug potatoes from our garden roasted in duck fat in the oven, and a simple salad of butter lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and avocado. To drink: Widmer Brothers' Green Skies Hazy IPA, which went really well. I think we were working on those crabs for at least an hour. N made stock from the shells and is thinking of making bouillabaisse over the weekend. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, StephanieL said: Dungeness crab supper: one enormous crab for each of us, garlic-butter-parsley sauce, freshly dug potatoes from our garden roasted in duck fat in the oven, and a simple salad of butter lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and avocado. To drink: Widmer Brothers' Green Skies Hazy IPA, which went really well. I think we were working on those crabs for at least an hour. N made stock from the shells and is thinking of making bouillabaisse over the weekend. I want in! Really don’t do beer but can BMOB. I’ve often downed a lobster on my own but can’t remember surrounding my own whole Dungeness. Chapeau! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 minute ago, Sneakeater said: OMG What - you're kvelling over North American ingredients now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I like our heirloom corn, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, voyager said: I want in! Really don’t do beer but can BMOB. I’ve often downed a lobster on my own but can’t remember surrounding my own whole Dungeness. Chapeau! You got it! I can provide sauvignon blanc or sancerre or some other wine that goes. Or maybe a dry martini. We don't often drink wine when it's just the two of us because it would take us forever to finish the bottle, and splitting a 12-oz. beer is less of a commitment. N didn't quite finish her crab--she had some leftover meat which will be eaten later--but I got through it all somehow. Though I did regret it a bit today. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 57 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: OMG At one point, when we were eating N looked up and said "Have I told you how much I love living in California?" We'd been to crayfish and blue crab boils in NY, but a Dungeness is something else, even more of a time commitment than a whole lobster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I took a break from whining about my stupid hip to make some food. Mahi mahi with two sauces, and cream of mushroom soup. It's not a Dungeness crab (and I wish it were!) but it's something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 10 hours ago, StephanieL said: At one point, when we were eating N looked up and said "Have I told you how much I love living in California?" They (we?) all say that. Until that first good quake, fire, landslide, flood, water rationing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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