the lunch thread (cont.)

[Diancecht]

technically this was brunch:

bagels (sesame, everything, onion, plain)

sable, cured scottish salmon, whitefish salad, smoked whitefish, cream cheeses (vegetable, scallion, plain); herring salad; coleslaw; tomatoes, onion, cucumber, capers

tea; coffee; juices

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by Diancecht

[MitchW]

Leftover poached shrimp from dinner the night before...

Made a broth from shrimp stock, dashi from a base I got at Dashi Okume, two kinds of miso, onions, carrots, celery, mushrooms, scallions. Ramen noodles from Sun.

[Diancecht]

soupe à l’oignon; green salad; cheese, crackers and grapes

hubby made homemade beef stock earlier this week

[Diancecht]

chicken with potatoes, anchovies and rosemary; tomato salad; beet and carrot salad; poached pears in white wine syrup with saffron and cardamom 

[Sneakeater]

You know, that chicken looks really good.

[Diancecht]

ty @Sneakeater

and here was today’s lunch

warm cannellini bean salad (featuring cooked rancho gordo marcella heirloom beans) with herbs and olives

Edited October 16, 2023 by Diancecht

[Wilfrid]

Dominican salami (Induveca, the best) on zero carb bread with plenty of beurre de Barratte, cucumber and tomato. Simple is good is one point; the other is that there are barely any carbs on that plate.

[Wilfrid]

Business lunch at L'Express. Must be the first time I've been there since pre-COVID. Still miffed that they took the tablier de sapeur off the menu, but the country terrine was good. They were doing great business for a Wednesday lunchtime.

[Diancecht]

earlier this week:

broccoli rabe pizza with mozzarella and caciocavollo 

tripe with chili oil, herbs, lemon and maldon sea salt

lemon soda 

pomegranate panna cotta with balsamic vinegar 

[Sneakeater]

Also want that tripe.

[Diancecht]

it’s from delfina (3621 18th (guerrero)) if you ever come here

[StephanieL]

A newish bakery in Livermore recently started Sourdough Pizza Fridays, so we had dinner there a couple of days ago.  Today's lunch was the leftover mushroom & garlic oil pizza slices.

[small h]

Holiday brunch for the family and a few friends. 10 people in my living room! was a lot. But it went well, and I only have a ton of leftovers, instead of two tons.

 

[MitchW]

Take some leftover housemade pimento cheese, fry up some mortadella, and...

Make a really delicious sandwich with those on Party Bus Bakery's scallion bun.

[MitchW]

 

Salad: 3 bitter greens in a mustardy vinaigrette, house roasted and marinated bell peppers, Spanish piparras, Spanish olives, tomatoes, avocado, Spanish tuna. 

[StephanieL]

Repurposing the leftover roast chicken into sandwiches.  Yesterday, it was chicken salad; today, it was sliced chicken on sprouted wheat bread with the leftover sweet mustard ham glaze as a sandwich spread.

Edited January 5, 2024 by StephanieL

[Wilfrid]

Ham, cheese and tomato sandwich.

More exciting than it sounds (for me, anyway) because this was on low-carb bread from the local supermarket, and Keto-friendly bread is now good enough that it's indistinguishable from real bread. I mean just regular, sliced bread, not high-end, fancy artisanal bread. 

[Diancecht]

@StephanieL this might interest you

i visited that cafè today (address in the breakfast thread) and bought a jar of poulet basquaise, some boiled potatoes, a jar of tarte tatin and some perrier. all told, this came out to slightly over $30, not including tip.

the chicken was bone-in and pretty good, if a tad oversalted. the tarte tatin was apples and crumbs; perhaps a better choice for dessert might have been the chocolate mousse.

i’m still not sold on the whole concept but at least there is one more lunch option that isn’t a variation of burritos, pokè or chipotle.

[MitchW]

I did a riff on the classic tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich combo:

Tomato, white beans and escarole soup along with a cheese quesadilla.

[Mitchell101]

Okay, so this is really crazy. We had tomato bean soup for lunch yesterday too with some langostino tails thrown in. And we too had scallops for dinner last night but with wild mushroom risotto. WTF!

[Sneakeater]

All Mitchells eat alike.

[StephanieL]

Homemade vegetarian borscht from the local Eastern European market, augmented with a dollop of sour cream.  Slice of Boudin sourdough to mop things up.

Edited March 1, 2024 by StephanieL

[small h]

So majestic.

 

 

[small h]

Stirfried pea shoots with smoked saury and miso-marinated egg.

[Sneakeater]

Up until today I had no idea there was such a thing as saury.

Thanks.