Picture Thread: What's For Dinner?

[john70t]

Falafel and garlic lamb fried in peanut oil with humus



Just the lamb with cheese spinach dip and guac

[Dan J]

Originally Posted by TimT

No pics recently...

But I did land a reservation at Le Bernadin for my gf and I in two weeks.

You're in for a treat! When I go I don't order I just tell the waiter (they are the best)
Bring it. They know the menu, You can't go wrong. Have fun!

[Brian 162]

We were invited to Bern's Steak House in Tampa FL recently. Old school steak house, pretty tasty steak

[TimT]

Its not dinner...

I treated my girlfriend to lunch at Le Bernardin yesterday...

If any of you are in Manhattan, can score a res.. and want to have dining experience that would be hard to top...

Just do it..

And be prepared to drop some coin...

She ordered items that were an upcharge on the Prix Fixe menu.. yes I had to take a breath

No worries....The service is amazing.. they are there, but you don't know it...If you have a question, Somehow the person who knows steps up and answers...

She Got Caviar



I went for Octopus..

Charred Octopus; Smoky Chorizo-Salsifis Mousseline, Sauce Vierge

She had Dover Sole, I had Crispy Black Bass



The desserts....

[Shaun @ Tru6]

That does look great Tim! I love plate design, one of my favorite parts of being a garde manger.

LB is on the list.

[TimT]

Her view... she commented "That's a lot of caviar" And it was....Larger than a Golf ball...about the size of a Spalding Pinky

[TimT]

Got a box of goodies from DeBragga, Gloucester old spot ribs, belly, sausage (sweet and hot), Wagyu ground beef, Niman ranch dogs...

I predict some good meals..

[Shaun @ Tru6]

So this is one of times when you find something in the supermarket, picnic shoulder steak, and you buy it just for fun, and then it turns into something amazing, but if you knew how amazing it was going to be, it could have been 10 times better with a little extra planning. Sort of created a Thai inspired dry rub, that was on it the whole day, grill with charcoal so super hot, and it was phenomenal. But if I had made rice flour tortillas and some Thai and Vietnamese fixings (Note that I hate the word fixings but here we are), I could have made the most amazing Thai soft tacos known to man. For another day. No, it doesn't look like much other than meat on a plate, but wow was it good with a Bombay Sapphire gin & tonic.

[craigster59]

Not sure if this thread is working but here goes.

It's warm here and the Wife and I both had the day off. We decided to do a "Biergarten" meal and she made a nice German tomato/onion salad with some tomatoes from the Farmer's Market.

I grilled up some thin pork chops that were marinated overnight to make a Schwenkbraten and a meal similar to what we used to eat in her parents gartenhaus in Bamberg 43 years ago.

Nicht schlecht if I do say so myself.....

[TimT]

Sous Vide Ribs..

24 hours at 152F, finish on the grill...

Sofa King good..

[72doug2,2S]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Nicht schlecht if I do say so myself.....

No comment on the bier choice? Mine would be a Paulaner hefeweizen (best wheat beer in the entire world)

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by 72doug2,2S

No comment on the bier choice? Mine would be a Paulaner hefeweizen (best wheat beer in the entire world)

It's a Hofbrau Munich lager. I prefer Ayinger hefeweizen, unfortunately the only other German bier I had was Schlenkerla rauchbier which isn't as smooth on a hot day. Prost!

[TimT]

I had Dogfish 60 min IPA with my ribs

[vash]

Despite our best efforts, wife and I caught Covid. Yippee!

Sore throats meant we needed easy eating foods. I made congee. Or Jook. We couldn’t go to store so I had to pantry dive. I made dried scallop and ginger congee w Century eggs.

And then. I made “Swui Daan”. Translate to WATER EGGS. it’s a soft silky savory steamed egg custard.easy dish.

[A930Rocket]

Two tomato sandwiches with a side of peach.

[David]

Originally Posted by TimT

Its not dinner...

I treated my girlfriend to lunch at Le Bernardin yesterday...

If any of you are in Manhattan, can score a res.. and want to have dining experience that would be hard to top...

Just do it..

And be prepared to drop some coin...

]

We ate there a couple years ago and it was everything we hoped for and more. The food was perfect and so was the service. We try to hit a Michelin star restaurant when we travel and this is easily a top 5 for us.


On a separate note:

Last night I had a hankering for some New Orleans BBQ shrimp so I found a recipe and got busy. It was pretty good but I d had some shrimp left over so I cooked a couple more and reduced the sauce even more with a little more butter. OMG! The second sauce was darker than what’s in the pic and it was so good I was eating it like soup!

[TimT]

It doesn't have to be fancy gourmet all the time..

A dog with potato salad

[Baz]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Two tomato sandwiches with a side of peach.

Looks good, Rocket...nice and simple too!

Originally Posted by David

---snip---some shrimp left over so I cooked---snip---

Nice, David!

Originally Posted by TimT

It doesn't have to be fancy

Love it, Tim - and perfect summer fare. Nice pic!

[Racerbvd]

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Marinated & grilled steak tips with gochujang butter sauce on pasta. Addictive. Only make one portion of pasta or you will eat both. I made the marinade/sauce extra spicy but the butter mellowed it out perfectly.