The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part II - Don't quote pics!

Smidge

kylith wrote: »

He's in Japan, the lucky backsteward. From the description it sounds like it could be ray wings which are technically shark fins.

Is a ray wing considered as a sharks fin?
I would have thought a ray wing was the entire ray(I know that ray is a type of shark)and not just the fin? Genuinely curious as I adore ray

Slow cooked sirloin beef joint with spinach mash and kale and sprouts(just realised thats a lot of green veg!).
Was okay, over did the beef slightly(got distracted :rolleyes:)and the gravy made from the stock was complained about as was thought to be too salty. I thought it was grand

Gongoozler

Last night we had kangaroo steaks, with a topping of chorizo mushrooms and red onion, with two kinds of sweet potato - one with paprika and the other with a Nigerian spice. The Nigerian spice was for himself only as it's very hot. Sauces along the side (of his dish) are teriyaki and fruity habanero.

It was good. Kangaroo would be his favourite meat, but I prefer the ostrich steaks.

kylith

Smidge wrote: »

Is a ray wing considered as a sharks fin?
I would have thought a ray wing was the entire ray(I know that ray is a type of shark)and not just the fin? Genuinely curious as I adore ray

Who knows what it'd be on a Japanese menu as. I'm only really going by the description and wishful thinking!


I stopped off at Enoteca for a late dinner last night.

Shenshen

We had fajitas last night, filled with smokey beer and lime cauliflower (recipe from the Thug Kitchen cookbook), roasted mixed vegetables, fresh salsa, guacamole and fresh lettuce and cucumber.

Too delicious to have lasted long enough for pictures, I'm afraid.

And now I've got some of the beer and lime spicey stock left over, I'm thinking that that might make a good base for an Asian-style noodle soup for Monday's lunch.

MissFlitworth

Chicken thighs marinated in mole paste & roasted, served with potatoes roasted in chipotle hot sauce (I'm a bit in love with cubed potatoes roasted in oil and any hot sauce at all at the mo. Hot, vinegary goodness). Topped with sour cream, sliced onion, feta cubes and toasted sesame seeds. Tasty but probably wouldn't go back to mole paste as a marinade again and just use it as a sauce on the finished product, whatever that might be.

Going up to people and saying 'MOLE-A' in their ears was fun though.

MissFlitworth

Tonight we had rib eye steaks in a whiskey & cream sauce, potato gratin and garlic mushrooms. This is normally a gorgeous meal but tonight it was OMGOSH gorgeous. Barely time to eat it for exclaiming. Best gratin ever. Possibly because there was nearly as much cheese as potato. Also we consumed all our dairy fats for the next 2 weeks in one meal.

Ah, happy.

The Hill Billy

Slow roast leg of lamb today. The meat was dripping off the bone. Mrs Billy declared it to be the best lamb ever. It would be hard to disagree, TBH. Big shout out to Des Byrne Butchers in Skerries!

Minder

After a wedding on Good Friday and a family gathering on Saturday, we had nothing in the fridge for Easter Sunday. Dinner was venison massaman curry made with some shanks I had in the freezer. Very tender meat after two and a half hours in the oven.

Shops open today, so it will have to be a roast dinner this evening.

tampopo

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Slow roast leg of lamb today. The meat was dripping off the bone. Mrs Billy declared it to be the best lamb ever. It would be hard to disagree, TBH. Big shout out to Des Byrne Butchers in Skerries!

I see lamb gets mentioned a lot on here, but gosh, I dunno. I had a bad experience with lamb shish kebabs from Superquinn a few years ago. Several years ago and I swore off lamb for good...Living with an evangelical vegetarian doesn't help matters...

tonight's dinner.


This thing above was on a gas burner....as you can see, I had tempura too.


A slice of bamboo with a slit in it, serves as a menu holder


comme ca...
I'll edit in the menu, address of restaurant and other stuff later...This is the restaurant name..


This is what I ordered as a side dish. Chicken with spicey soy sauce, Sanshoyaki.

J Mysterio

tampopo wrote: »

Living with an evangelical vegetarian

Commiserations.

Musefan

Mushroom & bacon pasta- sunny day food!

First time trying tender stem broccoli- I prefer normal broccoli.

Avada

I made a ramen type thing. Was quite nice!

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Gloomtastic!

tampopo wrote: »

tonight's dinner.
<Nope, you're not supposed to quote pictures >

I know we're not supposed to quote pics but .....
Love the holding hands while taking photo to post on Boards bit!!!!

homemadecider

Homemade kebabs from the Cooking Club. Totally scrumptious!

Mystery Egg

Baked maple mustard salmon with carrot salad and a zingy potato salad.

Mystery Egg

My photo flipped sideways. How weird.

The Hill Billy

2nd barbecue of the season. The peasants had burgers & wedges with salad. I crisped up leftovers from yesterday's lamb & had it with an Asian-style slaw. The lamb really should have been marinaded before I re-cooked it - maybe soy & a bit of honey. Delish nonetheless.

polydactyl

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Unexpectedly at home for dinner so had to make it up and turned into a delicious bacon fried rice. Will definately be having it again.... For a treat. Sorry about pic only remembered after starting.

EITS

Still full from it, and the other one I had with a slightly runny fried egg

Shenshen

Mater Paneer with rice, coriander naan and really spicy pickles.

With the rest of the weekend's chocolate swiss roll for dessert (no pics of that, sorry)

Merkin

Had a really scrumptious dinner this evening. I did a roast sirloin of beef from Dwyers, the amazing butchers in the Merrion Centre (it's half price at the moment), did it with cauliflower cheese with smoked bacon lardons, mangetout, roast sweet potato for me and roast potato for my lovely hubby and then he made a sublime and very rich gravy from the meat juices, nyummykins. Washed down with a thoroughly delish Cote Du Rhone which is also on offer at the moment. http://www.obrienswine.ie/wine/reserve-de-bonpas-cdr.html

MissFlitworth

Oh Merkin. That looks aces.


We had steak sandwiches (thinly sliced rare Lidl flatirons, caramelised onion, dijon, little bit of cheese) and reheated God's Own Gratin from last night.

Dizzyblonde

After three takeaways in a row (chipper, Thai and Chinese), tonight we had Aldi ribeye steaks with dauphinoise potatoes, caramelised red onions, mushrooms and slow roasted tomatoes. Amazing - those Aldi steaks never disappoint

kylith

A wrap with hummus, king prawns, and spinach.

Kovu

Managed to sneak a few handfuls of fresh onion tops from the garden and salvaged the last of my spinach beet from the ridges and had them with fresh ducks eggs from up the road. Paired with some homemade coleslaw and loads of tomatoes. Omnomnom. God I love duck eggs.

J Mysterio

Ah jesus christ. Im starving now... why did I come into this thread

StripedBoxers

Sunday was bacon and cabbage.

Tonight was Apache pizza. We spent most of the day in IKEA so cooking wasn't something either of us were in the mood for, plus himself at a meeting this evening anyway so take away was our preferred option.

Think on Saturday it was lamb stew and mushroom soup (he doesn't like lamb stew )

Tomorrow is mushroom and bacon pasta. Not sure what we'll have on Tuesday, maybe fish again, it was lovely on Friday so might do it again, would be nice for a change.

tampopo

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

I know we're not supposed to quote pics but .....
Love the holding hands while taking photo to post on Boards bit!!!!

More an exchange of a bowl of soy sauce! I had taken a second photo and intended to use it, but tiredness made me forget!!!

We had a change of scene today and yesterday. dinner was in a restaurant here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruyama_Park

and this was it...
tofu and large scallions/leek being boiled up, with some greens. Bowl of rice to the far left. Tempura in the background. Fish. (Unknown, just get it into you) More tofu on the right and the rest is a mix of pickles and scallions, esp the bottom centre, the green is the scallions.
Washed down with several bottles of sake. Though they are small bottles, in fairness!
No daylight savings time here. Dark at 7pm. Shame, really.

Mystery Egg

A few widow's memories lookin pretty tasty there

Gongoozler

Spaghetti bolognese this evening. looks nicer than it was not enough sauce.