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

sillymoo

Oblomov wrote: »

The lamb was a little "tough".. Tiranisu, all the right parts but.. lady biscuits at the bottem and soggy,,, I prefer some crispness... Not sure if I would go back again.

Where was the meal?

MissFlitworth

Spider crab norimaki in Yamamori. Really tasty but insanely giant pieces, very difficult to eat without being a total mess. To the point that I've now watched several videos on how to eat sushi to see where I was going wrong

Animord

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Spider crab norimaki in Yamamori. Really tasty but insanely giant pieces, very difficult to eat without being a total mess. To the point that I've now watched several videos on how to eat sushi to see where I was going wrong

I love it. So are you going back to have a second go?

MissFlitworth

I might do a Rocky-esque sushi eating training montage before I head back. Going by the size of the pieces I am giving some thought to shadowing a boa constrictor while it tries to swallow a goat for a couple of days for tips & tricks.

I did learn something decent from my videos! You dip the fish side of non-roll sushi into the soy, not the rice side. Also you eat it with your hands (don't think I'll be attempting that in public mind you)

the beer revolu

OK, I know it's grilled chicken thighs again (lemon, thyme and white wine) but I thought the salad deserved a mention:

Roast, skinned red pepper; peeled, deseeded tomatoes; roast garlic (grilled really); toasted almonds; chopped fresh marjoram; good olive oil, squeeze of lemon, salt and pepper. I served it warm.
Some rocket and lettuce salad.
Nice crusty bread to mop up the juices.

gjc

Pasta meatballs with mushroom pepper sauce nice quick and easy

Billy86

Summery salad of chorizo and garlic, calamari, prawns and some mixed rocket/watercress/spinach leaves with orange juice.

herisson

home made tapas!

Chorizo and garlic sun dried tomatoes
Gnocchi grilled with minced garlic and mozzarella
Tiger prawns marinated with tequila and lime juice!

Dizzyblonde

Lasagna - with crusty baguette. I could only half taste it though because I'm smothering

Oblomov

Sillymoo, Where was the meal?

South London.

Moody_mona

Boyfriend took a photo of dinner tonight, I don't know what funny angle he used but he managed to make a dainty risotto look like a stodgy mound! The picture looks massive but it was *genuinely* a very reasonable portion!

Courgette and prawn with crispy courgette bits

MissFlitworth

Chicken, goats cheese & squash salad with a balsamic dressing (not Absolut Mandarin)

gjc

Moody_mona wrote: »

funny you should say that as every photo I take seems to make the meal appear burnt/ stoggy or entirely not what it really appears. Now I do have my fair share of dinners that need to be consigned to the bin but I don't make a point of putting them up here. They say the camera never lies though!!! I put it down to a crap camera on my phone

Kovu

*ponders over whether an Absolut Mandarin flavoured dressing would be edible*



I had a sort of fried rice-ish dish.
Was originally a chicken and veg stir fry with honey-chilli sauce but then I though feck it and threw the rice into the pan too as it was just leftover from yesterday nstead of fresh. Yummy though!

MissFlitworth

.Kovu. wrote: »

*ponders over whether an Absolut Mandarin flavoured dressing would be edible*

It tasted a little like Calpol 6+! I'd give Absolute Citron dressing a go, I think

IvyTheTerrible

Rouille à la seiche with rice, yummy tomatoey goodness!

emaleth

MissFlitworth wrote: »

It tasted a little like Calpol 6+! I'd give Absolute Citron dressing a go, I think

Absolut Ruby Red would be good as well, I think. Except there are no circumstances in which I would leave any to make dressing with.

homemadecider

Cheese & tomato omelette with large mixed salad. Lots of balsamic on the salad.

Could fairly go for some chocolate now but luckily there's none in the house.

Mr_Spaceman

Three (large) egg omelette with feta cheese, scallions, onion and cherry tomatoes. Few salad leaves with home made dressing.

gjc

Rogan josh curry one pot dinner tonight all done in slow cooker

The Hill Billy

Steak sandwich with mustard, raw onion & melted Gouda.

MissFlitworth

Bratwurst! Thanks Lidl. There are green herbs in them so that's my vegetable intake sorted right out.

Kablamo!

I had the marvellous idea of making key lime pies to bring into work, give to neighbours, etc. I made a few small pies and put them on paper plates for these gifting purposes.
Anyway, long story short, I remembered I hate everyone, so I had key lime pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Love me some lime!

oscarBravo

gjc wrote: »

funny you should say that as every photo I take seems to make the meal appear burnt/ stoggy or entirely not what it really appears. Now I do have my fair share of dinners that need to be consigned to the bin but I don't make a point of putting them up here. They say the camera never lies though!!! I put it down to a crap camera on my phone

I have a fairly decent camera on my phone, but I pretty much always tweak photographs (using the Gimp) before I upload them here. Nudge the hue to the warm end of the spectrum, boost the lightness a little and the saturation a little more: tada.

Gloomtastic!

oscarBravo wrote: »

I have a fairly decent camera on my phone, but I pretty much always tweak photographs (using the Gimp) before I upload them here. Nudge the hue to the warm end of the spectrum, boost the lightness a little and the saturation a little more: tada.

Think of it like seasoning your photos.

gjc

oscarBravo wrote: »

I have a fairly decent camera on my phone, but I pretty much always tweak photographs (using the Gimp) before I upload them here. Nudge the hue to the warm end of the spectrum, boost the lightness a little and the saturation a little more: tada.

"Gimp" is that an app on the phone or a setting on the phone

MissFlitworth

Gimp is free photo editing software

http://www.gimp.org/

(sorry for legging it in to display my know-it-all-ed-ness to a question asked to you oscarBravo!)

homemadecider

Indian butter chicken with rice. I had never made it before but it was dead easy and tasted delicious. LOTS OF BUTTER AND CREAM.

Loire

Great looking omelette there homemade!

Loire

Kablamo! wrote: »

I had the marvellous idea of making key lime pies to bring into work, give to neighbours, etc. I made a few small pies and put them on paper plates for these gifting purposes.
Anyway, long story short, I remembered I hate everyone, so I had key lime pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Love me some lime!

I know quoting pics is not allowed, so go ahead and delete if you wish Mods, but really Kablamo! that really is a https://www.google.ie/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=gravity%20defying%20cakes :pac::pac::pac: