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

Oblomov

A visit to a michelin starred restaurant,

A selection of the dishes from the taster menu.... and before anyone mentions not enough... if you put all the dishes onto one plate.... Huge.



give you an idea of the selection.... the hors d'oeuvre then the selection



delicacies just disolved in the mouth.. taste .. awesome



centrepiece... Tale of quail with consomme, the "dutch oven" had a musty aromatic musty smell, eggs, legs and breast.. all outstanding flavours.



Potatoes... Soft smooth and melt in the mouth.... almost creamy.... very



Truffles inside the apple with tasty aspic

A gastronomic adventure... Awesome.... The starters, really a showcasr of flavours, with iced champagne that melted on the tongue giving an instant fizz.

Just wondering when I can go back

StripedBoxers

Tonight I had Connemara rack of lamb, it was beautiful. Perfectly cooked too.

Others in the house had striploin steak and lamb cutlets.

We had boiled new potatoes and peas too.

Mr Magnolia

Duck in hoisin tonight...

ArtyC

A lovely rib eye steak, ( happy days supervalue steak and wine sale ), green beans, mushrooms and the whole bottle of red wine

the beer revolu

Wild rabbit legs casseroled with beer and mustard.
Pan fried saddle of wild rabbit.
Pearl barley with chicken stock and flat leaf parsley.

the beer revolu

Oblomov wrote: »

A visit to a michelin starred restaurant,

A selection of the dishes from the taster menu.... and before anyone mentions not enough... if you put all the dishes onto one plate.... Huge.



give you an idea of the selection.... the hors d'oeuvre then the selection



delicacies just disolved in the mouth.. taste .. awesome



centrepiece... Tale of quail with consomme, the "dutch oven" had a musty aromatic musty smell, eggs, legs and breast.. all outstanding flavours.



Potatoes... Soft smooth and melt in the mouth.... almost creamy.... very



Truffles inside the apple with tasty aspic

A gastronomic adventure... Awesome.... The starters, really a showcasr of flavours, with iced champagne that melted on the tongue giving an instant fizz.

Just wondering when I can go back

Cliffhouse?

Oblomov

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Noooooo

Restaurant Srorey, Tooley Street, London

Mrs Fox

Meehoon goreng for din dins this evening.

oscarBravo

Tapas!

We only ate about a third of it...

The Hill Billy

Another Hairy Dieters recipe tonight - this time was their chicken korma. Holy-moly! It was a damn sight spicier than any korma that I've had in a restaurant. The Kids (who usually opt for kormas when we eat out) loved it.

fussyonion

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Meehoon goreng for din dins this evening.

Ooh forgive my ignorance but what exactly is that?
It looks mahoosive.

Mr Magnolia

My first paella. Jaybus but the saffron was fantastic here.

Mrs Fox

fussyonion wrote: »

Ooh forgive my ignorance but what exactly is that?
It looks mahoosive.

Fried vermicelli noodles. That plate served four portions.

pampootie

Hangover dinner. Striploin steak with gnocchi in a sauce made from fresh tomatoes, olive oil, lots of basil and garlic whizzed in the food processor.

fiddlechic

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Another Hairy Dieters recipe tonight - this time was their chicken korma. Holy-moly! It was a damn sight spicier than any korma that I've had in a restaurant. The Kids (who usually opt for kormas when we eat out) loved it.

I have to say that the Hairy Dieters book is probably the only cookbook after the famous Paula Daly/McDonnells ones where absolutely everything is easy and exactly as it says in the recipe.

I had pork chops with a mushroom, cider and bacon sauce, new potatoes and buttered carrots. All yummy.

herisson

I made panzanella. Its a bread and tomatoes salad.

I used basil, yellow and red cherry tomatoes, beef tomatoes, normal round ones, stale toasted bread, onions and garlic and chorizo.

Ilyana 2.0

Salt and chili prawns with fried rice from the Chinese.

Not remotely healthy or wholesome, but bloody delicious

purplecow1977

I live such a sheltered life. Such 'fancy' sounding dishes here. How did ye all get so great/adventurous with cooking?! I have chicken stir fry in soy sauce and rice a fair bit. Would love to try some different things.

Faith

We had roast spring lamb, steamed Castlegregory potatoes and carrots, and a a kind of blackberry gravy. Absolutely savage seasonal meal!

BaZmO*

purplecow1977 wrote: »

I live such a sheltered life. Such 'fancy' sounding dishes here. How did ye all get so great/adventurous with cooking?! I have chicken stir fry in soy sauce and rice a fair bit. Would love to try some different things.

Years of practice and love of eating nice things!

Just start trying to make stuff. Loads of recipes on here and on the web to get you started.

shellbean

I just made my first home made meal in ages, used wholewheat spaghetti, tin of plum tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, paprika, chilli flakes (way too many chilli flakes :-) ) & pepper, surprised myself in how tasty it was even though a bit hot!!

allandanyways

I had a sort of massana chicken curry without the spuds! Went to Star Asia on Moore St in Dublin today.. I love that shop, so many unusual ingredients! Got a massana curry paste (and stocked up on some other cupboard stuff for next to nothing).

Fried off the paste, added chicken, light coconut milk, some shallots, chickpeas, garlic, ginger and then some cayenne pepper and chili powder. Was nice but needed a birds eye chilli or two. One of those moments with healthy cooking where I really would have liked some double cream but himself (and my waistline) would kill me.

Dizzyblonde

purplecow1977 wrote: »

I live such a sheltered life. Such 'fancy' sounding dishes here. How did ye all get so great/adventurous with cooking?! I have chicken stir fry in soy sauce and rice a fair bit. Would love to try some different things.

Lots of us cook 'ordinary' food most of the time, it's the love of food that binds us
Have a look in the Cooking Club, it's full of great tried and tested recipes with full instructions and photos.

Tonight we had roast leg of lamb studded with garlic and rosemary, roast potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli and peas. And lots of mint sauce.

Roesy

Cheese, ham, tomato and onion toastie and a King Cone Tomorrow night will be different(I hope!). Off to Cliff House for the tasting menu. Yay!!

Hermione*

A quite unseasonal but very restorative dinner, based on one of my favourite recipes, Domini Kemp's spiced mince. Lime and coriander feature heavily, two of my never-fail ingredients for a pick-me-up, which is why I repeat it so often. I added extra peas as I had a bag left over from freezer-defrosting at the weekend, and bulked it out with kidney beans, green lentils and portobello mushrooms. Worked a treat for perking-me-up and atoning for the weekend's indulgences

Best of all, I have another three suppers out of it, which will come in handy as it promises to be a busy work week!

gjc

Salad Leftovers from a Barbie we had on Sunday

mdolly123

Had a nasty chicken satay and fried rice...just too lazy to make something so left with eating crap guilt, money wasted guilt and lazy guilt

Kovu

gjc wrote: »

Salad Leftovers from a Barbie we had on Sunday

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

StripedBoxers

Tonight we had cheese burgers from the butchers, big thick juicy burgers, cooked perfectly.

Had them in a fluffy bun with onions and tomato. Delicious.

Washed down with an ice cold Paulaner. Mmm.

fussyonion

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Tonight we had cheese burgers from the butchers, big thick juicy burgers, cooked perfectly.

Had them in a fluffy bun with onions and tomato. Delicious.

Washed down with an ice cold Paulaner. Mmm.

Is there no nicer sensation than washing your food down with a cold beer?
Isn't it just one of the nicest things ever?