Went to a Mediterranean restaurant last night.

Starter...

Greek Salad

Green Pesto Bread

Main...

Fillet Steak with spinach and Cafe de Paris butter
Garlic, mint and butter saute potatoes
Baby sweetcorn, mange tout and sweet carrots.

half a bottle of 2001 Chateau Lafytte
3 pints of Guinness

too full for a sweet.

Damned nice, damned pricey too.

Tonight I went for Chinese (Cantonese) at a local restaurant called Top Gun.

This is what we had, in order (links to pics of what I actually ate):

1. Lobster sashimi - Okay, so that wasn't quite Chinese, but the lobster was very fresh. The legs were still moving. (FYI: Sashimi = raw)

2. Sashimi: Salmon, tuna, and hamachi - Once again, not Chinese...

3. Rock salt lobster - The rest of the lobster that wasn't eaten as sashimi was fried. I think it was supposed to be spicy as well, but it was just kind of bland.

4. Roasted squab - Crispy skin...so greasy.

4a. Conpoy Potage (aka soup). Forgot to take photo.

5. Gai lan stirfry - Gai lan (aka Chinese broccoli) stirfried with fish paste and pork (pork not shown)

6. Black cod - With garlic on top.

7. Fried rice - I forget the name of the fried rice, but it had ginger, crab, gai lan, and egg.

8. Sweet soup - I forget the name of this as well, but it had dates, lotus seeds, and ... I think they called it essence of frog?? It's nice and slimy

Mmmmm looks nice, not very chinese'ey though, but looks delicious..

I can't believe you are telling a Chinese person that her Chinese food was not very Chinese-y!!

BWHAHAHAHAHAH,



i meant it doesnt look like any of the chinese we get in blighty, which i think are deisgned for the UK, maybe.

Well, I have to admit the food we ate tonight can't be found everywhere. Maybe it's just the places you go

Maybe I need to be taken to an authentic Chinese Resturant.

what style is that, Canton, Peking??

The style is Cantonese.

Tonight I went for some all-you-can eat at some chintzy Cantonese restaurant called Oriental Delight. Horrible name but they're pretty classy. You order as much as you want from the menu!!

This is what we ordered. I didn't take any pics of the lamb. Everyone just ate a little bit of each.

1. Shark's fin soup - broth with shark's fin, bok choy, and ham

2. Abalone - abalone is in the bottom right. Served with broccoli, Chinese mushroom, and a duck's foot

3. Ostrich - stir fried with celery

4. Prawn salad - with cantelope, honeydew, potato (bleh), and Japanese mayonnaise

5. Crab claw - dipped with sweet and sour sauce. It's a crab claw with breaded shrimp (paste).

6. Pomelo peel - with spinach and duck's feet

7. Sea cucumber - on a bed of spinach

8. Roast pork

9. Squash - braised with dried scallops

10. Squid - stir fried with snow peas

11. Egg - Seafood with egg wrapped in egg white and steamed

12. Cold platter - jellyfish in the top left corner, pork on the left, and pig's ear on the right

13. Eel

14. Pea sprouts - stirfried with mushrooms

15. Crab - with a green onion and onion sauce

16. Oyster - steamed with black bean sauce

17. Mango dessert - chilled creamy mango stuff with tapioca and grapefruit

18. Black forest cake - there was no cherry though :-/

Last night I went to Bimini's Tap House to watch the Canucks game and do some dancing.

I started with a (Canadian) Shirley Temple. It was ... different.

Then we shared some nachos and some edamame (soybeans).

I had some soho salmon for dinner that came on a bed of grilled vegetables and a couple of small baked pototos with sour cream and bacon.

The only good thing was the soybeans.

Friday night: Romano's Macaroni Grill for Linguini with Shrimp, HK had Pasta with broccoli and roasted garlic in an oil and garlic sauce
Saturday Afternoon: Lone Star Cafe for cheese burgers.

That rice looks really, really good. I think fried rice is probably my favorite food.

It was smashing!

Subway.

And I had a turkey bacon wrap. It actually tasted pretty good.

Macaroni Grill is great. Was there when I was in DC. Can't wait to go back as there are none around here. Also Logan's Roadhouse, which is a southern chain has some of the best steaks I've had.

Just returned from a mini-vacation down to Glenwood Springs. The first night it was Dos Hombres, cheesey name but damn good Mexican food. The next night was the Glenwood Canyon Brew Pub - damn good beer, both with roots and without - the food was top notch also!

Went to The Bear and Ragged Staff tonight. A popular local pub grub type place.

Had Chilli potato wedges to start.

10oz fillet steak with salad and chips

Apple and cinnamon crumble with ice cream.

and of course, a couple of pints.

Not too shabby at all, it's becoming a regular place to eat.

I frequented the local burger van today for lunch, I had a breakfast roll which I took back to work and complimented with a pink of larger

I had a Kiddie Combo at the movies tonight.

It's a usual Tuesday night dinner. Popcorn with white cheddar seasoning and some licorice!!

Last night was calamari fritti and serio burger (beef burger in thick creamy mushroom and bacon sauce).

Had lunch in an Italian resturant today. I've no idea what I had but there was mince, tomato and pasta in it.

Went for Chinese last night:

Spring Rolls
Boneless BBQ Ribs (Girls' favorite)
Chicken in Foil
Hot and sour soup
Egg Drop soup (girls)
Vegetable Lo Mein
Double Sauteed Pork
General Tso's Chicken

Went back to the Bear and Ragged Staff tonight.

Starter....

Chilli Cheese loaded potato skins.
BBQ Chicken Wings.

Main.

Fuckin' hooooge piece of battered Cod with chips, lemon and salad.

Sweet.

Apple and cinnamon Crumble with dairy Ice Cream.

A few pints of murphy's.

Not the healthiest evening out, probably why it all tates soooo good.

And where's my invite?

Mr Doll, you are more than welcome to get your arse over here and buy me a pint at anytime mate!

Done! Soon!

Now, it's TGM, Baz, madbrit, GTW, Princess, unts and fubar we'll be visiting! Bloody little time left over to see the country though...

Last night, a friend and I went to M Bar to grab a bite to eat and to watch the Vancouver Canucks play their last game of the regular season.

I had a Shirley Temple with extra cherries.

We shared some potstickers and dry ribs. The potstickers were good, but the dry ribs were kind of bland.

I finished off my dinner with some spinach salad and a banana caramel xango for dessert.

Just let me know so that I can arrange an absent meeting.....

Nevertheless yer welcome too....

Amanda!

Those food could do with a poke of fork to see if it come alive as it look so bland......

I can't believe an Englishman just said my food looked bland!!

By the time you've dropped in on all of us you'll have seen most of Blighty anyway!

Er, you point being???

Saturday night:
Salmon and dill fishcake starter that I had to send back because it was still frozen inside, followed by ham, egg and chips (with blackened chips they hadn't bothered to peel properly). Last time I go to the Orange Tree in Ripon for a long long time.

Sunday night:
Chinese: sesame prawn toast, chicken curry and chicken fried rice. Good nosh as usual.

Oh, no offer to keep us there?

You could claim asylum here. It's never been easier to come and sponge off of our humble little island, and you'd also have more civil rights here than I do!!

they will probably give you a 4 bedroom house and a BMW and more money than most people make, i tell you, this country is going to hell in a handcart...

I could use 4 bedroom house and a bimmer!!

But then I would have to put up with the food....

You never know, you might get used to eating spotted dicks.

Maybe one day I will have some...it seems rather rich...

No worries, but where do we send the ransom note?

Well... most likely to my mum. She'd be wanting the girls and HK back.

Would she pay extra for her son do you think?

She'd pay ya ta keep me!!!!!

Now, have ya been out to eat lately?

Kinda!

Yesterday morning: MaccyD's for brekkie. Double sausage and egg McMuffins

Went to TGI Fridays for dinner today.

Started with a Jack Daniels chicken Three for all to share.

Cajun Chicken Pasta w/ Garlic Ciabatta.

Phish Food Ice cream...

Very nice, not worth the money though. Then again, if it saves cooking on a bank holiday, maybe it is.....??

Birthday dinner Saturday with mom. Went to Logan's (which is a chain here, dunno where else, but I'll assume in the south).

Pitchers of sweet tea (YES, sweet tea served in Michigan!!!).

Appetizer onion petals with some kind of spicy dipping sauce, along with their most excellent dinner rolls (fresh made, just a hint of sugar) with whipped real butter.

12-oz. prime rib, rare (like there's another way to order it), just enough fat marbled through to give it excellent taste, so tender I could cut it with my fork. Loaded baked potato on the side (crumbled bacon, cheddar, monterey jack, green onions and sour cream).

Peanut butter ice cream pie for dessert.

Mom had everything the same, except she went with an 8 oz. sizzler instead of the prime.

Edit because apparently z. is a smiley, not 8 oz.

Outback for lobster and steak.....and of course a bloomin onion!

Mmm...I *love* Outback!! No Outbacks here, though

Anyway, last night I went to The Boathouse for dinner. I had a Shirley Temple and their Seafood Chop Salad. No pics though. :p

Went to Panera Bread for lunch and had their Italian Conbo sandwich.

Went to a local place in Hoboken tonight called Delfino's and had fried calamari. Good stuff

Last night, there was a buffet at the reunion.

I ate this, which consisted of caesar salad, pasta salad, clams, beef, and salmon. Dessert was delicious, but I did not take photos of it. I had some fruit and two pieces of cake: lemon and chocolate. I had seconds for dinner, too.

"The Grill" - best damn Mexican food in town! (The margaritas aren't too shabby either!)