What did you have for lunch?

A brat with mustard and grilled onions and sweet potato fries.

Dim Sum.

Made my famous smoked salmon egg salad.

Today, at Maison de la Truffe:

- gazpacho (an excellent variation, heavy on the bell pepper and served with a large slice of good bread topped with chèvre, diced yellow bell pepper and mild onion)
- rocket salad w/Parmesan and summer truffles
- scrambled eggs with black truffles
- linguini with asparagus and black truffles

and a bottle of NV Bollinger Special Cuvee.

Everything was very good. Scrambled eggs are my favourite way of showcasing truffles. It's not haut cuisine, but the eggs were perfectly cooked-- just slightly runny, still hot, with lots of black truffle-- and remarkably satisfying with the wine. A rich and wonderfully satisfying meal (and although I have friends who think lunch is as important as any other meal, to me it's still very decadent to eat this way midday ).

You're killing me, Seaquam! Very envious here.

Grilled skirt steak chimichurri with grilled asparagus, carrots and roasted potatoes with a cilantro lime vinaigrette.

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Originally posted by xhoser:
Grilled skirt steak chimichurri with grilled asparagus, carrots and roasted potatoes with a cilantro lime vinaigrette.

That's kind of a big lunch xhoser.

smoked beef with tomatoes

mint chocolate chip ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Awaiting gall bladder attack.

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Originally posted by Florida Keys Girl:
mint chocolate chip ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Awaiting gall bladder attack.

I remember as a kid being really sad that I didn't ever have my tonsils taken out. The story was that when you were in the hospital, you got all the ice cream you wanted to eat. Oh well, I made up for it.......

PH

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Originally posted by Florida Keys Girl:
Awaiting gall bladder attack.

Boy I don't miss those days from my wife's gall bladder problems.

Smoked pork fat

Salami Sandwich.

Chicken salad sandwich and fries.

Yucatecan Chilmole. Oh, how I miss Central America!

Scallops over homemade peach compote;

Sushi from Sakae Sushi in Newport Beach.

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Originally posted by VinT:
Sushi from Sakae Sushi in Newport Beach.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by VinT:
Sushi from Sakae Sushi in Newport Beach.

Indeed. A very cool spot.

Will be reurning to Newport tomorrow morning for my first attempt at stand up paddleboarding. Apparently we are going to circumnavigate Lido Island!

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Originally posted by VinT:
Sushi from Sakae Sushi in Newport Beach.

Vin T, if you like sushi, I would recommend Sushi Wasabi in Tustin.
Only open for dinner.

half a DQ cookie dough Blizzard

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Originally posted by Board-O:
half a DQ cookie dough Blizzard

Yum. I've always been partial to "Oreo," but "Cookie Dough" is a close second.

Leftover strawberry grouper with corn salsa from last night's offline. Unfortunately no leftover Selosse Champagne to go with it

Fried frog legs and NV Pol Roger Brut.

Finochiona, some Délice de Bourgogne, a rustic baguette and some Bouchard Val Vilaine.

Several friends and I enjoyed several orders of Stone crab claws for lunch today with white Burgundy.

We had a wonderful picnic lunch in Wallowa State Park, Oregon. A great baguette, Serrano ham, d'Affinois, (Chris Figgins sent us to the store.) and cherries from a farm stand.

A very good brisket sandwich at the Cowpoke Cafe in Lovelock, Nevada.

Leftovers. Sauteed flatiron steak slices topped with caramelized onions. Mild cheddar broiled on top. Kaiser rolls. Garlic mayo. Caesar Salad. Cotes du Rhone. Need to grill more flatiron. The leftovers were as good as the firstovers.....

PH

Chicken fajitas at a restaurant near work. There was a two-page list of tequilas on the table that made it tempting to take a half personal day in the afternoon.

Coffee

Spaghetti.

Linguini w/ pesto/tomato, filetina di manzo, polenta, insalata mista, e un macchiatone, con prosecco alla spina

A family and friends celebration today at the CC.

Mexican brunch, ritas, bloody mary's, beer and Champagne.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
A family and friends celebration today at the CC.

Mexican brunch, ritas, bloody mary's, beer and Champagne.

I'm curious to hear about the food menu. Only thing missing on that list is some Micheladas.

ham and cheese sandwiches with some cole slaw at a picnic on the shore of Posey Lake, Utah

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Originally posted by kingofcool:

Only thing missing on that list is some Micheladas.

I must really have my head stuck-up in wine and beer bottles.

I have never heard of Micheladas.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by kingofcool:

Only thing missing on that list is some Micheladas.

I must really have my head stuck-up in wine and beer bottles.

I have never heard of Micheladas.

They seem to be making a comeback over the past 6-9 months. I hadn't seen one ordered in a bar in years until last October on our way back out of San Diego from that offline. I've seen them bunches of times since.

I've never understood the Michelada..... A great Bloody Mary is my preferred morning pick-me-up. If I want beer, I'll have it later in the day. Straignt up!

PH

6mo aged Comte
18mo aged Gouda
18mo aged Mimolette XO
Dried cranberries
Cantaloupe
Serrano ham
Prosciutto
...and a glass of Vouvray