What did you have for lunch?

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Originally posted by Adam10:

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Originally posted by mangiare:
Took at client to Cafe Boulud at the brand new Four Seasons. Personally I thought the restaurant could have been built in 1990. Terracotta plaster walls, really? IMO, the design is poor. Feel like I'm sounding harsh but we are talking about the new "flagship" Four Seasons Hotel???

the brand new one at Bay and Yorkville...

Service was top notch, food was good to very good. Still can't believe the design.

New one? Or revamped Yorkville?

New England Clam Chowder.

shake shck burgers

Since I had an extremely decadent weekend in Montreal, I decided to be conservative for lunch today.

At the Alehouse: 3 Dogfish 60 Minute Pale Ales, a Pepperoni, Bacon and Jalapeno Pizza (I only ate half!!) and am baking a small batch of Toll House cookies for later in the day. WTF, there's always tomorrow....

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Since I had an extremely decadent weekend in Montreal, I decided to be conservative for lunch today.

At the Alehouse: 3 Dogfish 60 Minute Pale Ales, a Pepperoni, Bacon and Jalapeno Pizza (I only ate half!!) and am baking a small batch of Toll House cookies for later in the day. WTF, there's always tomorrow....

PH

it's good to be king

meeting up with mr. albers

Chicken wings and salad

Rainbow trout that was perfectly prepared.

I just had a grilled cheese on Italian bread, with Irish butter, English cheddar, Prosciutto di Parma and a touch of Parmigiano-Reggiano, made by my wife of German/French descent in America. Life is good.

Grilled pork back ribs two ways: dry rub and garlicky BBQ sauce, and filet mignon roasted and cut thin. Matched with 89 Sociando Mallet and 06 Mollydooker Blue-eyed Boy, with 1991 Taylor Vargellas for dessert.

A good time was had by all!

Duck ham, duck egg, endive and aioli.

Short ribs, vanilla & lemon polenta and candied citrus.

Cinnamon toast, bacon and orange.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
aioli.

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
aioli.

PH

Egg yolks, never mayonnaise.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
aioli.

PH

Egg yolks, never mayonnaise.

It's a close relative, which is what prompted my surprise. Although there are aiolis which are made without egg yolk, most are an emulsion of olive oil, egg yolk, fresh garlic and some Dijon. Other than perhaps using a different oil and the addition of mustard and garlic - they're at least kissin' cousins. I'll defer to any serious chefs on this contention........

PH

Moroccan octopus & pork jowls
Organic chicken, corn gnocchi and hatch chile consomme.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Moroccan octopus & pork jowls

Interesting. I had:

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing

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Originally posted by bman:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Moroccan octopus & pork jowls

Interesting. I had:

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing

Sounds like moonshine would be the drink of choice.

Bouillabaisse, enjoyed with NV Gonet Medeville Tradition 1er Cru.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Bouillabaisse, enjoyed with NV Gonet Medeville Tradition 1er Cru.

Interesting pairing. I have never thought to have Champagne with bouillabaisse. How was it?

17hr smoked pork butt sandwiches with coleslaw.

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Originally posted by Seaquam:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Bouillabaisse, enjoyed with NV Gonet Medeville Tradition 1er Cru.

Interesting pairing. I have never thought to have Champagne with bouillabaisse. How was it?

It worked well, Seaquam. The restaurant had a rather smallish list.

What would your wine of choice be?

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Seaquam:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Bouillabaisse, enjoyed with NV Gonet Medeville Tradition 1er Cru.

Interesting pairing. I have never thought to have Champagne with bouillabaisse. How was it?

It worked well, Seaquam. The restaurant had a rather smallish list.

What would your wine of choice be?

Personally, I like the traditional match with southern French rosé, Bandol or Tavel being my first choices. A good acidic white works well too, so I can see where Champagne could work though, as I wrote, that would not come to me intuitively.

Another food/wine combo to add to my bucket list, I guess.

Just came back from Schwartz in Montreal. Had the smoked meat sandwich, poutine, and cole slaw. I have to admit that this is much better than Katz's.

Bravo!

New Orleans has always had good Vietnamese restaurants but most places used be on the West Bank. After Katrina the number of places opening up in downtown and uptown area multiplied. We had a nice lunch on magazine street that included pho with chicken, Saigon spicy rolls, pork rolls and something else with pork.

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Originally posted by mareff:
Just came back from Schwartz in Montreal. Had the smoked meat sandwich, poutine, and cole slaw. I have to admit that this is much better than Katz's.

Bravo!

We almost crossed paths! We stopped by around 1:45 to pick up some smoked meat to take back to Ottawa but the line, even for take out meat, was too long!

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Originally posted by mareff:
Just came back from Schwartz in Montreal. Had the smoked meat sandwich, poutine, and cole slaw. I have to admit that this is much better than Katz's.

Bravo!

Well done, mareff

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by mareff:
Just came back from Schwartz in Montreal. Had the smoked meat sandwich, poutine, and cole slaw. I have to admit that this is much better than Katz's.

Bravo!

Well done, mareff

As a frequenter of Katz's, I am going to echo mareff's comment. Love Katz but Schwartz serves up some fantastic and moist smoked meat. I only wish the very thin slice of bread it was served on held together better.

I do give Katz the nod for their steak fries, however.

Bobby Flay's Burger Palace (or whatever his Burger joint is called)

Went there for the second time since it opened near my house. Had the driest turkey burger ever today. Standard beef burger ~1 month ago is better. All in all, a decent joint, reasonably priced . . . avoid non-beef offerings!

Julienned carrots, quinoa, wheat berries, feta cheese & almonds with some drizzled olive oil & balsamic vinegar. Have to eat light for tonight!

"The Original" burger at Umami Santa Monica.

Awesome burger.

Bratwurst with spicy mustard and homemade sauerkraut on a pretzel roll

2 hard boiled eggs. Too many wine dinners and three days in Bermuda have hit me hard.

Home-made lobster roll with no mayo. Simply dressed with Boston lettuce, sauteed shallots, squeeze of lemon. Pretty good except the bread started falling apart.

Left over medium rare prime rib roast with lots of horseradish, accompanied by Reininger Ash Hollow Vineyard syrah.

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Originally posted by bman:
Left over medium rare prime rib roast with lots of horseradish, accompanied by Reininger Ash Hollow Vineyard syrah.

Howdy, bman! Never could understand horseradish with good beef.

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Originally posted by Board-O:

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Originally posted by bman:
Left over medium rare prime rib roast with lots of horseradish, accompanied by Reininger Ash Hollow Vineyard syrah.

Howdy, bman! Never could understand horseradish with good beef.

I can't imagine good roast beef without it!

Maybe it's a Canadian thing.....

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Originally posted by bman:
I can't imagine good roast beef without it!

Maybe it's a Canadian thing.....

+1 on the horseradish and roast beef combo. The hotter the horsey the better.

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Originally posted by VinT:

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Originally posted by bman:
I can't imagine good roast beef without it!

Maybe it's a Canadian thing.....

+1 on the horseradish and roast beef combo. The hotter the horsey the better.

+52, so hot it hurts the back of your head. I love the taste with cold beef. Match made in heaven.

Chicken avocado cobb salad.

Good, but all this talk about roast beef and horseradish has my mouth drooling.

Oatmeal with a really nice Grade A light amber VT maple syrup, blueberries and blackberries.

A nice departure from the hoards of red meat I've been eating lately and have been motivated by the weight loss thread!

green salad with scoop of tuna salad. Very exciting

Went all out today. Peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Squirrely bread was going to go stale and the last banana was getting extremely ripe.

6/10

Fish tacos made with Dover sole and a cilantro cream sauce. Enjoyed overlooking the ocean from the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica.

Quick & easy was my theme today for lunch and dinner -- Chipotle soft tacos for a quick 10-minute lunch

Light salad w chick peas. Few raw almonds. Slice of low sodium deli chicken.

making up for a "bad" day yesterday -- fasting for the time being

Chili Cheese Dogs.

Still making up for "bad choices" earlier this week -- oatmeal with a little light maple syrup

Progroesso Calm Chowder GRosso

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Originally posted by Ed Bowers [i.e. FlWino]:
Progroesso Calm Chowder GRosso

Now I'm feeling slightly better about my boneless wings and fries at Chilis the other night!

Sweet potato crusted dolphin over a bed of mixed greens, tropical fruit and green beans.

Chicken roti & a ting.

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Originally posted by vinoevelo:
Chicken roti & a ting.

You get Ting up there? Wow, I am impressed.

A few slices of deli chicken breast.

Carne asada, shrimp, rice, chipotle cream sauce burrito.

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup.

Brebirousse de argental, tierno, 24 month aged prosciutto, duck rillettes, elk/moose/venison pate with cranberries, bread sticks & crackers.

2006 boekenhootskloof Cabernet.

Fresh Dungeness crab

left over chicken paprikash over rice

perfect on a cold NE afternoon

Blackened grouper sandwich; fruit salad.

I posted it in another thread too but MCRIB IS BACK!!

Lots of Stone Crab.

After a couple of days of much needed rain, today was beautiful so we went down to the beach and enjoyed some really tasty ceviche, salsa, gauc and fresh tortilla chips.

At Marea, their burrata with lobster and ravioli with sweetbreads and wild mushrooms were excellent.

DoubleD . . . was this auction day? How'd it go?

Cheeseburger from Prather Ranch meats at San Francisco ferry building farmer's market. . . about as good a Sat. lunch as can be had

Bagels, lox, whitefish, baked salmon, and accompaniments with family. No bagel for me

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Originally posted by Parcival:
DoubleD . . . was this auction day? How'd it go?

Yes, it was Saturday and Friday. It's a great way to spend a day drinking wine and enjoying some good food. Zachys does a great job with these events. Most of the prices (including their 22% buyer's premium) tend to be at or above retail. There may be a couple of deals, but you have to be really patient and be at your computer ready to pounce.

Diet pills

We are having the Rob Sutherland cassoulet we made yesterday.

My experience is that cassoulet are better the second day, so will try in about two hours.

In-n-out double double protein style

More leftovers.

Grilled cheese and lentil soup in the Admirals Club at JFK.

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Originally posted by Vino Bevo:
Grilled cheese and lentil soup in the Admirals Club at JFK.

Made lentil soup yesterday after seeing it on Lydia's Italy. No grilled cheese though. Probably a good combo.

Cream of crab soup and a couple sliders. Multiple Dogfish 60s.

PH

Sushi Bento Box

Oxtail soup

Pho Ga.

small piece of cabot clothbound cheddar cheese and granny smith apples

not bad for a light midday lunch/snack

peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Chicken Tortilla Soup.

chicken salad and guacamole

Leek & Potato soup
Baguette & assorted cheeses

Thick sliced pea meal bacon on a fresh kaiser with standard issue French's yellow mustard

Italian Beef sandwiches getting ready for the NFC North showdown with the Bears.

Lunch at Espetus (Brazilian BBQ) in San Francisco with my wife and sons. Pleasantly surprised when we arrived to learn this was the only day this year that they offered the dinner menu (16 choices of beef/lamb/pork/chicken brought to you and carved at your table) at lunch time. Glad I had brought a 2003 Pahlmeyer Proprietary red to enjoy with a steady procession of meats.

Happy New Year and best of success to everyone in 2014!

that parcival guy apparently is in NYC

ate some gnocchi and chicken at lupa

A Southern California icon,

A Tommy's chile cheese dog!!!

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Originally posted by g-man:
that parcival guy apparently is in NYC

ate some gnocchi and chicken at lupa

just how I roll ! Some good wine at that joint too!

Homemade meatballs in red sauce on toasted french roll with smoked provolone. Perfect on a snowy day.

PH

Grilled octopus with orange and mint and a white Mexican wine.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Grilled octopus with orange and mint and a white Mexican wine.

Yum


I had surprisingly good sushi during a working lunch.

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Originally posted by Jorgerunfast:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Grilled octopus with orange and mint and a white Mexican wine.

Yum


I had surprisingly good sushi during a working lunch.

We have as well, and will again around 5 today!

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by Jorgerunfast:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Grilled octopus with orange and mint and a white Mexican wine.

Yum


I had surprisingly good sushi during a working lunch.

We have as well, and will again around 5 today!

For lunch, discovered a great sushi place in Santa Monica called Sugarfish. Absolutely heavenly and meticulous preparation.

Pretending it was warmer than it is: Blackened Fish Tacos with a few pints.

PH

Tacos with leftover smoked tri-tip and some homemade pico de gallo

Chicken avocado cobb salad

trini duck curry, dhalpuri roti, saheena, lots of hot sauce and a fountain grapefruit drink.

Ground veal, romaine salad