Dinner Plans? (8 Viewers)

[detroitdad]

Hell of a day. This is the back up dinner if she doesn't want to go out

 

[David O]

My baby girl camehome this weekend. She was a little sick and was lonely. Tonight some filets with sliced potatoes and Brussels sprouts!

 

[k9dr]

Blackened Redfish Orleans & fried okra

 

[Mr Tree]

Pan seared rainbow trout with a bacon, apple, and sweet potato hash and roasted balsamic honey Brussels sprouts.

 

[links_slayer]

Steak Diane surf n turf style. Mighty tasty

 

[detroitdad]

I was off Sunday with nothing to do. I decided I wanted to cook something different. After some research I decided to cook Center cut boneless chops with an apple/onion glaze. It was more sauce than glaze.

I basically took what I liked from 3 different recipes and my good friend @Poker Zombie and came up with this.

Colleen loved it. It was just a touch to spicy. Apparently my "dash" of red pepper flakes was to big. Lesson learned for next time. Chops were cooked perfectly. The sauce was a completely different flavor profile than what I normally cook.

 

[detroitdad]

Burgers with carmelized onions. Fantastic

 

[links_slayer]

Beef Wellington, Twice Baked Potatoes, Asparagus, and a very "meh" cabernet sauvignon tonight. Will post pics later (if it turns out....the motto in our house is "there's always Culver's")

 

[Poker Zombie]

Beef Wellington, Twice Baked Potatoes, Asparagus, and a very "meh" cabernet sauvignon tonight. Will post pics later (if it turns out....the motto in our house is "there's always Culver's")

Life's too short for cheap wine.

The rest sounds awesome though. Good luck with the wellington!

 

[links_slayer]

I know! I always get so overwhelmed when selecting wine. I've had really good (to me) $15 bottles and $80 bottles that taste like swill.

 

[k9dr]

My wife picked up some ribeyes for Valentines Day

Before:

After:

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Lunch was food from Santiago. Yummy.

Well, plus actual food.

 

[Arakir]

I just had a kebab pizza (with bearnaise on top). I ate the acual pizza before i found this tread, but here's a representative image below.

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Today, continuing to enjoy seafood, since I live in a land locked state. Conch Chowder for me, Lobster Bisque for PZ. Local beers.

 

[detroitdad]

appetizers last night.

We moved locations for dinner and more drinks. Took pictures of the group, but forgot to take pictures of the food.

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Sorry @detroitdad hard to take photos with having to move fast to get food and generally eat standing up.

 

[Poker Zombie]

What Mrs Zombie was trying to post was...

At the South Beach Wine and Food Festival with Chef Anne Burrell.

This was just the early part of dinner. Unfortunately, the power button broke off my cell phone so there were no pics later on in the night. Most of the dishes were seafood based. All were good, but the place was packed like crazy. Still, watching a bunch of chefs plating at breakneck speeds was inspiring to up my presentation game.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Our big dinner at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. I bombarded Detroit Dad exclusive early pics, until I realized it was way too late to be drunk texting a friend on a weeknight.

How drunk? Well, while the waitstaff poured plenty of wine for the room, the ice buckets were stored right behind Mrs Zombie's seat. Well within the reach of Mrs Zombie.

Our glasses never ran dry

Our apologies to DD and his wife if I was blowing up your phone as you tried to sleep.

Four hors d'oeuvre courses started us off. Leading the way was Giant Clam with Shabu-Shabu flavors by Chef Andrew Zimmern. Yeah, we had to Google Shabu-Shabu too. Wouldn't expect something "normal" from the host and co-creator of the show "Bizarre Foods".

Tuna Tartare with avocado, caviar and egg vinaigrette, prepared by Chef Scott Conant. This dish will be added to my cooking repertoire soon.

A crispy Pasta Cannoli with spinach and ricotta. No chef was credited with this dish, but it was phenomenal - a word I rarely use when describing food, because I'm always looking for improvement. I can imagine no way to improve this beauty. The red dot - a very spicy arrabbiata sauce, whose heat disappeared as it was masticated with the dairy.

Finally, a Hamachi Tostada with passion fruit and nasturtium - another Google-friendly ingredient. Chef Richard Blais produced this little treat that would hold us through a few speeches. The SoBe WFF funds a scholarship program for Florida International University, so the director had to blah, blah blah...

Then our celebrity chefs spoke for a bit, and just as you would expect from television hosts, they were very entertaining. Chef Conant worked the room quite a bit, only disappearing when he had a course to prepare. All 3 took the time to have their pic taken with the Link_Strong chip (see appropriate thread for those photos).

Then it was time for dinner. Chef Zimmern led us off with a Grilled Octopus salad with frisee, lardons, leeks, and crispy shallots.

Chef Conant brought brought us the pasta course - a Duck Ravioli with prunes, chestnuts and foie gras froth. This was very rich. While I could hear other diners around me oooing and ahhhing, I could find flaws in this otherwise delightful dish. I may be replicating and fixing this one soon.

The main course brings us back to Chef Richard Blais who prepared a Grilled Flat Iron Steak with tamarind, banana, and lemon herbena. I will now be grilling my steaks with banana. Who knew? The dollop of sweet along-side the savory beef and the wine-rich demi-glace was a game changer.

Dinner was wrapped up with a Coconut Meringue, Lemon curd and citrus sorbet prepared by Scarpetta's pastry chef Michael Brock. People wanted to talk to Chef Brock as well, but he wouldn't emerge from the kitchen. As Scott Conant put it, "You know how those pastry chefs can be".

Yeah, reclusive artists.

 

[detroitdad]

I'm old fashioned. I use an alarm clock. I don't normally monitor my phone after 8 on weekdays. I never ever sleep with it.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Suicide Queen Bbq. Eating ribs off the bone with a straw.

 

[Poker Zombie]

 

[detroitdad]

Jake took us out to eat for our birthdays.

Started with Lagavulin 16.



Dinner was marinated Korean Rib Eye with a Thai Chili sauce

 

[gopherblue]

Jake took us out to eat for our birthdays.

Started with Lagavulin 16.



Dinner was marinated Korean Rib Eye with a Thai Chili sauce

Nothing better than Laga. Unless you have a Korean Ribeye too. (y) :thumbsup:

 

[detroitdad]

making a pot of Kale/Veggie soup for dinner for tomorrow night. Its always best if made the day before.

 

[Poker Zombie]

PM me the recipe for that. After the better part of a week of fresh seafood, my digestive tract is demanding fiber and greens.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Meanwhile, more seafood. Crab and caviar, clam chowder, salad of greens, and veggie risotto.

On the beach.

SQM rules.

 

[detroitdad]

A fan favorite at my house. Bean burritos.

 

[detroitdad]

Roasting this in the oven for dinner tonight. Serving with brussels sprouts.

 

[detroitdad]

I had the house to myself on SUN. I decided to cook a nice dinner for my wife, son, and mother.

Appetizers:

Bacon wrapped chicken livers drizzled with honey. I did a test run and I'm really glad I did. I was to light on the seasoning. The main batch turned out fantastic.

Only took pictures of the test run. They looked the same

Dinner:

Boneless Pork Loin with a garlic/thyme/salt/pepper rub. I served it with roasted Brussels Sprouts and Redskin Mashed Potatoes. I also made a sauce from the drippings from the pork loin. I simply added in some white win and crushed pepper, heated, and served.

WOW.......everything was fantastic. I of course have to give thanks to @Poker Zombie .

 

[detroitdad]

For dinner yesterday I did a strip steak using the dry brining method. Cooked one side on the cast iron pan. Flipped over and put it in the oven at 400 for a couple of minutes resulting in a great "cheap" steak. I served it with home made steak fries, sautéed mushrooms, caramelized onions and a fresh salad.