Thread: Dinner

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

Look nice PH, have to say i am not a fan of scallop roe.

Same here, I get rid of the roe and all the others tuff until it's a nice white piece of delicious

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Why do you call that "fern tips"? Looks like Kangkong to me?

It's actually a fern, but my photographic abilities suck . . .

It has the curly ends as well, like a fern, and the little leaves. Very recognisable before cooking

. Not my pics, obviously . . .

Pretty darn good, if i do say so myself

Nearly forgot... the moneyshot...

^^ That looks fantastic mate! I've gone Thai tonight and am starting to regret it after seeing that.

^^^Looks excellent!

^^^^

An excellent well balanced plate of goodness. Chapeau.

Very Nice Dill!

Fancy lamb myself now.

Just to show I'm not a one horse pony...

Pla chon (snakehead fish), Chinese style in oyster sauce.

A Thai fish caught by a Thai street dog from an Isaan pond, and cooked by a Thai gardener.

An Isaan Pond

It don't get less 'traditional English' than that!





I've never eaten pla chon before. It had solid, earthy, deliciously tasty flesh. I feared the worse and thought it may be like pla duuk (catfish), but it had none of that greasiness and the texture reminded me of dense monkfish flesh. I would highly recommend trying it.

And the money shot...



And of course, followed by a new pudding, 'After Eight Surprise'...

Nice!
That After 8 desert is the money shot for me

Todays dinner at Chez Chitty was a rushed dreadful affair so no pics(yes, it was that bad).

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Todays dinner at Chez Chitty was a rushed dreadful affair so no pics

Why stop now?

A thrashing for nicking yer pizza or for wearing a fluffy pink fleece?

Originally Posted by Mendip

A thrashing for nicking yer pizza or for wearing a fluffy pink fleece?

You are quite right, Mendip, an oversight on my part..., she'll be in for a double thrashing later... Don't much like that Issan food although the pictures are great and the ice cream looks nice.


Mr Slaps' bread (and salmon) looks better than my pizza.


&, as for Dilly's lamb roast, I most certainly would...

^ Thank God for that... I was suddenly worried that I'd made a huge gaffe and it was you wearing the fluffy pink fleece. You never know these days.

Thrash away mate!

Originally Posted by Mendip

A thrashing for nicking yer pizza or for wearing a fluffy pink fleece?

Why isn't it cold in Korea this time of the year? Let the ladies layer up ffs. More fun to strip them off one by one.

Originally Posted by Mendip

A thrashing for nicking yer pizza or for wearing a fluffy pink fleece?

To be fair the fluffy pink fleece is his

Carbonara with cress salad!



I've heard the latest thing is to have an egg on yer carbonara... I stirred up a freshly laid bantam egg on top while it was still hot...

Monday innit.

A bit rough and ready tonight,yesterday's left over Sunday dinner.
3 minutes in the microwave and hey presto....

It actually doesn't look that bad although I'll take your word for it regarding the taste if it was even more of a disaster than normal!

Originally Posted by Mendip

with cress salad!

To be honest Mendip - that looks like just cress!

^ With olive oil!

Out of interest... what do you use to make a cress salad, Mr Nid?

Originally Posted by Mendip

^ With olive oil!

Out of interest... what do you use to make a cress salad, Mr Nid?

To be honest mate -no idea. Think I have not eaten cress for about 40 years or so!

^ There's a guy on my dog walking route who grows endless seed trays full of cress and supplies a lot of shops. I've started swapping a bag of our eggs for a bag of cress every week. I reckon bartering is the way to go with work uncertainty and a global economic meltdown.

Trouble is... I don't know what to do with it all. I'm having bladdy cress with everything!