Oh, no, not head cheese….

Dinner at Shake Shack 360 Mall, Kuwait - black truffle burger, chicken bites, and fries

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Sammies on Arizmendi baguette - warmed at 350 and lightly buttered

lucca deli:
Calabrese salami
head cheese

potato salad

with expensive ($15+ per pound) meats like these, I don’t want to add condiments like vinegar or chili sauce or sliced pickles or cheese. Yet I do love mixed sandwiches. It’s so complicated for me.


cantaloupe melon
lacroix

Well it’s not cheese per se.


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Compared to mortadela, it's pretty tame. :)

Pepperoni pizza from Doppio, Kuwait City - a bizarre place to find as it was hidden on an upper floor of a joint office-mall complex - I was the only guest, but the pizza had quite good flavor (though, the crust was a tad soft but had nice taste)

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Went back to Doppio - still soft, still yummy

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Pizza, wings, and whiskey - I just had Laphroig 10-year. I gifted the Abasolo to the host. Next time for him I’ll probably just bring beer because he has a lot of whiskey at this point!

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Indeed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese

"finely hashed or ground cured pork, which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat (principally the hard fat from the neck of the pig). It is traditionally flavoured with peppercorns, but modern versions can also contain pistachios or, less commonly, myrtle berries."
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortadella

Salad with goat cheese, walnuts, strawberries & dried cranberries
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Roasted fingerling potatoes with herbs de Provence
Brussels sprouts
Grilled chicken thighs in Rao's lemon garlic sauce
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Oh yum and that looks both delicious and healthy!

That's exactly what I was going for. Thank you.

Chicken quesadilla and chips and queso - Chipotle, The Avenues Mall, Kuwait ($17) - later got some monkey bread from Bouchon Bakery, which was okay but needed more cinnamon and some sort of frosting or glaze

I never eat Chipotle in the US, but it was a nice reprieve from pizza, and The Avenues was just a beautiful space (walked 6 miles!)

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Chipotle in Kuwait! Interesting. I went to the one in London in 2010, though it wasn't nearly as good as I was expecting it to be.


Dinner this evening in LAS at Istanbul Mediterranean - quite good and paired well with an episode of SNL :). This was their beef and lamb Turkish sandwich.

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There were many American chains on display at The Avenues, as well as throughout Kuwait - Chipotle, Raising Cane’s, Shake Shack, The Cheesecake Factory, Texas Roadhouse, Applebee’s, IHOP, a Starbucks on every corner, etc. - it was quite trippy.

Lamb sausage stuffed pepper. Fern Bar, Sebastopol. Yum. With an expertly prepared Grasshopper for dessert. Probably 30 years since I last had one.
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So many places I’d likely never think of going when abroad (though I do enjoy stopping by foreign Mickey D’s just to see how much better their menus are than ours). My last trip to Dubai, I thought it so weird to see Outback Steakhouse and similar places near the Burj Khalifa. My Dad even ate a burger at TGI Friday’s a few times in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia years ago when there for work.

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Did a rack of lamb today for Mother's Day.

Fit for a queen! Looks yummy.

Take out assorted empanadas from Vinoma (Rohnert Park) along with a homemade kale/pickled onion/avocado/ bleu cheese/apple with olive oil and gravenstein apple balsamic salad.
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“Dolce formaggi” pizza with figs and walnuts at Nuovo Pizzeria, Catamaran Towers, Bahrain - very yummy

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Z & Y Peking Duck, sf:

duck

xiao Lin bao soup dumplings
egg roll
onion pancake
pork & chive dumpling
Dan Dan noodles

Kung pao chicken
orange chicken with pineapple
deep fried fish in sauce
pepper steak
beef brisket & turnip stew
ma po tofu with beef
chicken fried rice
white rice

chrysanthemum tea
sprite


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Ling’s meatloaf from Ling and Louie’s, an Asian fusion restaurant in Scottsdale. Szechuan-style vegetables, red wine-mushroom gravy and meat loaf on a bed of wasabi mashed potatoes. Sounds weird but absolutely delicious!

Black truffle burger and very hot and yummy fries - Shake Shack, City Centre Mall, Bahrain

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salmon & potatoes

orangfes
oreis
cara cara orange
cereal

i I am so. High


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Seared Prime Filet with a Mushroom Marsala pan sauce (wish I had made more sauce) paired with 2020 Kirkland Barolo (Barolo pairs so well with mushrooms dishes)
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Lucca deli, sf:

other half of mixed sandwich
potato salad

cereal
probably 1-2 oranges
oreos
im definitely stoned

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Nuovo Pizzeria (delivered via Talabat) - Margherita with added pepperoni (unclear which meat) - yummy

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I wish I had your talent for digging out all of these amazing artisan pies. I am impressed by the quality of these crusts worldwide.

Agree, Elevator Enthusiast really should compile this all into some sort of international pizza guide.

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I came across a recipe for “skillet pizza,” made stove top in a cast iron skillet. I “cheated” slightly by putting it under the broiler for about a minute to brown the cheese. Looks better than it tasted, but not bad.

Chicken Strawberry poppyseed salad from Panera
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Nuovo Pizzeria delivery again - this time, I got the dolce formaggi with added pepperoni

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We're looking at it!

Turkey burger

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1st night and 1st pizza in country 59 - a delicious “blanca” pizza with beef tenderloin, dried tomatoes, cream sauce, and rocket at Blanca Pizzeria in Riyadh

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meeting:
old fashioned donut with strawberry glaze

home:
11p reheated leftover pepperoni
Bubly grapefruit

tangelo oranges

I’m not sure if I’ve ever had sliced beef on a pizza. It’s like how I’ve never seen a man with an orange face before. I feel that I’ve had meatball on pizza.

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Same here on all, but I've also never seen/tried potato on a pizza, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to.

Potato on pizza is good if it is cooked well - if not, the texture is bad.

For me it's just the double starch thing I guess. I don't do potatoes in burritos or pitas or shawarmas either. I found it strange in Brazil that french fries and white rice were very commonly served side by side on various plates. By the way, have you had the opportunity to witness Europeans eating hamburgers with knife and fork yet? :)

Not yet :-) but I’ll make it a goal for this year.

breakfast burritos sometimes have hash browns in them. I have had delicious potato tacos. Give potato pizza a go...what's the worst that could happen? 😉 you might like it.
I would choke on my food laughing if i ever saw someone eating a burger with knife & fork. 🤣 I have been to Europe countless times & have never seen that. I am a bit uncomfortable seeing pizza eaten with a fork except really thick or full of toppings.