steamed dumplings tonight

Round 2 of the Sitka halibut tonight. Fish tacos. Flour tortillas because that's what we have. Homemade pickled red onions. Homemade blender sauce, with Kewpie mayo, lime juice, garlic, onion, cilantro and jalapenos picked from our garden this morning...it was delicious straight out of the blender :).

Garlic Fest last night was a bit of a dud, I suppose another big thanks to COVID. While the Weds night market has a dozen or more food trucks and tents, there were only 4-5 special garlic vendors. But my wife got to try black garlic ice cream, so it was a minor success.

Stuffed from luncheon yet… gotta prepare for the beer
cancun taqueria, Sf

Carnitas taco
buche (head) taco


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They both look the same to me in the picture. Also they both look very good. I'm a little surprised they put the same things on two different tacos...or is that by your request?

By the way, aren't you a fan of Mizrahi Grill? We finally tried it a couple nights ago. Very good, authentic food. Of course being a certified Kosher restaurant it was quite expensive. We split the combo appetizer and a mixed grill (chicken and beef, I forgot the menu name) entree for $40. But it was also plenty of food for us. Probably would go back for lunch, where we could easily get by for $15/person, but maybe not dinner since we don't need Kosher. Would definitely buy pitas to go, as they were some of the best we've had.

I am heading to my favorite Mexican supermarket and grabbing 2x of the following, tacos al pastor, cecina and barbacoa from their Taqueria.

At Sf taquerias, it’s practically standard to put cilantro & raw onion on every taco. It’s like a Chinese noodle place putting raw chopped scallion in every noodle soup dish. These 2 tacos have different salsas.
I love Mizrahi. Definitely going to cost more than roti. It’s pure Israeli.

yummy. I don’t know Cecina.

Carryout from Gayle’s, capitola CA:

meatloaf with penne pasta
Peking chicken wings with sticky rice

strawberry shortcake cookie


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It's a type of marinated beef. My taqueria makes it in cubes instead of strips/sheets as described in the below article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecina_(meat)

Aptos Street bbq, Aptos CA

brisket with beans & Cole slaw
hot link sausage

shared salad


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Smothered pork chops
Broccoli
Rice

And birthday cake for dessert

happy birthday!

which cake????

Thank you! Mrs Phillygold baked my favorite. Yellow cake with a chocolate frosting. And enough candles to start a small bonfire 🔥

buffalo chicken tacos

Mrs braslvr's favorite as well, and something that was very common in the 60s-70s that you rarely see these days.

one chicken wrap and two veggie wraps

As a 70's child, this was my favorite too. I asked for this on every birthday. Haven't seen it in many years. At some point my favorite changed to chocolate w/chocolate. Now I'm wondering if that's just because yellow w/chocolate disappeared.

I feel like it's pretty common, but then again I am a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream fan, it feels like that is hard to find in comparison to yellow with chocolate icing.

large bean burrito with the works (minus the guac)
bagel with scrambled egg and cheese

Sorry for the lighting, but I made devil's food cupcakes with a sugar cookie at the bottom for the kids for tomorrow.


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I am dreading what I have to cook for the next five days.

Got out the Stir Crazy and made popcorn for dinner. Chocolate mouse pie for dessert.

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I did a crappy job of cutting it, but it's pretty tasty.

If you want to fancy up that popcorn dinner (for guests or a special occasion lol) try this version. I have made it a few times using microwave popcorn and it is good. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...recipe-1943704
I haven't tried it but have heard of Mexican popcorn where you add taco seasoning, lime juice, crushed fritos or tortilla chips and hot sauce. How bad could that be?

Not sure about Italian popcorn, but ya never know. :)

It is really good but you have to eat it right away....not as good after it sits around. Spicy, garlicky, cheesy---what's not to like?

I would be picking out the fritos and leaving the popcorn in this mix. Both good, but I know where I'd end up.
Funny you bring up Mexican though. We love Palo popcorn, out of Sheboygan Falls, WI. They sell some here in the Chicago area, but we have friends who bring us the flavors that aren't available here. It's not fresh and hot, but the most addictive snack ever. They brought us the Mexican Street Corn version a few weeks ago and it's the only flavor I won't seek out again.

https://www.palopopcorn.com/shop.html

Full disclosure, I've not tried the Ranch & White Cheddar yet. The rest are amazing.

Not sure when we were at Aoki before . Some of what we had besides agedashi tofu , chawanmushi - ‘ regular ‘ and with black truffles , tempura - prawns , soft shell crab .. oh yes , the salads - greens & tomatoes


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Sukiyaki , cha soba , black truffle chawanmushi
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Sukiyaki - mushrooms , wagyu beef ..
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Shabu Shabu
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Kinki
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Momo ( white peaches ) - fruit and ice cream

Akira Sushi, Aptos CA

ninja sticks (tempura’d spicy tuna rolls)
miso soup

spicy tuna hand roll
Assd rolls - rainbow, salmon/salmon skin, maguro-based Santa Cruz, spider (soft-shell crab)


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I like the look of this. Is the tuna still rare? If so, I'm on the hunt for ninja sticks.

Does anyone else have this vision of gaobest just spending his days driving all over the Bay area from restaurant to restaurant? Or just me? :)

Seems more like all of central CA at times...

Seared ahi, shrimp skewers, yellow squash/zucchini/onions on the grill -- plus grapes and spouse's homemade wheat bread and chocolate walnut brownies.
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little Nicky’s Detroit Rock City and Margarita from Asheville Pizza and Brewing.

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Well, the kids only wanted burritos tonight, so I got off easy.

How were they?

ham & cheese sandwich
ham & cheese omelette with home fries and salad

Funny, before reading your comment, I looked at the menu and decided what I would order. The same exact pies! Great minds (and stomachs) think alike!

post-pool supper
pleasure pizza east side eatery:
Buffalo wings (franks classic) - HOW do people cook this at home??

happy valley salad

14” pizza:
Half bbq chicken
half Juliet (pesto)

10” cheese pizza

Dairy Queen, capitola
blizzards!!!


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It’s spicy tuna and it’s not exactly rare tuna - it’s been tempura’d.

I’m not sure what this Santa Cruz CA is considered. I guess Central. Not southern cal.

I ate so much my stomach still hurts this morning.

I agree, without a deep fryer you really can't replicate at home. You could deep fry batches in a pot of course, but it would take a while to get the amount I'd want!
Hundreds of recipes online for oven-baked wings, none of them work. I can get reasonably close by grilling on a hot grill. Nice flavor and some crispiness, but they end up more dry inside than in a fryer.

Too bad wings have become so widely popular and subject to rising prices. Back only 10-15 years ago, I could find a different bar in Chicago near my house with 25-cent wings one day a week to cover Sunday-Friday. Still, this is one of those meals that is best left to restaurants IMO.

Last night - a homemade pasta sauce with spaghetti using herbs from our garden. Tonight we're planning on eating the leftovers unless one of us gets ambitious enough for takeout.

I agree, the price of wings have gone through the roof. As I understand it, it is a supply and demand issue. Wings became so popular over the past decade and supply has not kept up. I know from personal experience that large packages of 20 wings, which cost 6 or 7 bucks a few years ago, are now 17 or 18 bucks.

I will grill chicken drumsticks and then coat with wing sauce. I use Beef O’Brady’s sauce that I can find at Publix. Since they’re larger than wings, they don’t dry out. And they’re less popular. Despite having more meat, I often pay less than half the cost of wings.

We really need John Madden to discover the 8 winged chicken and stop worrying about turkeys with 4 drumsticks.