last night: grilled artichoke w/ orange/jalapeno mayo
arugula, avocado & tomato salad w/ toasted cumin/lime vinagrette
grilled pork loin w/ a guava mustard glaze & citrus habanero sauce
on the side (Bobby Flay cookbook)
grilled (homegrown) zucchini stuffed w/corn/ red peppers &
mozzarella
carrot cake (store bought)
vino & beer

Just had a decent chicken liver mousse at teh good world.

Now I'm home, and I'm going to sautee a filet of flauder that's been, ahem, flaundering in my fridge since thursday. :D

stuffed red peppers, romaine and veggie salad and a few glasses of a pretty good Petite Sirah

Just made that pizza. 330AM here. Time to eat!

Last night: some huge ribs in chilli sauce (more of a gravy but with red peppers) and lovely crisp vegetables in a white sauce.

Our first truly fresh and tasty vegetables in a couple of weeks, from our local 'club'. Good to be home for this kind of food :)

Previous night: last night in HNL, took kaukau's recommendation for happy hour(s) at the HNL Harbor Bar, for a BBQ chicken pizza (better than it sounds, a bit of an Aussie thing!) and drinks. A real local crowd!

We ended back at the Chart House (after cocktails at Canoes at the Illikai) for lots more food and drinks, plus the great house band 2.5. Recommended!
Steak fries at the Chart House are actually what I would call potato wedges! Mrs B enjoyed New England Clam Chowder while I had calamari.

You didn't want to come to MGM on a weekend. :( Would you come to the next AL Do in BHM (as yet unscheduled)?

Last night's fare:

Marlin steaks in Guava-Soy Sauce-Fresh Ginger Marinade, cooked on a cedar plank over keawe charcoal
Baked potato
Garden salad
Fresh pineapple
Garlic Crescent Rolls
Breyers Rocky Road Ice Cream

Tonight's:

Terikayki steak and chicken plate lunch (hold the mac salad)
Malasadas
from Tex Drive Inn

You cook on a cedar plank over keawe charcoal at home?? :)

Sirloin steak cooked over hickory
Baked potatoes
Salad
Toasted Corn Muffins
Breyers Ice Cream

Yes :)

I'm a wood-mixer

Wow! What time should I be over? :)

Mmmmmmmm!

What kind of flavour does the hickory impact on the steak?



Tonight our menu includes...

Frenched rack of lamb
Baked potatoes and carrots
Gravy (can't remember it!)

Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Maybe some chocolate for dessert, and who knows what.

Our July 4th fare with friends and kids consisted of barbequed hot dogs, homemade chili, washed down with either beer or proscecco. SusieCakes cupcakes for dessert. Lemonade for the kiddies. Not fancy fare, but everyone was happy :). So glad we ate those hot dogs before catching a bit of that disgusting hot-dog-eating competition.

Thank you :)

You know, I'm trying to think of a way to answer this other than saying "hickory smoke flavor," but that's what it is. Don't know if they sell Liquid Smoke down under, but if they do get a bottle of the hickory flavored and try it. A sniff of it will give tell you more than a thousand words :)

:) Your choice.

Independence Day menu:

pre-meal appetizer: nachos
entree: grilled teriyaki chicken with pineapple slices
wine: last bottle of Blauer Portugieser brought home from Vienna
vegetables: German potato salad, warm asparagus salad with sesame dressing, green salad
dessert: apple pie & vanilla ice cream

gin, tonic, lime
almond lemon torte
fresh organic raspberries grown and picked by moi

the rest, i have not a clue