Corn on the cob
watermelon & feta salad
canellini & black bean salad
grilled brats on brioche buns.
we had classic & beer. We got them mixed up on the grill so then we tried to do a tasting but they all tasted the same.
Coconut cream pie

Strip steaks, baked potatoes, TJs bagged Mediterranean salad, and an Andrew Murray syrah.

Happy 4th everyone!

Leftover meatballs and sauce. I cooked up a little ziti and we finished off a chopped salad from 2 night ago.

Hydroponic! From the basement, not from the garden.

Entrees were Indian influenced grilled chicken and handmade fennel spiced burgers on Mexican rolls.

I had a passion fruit paleta.

Aerogarden?

Lugano Swiss bistro, carmel CA (party of 6)

smoked pork loin with kraut and potatoes
chicken schnitzel with spaetzle and rotkohl
New York strip steak with Rosti and vegetables
Cheese fondue

chocolate fondue


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Yup

baja cantina, carmel valley, ca

Carnitas plate with rice & beans, pico de Gallo, garnish, and corn tortillas

mud pie dessert


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Grilled grass fed Angus sirloin from Tasmania , butterhead lettuce , potato purée , egg tofu with prawns , steamed corn and pork ribs soup .


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Jackfruit ( nangka ) & mangosteen

Got a piece of short-dated Icelandic cod (i.e., the real McCoy) and pan-fried it in butter and olive oil. Delicious and brings back memories of a meal at a sagardotegi in Astigarraga, Euskadi even if it wasn't previously salted.

Tonight will be much more mundane: Short-dated organic ground beef which will be formed into hamburgers and topped with processed cheese.

Cheeseburgers were on the menu here tonight for a while. But we made a mid-day move to taco salad. After spending the long weekend with my wife's parents and her brother's family who all won't eat anything with even a hint of spice, it was a no-brainer. I'm looking surprisingly forward to dinner tonight.

Don't want to appear as if I didn't enjoy the food though. There's always plenty of sausages, homemade sauerkraut, good rye bread, etc., inter-mingled with all the typical American cookout foods. Just not a jar of salsa or hot sauce to be found :).

Leftover rice and beans. First time around, no spice, so this time I added quite a bit of chili powder.

We had Japanese Middle Eastern “ fusion “ , & some Singaporean Peranakan family recipe dishes .
Spread of desserts was somewhat representative cuisines from round the world too . Might add photos of some of these later , the ones shown are some of the dishes we had , pita bread , white rice , mezze box , etc are not below .

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Oxtail soup with sugar cane chunks - own recipe
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Nonya chap chye lemak - own recipe
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Habibi - San ‘ s signature Brussels sprouts
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Salad
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Sausage platter
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Steak
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Kombu rice
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Lamb rendang - homemade

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ECP by BarStories / Habibi - San

Ordered Habib - San ‘ s Sultan ’ s feast without alcohol to take out
Mezze box ( mentaiko taramasalata , pickled beetroot , chickpea hummus , babaganoush )
stockyard farm’s ribeye (please indicate doneness r/mr/m/mw/chaota)
magra lamb
de raza iberico pressa
chicken harissa sausages
Wombok slaw and kebab shop salad
Kombu rice
Very signature brussel sprouts
Fluffy pita bread

Mocktails
2 Desert rose
2 Rising sun
3 ecp ( lychee , sour plum , lemongrass , lime , Thai soda )

Assorted leftovers - chicken thighs, rotini & meatballs, toast
hummus & pita from Goood Frikken Chicken, Sf
raw organic vegetables

Cookies from Gayle’s, capitola CA

Maybe you can explain it to me, but I've never seen the appeal for chap chye. To me, it's just over-boiled cabbage/glass noodles/few other ingredients. Am I missing something?