Friday supper:
freshly-made pico de Gallo
tortilla chips & guacamole (Safeway)
chicken enchiladas (trader joes fresh section)
Mexican rice (rice-a-roni)
Fresh lime & jalapeño
sliced sourdough toast and activia peach yogurt

Waffle coned ice cream:
Haagen daaz chocolate
robbins Rocky road / Ben & Jerry’s coffee toffee crunch
robbins cherry jubilee / Safeway butter pecan

lol I’m sure they’ve realized that they need to boost the booze to keep the contract...

I went to Restaurant Depot once and loved it; I’ll return to get another 50-lb bag of flour if I don’t go first to Costco.
very sweet of you regarding the parents.

Corky, that’s some serious grill marks on the pizza!

I got a 18” pizza delivered for lunch today, and then this is what I saw when opening the box.


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I saw lamb cutlets were on sale $39.99/kg which is cheap (they used to be so cheap, then the world discovered lamb). I did them tandoori style. The paste was out of a jar but it tasted good. Had it with a salad. I'd had a pide at lunch so avoided the double carb hit.

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Omg that’s one for the Vent thread. So sick.

This is partly why I can’t return to delivery or restaurants - it’s too EV- and just shopping/cooking is so much more EV+. Money saved is money earned!

A medium white clam pizza, a medium pepperoni pizza and a Caesar salad. $70 + tip for delivery, which strikes me as expensive. Hoping these are some killer pizzas.

I love or loved clam pizza. Feels like Tomasso’s or Pasquales in sf. Where’d you get it?
i should google a clam pizza recipe because I bet it’ll be fine with canned or frozen clams. Actually I’ve always loved the Italian-american staple linguine with clam sauce, both white and red sauce (albeit not together).
plus spaghetti and meatballs is a favorite italian-american dish, one I make often.

btw I’m guessing your meal was $48 plus $12 in fees/tax and a $10 tip. So maybe it’s not from San Francisco.
Is it Amici’s east coast pizza?????
$18 per pizza
$12 caesar

Pizza was from Verazzano's in Half Moon Bay. I'd say it was totally worth the $$. I've had Amici's, albeit a few years ago. I think this was better, on another level. High quality ingredients, and the NY style was on point, as the crust had the perfect exterior doneness with a great interior chew.

Glad you liked it because that sounds very expensive for 2 pies and a salad.

Anyone have a good recipe for dan dan noodles in the style they're served at the Cathay Noodle Bar? I have no idea if those are traditional dan dan noodles or if they are modified somewhat for the western palate given the mix of travelers on Cathay, but in either case I love those noodles and have been trying to find a recipe to use in an attempt to recreate them at home since I won't be enjoying them at an airport any time soon.

This food and wine article has a picture and talks about them in some detail for anyone unfamiliar:

https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/best-airport-food

Grilled Boneless sirloin steak
chimichurri sauce
pico de gallo
tortilla chips
guacamole
potato salad

Robbins cherries jubilee ice cream and fresh cherries
brownie (Trader Joe’s box mix) and Ben & jerry’s vanilla ice cream



local pricing :-)

While the grill was heating up, I was told not to trim the full slab into a St. Louis cut, so full ribs this afternoon with smoked corn and vinegar based Cole Slaw.


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Spaghetti Bolognese, followed by peaches marinated in white wine. Simple and delicious

Greek lemon roasted chicken thighs and mushroom pecorino orzo

Caesar salad (new best recipe)
fusilli pasta with parm
meatballs in Rao’s marinara
fresh angel hair pasta with Rao’s marinara
bucatini pasta with “spicy” sausage and Rao’s marinara

brownie & Haagen daaz chocolate ice cream
brownie & Safeway butter pecan & Haagen daaz strawberry
robbins peanut butter chocolate & Robbins rocky road on waffle cone

At a restaurant:
Charred broccolini with whipped ricotta, chili and toasted breadcrumbs
Home made fresh pasta--Paccheri with spicy home made pork sausage, fennel, sage, pecorino
crispy braised pork shank with a lambrusco mustard glaze
Meyer lemon tart
Nutella layer cake.

Caesar salad
Grilled carne asada street tacos with grilled scallions, cilantro , pineapple salsa
brown butter caramel gelato

Detroit style pan pizza (whole wheat crust)
cheese
”greek” - feta, red onion, black olive, red bell pepper

raw separated veggies - cucumber, radish, black olive

brownie & Haagen daaz chocolate ice cream
brownie & Coolhaus cookie crumb ice cream

I had 10 skewers of chicken satay with peanut sauce for dinner last night. A guy goes through the neighborhood on a motorbike, and will stop at your house to cook them on his little cart, in front of you. 15000 IDR ($1.01 for 10 pieces). Pretty tasty, though I do prefer goat satays, more.

Hong Kong family feast
 

What we saved last night, we spent tonight on HKG style chinese food. These are not US portions, sizes are small/medium-ish.

Pangsit Udang mayonnaise dim sum
Young green beans with garlic
Roasted Pork
Char Siu Pork
Kung Pao Chicken
Black pepper Beef
Hainam rice with Pork belly
Yang Cheow fried rice
Pork with Szechuan sauce

This will feed 3 people tonight, and probably another meal tomorrow. $35 including tax and service charge. Everything tastes great, so far.

These pork beauties with salad and rice. You just can't beat a good snag.

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Grilled rib-eye steak
grilled jalapeño
sauteed onions & cherry tomatoes
leftover rice
raw avocado (thanks to bensyd for the avocado shopping tips!)

french toast

Brownie with Haagen daaz chocolate ice cream
robbins icing on the cake & Haagen daaz strawberry ice cream on a waffle cone

I'll be having that tonight!

enjoy and tell us everything!!

I think I gain 10 lbs every time I read about your nightly dessert extravaganzas
I can't tell if the french toast was part of dinner or dessert . Or breakfast ?

That's part of why I'm a fan of Halo Top. :D

It didn't happen, tonight instead. An old friend was in town and we hit a few bars. :D

did the bars serve food? What’d you all get to eat and drink? Fun fun.

our child had French toast for supper.
the ice cream scoops aren’t as large as an ice cream parlor :-)

They did. I had a 300g Riverina scotch fillet to be precise. With mash and salad. A lot of places are still only offering a limited menu because of social distancing and venue capacity restrictions.

avocado & cherry tomato salad (inspired by Rose Kitchen, 9th Arr)
Leftover pizza

oooh lovely scotch fillet (aka Rib eye in USA) - what did you drink with it?

Funnily enough it's called ribeye in Australia only when it's on the bone otherwise it's scotch fillet.

Just a few beers. Nothing to big, it was a school night. ;)

corky has been telling me about this thread, and since I like to both eat and cook decided to chime in. Let me know if I'm doing this wrong.

Tonight's dinner:

• 100% homegrown salad (minus the dressing): Green and red lettuces, mint, basil, tomato and cucumber, plus poppyseed dressing. The first completely homegrown salad I've done this year.
• Halibut veracruz: We subscribed to Sitka Salmonshares (an Alaskan seafood "CSA" where we're buying directly from a collective of fishmen/women) and halibut was our first delivery. I've never been a huge halibut fan because I often find it to be dry, but this batch was great. Next week we get black bass, pacific cod and lingcod, then we'll have 3 months of various varieties of salmon before some non-salmon and shellfish.
• Margaritas: Because we had some already batched. Now I realized why I got drunk on them last time. They pack a punch!

Cooked those ribeyes last night for dinner. They were so bad. Very disappointing. My butcher usually gets quality but these were fatty and tough. Not sure what happened!

romaine with chinese chicken salad dressing
Grimaldi's pizza with prosciutto and kalamata olives as toppings
Peroni beer

Meatball sandwiches on brioche buns - drowned in pizza sauce and mozzarella

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the quality and affordability as you receive more on the list. We eat fish about twice a week, but of course are limited to Chicagoland grocery stores, unless we splurge at one of the fish markets. Have found some good quality and prices at the Fresh Farms grocery stores, but I think we'd be interested in something like this CSA.

Outdoor poker play date last night. Brrrr
“indian” pizza - super ace. One chicken; one cauliflower. There’s a lot of great indian pizza in our area. alas no cauliflower pizza because I know 2 of the guys are vegetarian and I didn’t want to “take” away from their sole choice.
some shrubby garden cocktail - very ace.
chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips

i drank a ton of water after returning home. I’m just too unable to ask about using a friend’s bathroom right now.

ugh total bummer. Sorry to hear this, esp after you had those nice scotch fillets.

Meatball sandwiches sound so nice!

does your semi-weekly fish include smoked fishes? Yummy.
does Mariano’s or sunset foods have nice fish?

I love Grimaldi’s! My favourite pizza ever, and that is saying a lot considering I lived in Italy. I had no idea they had other locations. I have only been to the one in Brooklyn. Is it as good as the Brooklyn Grimaldi’s? I may need to make a trip to LA.

Any smoked fish is in addition to the other 2 times. We are meeting friends next week who are bringing some smoked trout that they caught, and looking forward to it. Some day, I'll get that smoker I've been talking about for years and will try smoking my own too.

Mariano's has an OK selection, sometimes better than others. It's gone downhill a little though. I haven't been to Sunset. Best fish place we've found is Fresh Farms. Huge selection, lots of whole fish included. Since you occasionally visit Highland Park, I think the closest store is probably in Niles, not too far south on I-94.

When I’m in HP, I only shop at Sunset Foods although there are also plenty of WF in that area. I also mostly / only eat at restaurants and carryout. And as one can imagine, I eat seafood in sf and really not in Chicagoland :-)

The halibut was awesome. We're on the premium plan, which is $129 a month and includes 4-4.5 pounds of fish. Each piece was about 10-12 oz and individual vacuum sealed. Give me a nudge if I forget to update you. And if you do decide you're interested, let me know because I think I have a discount code.

Think twice next time. About 100 million pounds of fish are caught commercially in the Great Lakes each year. About 3 million pounds of fish are caught commercially in the SF area. My guess is that a lot of that is sold to local restaurants, and much of what San Franciscans buy in retail stores -- particularly at large chains -- was not caught locally.