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Having cheese ravioli with two meatballs and crunchy Italian bread for lunch today. From a local Italian Village "made from scratch" restaurant behind my shop...... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Good..... Yeah, that's fresh basil right thar....

Livin and workin in the "Short North"..... it doesn't get much better than that.....

 

Fired up the grill this evening and for dinner grilled fresh brats and ice cold beer.... Yummy....

 

Welp..... Every Wednesday is "Date Night"....
That's when I take my wife out for dinner at a local restaurant, just the two of us.....
Tonight was one of my favorites, "The Indian Oven"
I had Shrimps Bangladeshi.... Medium spicy, with a cold Kingfisher beer..... Tasty....

 

Took the wife out to try a new restaurant for lunch today.... Indochine Cafe.... Authentic Vietnamese food.... First time trying this cuisine for the both of us.... It was very fresh and tasty.... First time drinking "Bubble Tea".... It had large black pearls of tapioca in the bottom..... Nice experience.....

 

Started out with a spring roll and some tasty dipping sauce.... Very fresh and tasty.... It had a nice large shrimp tucked away in there and didn't have the usual cabbage like the chinese egg rolls I'm used to....



#23...... Won't even try to say it, real tongue twister....
It was kind of a salad I guess....
A medley of...
Warm vermicelli rice noodles with sliced BBQ pork. Sliced pork egg roll diced lettuce. With a kind of vinegary sweet-sour garlicky dressing....

All delivered to the table by a very proud owner Mr Amp, who went into great detail about explaining the differences between Chinese and Vietnamese food, all cooked fresh by his family back in the kitchen.....



First time I have ever tried the "Bubble Tea".... Sweet tea with a splash of cream and chewy black balls of tapioca beads in the bottom.... all sucked up through a gigantic straw....



I personally like to experiment and try out different "ethnic" foods.... The only bad experience was with an Ethiopian restaurant, but maybe it was an off day.... :frown5:

Total price came to $25.00 for the two of us.... We'll be back.....

 

:frown2:
Noooooo Jim....
My experience was very good....:drool
I'm sure your's had to do with the location....

 

Grillin pork chops, asparagus and yellow squash..... Grabbed some heirloom tomatoes at the local co-op. Sliced tomatoes, olive oil, a little salt and pepper topped with blue cheese..... Yummy:wink:
I stopped by Schmidt's over in German village this afternoon and picked up some "stuff"..... Gonna have some good eatin tonight.



Tomorrow it'll be grilled Bahama Mama's and german potato salad....

Oh... and Tattrat..... I sure like what you're doing.....

 

Actually Jim, you are almost correct...... They are produced for several reasons, one of which is taste, but are generally from old seed stock..... As compared to "New" tomatoes, which are developed for shape and color but lack taste..... They tend to ripen very fast in the market and don't have a long shelf life.

Sometime do a taste test between the heirloom (ugly tomato) and the new tomato (perfect looking tomato)..... The heirloom will always win based on taste.....

Be careful there Jim..... we may both be moving into heirloom status.... Not much to look at, but boy are we.........

 

Whipped me up some Tattrat Vodka chicken over basmati rice for dinner this evening..... Very tasty.... Thanks for the inspiration Tattrat....



Gotta work on my presentation though.....

 

Made me a big pot of Tattrat's "Boiled Dinner".... But left it as a soup.... The crushed red peppers added a nice bit of heat.... Almost didn't add the cabbage, but glad I did... Went with a chicken, and chizoro and Slovenian sausage trio... I really like sautéed carrots in a little butter, so I did them first before putting them in the pot... Made 5 quarts yesterday after work.... Today it's half gone.....

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Oh, Tattrat.... found you over on DC.... Got that bookmarked... Will be following you...