What did you have for dinner?

Ma Po Tofu made with beef.

Aloha brand Shoyu (Soy Sauce) chicken,

steamed (sticky) white rice,

“quick” cucumber kim chee,

Kong Namul (Mung Bean Sprout Salad)

and mint chocolate chip ice cream for dessert. 

How’s that for a multi-cultural supper?

MrM, this would be a typical dinner in Hawaii. 

We would mix together all different ethnicities, it’s all good.

Kane, you forgot the double scoop of macaroni salad!

It's a great dish. Depending on my mood, I like to cut the tofu in 'dominos' and give them a nice sear in the wok before cooking anything else. Fried tofu has a great texture in the finished dish. You can also cube it up, and blanch it for a lil bit to give it a little more bite.

 

If you're interested in making the ma po tofu, I can make a thread or something.

Last night i got home really late, after 9.  We were starving.  I put water on to boil.  Heated butter and oil in a frying pan, whizzed a couple of shallots and a couple of garlic cloves in the chopper attachment of the immersion blender.  Dumped that in, along with a couple of pinches flaked hot red pepper, and sauteed over low heat.  Meanwhile when water was boiling I tossed the spaghetti in the water with handful of salt.  added a couple of handfuls of shelled deveined shrimp from the freezer to the frying pan and let them sautee as they defrosted (my usual technique is more careful than this).  Threw in a couple of glugs from the bottle of dry white vermouth, let it get syrupy, added frozen peas and shut the gas while they defrosted and the pasta finished cooking.  Drained the pasta, dumped the shrimp stuff into the pasta and mixed - we were at the table in 15 minutes.

NOT BAD! 

 

Edited by siduri - 3/8/12 at 6:06am

just got in from restaurant Riccardo's in the Dollard des Ormeaux, the food was great. Small family owned restaurant.

 

we all shared too many apps but the shrimp limoncello & risotto was terrific.

 

Petals.

 

I'm going back to get the recipe

 

Petals:  The risotto with prawns and lemon liquor sounds lovely. This is very common in Napoli, and the Amalfi Coast, citrus grove country. Sometimes I prepare a shellfish risotto.

 

I too had gone out for dinner, as I was having some work done at the family Condo in Italia. The fish we had eaten was lovely, swordfish with capers, olives, tomato, white wine and basil.  

 

Nice post.

M.C.

Last night entertained a friend. The menu was, app-ceviche of scallops shrimp and amberjack. The mains were 10-12 cnt. head on Gulf shrimp and amberjack fillets and shredded brussel sprouts as a side plus a salad

Tonight seared yellow fin tuna, guacamole and streamed broccoli seasoned with dashi and a wasabi cream sauce

We had my Mother over for dinner tonight and I made Bulgogi (Korean BBQ Beef) for her.

The house still smells delicious.

I had my neighbour over for his birthday and a couple other people

We had thai chicken red curry with bamboo shoots, red beef curry and creamy green curry + rice and salads.

mrM, brah, that looks soooo ONO (delish) !!

could you please share that recipe?

maybe we can try one of your dishes brfore your customers 

 

Beef goulash over steaming hot buttered noodles, green salad with frisky dressing on it, warmed sourdough bread.

Pan seared Pork tenderloin with a blueberry demi, roasted fingerlings and baby carrots.  A bottle of Alpine Beer co. Duet to wash it all down.

 

mrM ... everything is better with wine braddah !! 

but I will try this one ... let us know how it goes over in your place too ..

@ Luv, what kind of frisky dressing do you make?

 

@ tlgc, I love your avatar dude, and many a time of thought about pork and blueberries, so please do elaborate !! I'd love to make that one !!

I got the recipe while eating in Lima Peru at Pardo's on the ocean where I ate steak and fries plus a wonderful salad.

When I tried to ask the waiter what the dressing was I was eating [they'd brought 3 different ones] for dipping steak/fries/salad in.

Not understanding me, he brought a chef out who spoke a little English.  Between the two of us, we kind of understood each other.

The ingredients were mostly what I wanted to know [because of the flavor of my favorite one they brought out] was incredible and I'd never tasted anything like it.  Ingredients are very odd sounding but this is what the frisky dressing contains and I just make it slowly until I get that taste just right. Note, the chef called it something that of course I couldn't understand, but it sounded like he said something like "frisky". Hence the name.

Mayonnaise, mustard, very hot Peruvian chilies, basil, salt pepper, oil, garlic.  Like I say it takes a effort to get it right.

Thai Dirty Rice

 

At work we did a class on game birds so I wound up taking home the gizzards, hearts, and livers from pheasant, quail, squab, poussin, guinea hens, etc

 

I minced and then sauteed them. Threw in collard greens and sauteed a bit more. Then deglazed with a mix of Thai red curry paste, chunky peanut butter. and coconut milk. Covered the pan and turned the heat off. Let it sit for a few minutes, then stirred in cooked brown rice, black beans, mint, and cilantro.

 

Definitely a cupboard and refrigerator extravaganza!

we were kinda busy playin' with the new IPad, tryin' to figure the dang thing out...

so I just made a quick chicken on the gas grill and some steamed veg and

then it was candy time...  just good ole' snickers, goobers, ya' know...

we had a real BAD sweet tooth goin' on today !

Dinner tonight for my husband was grilled Ono (or what I have seen here as Wahoo), a dipping sauce of Wasabi and Shoyu (soy sauce), a side of steamed white rice, ginger Carrots and a salad of Tomato, Cucumber, Sweet Red Peppers and Radishes.  Me, I’m highly allergic, I had a Tuna Salad sandwich with a side of low fat “Pop” chips.  We washed everything down with a HUGE glass of Iced Tea. 

 

 

Wahoo is a fantastic fish caught off Bermuda and the Big Island where you come from. I believe it to be related to Tuna.

   . Me for dinner Pancakes , sausage with 2 sunnyside eggs. Every once in a while I like this.  easy dinner