Had a great lunch today at Boqueria on 18th Street. We started with a few empanadas stuffed with diced chorizo and skewers of grilled pulpo. I followed that with a delicious grilled lamb sandwich served with crispy potatoes and a green salad.
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Fried fish in Norridgewock
Route 8, Smithfield Road
Norridgewock, Maine
We had a mixed seafood basket with haddock, shrimp, scallops and clams and a lobster roll. The seafood came with a side of excellent french fries. Fonzo’s serves “steak bomb fries” as an appetizer. Enough said, this place is worth the trip, at least from Oakland.
Smithfield Road in Norridgewock, Maine
Becky’s Diner, Portland, Maine
Completed the trip with a lobster roll from Becky’s
Portland, Maine
We snagged an 8:30 pm dinner reservation at Fore Street in Portland.
We started with the Fore Street’s Summer Salad of Maine tomatoes, reggiano, rocket, and sherry vinegar and olive oil dressing; wood oven roasted Maine mussels and wood grilled marinated squid (Rhode Island). This was paired with a bottle of Roussanne from the Languedoc region in south west France.
For the main plates, we had whole wild sea black sea bass wood oven roasted with shitakes, green beans and jetstar tomato ripened cream; Atlantic swordfish wood grilled and whole Maine lobster wood oven roasted with wild chanterelles, garden m’siquatsah, fresh herbs and white wine butter sauce.
Finally, for deserts we had a buckle, a crisp, a very light berry cheesecake and a nectarine tarte tatin.
Hashing
What’s a trip to the Catskills without some homemade hash. This one was made at Sweet Sue’s in Phoenicia. By the way, Sweet Sue’s pancakes make the ones at Becky’s look like blinis.
Can’t get there from here.
July 22, 2010
Your blogger, along with Lukrer W and our DC Bureau Chief, are headed north tomorrow to Maine. Look for frequent reports. Hope to have some good lobsta.
Flat Bagel? Case Closed.
What’s a flat bagel? Is it a flat or a flagel? According to Hamptons Bagels’ it is a flagel. Case closed.
The British Way
Here are a few photos from the very respectable ‘British’ section at Fairway in Pelham Manor.
Daniel
June 4, 2010
I was lucky again to have lunch at Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud’s 3 star Michelin restaurant. The restaurant isn’t usually open for lunch so this was a special occasion. For the apéritif, I had a few glasses of Champagne Paul Goerg 1er Cru Brut Rosé Tradition NV. For le menu, I had Duck Terrine with poached rhubard, Sicilian pistachios, frisée arugula salad, Sauternes-Gelée. This was paired by Maison Joseph Drouhin, Chablis 1er Cru 2008. Next, was halibut with petit pois ‘A la Française” glazed Satur Farms carrots, savory jus. The fish was paired with aison Joseph Drouhin, Chassagne Montrachet 2006. Finally for desert, I had Gianduja sablé with Nyangbo chocolate, puffed rice, hazelnut ice cream. With coffee, plates of chocolates, madeleines (warm) and petits fours were served.
The food trucks of Red Hook
The food trucks of Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the corner of Bay & Clinton Streets. We had tacos (chicken and spiced pork, not spicy pork), grilled corn with queso fressco, arepas, pupusas, Colombian apple soda and a very refreshing watermelon drink, with chucks of fresh watermelon.
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