What did you cook or eat today (April 2025)?

[Puggles]

Chinese food tonight

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Lunch at my desk.

 

[Windigo]

Classic Flemish meal.

Steak frites with sauce bernaise

Eel in green herb sauce & fries

 

[detroitdad]

Lunch date. The French toast was amazing. The lavender cream was awesome.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Eel in green herb sauce & fries

Interesting! One of the iconic dishes in the east of London is pie, eel and mash, drowned in "liquor" - which is made with the stock from the eel and piles of parsley.
Back a long time ago, eels were common in theThames, but when the river became polluted, the eels were brought over from Holland on barges.

 

[Windigo]

Lunch date. The French toast was amazing. The lavender cream was awesome.

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Are you too eating your way through a bucket list?

 

[Windigo]

Interesting! One of the iconic dishes in the east of London is pie, eel and mash, drowned in "liquor" - which is made with the stock from the eel and piles of parsley.
Back a long time ago, eels were common in theThames, but when the river became polluted, the eels were brought over from Holland on barges.

Part of this region is called the ' thems ' and these used to be coastal cities until the sea retreated. In the Middle ages, Damme was a coastal trading hub so possibly there was some interaction going on between the then Dutch ( Belgium and the Netherlands seperated much later) and the British.

 

[detroitdad]

Are you too eating your way through a bucket list?

Lol, I've been trying to order different meals. Kind of going outside my comfort zone. I am so glad I did. This was excellent.

 

[badjak]

Chicken
Sourdough bread
Plus a "sauce" made with yoghurt, garlic, fresh coriander leaves, kashmiri chili and a little salt (not pictured)

 

[vernplum]

OK my visit to London is coming to an end so this will be the last of the meats, but whoa! what a way to end: A veal ribeye; it was pricey (but not ridiculous) but worth every penny; possibly the tenderest steak I've ever eaten (again just air-fried with salt):

 

[vernplum]

Ate yesterday within the Arabic food enclave of Edgware Road, London - a shawarma (I guess it's a rolled-up kebab) at acclaimed restaurant Abu Afif.

After you pay, you are sent with your ticket with your order to the guy, who takes it and carves the meat then asks you what veg you want. Natch I have everything; chilies, cabbage, lettuce, tomato, the lot.

View down the 'bar' with all kinds of savoury pastries:

Outer view. I know they say 'size doesn't matter' but when it comes to kebabs, it absolutely does. This monster was about 10" in length.

Mid bite, tsk- bit out of focus, but every mouthful was perfectly balanced. I could have eaten another one. Cost: £8.

 

[rascal]

Tea & a classic scone
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Strawberry jam '??.

Russ

 

[rascal]

Interesting! One of the iconic dishes in the east of London is pie, eel and mash, drowned in "liquor" - which is made with the stock from the eel and piles of parsley.
Back a long time ago, eels were common in theThames, but when the river became polluted, the eels were brought over from Holland on barges.

We have eels at lake ellesmere about 30 mins away. I have a friend who catches them and smokes them. Really really good


Russ

 

[Windigo]

Strawberry jam '??.

Russ

Yes it was, very runny though

 

[rascal]

Club Sammy's last night left over from a function my wife went to.
I will cook scrambled eggs and bacon for wife when she get up. I've been up since 6am.. and cuppas.

Russ