What I ate today - the food thread

[LadyC]

I always feel positively healthful when I have my lunch at Laneway Greens.

 

[LA10]

That's near my work. Good place

 

[blackcat20]

Overnight sourdough waffles with blueberries this morning

 

[mmchow]

Overnight sourdough waffles with blueberries this morning
View attachment 109175

Nom... can't unsee this so this will be my breakfast tomorrow morning.

 

[LadyC]

That's near my work. Good place

It's a few blocks for me - although I think they are opening another up on Exhibition. It is my favourite lunch venue.

 

[ALH]

Hilton Lake Taupo

Salmon Roulade, with Kumera crisp
Asparagus coughtail

Asparagus Tempura & crab something


Chicken Wing confit with mushrooms

Pumpkin Risotto

 

[RooFlyer]

Lunch in Shiraz - cheesecake!



The Brits had their tea:



Our hostess ( quite glam, great English)

 

[Buzzard]

What about some Shiraz in Shiraz to wash down the cheesecake?

 

[Pushka]

Dinner in Ritz Bali
Amusee Bouche. Seafood and not warned!

Zucchini with Parmesan. MrP’s calamari was inedible

Spring chicken

Creme brûlée.


Included in a Luxury Escapes package.

 

[Denali]

.....
Zucchini with Parmesan. MrP’s calamari was inedible
.....

Did you send it back, say something?

 

[ALH]

 

[snabbu]

Quick and delicious Wonton noodle soup @ the BKK CX Lounge

 

[amaroo]

Just couldn’t wait for the Real McCoy .... less than 4 weeks to go.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Vietnamese sauced Pork stir fry with fried noodles and mango, cucumber and onion salsa.

 

[RooFlyer]

Apologies for going the 'wrong way' for this thread, but perhaps the world's biggest chocolate donut is in Isfahan ( We only inhaled, I promise)



For actual dinner, a very nice lamb kebab, fesh OJ, preceded by bread and seriously good olives in a tapenade:

 

[RooFlyer]

Big dinner out tonight at the Abbasi Hotel, best in Isfahan. It cost an outrageous 800,000 rials (er, about A$27, including Iran's best ice cream which itself accounted for A$4.50 ).

Swish entrance to the restaurant:



We were early, as usual:




I started off with a frothie: 'Bavaria', % baddies, from Holland - actually, not bad, considering (it had hops - most of the 'malted beverages' here don't.) ..




Main course, mixed kebabs, with rice. Much better than its plain appearance:



Dessert - high quality Iranian ice cream (rosewater flavoured, with pistachios). Iran is the world's largest grower of Pistachios. Totally yum.



Then we decamped to a coffee shop, but didn't have to puzzle over the menu, as the owner had pretty fluent English. The numbers, on the left of each column are in thousands of tomen. A tomen = 10 rials.



My latte (mysteriously, upside down ). All in all a good night out.

 

[Denali]

Monthly Cardiac Thursday lunch with the husband.

We actually shared this.

 

[LadyC]

Lunch today at my favourite haunt - delicious!

 

[Pushka]

Did you send it back, say something?

Yep. They knew.
Last meal in Bali and included in the package. Barramundi and chips.

 

[RooFlyer]

Back in Tehran... went to café near the hotel for dinner; I ordered a dish described as 'meatball'



Basically rice, lentils, corn with a sauce covering. OK, but meat-free.

The mojito was nice:




But! On the walk back to the hotel, we went via a cake shop that one of the party had discovered earlier




6 assorted pieces from the bottom pic racks cost A$1.