What I ate today - the food thread

[TheRealTMA]

No photos ... but there used to be this restaurant in Hobart called ... Ethos.
Was about 8 courses of tasting-menu artfully made of mostly local ingredients, purely based on what was available & good on the day.
Seriously awesomesauce, and for around $60 ridiculously good value. Even when it went up to $100 it was ridiculously good value.
Unfortunately it disappeared last year, I presume it was a coughload of work for the chef, designing a menu at the very least weekly.

So instead, what I just ate was banana-bread made from the over-purchased ladyfingers that’d gotten too ripe to eat. Sugary overripe banana goodness makes good banana bread.

No photos! Doesn’t count!

 

[Rugby]

A selection of San Sebastián Pintxo - Pork Rib:



Grilled Octopus:

Grilled calamari sandwich & spicy mayo with cider:



Sirloin steak and Txakoli (my new favourite light sparkling wine)


Calamari and peppers with cider:

 

[Rugby]

More San Sebastián Pintxo - mussels with spicey tomato sauce and cider:


Olives, peppers and anchovy:


Grilled pork and green peppers with Rioja red wine:


Sirloin steak with chestnut purée and Rioja:


Calamari stuffed with crab meat and yet more Rioja!

 

[Rugby]

And a little bit more San Sebastián Pintxo - grilled pigs ear with beans:


Grilled foie:



Prawn and scollop skewer:

 

[Rugby]

One for the road - grilled chop:

 

[VPS]

@Rugby Loved San Sebastian and the food - enjoy

 

[Rugby]

A local Mexican restaurant near our Madrid hotel. We had the chicken tinga tostadas followed by the pastor shrimp tacos. Lovely clean flavours.

 

[debgow]

No photos, but when hubby and I travel to KL we always eat several times at the same restaurant and the exact same meal. Esquire at Sungi Wang Shopping Mall- cashew chicken with drilled chilli, steamed rice, flower buns and iced lemon tea.

 

[amaroo]

A local Mexican restaurant near our Madrid hotel.

Nice... any chance you're staying at the Gran Melia Fenix?

 

[RooFlyer]

For all cheese lovers. In my research today, I came across this gem, describing Royal Navy food in the late 1700s:

“… Navy dried peas, after boiling for hours, rattled like shot in the eating tub. Cheese was a rare treat and the suppliers who adulterated it were virtuosi. Without suspicion of cream, it furnished olfactory clues to kitchen scourings, beeswax, rancid fat, glue and yellow ochre colouring "
(James Dugan, The Great Mutiny)

 

[Rugby]

Nice... any chance you're staying at the Gran Melia Fenix?

@amaroo we’re at The Orfila

 

[Rugby]

Our finale dinner for this trip. Onto QR J tomorrow for the trip home.

 

[ALH]

A nice finish to a short week. Getting really good at making Margaritas

Prawn Tacos

Pulled Lamb on Pita Bread

 

[blackcat20]

A nice finish to a short week. Getting really good at making Margaritas
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Prawn Tacos
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Pulled Beef View attachment 121749

We need to come visit

 

[Milboo]

Is that pulled beef homemade? It looks amazing! What is it sitting on and fancy sharing the recipe?

 

[ALH]

We need to come visit

Yes you do.

 

[ALH]

Is that pulled beef homemade? It looks amazing! What is it sitting on and fancy sharing the recipe?

Oops. Edit: it was Lamb and I wish I could take the credit. We had it for lunch, then went home and made Margaritas. It was on a pita bread, which should have been served on the side to stop it from going soggy

 

[ALH]

Fish and Chips Yiros

 

[Denali]

Fish and Chips Yiros

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Looks great but seriously, the fried chips in the yiros does my head in. Having asked both my greek dad in law (92) and mum in law (84) and numerous (and I mean numerous) older aunts and uncles, there was no chips in the yiros back in the old country so why do they do this?

 

[ALH]

Looks great but seriously, the fried chips in the yiros does my head in. Having asked both my greek dad in law (92) and mum in law (84) and numerous (and I mean numerous) older aunts and uncles, there was no chips in the yiros back in the old country so why do they do this?

I know, right? I actually enjoyed it more after I took the chips out