Eating here and there. Jigae and pancake at So Kong Dong. My favorite for Korean stews.
My first visit to the new location of Cafe Agora. The mixed maza platter is the jam.
She-crab soup at Canoe for brunch. Murky and delicious.
My brother nails a rib roast.
Chicken laksa at Mamak. I’m no Malaysian food expert, but I enjoyed this rich yellow curry and coconut soup thoroughly. I have no idea how you are supposed to eat chopped chicken thighs on the bone with chopsticks. Lift to your mouth, nibble as possible, and put it back in the soup?
I made a boat load of demiglace to have around for stews and braises. This is the final step, mixing the espagnole and the brown stock, after having roasted 15 pounds of beef and veal shanks, necks, knees, tendons, and feet.
Picked up wings at Jamal’s for the National Championship ass-whipping.
Their wings are on the smaller side, but well fried and with great hot sauce. Lemon pepper a bit too tangy but acceptable. Still my favorite in town.
Shan city crawfish at Gu’s. Great.
Brunch at Muss & Turner’s. I wanted, needed a burger, and theirs is still my favorite. Mid-rare, cooked over coals on a Big Green Egg, not too many toppings. It tastes like delicious beef.
Though, I do wish my beer ($10 Second Helping), burger, and fries with one dipping sauce wasn’t $35. That’s sort of silly.
But look at that sexy thing.
Finally, I needed dinner in a pinch so I dropped some frozen chicken thighs in simmering water while I cut up vegetables and simmered those in veg stock with some soy sauce, kombu (seaweed), garlic, star anise, vinegar, chiles, and soba noodles. Fifteen minutes later my chicken was done and I took it out to shred the meat, skimmed my new “stock” and combined it with the veg and had a really delicious Asian chicken noodle soup.
Paired with a ridiculously drinkable fizzy-lifting-drink Alsatian Riesling blend from Le Caveau. Eric does tons of leg work to find and obtain some of the coolest wines in the country. His selection is truly curated and I highly recommend letting him pick out some wines for you. I think this bottle was $17. Put down the Sonoma-Cutrer at Publix, and buy this wine.