What I ate today - the food thread

[Rugby]

Venison tartare and Greystone Chardonnay at The Cellar Door, Christchurch.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Venison tartare and Greystone Chardonnay at The Cellar Door, Christchurch.
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Awww. Raw Chardonnay!

 

[drron]

Wednesday lunch Nyugen Brothers Maroochydore.
Mrsdrron Lemongrass beef and vermicelli salad.


Whilst I had the day's special. grandma's spicy noodles with egg. Was quite nice.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Chilly Melbourne evening and I am happily relegated to sous chef

Mr Flyfrequently cooked his Crispy Pork Belly.
He hasn't done one since I triumphed with my #1 Christmas Ham #2 Soft Pork belly in the "Pork three ways" challenge on Christmas Day.

Will give him kudos to last night's effort

 

[Quickstatus]

Anyone partial to Steak tartare?

 

[kermatu]

Sample of treats from MoVida, Melbourne.

Octopus with beans.

Raw Tassie lamb in cigarillo brik pastry

Gazpacho

Anchovies, capers, smoked salmon mousse.

 

[drron]

Dicky Beach Surf Club Friday lunch.
Roast pork for Mrsdrron and pan fried barramundi for me. Both very nice.

 

[Rugby]

Kaikoura Seafood BBQ. Besides the crayfish our favourite was the garlic scallop sandwich - so good.

 

[RB001]

Yesterday’s breakfast in Christchurch. Pie was steak and mushroom.
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So good it was worth a repeat mention!

 

[Quickstatus]

Raw Tassie lamb in cigarillo brik pastry

What's on top of the pastry ?

 

[VPS]

Anyone partial to Steak tartare?

I'll eat it but not a fan

 

[TheRealTMA]

I'll eat it but not a fan

Cosi fan tutte!

 

[drron]

Sunday lunch at Tziki Bar, Forest Glen. Started off with whitebait.


Then the Sunday special slow cooked lamb shoulder platter.


We also had the roasted cauliflower salad as we love it.


Two thirds of the lamb is now in our fridge ready for roast lamb sandwiches with mint jelly.

 

[love_the_life]

Sunday lunch at Tziki Bar, Forest Glen. Started off with whitebait.
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Then the Sunday special slow cooked lamb shoulder platter.
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We also had the roasted cauliflower salad as we love it.
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Two thirds of the lamb is now in our fridge ready for roast lamb sandwiches with mint jelly.

I was going to ask how many people that meal was supposed to serve. Huge!

 

[drron]

Yes it's huge. The platter is a Sunday special at $69. A bargain. Previously the $69 Sunday special was all the accompanying elements but 300 Gm of the lamb. So this is what you got for $69.








So a very large increase in the amount of lamb with no increase in price.

 

[OZDUCK]

Lunch in Nimes yesterday. We had planned to have a leisurely lunch but hadn't known that a bull festival was taking place and the whole town was bursting at the Sean's - so ----
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Les Halles perched on high stools



My gardiane de taureau - basically rich beef stew marinated in red wine on a bed of rice



My wife had declinaison de brandade with potato, mushroom, olives & herbs

 

[Scash]

Sunday lunch at Tziki Bar, Forest Glen. Started off with whitebait.
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Then the Sunday special slow cooked lamb shoulder platter.
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We also had the roasted cauliflower salad as we love it.
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Two thirds of the lamb is now in our fridge ready for roast lamb sandwiches with mint jelly.

Wow…that’s a feed and a half. This place is going on my list!

 

[sudoer]

Thali @ Mitran Da Dhaba, Harris Park NSW

 

[drron]

Wow…that’s a feed and a half. This place is going on my list!

So if you go on a Sunday ask if they still have the Sunday $69 BBQ special on. They are not advetising it now but we were told it was. Then again we have been going every Sunday for quite some time for our Sunday lamb roast. Was always a thing when I was a youngster. the family had roast lamb on a Sunday.

 

[Scash]

AveForchetta Bucharest. Had dinner there last night and enjoyed it so much we went back for lunch. Would highly recommend in your in Bucharest.

Dinner was pork chop with mash (Cotletta Di Forza), Half Moon chicken with chips and salad plus grilled veggies. See menu for full description as both had other flavours and were delicious (and huge). Menu prices are in RON so AUD is about 1/3.



Lunch was octopus (Mediterranean Octopus) and prawns (Shrimply the Best). Both outstanding and one of the best dishes we’ve had on the trip so far. We’ve had grilled octopus a few times in Sicily and Greece and was very disappointed as it was rubbery and just not that nice. The flavours in both these dishes were incredible with the prawns just edging out the octopus. Again check below menu for full ingred.