Cigar Weekly

jazznut · 10-20-2017, 08:43 AM

An 'uncooked' meal last night, consisting of peppercorn paté, smoked cheddar, bagette and a green salad tossed with a honey, red wine vinegar (not store-bought!) and olive oil vinaigrette. Crème caramel for dessert. Sometimes, simple is best!

BigO · 10-20-2017, 01:27 PM

Sounds good. When I was courting my wife, it wasn't unusual for us to pack a baguette, some havarti cheese and a bottle of rose and go to the lakefront to watch the sunset over Pontchartrain. You can build a life around that.

grtrx · 10-21-2017, 05:00 PM

Mirador de Ulia Menu de Degustion. I am trying to get them to send me a copy of the menu.

Last night was autum menu de degustion at Restaurant Zaldiaran.

http://www.restaurantezaldiaran.com/...3%91O-2017/30/

The lomo de vaca (tenderloin of cow fails to mention the truffle, the cheese is a sheep's cheese from Spain, blue...)

Both are great. Vitoria costs about half of San Sebastian. But San Sebastian has a wine list to make you cry. Pintxos today... I need to walk a lot tomorrow... sardines, eels, sardines, anchovies with hot peppers, chorizo, mushrooms in garlic and caramelized onions

beevod · 10-22-2017, 02:15 PM

Do they deliver?

BigO · 10-23-2017, 02:11 AM

Oh, you lucky, lucky bastard. I gain five pounds just reading this.

jazznut · 10-23-2017, 06:39 AM

Save me a booth seat for two.

grtrx · 10-23-2017, 01:28 PM

It was effing amazing. Not every place that gets a michelin star deserves it... Mirador does.

It was amazing

grtrx · 10-24-2017, 01:54 PM

Dinner in Logrono, Restaurant Tondeluna... very casual place with a Michelin recommendation (not a star, you probably need linen napkins for a star).

Great food, incredible wine... this is La Rioja

best veggie 'soup' I have ever had, Iberico ham in the broth certainly elevates it.

Bread sliced tableside from a fresh loaf... then they deliver butter in a small bushel basket...

another tasting menu, another night I am wallowing around afterwards

BigO · 10-24-2017, 02:23 PM

Beats my stuffed peppers and marinated asparagus.

vernonator · 10-25-2017, 05:12 AM

Last night we had Lobster ravioli in crème sauce. Had some decent lump lobster so I mixed it with some ricotta and made some quick ravioli's. Crème sauce was just some sautéed garlic mixed with cream, roux and a the last of the fresh herbs from the planters box (oregano and parsley) along with some grated parm. Pretty good for 45min of work. I can make fresh pasta faster than it takes to boil the boxed....practice and the Kitchen Aid attachments are the key.

10-20-2017, 08:43 AM	#61
jazznut Managing Editor Emeritus Herf God Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 26,082	An 'uncooked' meal last night, consisting of peppercorn paté, smoked cheddar, bagette and a green salad tossed with a honey, red wine vinegar (not store-bought!) and olive oil vinaigrette. Crème caramel for dessert. Sometimes, simple is best! __________________ My whisky adventure began at the age of nine. Good things DO take time!

10-20-2017, 01:27 PM	#62
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,778	Sounds good. When I was courting my wife, it wasn't unusual for us to pack a baguette, some havarti cheese and a bottle of rose and go to the lakefront to watch the sunset over Pontchartrain. You can build a life around that. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

10-21-2017, 05:00 PM	#63
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	Mirador de Ulia Menu de Degustion. I am trying to get them to send me a copy of the menu. Last night was autum menu de degustion at Restaurant Zaldiaran. http://www.restaurantezaldiaran.com/...3%91O-2017/30/ The lomo de vaca (tenderloin of cow fails to mention the truffle, the cheese is a sheep's cheese from Spain, blue...) Both are great. Vitoria costs about half of San Sebastian. But San Sebastian has a wine list to make you cry. Pintxos today... I need to walk a lot tomorrow... sardines, eels, sardines, anchovies with hot peppers, chorizo, mushrooms in garlic and caramelized onions __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

10-22-2017, 02:15 PM	#64
beevod Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 20,927	Do they deliver? __________________ "Moderation in all things. Excess in everything else."

10-23-2017, 02:11 AM	#65
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,778	Oh, you lucky, lucky bastard. I gain five pounds just reading this. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

10-23-2017, 06:39 AM	#66
jazznut Managing Editor Emeritus Herf God Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 26,082	Save me a booth seat for two. __________________ My whisky adventure began at the age of nine. Good things DO take time!

10-23-2017, 01:28 PM	#67
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	It was effing amazing. Not every place that gets a michelin star deserves it... Mirador does. It was amazing __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

10-24-2017, 01:54 PM	#68
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	Dinner in Logrono, Restaurant Tondeluna... very casual place with a Michelin recommendation (not a star, you probably need linen napkins for a star). Great food, incredible wine... this is La Rioja best veggie 'soup' I have ever had, Iberico ham in the broth certainly elevates it. Bread sliced tableside from a fresh loaf... then they deliver butter in a small bushel basket... another tasting menu, another night I am wallowing around afterwards __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

10-24-2017, 02:23 PM	#69
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,778	Beats my stuffed peppers and marinated asparagus. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

10-25-2017, 05:12 AM	#70
vernonator Herf Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Is this Heaven? No it's Iowa Posts: 5,291	Last night we had Lobster ravioli in crème sauce. Had some decent lump lobster so I mixed it with some ricotta and made some quick ravioli's. Crème sauce was just some sautéed garlic mixed with cream, roux and a the last of the fresh herbs from the planters box (oregano and parsley) along with some grated parm. Pretty good for 45min of work. I can make fresh pasta faster than it takes to boil the boxed....practice and the Kitchen Aid attachments are the key. __________________ We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile